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Seeking a male skin!

Akira Tsuki
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Join date: 1 Sep 2006
Posts: 9
04-06-2008 15:27
I'm making a human male avatar, and I'm looking for a male skin with requirements that seem surprisingly hard to obtain all at once.

- Male, obviously, although there've been some female skins which were perfect apart from the fact that, without a shirt, the shading obviously meant to include shadows for breasts ...
- No pronounced muscles. (I'd just like to interject a mini-rant here, and say that when I couldn't find this one, it's caused more irritation than the rest combined. Does NOBODY who makes skins realize that there are some people who want neither boobs nor huge muscles? Do they think that every single person who wants a male avatar also wants to be "the buffest testosterone-stuffed buff-dude this side of Ahnold"? Sorry, I'll shut up now.)
- No body or facial hair. I'll accept pubic hair if all else fails, but I'll probably keep looking.
- I'm looking for something that's white-fleshtone, and by this I mean "Caucasian/Japanese/Hispanic/etc", not "Goth".
- Should assume that hair is black, and that eyebrows match.
- Something which looks *adult*. I've seen skins that met all the other requirements except that they looked like they belonged to an eight-year-old, and expletive-deleted, was THAT creepy ...
- Oh, yes -- the nipples etc. should be properly aligned according to the official SL Avatar Templates. Bit of common sense there, but as with any other category, if common sense were all that common, we wouldn't even need to mention it.
Giorgos Yao
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Join date: 7 Jan 2008
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Attika
04-08-2008 08:42
hi i'm the owner of this store...i have one male shape&skin if you want i can give it to you with full permision for 400L$ my store is located at canoa beach
Nika Talaj
now you see her ...
Join date: 2 Jan 2007
Posts: 5,449
04-08-2008 09:08
Cryogen has male skins with less prominent muscles, good quality for a reasonable price. You're right, it's hard to find non-ripped guys :)

Did you try Robin Sojourner's avatar store? Look in her links ...
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Akira Tsuki
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Join date: 1 Sep 2006
Posts: 9
04-08-2008 11:32
Hmm ... thanks, Giorgos, but not quite what I'm looking for (I did mention no body hair and not-ripped, right?)

As for Robin Sojourner ... Maybe I'm just not looking in the right place, but the only skins I could find were for females n.n;

And the muscles on the Cryogen skins are just a bit too pronounced ...
Gattz Gilman
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Join date: 29 Feb 2004
Posts: 316
04-09-2008 03:19
maybe Chip Midnight's male skins? i think i remember him having one that resembles what your looking for, although it might have brown hair instead of black.
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Myst Panther
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Join date: 29 Apr 2005
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04-10-2008 09:42
I think Tohru Kanami sells a skin that might be close to what you are looking for. The model in the skin ad looks on the young side, but I can assure you the skin looks good on an adult frame as well, provided it is, as you say, towards the athletic rather than juice monkey shape.

If I remember correctly it is hairless, pale, and not overly muscular, but enough definition so that the avatar doesn't look weird and I believe it has black eyebrows. But I can't remember for sure.
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Akira Tsuki
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Join date: 1 Sep 2006
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04-10-2008 11:56
D'oh, Tohru's are great except that the nipples are misaligned. They'd be PERFECT otherwise. n.n;;;

And ... eh. Chip's are too ... not the kind of face I want.
Sufi Aya
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Join date: 17 Sep 2007
Posts: 35
04-10-2008 16:59
Hey Akira,

You may want to have a look at Nora's male skins. They are "normal" and come in a variety of looks...I can't say they are "great" but they are definitely above average. Also, fnky skins come in two varieties...the muscle shading is much lighter on one of them, but they are still fairly muscular.
Akira Tsuki
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Join date: 1 Sep 2006
Posts: 9
04-10-2008 17:45
Hmm. Nora and Fnky both have skins which are too muscular ... :x
Xen Catteneo
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Join date: 25 May 2007
Posts: 4
04-10-2008 18:05
This article has a list of male skins found in the grid, popular and not so popular brands.

http://ymesl.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/feature-where-the-boys-are-mens-skin-options-in-sl/

Also, this skin by Yukimaru Koba may be closer to what you are looking for:

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee238/ymeboys/Catero/feature/skins/skin-zroad-lt.jpg
Akira Tsuki
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Join date: 1 Sep 2006
Posts: 9
04-10-2008 19:09
Hmm, I'll have to check that out!

EDIT: Aaaaand we have a winner! Random Fashions has a *perfect* skin! ^^