New October project on schedule!

In my video I mentioned that I had a project I wanted to complete to release by the end of October, and I didn't wish to give away to many details as I wanted it to be a surprise, at least for a while! I may post spoiler pictures as it gets mid way the next month, I after all do wish to build some hype for their release day!

Just wished to say that the projects has begun and is making good progress :) Its my hope that the project will be released for sale before Halloween, at least a week before. But will see!

Id like to release a few dark themed outfits as well, but will see if I can squeeze them in.

Read more »

Release Day Reminder for White Oak Horses!

Party Details:

Date: May 1st, 2010

Location/region: Mithica
Click HERE for Slurl

Times: 10:00 am 12:00 pm PDT - 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm PDT

Normally priced at 1,600 $L the release party price will be 1,200 $L!

Come and celebrate the release of a new brand of horse to Second Life! You can look forward to meeting other lovers of all things equine, riding demo horses, and a chance to win your own free White Oak Equine! There will be music and fun, and you try out riding the trails of Mithica!


Horse Features:

These are fully animated horses with some features that no other horses in Second Life have. Features include..

~Blinking eyes.
~Twitching ears.
~Horse randomly paws at ground.
~Makes random horse sounds: neighs, whinnies and snorts.
~Hoof sounds accompany the trot and canter.
~Makes hoof prints and dust cloud.
~Has two gaits (trot and canter) and jumps.
~Customize your horse with different facial and leg markings for a unique look.
~Choose horse gender or opt for neutral.
~Rides standard or side saddle in one horse.
~Western and English saddles included.
~Fully tacked.
~Mount and dismount features.
~Pose horse for easy photographing.
~Free updates!

This is all controlled with a very easy to use hud. Features such as sounds, hoof prints, and dust trail can all be turned on and off. Easy adjustments let you fit in the saddle perfectly and adjust the horse to your avatar's height.

White Oak Equines will be offered in a variety of unique colors! Come and see them in their stalls, and try out the new demo horse!

Read more »

Demo Horse! Available to ride :)

Hello all :) I'm glad to announce that I have the demo horse available for riding :) Its restricted to my region Mithica though, and will detach from you if you go anywhere else. But at least people can come and have a nice ride on Mithicas riding trails, and test out the horses features to see how they like White Oak Equines before the official release date on May 1st :) Pretty sure there are no bugs in the horse, but also a good way to find out I suppose!

Click Here for the Slurl!




Hope you all enjoy! and ALL other kinds of horses welcome, we don't discriminate!!

Read more »

Horses in stalls!

White Oak Equines!

I set them all up in their stalls, they aren't ready for sale yet, but you can come and see them in person SLurl Here!



Soon to come, specific note cards on details people can pick up in Mithica if they are curious. Just need to read over and edit the instructional note card for the horses.

Checking off that pre-release check list!

Read more »

Still hard at work!

Ive been working my butt off with all the last minute touches on the horses. I've made vendor images, I've got the textures ready for the packaging for boxing. Tested the horses out with friends, found thankfully only two small glitches! not bad hehe.. just need to swap out some scripts in the horses again, bit of a pain but will get it done.

I've been working on comprehensive note card with instructions on editing and modding for people not so knowledgeable about it. All of these last minute tasks are kind of a brain drainer! working none stop! I hope to have these boxed up in a few days. Hope to soon have pictures of all the vendors up, not long until the release party!

Oh still need to make the demo horse too. *adds that to the list*

Is it funny I feel like making more colors already for the horses? XD

Read more »

Salem!

I think this is the last color for now, since I need to focus on getting them ready for boxing up to sell! So Salem is the last one :) I'm sure though in the future Ill come out with many more color! O.o

So now to tack them all up and get them in complete folders and then into boxes and into vendors ready for the release party this weekend!

Read more »

Reed!

Here is Reed! My next White Oak Equine :P Reed is a tobiano paint horse. Shes named after my aunt in laws horse. Actually Tinker, Ben and Reed are all names of my aunt in laws horses hehe!








Its getting closer to the release date and I still need to get these boxed and in english and western saddles, so I may just do one or two more colors before then.

Read more »

Belle

Belle! named her after the horse I have been riding for lessons! she was my horse for beginning, shes not mine but I feel like she belonged to me since we spent lots of time practicing together with my instructor in real life :P She is a pretty brown bay :)





I think next Ill try and make some paint horses :) will be more challenging but worth it :)

Read more »

Zephyr!

Meet Zephyr the palomino! Got him done this morning finally! spent some time late last night photo shopping the textures :) I think he came out pretty handsome ;)



I think I have a nice collection of colors going so far! wonder how many ill turn out by release date, so many ideas! so many pretty coat types to choose from!

Read more »

Ben!

Heya everyone! I have a new horse to introduce! Meet Ben! my black equine friend :) Yes of course he does come with markings, white socks! But I prefer him looking all black :P If you decide to adopt him though on release day, feel free to sock him up!

I took him out for a bare back ride and snapped some pictures :)





Hope you all like! :) I think Ill make a palomino next.

Read more »

Tinker Buckskin!

First new color done! Tinker the buckskin horse! damn tedious changing the mane textures XD and I had allot more tweaking to do then I thought I would! Anyway, here she is :P





I call them he's and she's but really they can be any gender, you can even choose it on the hud! XD Hmm what color next... *rubs hands together*

Read more »

New colors on the agenda!

So! now that I have the release date set for the horses, I spend the time between now and then making all the different horse colors I want! This part is sort of fun since now I can just play around with appearance, no more dealing with prims and scripts, just retexture and retexture! But then again.. changing the hair and the mane is going to be a pain in my ass XD but all worth it in the end.

I'm currently working on my first new color, Buckskin! I always loved the looks of buck skin horses. Its coming along well, though there is allot of extra work I need to do, touch ups to the body fur and such, since not all the horses will follow the same pattern as Balthazar.

Valen is finishing up some last touches on the hud but that isn't stopping me from working on getting all the various colors done. Maybe in the next few days Ill post pictures of a few of the colors I end up making :)

So stayed tuned and join the White Oak Equines group in SL!

Read more »

RELEASE PARTY!! White Oak Equines!

Party Details:

Date: May 1st, 2010

Location/region: Mithica
Slurl Here

Times: 10:00 am 12:00 pm PDT - 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm PDT

Normally priced at 1,600 $L the release party price will be 1,200 $L!

Come and celebrate the release of a new brand of horse to Second Life! You can look forward to meeting other lovers of all things equine, riding demo horses, and a chance to win your own free White Oak Equine! There will be music and fun, and you try out riding the trails of Mithica!


Horse Features:

These are fully animated horses with some features that no other horses in Second Life have. Features include..

~Blinking eyes.
~Twitching ears.
~Horse randomly paws at ground.
~Makes random horse sounds: neighs, whinnies and snorts.
~Hoof sounds accompany the trot and canter.
~Makes hoof prints and dust cloud.
~Has two gaits (trot and canter) and jumps.
~Customize your horse with different facial and leg markings for a unique look.
~Choose horse gender or opt for neutral.
~Rides standard or side saddle in one horse.
~Western and English saddles included.
~Fully tacked.
~Mount and dismount features.
~Pose horse for easy photographing.
~Free updates!

This is all controlled with a very easy to use hud. Features such as sounds, hoof prints, and dust trail can all be turned on and off. Easy adjustments let you fit in the saddle perfectly and adjust the horse to your avatar's height.

White Oak Equines will be offered in a variety of unique colors!


Check out some pictures of Balthazar the Blue Roan, the first-born White Oak Equines horse!






Join the group!

Do a search under the "groups" tab and type in White Oak Equines. Joining is free! you can get updates on new releases and products, and get special group freebies!


Official blog of Designer Piper Shan: http://pipershan.blogspot.com/

Read more »

Last day!???

I hope its the last day of working on getting the first horse finally completed! Valen and I have been working hard today, slaving away to get all last things off that check list! We have just a few items... in fact four things left. We have the horse positioning done! that seemed like it was going to be daunting but it got done more quickly and easily then I thought! Our goal is to have it all complete to where the next thing is to put out a release date and advertisement and then get working on making new colors to offer! Valen already has great ideas on a game to win prizes (free horses) at the release! hehe cant wait!

I have some pictures!


Valen working on horse scripts, got him in a nice pose at sunset.


Working on the random leg lift/pawing to make Balthazar seem more alive!


Me working on the dismount animation.


Valen in a dainty side saddle pose as he works on that hud function.


Little person Valen, shrunk his size to test the horse ground adjustments for all sizes!


Stay tuned!! wont be long until we set the official release date!

Read more »

Hanging out with Balthazar!

I took a few pictures of myself and Balthazar the other night. Valen did more scripting on him, so he now jumps! He also makes all kinds of cute horse sounds that play randomly for the best effect. Its great how alive he seems to me now, I feel like he really is my Second Life pet lol, I don't know if thats good or pathetic? Well, they don't call it "Second Life" for no reason! I'm living in some ways vicariously through it, owning a horse were I cant in real life! hehe.

I built an outdoor stable across from the barn with two more stalls. I was thinking of using it to set up the other horses of color variation, so there will be four stalls in the barn, two outside, six colors to start from with the horses seems a reasonable number, same as my avatars typically. Then Ill place the buy vendor directly outside each stall. Then somewhere in the center of the two Ill place a sign that outlines the horse features and info and offers a demo to ride.

Wont be long now.. just a few more features, then I can tack Balth up English and western! Hopefully ill have a release date to announce soon!

Chillin with mah horse!




Sample of the jump!

Read more »

So close!!

My check list is narrowing down, the first complete horse is so close I can almost feel it and see it before me! I'm so excited, but I wont start making a variety of colors until I have one complete version to work with! Its easier like that, duplicating one with already set permissions ect.

Valen finished hoof prints and particles the other day, so we have a nice dust trail to follow the horses when they run!

Just need a few more things..

animations for adjusting horses height
attempting a side saddle pose and a leading pose
Then a running gait and a jump pose.

Thats pretty much it! all things I need Valen for. He is supposed to get the horse sounds working today yay!

Hmm maybe still need to make a few extras to go with the horses, hay bails and stuff like that. *rubs hands together*

Read more »

Horse are still coming along :)

Its been a few days since I updated O.o I suppose thats because for now there inst much new to show, most of the work is behind the scene scripting. I have poor Valen hard at work! Hes been working on the HUD and getting particle effects working, like dust clouds and hoof prints, and there is still a few more things on the list that are script related, but I hope soon Ill have some more pictures to show, maybe even the complete first product soon! I have lots of ideas brewing, playing around with vendor themes and such :) I'm very pleased with the progress and I think potential owners to these horses will too!

Read more »

Das Blinkingeyes Und Twitchinears!

Valen came in world today and helped me work on Balthazar, getting him all scripted up! pictures, pictures tee hee!~

Here is Valen his cool self up in Mithica scripting away like the wizard he is!



Yes! he got the horses eyes blinking and the ears moving! Its not the same obviously in a photo to show, would be better to sample in a video. Just those two features brought it to life! I always feel that way when making avatars for Rez Fantazy, its always the turning point.

He also got the customization working for the horses appearance as shown in an older post, the various facial markings and such.




And I started to put together a HUD base so that we can get the functions working with it. I'm doing my best to make a nice looking HUD thats clear and easy to use. Ill have it collapse down also so it doesn't always have to take up the view.



It seems like a bunch of work, but mostly small things that added up. But after some working together today it seems even closer to finished. Only a few more customizations to do and then ill be on the task of animations! aiming for a side saddle pose and a dismount/lead pose.

If anyone out there had suggestions start making them known now so I can take them into consideration!

Read more »

Fun Customize!!!! XD

Well, I spent a good few hours working on Balthazar today! and yes, lots of pictures! hehe. Lets see... * references check list* First of all, I added some eye lids to the horse so that eventually Valen will make him blink!

Custom markings! I made a variety of markings the owners can choose from to customize their horses up :) examples...




And... I have males vs females! Yes I made actual anatomy so for those people out there that it matters the gender of their horse down to realism, owners will be able to opt for a boy or girl or to simply hide the genitalia.

Cant wait for some of the scripting to take place :) I feel the end nearing!

Read more »

Scratched two things from list!

Yay, was able to check two things off my list of "to do's" for the horses. Balthazar has nice a new mane that flows pretty when hes walking and running :) His tail has new body and flow and hes looking good! I took him for a bit of a ride to test things out and its looking pretty great! I took some screen shots of course ;)

Balthazar in his English saddle and bridle. I think next Ill tackle making male and female bits, blinking eyes and twitching ears.

Read more »