This is an overview of the LAQ Elle bento mesh head for Second Life avatars. Almost all the information also applies to other LAQ Elle bento heads, however the photos are only of Elle, and the list is what comes with Elle. Other heads may have slightly different content. As always I strongly encourage you to demo before making any final purchases. To browse other mesh heads, bodies, and more check out The Mesh Directory.
Basic Info
Product Specifics
- Creator – LAQ
- Product – Elle
- Price – L$4600
- Review Version – 1.0
Included Parts
- Body – No
- Eyes – Yes
- Ears – Yes
- Head – Yes
- Skin – Yes
Expressions & Animations
- Eye Control – Yes
- Typing/Voice Animations – Yes
- Static Expressions – Yes
- Facial Animations – Yes
- Included Gestures – No
Included Customization
Bakes on Mesh (BOM)
- Eyebrows – Yes* (included on the skins)
- Hairbases – No
- Makeup – Yes* (included on the skins)
- Eyes – No
Applier
- Eyebrows – Yes (in HUD)
- Hairbases – Yes (in HUD)
- Makeup – Yes (in HUD)
- Eyes – Yes (in HUD)
Miscellaneous
- Teeth – Yes
- Lashes – Yes
- Piercings – Yes
- Copy – Yes
- Transfer – No
- Mod – No
Compatibility
Bakes on Mesh (BOM)
- Bakes on Mesh (BOM) – Yes
- EvoX Skin Compatible – Yes
Applier
- Skin Appliers – No
- Cosmetic Appliers – Yes
- Applier Save Slots – Yes
- Omega Compatible – No
Miscellaneous
- Materials Enabled – Yes
- Universal Neck Standard ?When used with the same skin tone, heads and bodies both using the Universal Neck Standard result in a seamless neck. – Yes
- Additional Neck Sizing Options – No
HUD
Pros, Neutral Notes, and Cons
Other things of note to consider that haven’t been mentioned above.
Pros
- As the Era2 heads support EvoX products it already has a wide variety of skins, makeups, tattoos, and more that work with it.
- The HUD includes a section for static face posing. This lets you adjust individual facial bones in the mouth and eyebrows for photographs or custom expressions.
Neutral Notes
- Elle has three heads, one for each texture map. One head is for EvoX, one for the standard SLUV, and one for LAQ’s new SupremeUHD mapping.
Cons
- When playing with the head I ran into some issues with getting the ears to show up properly again after hiding them. They were a bit finicky and showed the wrong textures until I unpacked a new head. That was within the first day of release and has been reported, hopefully it gets fixed soon!
What’s In The Box
Official LAQ Links
Example of LAQ Era2 Elle In Use
Head – LAQ: Era2 Elle (EvoX version)
Body – INITHIUM: Khara
Face Skin – Despair: Nami
Body Skin – Velour: Cloudy
Shape – Modified version of LAQ‘s Elle.
Hair – Yomi: Duri
Eyes – LAQ: Elle
Markings – CORE&GORE: Aphello
Ears – STOIC: Lynx Ears
Dress – 28LA: Kara Dress
Pose – RBento: Kitten6
Location – My private home (Most everything you can see is from Studio Skye and Hayabusa.)
Windlight (EEP) – Bryn Oh: Bryn Oh’s BOX MetaLES (This may be included as part of your viewer. Search your inventory and see!)
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