Abiss Canis

Abiss Canis

Abiss' new Canis bed is an original mesh creation with some 600 animations, most of which are paired in 300 couples pose pairs.  It is 18 prims in either the mod/copy or trans versions.

An unusual and clever feature of the bed is that the menus for controlling appearance and animations have been separated.  Click on the headboard to control appearance and on the mattress for animation selection.


In detail:

Abiss Canis bed
VIOLATOR Baroque Babydoll Lingerie and Leash Me Up cuffs


My partner has this bed in mod/copy so I've been able to experiment with the differences between the two and there are some important ones.  The copy version is of course, more expensive than the trans/no-copy version but the difference between the two isn't just the ability to rez multiple copies.  The trans/no-copy version has a menu for changing the colors of four areas; bed frame, pillows, duvet and mattress.  The color choices available through the menu are limited and tend towards the bold.  With the no-trans/copy/mod version however, there are nine areas that can be independently color controlled and the hues available are essentially infinite.

Breakfast in Beds

The photo above illustrates a few of the color schemes available using the copy/mod version.

His Bed

The styling is bold, even aggressive and when done all in black, the bed is distinctively masculine.  The frame of the bed is inspired by statues of the ancient Egyptian god Anubis who was commonly represented as an Egyptian jackal (Canis aureus lupaster).

Anubis statue from King Tut's tomb

 


As aesthetically pleasing as the bed is, it's not designed to be a pretty prop.  Animations are perhaps the most important reason for buying a bed and the Canis performs.

The animations are smooth and there are so so many.  It had great PG couples and three-some cuddles as well as fun activities (jumping on the bed!).  For romance, it has extended story scenes, couples anims and threesomes.  And while it has D/s anims, it really isn't a hardcore BDSM bed. Poses are set with most common avatars heights in SL-- 100 for male avies, 80 for female.


Two important features Canis does have is swap, which is absolutely essential and is often neglected.  Swapping roles when the anims are reversed is less mood breaking than hopping off poseballs and switching.  The bed uses poseballs but the anims are stored in the Multi-Love-Pose scripts (MLP) in the bed rather than in the poseballs themselves.  When finished using the bed, the poses should be stopped in order to reduce unneeded lag but by plaing the anims in the MLP, it means the bed is virtually unbreakable.  Lose a poseball?  Never mind.  It will rez a replacement.