dark and filled with beauty, all it took was one lonely kiss

To date, so far, this is the most incredible, fantastic thing I've seen at Fantasy Faire this year:

(from the Charity efforts album)

I mean, damn. Now that is an avatar. She was impressive as hell.

(from the Charity efforts album)

Don't misunderstand me, either--this wasn't a camera trick. She really was that big. Figure the standard size of those SLRFL kiosks, and then find the one in the picture, for an idea of the sheer scale of her.

(from the Charity efforts album)

Still don't believe me? Here's the long shot: each one of those pedestal rotundas was easily three stories high, if not more. The rotunda she's standing beside, the main entry point for The Tides, also has a lower story that's partially submerged. You can just make out the top of the kiosk in the standing water if you look carefully.

She dwarfs that entire pedestal, and the one beneath it. I am deeply, deeply impressed.

Nom nom nom nom babies? Because seriously, she could have if she wanted to.

Laufey Markstein, the fellow behind Trident, put out a shipwrecked dragon boat for his section of the Faire:

(from the Charity efforts album)

And it is, of course, beautifully detailed, and if I owned my own sim, I would so buy one for it.

(from the Charity efforts album)

And I don't know what he did, but whatever it was, they're not letting him out to do it again.

Okay, so this particular entry is light on content, but it's to prepare you for the next several entries, wherein I finally break down all the pictures I've taken in CaleCraft and try to make them make sense, several days after the taking. But I'll try to lay them out in somewhat chronological order. We'll see how it goes.

In the meantime, enjoy Fantasy Faire, and remember--even if you do no more than toss ten Lindens in a kiosk, enjoy the wandering through the sims. The sponsors have gone all out this year, it's beyond impressive, and yes, I do believe for much of it, a mesh viewer will be required. Enjoy.