Shape shop recs

[u/Cheap_Nectarine_9608]

If you have a favorite shop for shapes, please drop them below! Particularly ones that come with a style card

[u/storm702]

Wrens Nest is my favorite shape shop! And there are style cards.

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I like what I see so far, thanks!

[u/thecatmomfromhell]

Depending on the style you’re looking for;
polar bunny has some cute ones in a more animated style, and you can buy the shape in different packs so you can get their specific makeup (that polar bunny sells) or just the shape + style card, or even just the style card.

Lunacci is also a more animated style, and they do video tutorials alongside their style card so you know what layers to do.

-sect- is good for a middle ground of realism but still stylized.

Hex dolls is very stylized as well but their photos are heavily edited.

Opalite has body shapes for sale along with head shapes- you can use something like the dr frank combiner to mix and match them.

[u/mommaplague]

Stanley is a good one

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These are nice, thanks!

[u/Sugar-Ghoul]

What body style are you trying to go for, like gender wise?

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Any gender!

[u/zebragrrl → u/Cheap_Nectarine_9608]

Well, since you have zero requirements, here are 106,081 shapes listed on the Marketplace, sorted by Best Selling

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/products/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search%5Blayout%5D=&search%5Bcategory_id%5D=338&search%5Bsort%5D=purchase_count_desc&search%5Bper_page%5D=48&search%5Bkeywords%5D=&search%5Bprice_low%5D=&search%5Bprice_high%5D=&search%5Bland_impact_low%5D=&search%5Bland_impact_high%5D=

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I am looking to narrow down on some good ones or find some hidden gems based on what is suggested under this post

[u/zebragrrl → u/Cheap_Nectarine_9608]

Well, by being sorted by "Best Selling" you're effectively getting the recommendations of everyone that shops on the MP.

Here's the same results, sorted by Rating: High to Low, which gives you 'votes' based on people who came back with motivation to leave a review. Of course the people most likely to leave a review are people with something to say or complain about.

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/products/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search%5Blayout%5D=&search%5Bcategory_id%5D=338&search%5Bsort%5D=rating_weighted_desc&search%5Bper_page%5D=48&search%5Bkeywords%5D=&search%5Bprice_low%5D=&search%5Bprice_high%5D=&search%5Bland_impact_low%5D=&search%5Bland_impact_high%5D=

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Do you have a store you like?

[u/Kiannth]

I don't know if you are looking for male or female shapes, or what your style is. Lunacci has pretty shapes. I like a few gothic shape stores, like Deadly Cyanide, YRGLD, Needle x Thorn, and Brave Bizarre. All these can be found on the marketplace, and all have stylecards.

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YRGLD catches my eye. Thanks for the recs!

[u/Leather_Mine_160]

Laughs, why are you paying for something you can do yourself, I'll, make you one, find a skin you like, head. Make custom physics, just because I have done it for hundreds of folks over the years. My name is Dawn Enchantment in SL. It's all free

[u/Cheap_Nectarine_9608 → u/Leather_Mine_160]

Sure I can do it myself, but designing an avatar is a skill and some people are better at it than others. If they spent the time to create the shape, find the right skin, makeup, eyebrows, eyes, etc. to put together a nice look, I don’t see why it would be waste to pay for it. For beginners, it is helpful to have a good base to then make tweaks if they so desire.