New "Modern" Release

Thanks to my good friend Daved Calderwood and his love for the rustic past, we have a brand-new line that's taken a "little bit" of a turn for the more modern. Based on a movie night where he FINALLY say the old favorite "Casablanca" and was suddenly inspired by its time period, we are proud to release our all-new Vintage Train Station and accessories!

To be honest, at first I was like "how's THAT gonna fit into our style at the store" but then I realized that there is so much more to rustic than just broken down and he was right! I love this new line! There are so many roleplay possibilities with it (not Gorean of course but we cater to every line of rustic roleplay!).

Be sure to come by the main store to get your copy. Daved's an amazing builder that is getting a real eye for detail. Welcome ... errr, all aboard!!! :)

Christmas Countdown at Cynful Designs

I wanted to come up with a way to say "thank you" for all our loyal group members so thanks to a great script I FINALLY found, we'll be giving away a Xmas pressie each day until Christmas. All you have to do is wear your group tag, come to the main store, and "buy" the present (sorry, you know me ... it's just a rustic crate! :) ) to get your gift each day.

I'll be changing out the gift each morning (around 3 am SL time) until Christmas Day. So if you forget or miss a day, sowwie!

Be sure to tell a friend ... all that have to do is join the group (group search for Cynful Designs) and come join the fun at the main store!

From all of us at Cynful Designs to all of you ... Happy Holidays!

Rustic Bath House Collection

I am really proud of the newest release that was created with the help of my good friend Daved Calderwood. It's a mixture of many things but mostly my two loves ... Gor and the Old West! Straight from my rendition of both is a rustic bath house complete with a porch and hitching posts. There are many accessories to accompany this new collection ... three different style tubs, an indoor water kettle, a steaming bucket of hot water, an old chair leaning back with a barrel to prop your feet on, a storage closet, and many many more!

Be sure to stop by the main store, take a stroll into the upper section of the tavern and check it all out. This build is guaranteed to "clean up" your roleplay! ;)

Ripped and loving it!

I logged on the other night to find an offline message from the 'Ripped' owner and creator (an awesome line of tunics, camisks, animations, and more!) that she needed my help. I messaged her and found out that she had moved to a brand new sim and wanted me to put a vendor up for FREE because she liked my stuff and it would fit with her sim. Once I got there, I found out that she wanted to set a few of my things out to decorate the sim as she felt like my creations complimented the decor of her sim. Once I started setting things out I felt might fit in with the design, she fell in love and we basically decorated the whole outside setting of her store with my items! (WOOT!) All the items are set to sell (of course) and I put a vendor out as well.

So stop by, visit the all-new 'Ripped' sim and buy a few items while you are there! :p

Happy Shopping!

All-New Cynful Blacksmith Forgery Line!

I'll be the first one to admit that I'm a Pirates of the Carribbean fan! Who can resist Johnny Depp OR Orlando Bloom? But put them together in a series of movies and we are in drool heaven!

I'm not really sure what prompted me to try and recreate the blacksmith scene where they sword fought ... I'm guessing it was because I wanted to start a blacksmith/forgery line in the store and I suddenly thought of that particular scene in the first PofC movie. So I found myself watching it over and over and over ... pausing it, taking note of certain things and discovering that I wanted to give it a shot.

With that in mind, I spoke to an old friend of mine that wanted to lend a helping hand (and possibly make some lindens along the way!) and we go together to create what I hope is THE blacksmith line in Second Life! We tried to think of everything we could as far accessories and trust me, we could have added a LOT more but decided we finally had enough to release the line. Knowing me, I'm sure I'll add some other pieces along the way but I am VERY satisfied with what we have ready to go.

I even went to AKK Ranch to find a donkey to add to the power wheel and found one (he's SO cute)! He is NOT part of the line that you can purchase at the store but I am highly encouraging you to go to AKK Ranch and get one to add to the shop for that extra special touch. Be sure to drop by the store, check out the pictures of it all together and then mix and match to create your own Pirate-style blacksmith shop!

Have fun roleplaying! :)

Medieval Style Fighting Arena

Through a mutual friend and a Master that I've known for at LEAST the past 5-6 years, I had the opportunity to build an arena for the Alika Sao Weaponry sim. The owner, Danna Ewing, wanted to put one up in order to increase traffic AND offer a place for her customers to spar, use their new weapons, and host events in the near future. This was an AMAZING opportunity for me so I wanted to honor the design layout she already had on the sim and be true to my own building style.

With this in mind, I immediately started thinking of arenas that could inspire me and the first thing that popped into my head was the movie "A Knight's Tale". At first, the ending tournament arena came in mind but then I realized not only was it "too upscale" but it would be majorly prim heavy (not to mention the fact that I am a prim whore to begin with!). So then I suddenly thought of the arena in the opening scene in which we were introduced to the GREAT 80's music that permeated the movie but also the characters. So with that scene in mind (and a quick looksie on my copy of it on DVD), I got to work!

Be sure to stop by the Alika Sao Weaponry sim to check it out and then tp to my main store to get your copy!

Building for the Holidays

I guess I'm just kind of in one of those moods. Not really on a particular theme or idea ... just building whatever comes to my mind. I wanted to do a collection of harvest items for the holidays and the Fall season so I've been working on some items. So far I've released a collection of pumpkins that are completely copiable and modifiable so you can adjust and decorate to your heart's content. I put some of them together with an old favorite ... one of our rustic carts AND created a brand-new wheelbarrow. Of course, I'm offering the new build as two selections ... with the pumpkins and without. I'm totally excited about an AMAZING dried cornstalk texture that was given to me by the amazing Lauren Fox (check out her textures in SL ... they are totally worth it!) and paired them with some great farm textures of hers that I found on SL Exchange so I'll be releasing some new harvest items in the next few days.

On top of that, I've added a couple of more pieces to my Ruined Outlaw Camp line ... a scribery and two wall sections. I'm in the middle of revamping a supply shed and another wall section so hopefully that will be released soon as well.

Be sure to stop by the main store and pick up my sale item of the week and don't forget our monthly trivia contest for members only! If you didn't get it, you can always join the group and check out past notices. So far I've gotten a couple of answers but ... none are correct so far!