Posts Tagged ‘steampunk’

Steampunk Textures – Set 8

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

This is the first of a new set of textures designed for Steampunk vessels, and will be followed up by sets of wall textures for engine rooms and for living quarters (you can catch a glimpse of one these in the sample picture below).

There are 40 textures in all, at 256×256 size. They tile seamlessly, although they are really intended to be used on single panels (as will probably be obvious).

Steampunk texture set 8 example

The set isn’t available in Inworldz yet, but probably will be later today. See the update below.

For Second Life, you can pick up a copy at the Second Life Marketplace, or in-world at the main store (you’ll find it on the second floor).

Second Life Marketplace Page

Main Store

Update: The set is now available in Inworldz, in the Templar Creations Main Store at Tulare 134/220/22.

Victorian Interiors – Set 1, Take 2

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

An explanation and an announcement

Charity Tearfall posted a brief, complimentary review of the Victorian Interior textures on XstreetSL (thanks!), but suggested that it would be good if the windows were transparent.

Well, she’s right, it’s always useful for windows to be transparent!

Unfortunately, and as you are probably aware if you are a resident, Second Life has certain ‘issues’ with transparency, especially if one transparent texture is in front of another (and especially if they are slightly at an angle). There’s more about this in a previous blog post of mine, if you want the gory technical details. (Scroll down that post to read about “the dreaded Z-order bug”).

These days the situation has been made worse by the fact that many (most?) of the recent hairstyles in Second Life make use of transparency. I’m sure you’ve seen the odd effects which happen when these hairstyles get in front of windows or other transparent prims.

For that reason I’ve started avoiding transparency whenever I can.

But other builders in Second Life might (and obviously do!) have different views on this. So for them I’ve released a second version of the Victorian Interiors texture set, this time with transparent windows.

As usual, you will find it in-world at the Templar Creations store:

Templar Creations Main Store

You’ll also find it on XStreetSL, here:

Victorian Interiors – Set 1 – with Transparent Windows

And if you are in search of the original set, with opaque windows, you’ll find that here:

Victorian Interiors – Set 1

I hope that’s transparent enough…

Victorian Interior Textures – Set 1

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

A new texture set! This time it’s a collection of 30 wall textures in a Victorian style, suitable for the Victorian gentleperson at home, or for Steampunk inventors in search of a stylish interior for their latest vehicle!

Victorian Interiors, sample 2

Victorian Interiors, samples 2

As usual, you can get the texture set from XStreetSL, or in-world at the Templar Creations store.

Templar Creations Main Store

XStreetSL: Victorian Interior Textures – Set 1

Steampunk Textures – Set 7

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Now available from the main store and from XstreetSL, this new texture set is mainly for walls and floors, and consists of 20 seamlessly tiling textures.

A few examples:

Sample 1

Sample 2

View the set on XstreetSL

Visit the Templar Creations Main Store

More Steampunk Goodness

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Yes, a new set of Steampunk textures! Not only that, but sets 4, 5, and 6 (the new set) are now available as a combined Steampunk Textures Collection 2, for a discounted price of L$250.

A couple of samples pictures from the new set. There are actually four textures in each picture, but they fit together seamlessly, so it might not be immediately obvious!

Steampunk Textures Sample 1

Steampunk Textures Sample 1

Steampunk Textures Sample 2

Steampunk Textures Sample 2

You can get these in-world at the main store (see the SLURL link in the right-hand sidebar), or you can find them on the XStreetSL pages:

Steampunk Textures Set 6

Steampunk Textures Collection 2

Putting Things In Motion

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Yet another Steampunk texture pack, but this time with a crucial difference: these ones are animated textures. Use them to bring your steampunk machinery to life, but please be careful — yes, I’m looking at you, Dr Frankenstein…
Of course, animated textures need a bit more work than just applying them to a prim. You need a script to set them in motion. This pack comes with a set of sample scripts, all with full permissions so that you can copy and edit them as much as you want. It also comes with a set of pre-built prims, with the scripts already present and active — simply add them to your build, or use them as examples to copy (they are No Transfer, though, so if you want to sell your builds, you will need to create your own versions).
Here’s a sample picture of some of the textures (there are eleven in all, some of them in small and large versions). Of course, this can’t show you what these look like in motion, but you can visit the Steampunk Textures floor of the Templar Creations main store to see them (the prims which are displayed in the store are the ones which are included in the pack).
Buy the pack in-world at the store, or from the XStreetSL page:
Templar Creations Main Store http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ling/183/111/54/?img=http%3A//www.templarcreations.com/graphics/Terrain_Pick_Logo.png&title=Templar%20Creations%20Main%20Store
XStreetSL Page https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=24474

Yet another Steampunk texture pack, but this time with a crucial difference: these ones are animated textures. Use them to bring your steampunk machinery to life, but please be careful — yes, I’m looking at you, Dr Frankenstein…

Of course, animated textures need a bit more work than just applying them to a prim. You need a script to set them in motion. This pack comes with a set of sample scripts, all with full permissions so that you can copy and edit them as much as you want. It also comes with a set of pre-built prims, with the scripts already present and active — simply add them to your build, or use them as examples to copy (they are No Transfer, though, so if you want to sell your builds, you will need to create your own versions).

Here’s a sample picture of some of the textures (there are eleven in all, some of them in small and large versions). Of course, this can’t show you what these look like in motion, but you can visit the Steampunk Textures floor of the Templar Creations main store to see them (the prims which are displayed in the store are the ones which are included in the pack).

Animated Steampunk Textures

Animated Steampunk Textures

Buy the pack in-world at the store, or from the XStreetSL page:

SLURL: Templar Creations Main Store

XStreetSL Page

The launch of the Templar Creations website

Monday, March 16th, 2009

In case you’ve stumbled across this website by accident, Templar Creations is a Second Life business, mainly supplying textures and prefabs for Second Life residents. If you don’t know what Second Life is, click here to learn more, and you can find a bit more about Templar Creations on the About page.

This site will keep you up-to-date with new releases from Templar Creations, and will include tutorials and examples related to using textures in Second Life. It will also have news about Templar Creations’ presence and experiments on other metaverse grids, such as OS Grid.

This website is being launched alongside the recent opening of the newly revamped Templar Creations store in Ling,and the repackaging (into smaller and cheaper sets) of the Templar Creations ”Steampunk” texture sets, complete with some brand new textures.

Templar Creations will also be found on XstreetSL, and you can check out the Steampunk textures using these direct links:

Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Collection 1 (sets 1-3 combined)

Here are some examples of the new textures (you’ll find these in Set 5):

Piping Junction

Piping Junction

Piping

Piping

Iron-bound Wood door

Wood Door

Iron door

Iron Door