Sky Rig - Its SO Riggy!

Been a long time since I've done much at all in SL, actually, thats a lie, I've been doing a few things, just never finished them... and those who know me, will know thats not an uncommon thing.

But anyways, I grew a little bored of Abaddon, so I decided to spice things up a little.

About 4 months ago, I did have an idea to create an oil rig with a city on, and design it all in Black and White, creating an arty kind of sim, but after much deliberation, I decided against it, as it was too specialized and I really did not want to single out the genres I like working on.

So! I liked the rig idea, I liked the idea of creating things that can incorporate different ideas/themes, and came up with the SUPER DELUXE SUPER SUPER SIZED SCI FI RIG and named it The Guardians Eye - Sector 98 (I think its 98...) The Sky Rig.

Its still very much under construction, but has already got some nice effects, courtesy of Glow. Unfortunatly, I cant get Windlight to work on my Mac, so I can't show any pictures of how it looks in the midst of beautiful skies. But, never the less, glow makes up for it, and makes up for it on a huge scale. I reallt cant get enough of it, as it produces not only glowy effects, but also depth and shadow, which I love... alot.

As you'll see in some of the pictures, mainly the Cyro Chambers, putting a Glow on the inside, leaving the rest normal, can produce some nice glass effects, blurring out some of the inner prims.

Most of the effects used here are very animated, and should be seen in SL to get the proper effect. But, beside that, the pictures capture some of the detail used.

The rig will be used as part of the new Combat System myself and two other companies are working on right now, named FORGE and will follow the story of the Cyver Series after the demise of Abaddon (Chapter 12). Currently there will be no Cyvers in the story as for those who read some of the release notes know, they got wiped out. But the story will contain elements from the Cyvers and a new branding will emerge.

Big plans follow hopefully, as there are reason as to why the sky rig had to be built, leaving the ground level free, hopefully, I can extend the legs to the bottom.

Anyways, take a lookie at the piccies and see what you think, the second picture shows you the scale of the rig, as I've put a red circle around me and a friend, standing on one of the levels...