Akeruka Ray Mesh Head
Ray is the 4th male mesh head I’m blogging from Akeruka. All of his heads have similar features but look drastically different providing a wide variety of looks to choose from.
Here are some details about the Ray head:
- Price: The head is currently only available at the Men Only Monthly (MOM). It is currently at a special price of L$2499 for the first 25 sold. After that, the price will go up to L$3499. The DEMO is free.
- Tones: It comes in five skin tones (Body skin #2, #4, #5, #6 and #8).
- Appliers: You can wear this head with the default SL body or with a mesh body. It comes with skin layers for default body in the five tones as well as appliers for TMP, SLink and Omega for the five tones.
- 3rd Party Face Appliers: There are no third party appliers for the face of this mesh head as of yet. However, there is a sign in the mainstore beside the mesh heads that states that the developer kit is coming soon.
- Animated: This is a fully animated head, which means you have the option to turn on the many face emotes it comes with as well as the talk animation. The talk animation is triggered once you start typing in local chat, (you will see the lips moving.)
I am wearing the SLink male mesh body with the head and mesh eyes from Ikon. I did a little video showing the little details:
Video on youtube: https://youtu.be/A6phCqVkzI0
I’ve recently done a lot of videos showing details of different mesh heads so I decided to create two youtube playlists for easier viewing:
> Male Mesh Heads in Second Life
> Female Mesh Heads in Second Life
I decided to do another picture with both my avatars because I have no one else to take pictures with 😛 lol. Also, to remind you guys that tomorrow (Jan 29th) is the final day to submit images to Linden Lab’s official Flickr Group for a chance to be featured. You can read all the rules in Linden Lab’s blog post.
Speaking of contests, the 7th Annual Oscar Fashion Photo Contest has returned. You have until February 28th to enter for a chance to win one of the several linden prizes. This year’s prize pool is L$50,000. Good luck if you enter!
What Manberry is wearing in the pictures and video:
*Mesh Body: Slink Physique MALE Mesh Body Release 1.2 by Siddean Munro
*Mesh Head: [AK] Mesh Head Ray Vers 1.0 by KaoZ Koba (@ MOM)
*Skin+Body Appliers: Akeruka – come with the mesh head
Eyes: IKON Charm Eyes – Coffee by Ikon Innovia
Hair: [Deadwool] Undercut hair – wild – chestnut by Masa Plympton
*Jacket: ColdAsh NORTHFIELD Jacket by ColdAsh (@ MOM)
*Scarf: DRIFT FANTASY Reign Peasant Scarf [MESH] Male by Kallisto Destiny
Winter Breath: JOJO Winter Breath by ICHIRO Cooljoke
What I’m wearing in the last picture:
*Mesh Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V3.4 by Onyx LeShelle
Mesh Head: LOGO Alex v3.0 Omega by Maximillion Grant
*Skin Applier: Glam Affair – Appliers for LOGO by Aida Ewing
*Eyes: IKON Triumph Eyes – Oxidation by Ikon Innovia
*Hair: MINA Hair – Nell 02 by Mina Nakamura (50% off)
*Outfit: neve outfit – dreamer neutral – Lara by coldLogic
*Leggings: erratic / melissa – leggings (maitreya) by Erratic Rain
Pose in 1st picture: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel
Pose in 2nd picture: :: Focus Poses Sweet Love :: by Carol Kling
Location in 1st picture: Pont Mirabeau
Location in 2nd picture: Blithe
i am sure that there are plenty of your male friends that would be more than happy to pose with you.
As always I look forward to your blogs….
always a fan
majik
It’s attractive, but the differences between the other heads are starting to diminish. Pablo, Mike and Ray have very strong similarities, to the point now that for the most part I can tell right away that it’s an Akeruka head if I saw a picture of a new one, the same way you can tell when someone is wearing a Lelutka head as all those heads have some similarities in basic expression, though jaw shape and sometimes lip shape are more noticeable. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, per se, but having more distinctive looks would be good.
Different skin would help, of course, but I would like to see faces with different bone structure, different forehead size or eye depth, perhaps, different nose shape instead of slight variations of the same.
Since we are discussing mens’ items, did you pick up Adam’s head while it was free?
Just an FYI, the “first 25” sold out a while ago… it seems they just aren’t updating the sign 🙁
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Starved, thank you.
Cristalle, I think whenever a designer makes several mesh heads, you can always tell they are done by them because of the style the designer has. I think that goes for most things like skins and even style of clothing. However, I still see a very drastic difference in between each head. Keith was completely different, and I feel Pablo, Mike and Ray each have their own very unique look. The latest Ray I feel has much more of a rugged look to him. I know he is working on even more mesh heads so I am sure we will be seeing even more of a variety coming soon. And no, I didn’t pick up the Adam’s head. I don’t know much about that brand.
Taylor, that’s strange. I was just there yesterday and when I clicked purchase it gave me the price of L$2499, that’s how I knew how much it was. I guess it may have sold 25 after that.
I bought the head today at the discounted rate as well. Just a few hours ago infact.
Hi Berry,
I understand what you mean. Keith is a triumph, truly – and proof that even with the same smirky expression, the guys can look drastically different. The others, not so much, to my eye.
From my viewpoint, there is nothing drastically different between the last three heads other than skin. While I do acknowledge that each of Pablo, Ray and Mike have unique features to them, I weigh them as owing mostly to the different skin shading as the structural differences seem somewhat slight. I’d love to see how the same skin appears on each head, to see the real differences in the modeling of the head – lip thickness, nose shape, brow shape, etc. Basically, what is it that justifies buying a whole new head, as opposed to an applier for an existing head?
That’s my point of view. They are great products and definitely on my short list when thinking about heads for outfitting a new male rp character.