Luna Lunaria^✦ @lunalunaria

Today starts my Opensim Appreciation Giveaway, and it's happening all this week at OSFest from Monday July 18th through Sunday July 24th. Everything I have out on my four merchant regions at OSFest will be free, with the exception of two structures still under construction that I will debut in the next month. Freebies include castles, entertainment venues, statues, landscaping, airships, and decor of all kinds - if you see it you can get it for free. I have four parcels on the OSFest grid: one on the Chlorine region and three on Unobtanium.

DON'T MISS THIS

In addition, there are nearly 25 merchants participating with me in a massive sales event all week - sales prices and freebies galore. Supporting is caring, and encourages quality creators to set up shop in opensim.

Start here, then look for the merchant teleport board: grid.opensimfest.com:8022:HG-Welcome

Find out more about OSFest 2022 here: https://www.opensimfest.com/ See the entire events calendar here: https://grid.opensimfest.com/website/grid/calendar

Just created my avatar on Wolf Territories and officially joined their grid. Almost done with a satellite store on their Ocean 20 region. I've always loved this grid simply because it is over 500 contiguous regions - great for flying and sailing, and because the owner @wolfterritories is extremely supportive of all my work.

You can find my store here:
grid.wolfterritories.org:8002:Wolf Territories Ocean 20

More info on their OSW site here:
https://opensimworld.com/hop/85068

Reserve your spot now. Registration for all roles is open and is free to everyone. Sponsor levels are available:

https://www.opensimfest.com/post/reserve-your-parcel-or-sp...

Hypergrid International Expo opens this Friday and sessions start Saturday in multiple languages!

HG Address: craft-world.org:8002:HIE Welcome

For full information go here: https://hieopensim.blogspot.com/

Today starts The Merchant Sales Event at this year's OSFest and it's happening this week from Tuesday September 26th through Saturday September 30th. This is a grid-wide event with multiple merchants and sales and freebies galore! There are merchant teleport boards like the one pictured that are spread around the grid for convenience.

For example, one of our merchants, Sarvonne Creations Etc, is offering a 50% off deal on "Blues/Jazz Era" themed AI art series at her CheriNet Et Alias Gallery Shop at her OSFest store.

Lunaria Emporium is holding its biggest sale of the year. All of my castles and entertainment venues will be 75% off Kitely Market prices, and all my other smaller items displayed everywhere will be free, including some Egyptian pieces and some brand new Art Deco pieces and furniture not yet available anywhere.

DON'T MISS THIS

Start here, then look for the merchant teleport board: grid.opensimfest.com:8022:HG-Welcome

Find out more about OSFest 2023 here: https://www.opensimfest.com. See this week's entire events calendar here: https://www.opensimfest.com/calendar

Luxor is my home and a place of meditation and mystery for spiritual pilgrims. The region rewards those who are patient, still, and listening, for there are quiet songs that will play at various locations if you stand and wait. Shared environment and higher graphics will complete your experience in this place of Peace. I am here often so please say Hi if you see me

Nothing is currently for sale here but eventually I'll open a little shop of antiquities.

My ongoing Egyptian passion project called Luxor, located on Wolf Territories Grid. Currently working on the interior of the main pyramid (finally), which will have a new lavish club venue at the top.

grid.wolfterritories.org:8002:Luxor

Many of you have asked for my Victorian Club since I first unveiled it at Opensim Fest last summer. It is now available for purchase exclusively at my main store on Wolf Territories Grid at a reduced price. Paste this HG address in your world map, then click the Entertainment Venues sign in the lobby: grid.wolfterritories.org:8002:Lunaria Emporium - Main Store

This venue began life a year ago as the the Fetish Fire Club on Utopia Skye Grid, which is closed to the hypergrid. It is my most detailed build offering so far, pushing the boundaries of what can be done with materials especially.

The Club covers a 52 x 80 square meter plot, and is a mix of mesh and prims with a 1924 land impact. The build can be copied as much as you like, and everything is modifiable with the exception of the lighting control scripts in the switches, as per my agreement with Mike Chase of Utopia Skye who wrote those.

This build is not yet available at my other store locations on Mobius Grid or on Kitely Grid. I am currently working on a version for the Kitely Market, but that is taking time, since that market forces me to retexture everything before I can list it there.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR FIRST TIME VISITORS TO WOLF TERRITORIES GRID COMING FROM SMALLER GRIDS OR DREAMGRIDS: Set your graphics low before you arrive, since it takes time not only for your viewer to cache the region, but also for Wolf Territories to establish new communication links with your originating grid. You may need to relog and return. For this same reason, purchases using Gloebits may not show in your inventory until you return home and relog. You can always contact me here if you have any questions or issues.

Lunaria on Mobius Grid

My goal with all my stores and regions, but especially this region, is to show that even a store can be an artistic expression of the highest order. Every piece I sell and every place I display them is a work of art.

See Lunaria here: main.mobiusgrid.us:80:Lunaria
Use shared environment and advanced lighting model to see it as it was meant to be seen.

Along with regular retail items for sale, the Emporium also has full-perm builders packs available for those of you who love to create your own structures but don't want to reinvent the wheel completely. Builders packs include windows, stairs, railings and posts, and columns. Most are mesh with some prims mixed in. All are modify, copy, and transfer.

Lunaria Emporium is here to help you complete your vision. I sell only the highest quality original mesh, structures, and decor to take your world to a higher, more realistic level. Here you have many styles to choose from: Medieval, Gothic, Japanese, Classical, Steampunk, or Modern, all unique and all using the best quality textures and materials.

Lunaria Emporium is a Gloebit region, which means all products are sold for Gloebits and Gloebits can be purchased there as well.

You can find many of my products listed on the Kitely Market here:
https://www.kitely.com/market?store=13957705

The Rainbow Bridge in Luxor. Working with glass using PBR, which needs texture, reflectivity, and transparency to look real. Before PBR we were missing the reflectivity part, which could only be rendered by duplicating the prims above and flipping them upside down.

Found a parking space for the X-Wing over at the store. Flew her over from Luna Starbase after giving her a new PBR paint job. Might be time again to give her some exercise flying across the grid.

Made by Lain Iwakura of Iwakura Systems and scripted by Armenious Horada. I helped Lain with the model upload issues and some of the texturing and also helped with flight testing. They have some interesting hud, weapons, and flight characteristics. Armenious has moved on to other projects outside of Opensim and Lain is no longer making the models though she is still on Kitely. Their entire inventory of about 20 ships was given to me as a trust to preserve. I'll eventually display them all at Starbase.

You can see the X-Wing at the store next to the cinema. HG Address is grid.wolfterritories.org:8002:Lunaria Emporium - Main Store

One-destination hypergate available at the store. Set it to any destination on your region, your grid, or on the hypergrid. Click the Egyptian sign in the lobby to get to the display. This photo is unretouched, taken using the new midday setting. To see it this way in world, use the latest Firestorm viewer 7.1.11 then activate the left-side mirror options in the graphics settings. Original gold textures will be seen if using the older FS 6.6.17 viewer and I recommend using shared environment in that case, since the old default midday will yield the poorest results.

Chapter 11 - Maeia from my book Eos Renascent is now on Wattpad. You can read it here for free: https://www.wattpad.com/story/176823549-eos-renascent

“Hello little one,” Maeia addressed the apparition waiting for her. The girl appeared prepubescent, with long dark hair and stunning gold eyes. She didn’t answer, gazing instead into Maeia’s face with shameless curiosity. “You’re a little bold for a phasma,” Maeia continued, using the name her order called these embodied memories. Other phasma continued to walk near them and through them.

“And what would your name be if you were real, I wonder?” Maeia asked, not expecting an answer. Sure enough, she didn’t get one, just more of the same intensely curious stare. “Well, regardless, lead on, take me where you will.”

I’ll call you Leta, she thought to herself, the hidden one.

Leta turned to go, and without looking, reached out her left hand to take Maeia’s in hers. Maeia froze in stunned amazement, staring down at the small hand in hers.

I can feel her hand, she thought. That shouldn’t be possible.

Chapter 10 - Amaranthine from my book Eos Renascent is now on Wattpad. You can read it here for free: https://www.wattpad.com/story/176823549-eos-renascent

“I…I..” he stammered, unable to find words for what he was experiencing.

These are not your past,” she said gently, “these are all you, now, in this moment.” She let go of his hands. “You will not remember it all, but you will remember the feelings and the longings, the love and companionship. They will carry you to fulfill your purpose.”

“I don’t want to leave,” he tried to say, as the beautiful scene slowly faded then disappeared.

Lukas found himself back at the gathering in the temple with the Amaranthine, unaware of the angry crowd around him. He felt the fog descend over his mind once more and it saddened him. Falling to his knees, he looked up into her eyes as she reached down to touch his cheek.

“Always remember, Lukas, you only see what you're looking for. When you want only love, you will see nothing else.”