In Second Life, as in real life, I tend to be a "jack of all trades and master of none". I love to dabble in the different skills necessary to create but I'm very impatient with the learning curve. I'm reallyexcited about the introduction of Mesh and now Materials to Second Life but I find it hard to make a concentrated effort to get up to speed on these 3D building techniques.

All this to say that I need a lot ofinspiration to propel me into uncharted territory.

The Neoclassic Row House pictured above right, was just what I was looking for; small & stylish, classic & contained. It's a build that easily lends itself to mesh modelling, or so my untutoredself surmises.And so project Maison Noir Blanc was launched.

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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 06 Oct 2016 06:21:15AM

Love the townhouse!

Dear Tatiana,

The building is charming!

The idea of going to new horizons is the spice of life. I hope this is a new beginning for you.

My compliments.

Thank you, ladies

It's a very small build, especially when you compare it to the grand chateaux that we are use to seeing here, but nonetheless it's rather a daunting tasksince Iwant to convert almost everything to a mesh model.

I hate reading instructions but I'm having a great time learning as I go with this project. Now if only my poor avi will forgive me for crashing her repeatedly into the wall to check to see if it's solid

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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site

Congratulations for this new project dear Taty!

It's starting to look more like a house!

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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site

Hooray for progress! It's looking good

Better and better!

Thanks Ladies!

I'm happy to say that you can now walk through the front door without falling through a gap and getting trapped in the foundation )

I've also mastered the creation of hinged, mesh doors and I'm working on a brand new Doric Column that is low LI. My first attempt saw the column base come in at LI=14 (which is more than all the windows & doors combined at this point) but I've now got it down to 0.5 - whew!

Now if I could only remember the difference between Doric, Ionic & Corinthian without looking them up every time I'd be getting somewhere )

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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site