Prim feet

My SL closet is well-stocked, but I've never understood the appeal of prim feet. Please tell me why people spend large amounts of on money on these things when:

1. They're giant sculpties and thus take longer to rez.
2. They require that you use their AO rather than your own. They often go out of alignment when using any involved anims such as dancing.
3. They require you to attach giant invisiprims to your ankle or give you permanent Elephantiasis.
4. They require a bit of work to find the right skin tone.
5. They interact badly with any building elements that have alpha.

Why do people go so far for stiff-looking toes? Do people cam on each other and judge each other based on one's perfect pedicure? I think the main market for such shoes are foot fetishists and xcite has a foot already for them...

Please advise me if I am incorrect any of these assumptions..

Sl feet are ugly. they tend to be flat, and misshapen. Its not a point of foot fetish, its a point of *details* Slink has excellent ones, that do not make your ankles look weird.

Also, any shoes that have invisprims interact badly with alphas. All heels, most boots, and generally any shoe that looks good contains an invisiprim.. lots of people wear them anyway. The well made sculptie feet/ shoes with feet/toes, simple look better. none of the ones i have require me to use their ao, they come with an *ankle* lock, that is useful for ANY SL shoes/boots that you get the *ankle break* look from a LOT of dances/animations.
The foot from Xcite is an invible prim that simple allows you to inter-act with that region, unless they have something new, it simple does NOT improve the look of the feet on your avie.
Its all in how vain you are i guess..

IMHO, lots and lots of avies take the time to dress well, skin/shape/hair, and ruin the whole look with bad shoes. Lots of improvements since i got to SL.. this is just another one

Just my 2cents worth

~Brie

I humbly submit that you are incorrect on a number of points.
I love my prim feet and here's why:

1. I'm a photo nut and often shoot nudes. Prim feet look 100% better than "wedges" with toes painted on them.
2. The AO that I use came with my prim feet from SLink, has never gone out of whack or interfered with other anims etc.
3. My feet rez up nearly instantly... don't know why but they do.
4. They match nearly perfectly when you consider that they reflect light. By adjusting my WL settings for photos, you often cannot see the seams at all.
5. The alphas are not huge, they are the same size as the foot sculpt, therefore only leaving a very small margin of invisiprim that can be seen, which is far less than most heels/boots and other shoes that I own, that don't sculpt the invisiprim.
6. They allow for anklets to help further hide the seam in a wide variety of styles...Being a jewelry lover this is quite nice. The included HUD offers dozens of metals, gems, nail colors, polish styles and even fake nail art.

I'd also like to point out that when wearing heels with prim toes, I often color them to match my hosiery, which if done properly gives a very nice look. I wouldn't say that it has anything to do with a fetish any more than you would attribute earring wearers as having a thing for earlobes I simply want to look more real, especially when nude or in something like swimwear, and judging on the fact that every single friend i've shown them to has gone out and bought them as well, they must not be so bad!

I guess it depends on your system. Mine rez very fast. I had a friend match the skin tone and she did a great job. The AO that comes with them is just to lock your ankles when you change poses on balls etc...It doesnt overide your own AO. I dunno I love my primmy shoes. And they just look better than fugly SL feet.

I'm barefoot most of the time and I absolutely love my SLink feet! I think anyone that wears silks & is barefoot most of the time should be using these feet. It's so much better than having the paddle feet.

I have seen the SLink feet, and they're attractive for what they are. They still resemble prosthetics to me. I understand how you would attach prim nails or face lights for a picture. However, wearing prim feet on a day to day basis strikes as counterproductive: firstly, the invisiprim on SLink shoes is significantly larger than the the "white space" in a standard heel, covering not only all of the sole but also the ankle. Thirdly, you can find wonderful open-toed shoes in SL that are intricate enough to cover up the ugliness of the standard toes and do not require 15 different scripts. To each their own, but I just don't see how prim feet are worth the time/money.

I did not know about the AO in the shoes not conflicting with standard AOs. I have seen that it is hard to align the feet exactly with a moving ankle, however.

The feet tend to rez faster for me than the rest of the person. Which I see as a strike against it, not a plus.

I do not like alpha, at all. As much as possible I wear stuff that does not interfere, in an alpha like way, or go barefoot.

Personally I do not desire to have anything to do with them. And I am a photo nut. Which the 20K, or whatever number it is now, pictures on Flickr might indicate.

Only time I tend to look at feet is when I'm looking at new skin. And I did not do this for the last round of examinations. I still do not know what my feet currently look like with the new skin.

OK then u have save ur self some money! I had not considered prim feet before for myself or my alt - but will now go look for some for her. Me I always wear shoes so am not bothered but will do some research.

Last night I got to see the male version on, and while i admit there is room for improvement, I confess I did like them a lot. But then again until recently, I had not had a 'thing' about feet ...

SLinks come with two HUDS. One controls everything, skin tones, jewelry, etc. This one doesn't need to be worn constantly- only if you are changing the attributes.
The other is a very basic AO. I often don't bother with it at all and my feet still behave properly. Wearing these is not much different than a pair of sculpted shoes + a basic nonlistening AO.
To each their own- paddle feet vs. a little invisiprim nothingness...it's all just a matter of individual preference.

I have created some sculpted prim feet. I spent hours in close examination of how badly the avatar foot is designed. There is a slope from the front of the shin to the top of the foot that starts far too high. This gives the avatar foot an ugly hunk of flesh that does not exist on the human foot. Now that I have seen it, I can never go back.

R ur feet on XStreet Sylvia? Link please? thnx

Not cool to post products for sale here, but I will send link in private IM if anyone wants.

Thanks Sylvia

So is there a prim foot fetish site?

(I mean: Yet?)

And are the avis in the videos being abused?
Do they need protections?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0620332/

All the prim feet are 7 feet hall heels, so this is also apt:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush_fetish

I wish I had not looked at that Wikipedia article.

(And I thought I had heard it all...)

Wikipedia meets 4chan?

My kit includes a high heel version and a flat version suitable for going barefoot.

Prim toes are kind of the final admission that you can't make shoes; but that is not going to stop you from having a shoe business

I don't make either but i must disagree - there is a wide spread in the skill of both shoe and toe makers- I only just started looking at feet and i can already see the difference in skill levels of the few i have seen. Even the ones with toes on shoes - the range is huge from omg gotta have to omg my eyes! I think it is a huge skill set needed- one i personally do not have - sculpts are damn hard!

I've had prim feet and liked them, SLInk, I think, but the skin on my Sarah av has pretty nice feet, but not all that realistic. I decided against spending the money on more prim feet because of that. They are nice, though, and probably worth the money if you like that much detail...I prefer to focus on the eyes and mouth and hair, though.

I'm not talking about the skills needed to make sculpties,which do take a lot of skill, I'm talking about using said sculptie to hide the fact you can't make shoes.

IDGI

well they don't match alot of the skins in color then your stuck to bare legs no nice little socks , stocking or nylons,so instead of making a useful shoe that looks good your using fake toes to hide the imperfections not unlike hiding seams with plants or boulders but becouse of the formetioned problems they are even less useful.

ISDGI