This is an overview of the Maitreya LaraX Petite mesh body for Second Life avatars. 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 – Maitreya
- Product – LaraX Petite
- Price – L$2750
Free if you owned Lara Petite Addon before LaraX’s release (Redelivery) - Review Version – 1.0
Included Parts
- Body – Yes
- Head – No
- Hands – Yes
- Feet – Yes
- Skin – Yes (Velour tones)
Miscellaneous
- Copy – Yes
- Transfer – No
- Mod – No
Compatibility
Bakes on Mesh (BOM)
- Bakes on Mesh (BOM) – Yes
Applier
- Skin Appliers – Yes
- Cosmetic Appliers – Yes
- Applier Save Slots – Yes
- Omega Compatible – Yes
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 – Yes
HUD
Pros, Neutral Notes, and Cons
Other things of note to consider that haven’t been mentioned above.
Pros
- Every purchase of Maitreya LaraX Petite comes with a fullbody version of Lara Original Petite. This gives you access to a large catalogue of products that were released for the original body.
- LaraX allows for diverse shapes more easily than Lara Original did.
- Maitreya is a very established brand in Second Life. This has a big chance to boost the popularity pretty quickly.
- The clothing/underwear/tattoo layers are separate objects that can be removed to keep your complexity lower.
Neutral Notes
- With LaraX being so new at the time of this listing, there are not as many clothing options currently. That said, there are hundreds of creators with access to the Maitreya Dev kits. As time goes on we’ll see how third party support grows.
- If you already own LaraX you can purchase the Lara Petite addon for cheaper than the full body if you prefer. Keep in mind doing so will take an extra attachment slot as you need to wear both the LaraX body and the chest addon.
Cons
- LaraX Petite doesn’t come with any shapes. This isn’t a huge con since most folks will use a shape designed for their head and tweak the body to match, but it is still something of note.
What’s In The Box
Official Maitreya Links
- Inworld Location
- Maitreya V.I.P. Group – The official Maitreya group. Chat is disabled here, but you can get in world discounts with the tag active.
- Maitreya Lara Friends group – Not the official group, but it is partially owned by Maitreya’s General Manager. Chat is enabled here and you can get help with your questions from knowledgeable folks.
- Official Site
- Discord
- Flickr
Example of Maitreya LaraX Petite In Use
Head – Rebirth: RoX Rogue
Body – Maitreya: LaraX Petite
Face Skin – Rebirth: RoX Rogue 2kBOM in Sunkiss
Body Skin – Velour: LaraX Petite Sunkiss (comes with body)
Shape – Modified version of Rebirth‘s Rogue Cyberpunk shape.
Hair – Magika: Erin
Eyes – Avi-Glam: Eternity Eyes (Energy A)
Dress – Carol’s Store: Cristina Dress
Shoes – R.icielli: Althea High Heels
Pose – Tuty: Enchanting Beauty Woman AO
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!)
Do you have Maitreya LaraX Petite? Tell me what you think.
Are there questions you have that I didn’t answer? Ask away!
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I love having the Lara Petite X in one body, no attachment required! That said, I have a question. With all lighting options enabled, people have told me that her skin (one of the included velour skins) looks ass if it is wet and “dripping”. With the advanced lighting options disabled, the effect disappears. With an old Redgrave skin, the effect is still there with the advanced lighting options turned on. Am I doing something wrong that causes this? Is the body shape causing it? I use a Lelutka head and shape. Sure, I know, just don’t use the advanced lighting options. Problem is, some of the men who are chasing my tail use advanced lighting, and make comments to me about the tiny imperfections. Has anyone else noticed this effect? I had the body re-delivered, just in case, and the re-delivered body does the same thing. What am I doing wrong? Help, please!
It may be an issue with the old skin or with shines or shine settings not being the same on both the head and the body. For specific help with Lara Petite X I recommend swinging by their Discord or asking in the Maitreya group chat since they’ll be able to troubleshoot more effectively with you. I hope they can help you achieve the look you’re going for!