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Merchants Of SL: Eddie Escher Gadgets & Skins
There are so many interesting items that have been created in SL. In order to help me personally keep track of who made what and where a particular item came from, I've been thinking about blogging them here. And of course, there's the additional bonus of pointing you to where you can find these things.

Since this robot skin seems to be what I default to lately, I figure I owe the merchant a plug. Thankfully, SL resident Rei Gynoid had the answer to my question of "where is this from?" The answer: Eddie Escher's Gadgets & Skins (landmark).

The base skin comes from here. But the variations I'm usually wearing with the flesh areas added are personalized custom versions created by an SL acquaintance (and I feel guilty that I can't remember which one -- if it was you, feel free to remind me). As such, these ones are not for sale.

However, if you have a favorite flesh skin you'd like to combine with a metal one like this, there is a trick for the more advanced users. You could rip the texture (which I think is okay as long as you're not reselling them), and turn the skin into different bits of clothing. The clothing could then be layered over the robot skin in whatever combination you like. Maybe even an entire suit, if you want to be a robot disguised as a human. (And if you end up in an RLV machine that does the "removes your clothes" thing, you can surprise people when you're suddenly metallic instead.)

Although you don't have to be a metallic robot, either. The shop offers several variations, including white plastic and clear plastic.



I'm not going to lie to you, these three skins are pricey. At least by today's standards...maybe prices used to run higher several years ago, I don't know. But nowadays you can find many equally-fantastic skins out there for less than half the price (see TC Chrome Goddess).



For half the cost, there are also simplified, colored-chrome versions. Those of you who like shiny pink things may even prefer this one.

All I can figure is that maybe because you get two skins in the pack, the price on everything is doubled. Which is a little silly because most people are likely just going to use one and never use the other. And you can't buy them separately. But what can you do? Admittedly, they are very well done skins.