Archive for September, 2008

Attention: High Prim Count Ahead!

Finally! Someone has gone above and beyond the normal boundaries of trying to conserve on prim count and let loose with an amazing line of trees using a prim count not for the faint of heart.

Sure, Aintree Gardenshas a remarkable collection of low prim foliage to fit a variety of needs, but what about those times when a landscaper wishes to throw caution to the wind and go all out with highly-detailed, amazing-looking trees?

Does a prim count of 80+ appeal to your narcissitic nature?  Yeah, me, too! :)

That’s why I was more than pleasantly surprised when Honour McMillan dropped her latest creations on me.  Imagine the look on my face rezzing an 87-prim Fir,  or an 81-prim Oak tree? 

Aintree Oak Tree

Aintree Gardens Oak Tree

Right next to a 58-prim Chestnut or 55-prim Willow tree and all you’re missing is a hammock and good ambient tunes for a blissful afternoon in SL, or anywhere, really.

Aintree Gardens Chestnut Tree

Aintree Gardens Chestnut Tree

First thing I noticed is that Honour has now added auto-rezzers for use with this new set of trees – very nice feature!!  Watching these trees rez is a thing of beauty in itself.  Of course, the next thing you notice has to be the incredible detailed textures, coupled with the subtle and yet oh so realistic movement and you really can’t beat the bargain price of L$800 even if you tried.

I might mention, the trees are copyable, believe it or not, which adds that much more to the value of the price.

While I can find nothing to complain about these latest creations, I am holding on to the hope that the next incarnation provides us with moving shade ground cover to accompany them.  Just sayin’.  ;)

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