Greetings! I can hardly believe it's been an entire year since the 'Fairelands' was last open, but for the second year in a row, Laminak is part of this amazing event!
I wanted to create something really special for it, and I spent a long time trying to figure out what to make. I had 2 ideas in mind, but then I was contacted by the owner of Rosehaven, a place that has, for me anyway, always felt like 'Home'. When I first logged back into SL in 2018 after 6-7 years away, I bought land there, as I have done many many times over the years (it was the very first place I ever had land in SL waaay way back in 2007!), to set up a home. The only reason I left this time was because I had to watch what I was spending as I'd just re-opened the store, or I'd still be there now. It's such a magical place! If you're ever looking for a place to call home that's based around all things fantasy this is the place to go. I'll include a LM below so you can check it .. but .. digressing here back to Fantasy Faire ;-)
She wondered if I'd be able to make a new conference/meeting table for the Great Hall at Rosehaven and I didn't need to think twice! I was so delighted to be able to contribute to the sims, I said yes right away, although I wasn't sure at the time how I'd go about it! hahaha
I pondered for weeks how to go about it as I wanted to give people tons of options more than just changing textures, and this is what I came up with!
The table you see above in the main poster is horseshoe in shape but it's modular, so you can change this to any number of configurations you want, use all of the parts, or just some of the parts! There's a left end piece, a right end piece and sections in-between that can be used alone or joined up to create separate tables.
The tabletops have 6 different Mid Oak designs, the legs have 2 texture options, but all are changed via a texture hud.
I've included in the box two pre-configured table setups, a smaller version for 7-21 council members and a larger version for 7- 28 council members.
The pack comes with two different chair designs, each of which has 21 seat pad texture options, so you can arrange them as in the picture with a 'Leader' using one chair and the 'Members' using the other or use all one kind of chair.
There are 46 Male and Female animations in the chairs including a special, custom, Toasting Ceremony.
To go with the 'Council Table' I've made a 'Speakers Platform'. This is sold separately because not everyone will need or want this, but it also has options. There are 6 different texture options to match the council tabletops and as it's mod, you can change this to have more than one set of steps into the center.
So for example, if you split the table up into 2, 3, or even 4 sections you can have people enter the center circle at different places, and walk up different steps to reach the center to speak, or maybe face trial? the choice is yours!
It occurred to me as I was creating this set though, that there might not be many who could actually use it, even in its parts as it really is a huge piece of furniture! So I've created a second table set that can be used alone or in conjunction with the main Council Table.
The Chamber tables are solid round tables and come in a pack with 3 different table sizes, spaces for 1-8 people. The tabletops change via a texture changer to have similar Mid Oak textures to the Council Tables and Speakers Platforms and come with both the chairs described above.
Finally, and to complete the set, as I've previously made larger Pendragon Candlesticks with these sets in mind, I've created smaller candle dishes to use on the tables.These currently form part of the 100% donation items I have available for the Faire.
They're sold in 3 different metal packs - Gold, Silver, or Gothic, and come with 5-8 candle textures to match the candlesticks.
Big blog post hey?! ;-)
Laminak is also providing a hunt gift for the event, details of this and the other RFL items, as well as the main display of the tables sets, can be seen at the Laminak store on A'Dracunas at the Faire:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Adracunas/177/159/71
Ok, think that's it for this post I have one more blog to create today regarding the Main Store but more on that next!
Hope you all have fun exploring the Fairelands, thank you so much in advance for any donations or purchases you make via the RFL vendors this year!
Love and hugs
Casey
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Rosehaven:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Realm%20of%20Rosehaven/97/24/21
Laminak Store at the Faire:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Adracunas/177/159/71
Fantasy Faire Website:
https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/
