New Shades

[Arwen Swordthain]

I was lucky enough to get 2 of the new shades on the same fur yesterday, posting a picture of them here so people can see, with Blush for comparison.

The cats are set up in my cattery at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/St...101/152/38 if anyone wants to pop in for a look at them live.



Picture settings are Render Glow 3, Nam's optimal Skin 2 set to midday.

[HappyDaize Resident]

Thank you for placing them out where we can all come take a look in SL.

I'm liking the Sparkle shade -- it's similar to Blush but appears to have some glow without being full bright.

Radiant definitely has a lot of specular shine and/or materials going on thought, which tends to make it look very 'plastic'.

I'm attaching a couple more screenshots, taken using other windlight settings -- one is a bright daylight, the other near sunset/dusk (which tends to wash everything in a reddish hue)…

[Songdog Woolley]

I've never had to pay attention to the shade before when testing starters, so I was a bit slow to do so. So far I've gotten 2 kittens showing Blush and 1 showing Twinkle, which prompts me to mention the following reminder for anyone else who also isn't used to testing for shade:

If, while testing your starters, you get back Glitter, Porcelain, Twinkle, Flash, or Blush shade, the kitten is definitely hiding one of the new shades, as these 5 shades are all retired, and there are no old not-retired shades more recessive than Glitter.

[Arwen Swordthain]

My current dilemma is whether to continue looking for shades in cats that are otherwise fully tested.

[AryaElentari Resident]

My current dilemma is trying to see what's behind the Radiant I pulled from two starters. It could just be a second kitty with Radiant...and I could breed those kitties out for weeks and weeks without pulling anything else. But all it takes is that one time to see that something else is indeed hiding there. I'm hoping it's something else for the sheer fact we can place something as more recessive than Radiant. But I don't know who has what yet between mom and dad. Working on backbreeding on both, though. If mom has the different hider, it will be easier lol. But if it's dad, it might take a little bit. Especially since he also hides the new Pixie Tufted Ears. Jackpot kitty making things more complex haha.

[Arwen Swordthain]

(11-19-2019 01:41 PM)AryaElentari Resident Wrote:  My current dilemma is trying to see what's behind the Radiant I pulled from two starters. It could just be a second kitty with Radiant...and I could breed those kitties out for weeks and weeks without pulling anything else. But all it takes is that one time to see that something else is indeed hiding there. I'm hoping it's something else for the sheer fact we can place something as more recessive than Radiant. But I don't know who has what yet between mom and dad. Working on backbreeding on both, though. If mom has the different hider, it will be easier lol. But if it's dad, it might take a little bit. Especially since he also hides the new Pixie Tufted Ears. Jackpot kitty making things more complex haha.

I'm doing it the same way I deal with any recessives, breeding the starter with something more dominant to create a hider or pair of hiders. It remains the fastest way to check each starter, as you say the special could be pure or could hide another, without knowing what each starter hides what you may never know. I got lucky with the two boys and have a girl hider backbreeding already, the females are being a little more difficult, if I get really lucky the Radiant and Sparkle are in the Mums and both Dads hide something else, can't see me being that lucky though.

[Arwen Swordthain]

My Radiant & Sparkle popped a brilliant in the Patch II so heres some more comparison photos including the blush. Cats are set out still in my cattery if anyone wants to look.

Render Glow set to 3 in all pictures

Nams Optimal Skin 2 WL settings


Standard Sunrise


Standard Midday


Standard Sunset


Standard Midnight

[Julinah Resident]

@Arwen.. Thanks for the great work