Second Style Magazine

One of the most fun and appealing things about Second Life is that you can represent your online persona as nearly anything you can imagine — from mermaid to superhero.

Since some of my earliest childhood television memories are of the Greatest American Hero show — especially the theme song Believe It or Not (which was also in a movie montage from The 40 Year Old Virgin) — I was pretty excited when Nicky Ree created and released this line of superhero/heroine costumes. They come in many different colors, one color per set — I’m wearing a mashup between the red and black costume sets — and they all have Nicky’s characteristic top notch highlighting and shading.

You get the full-on Jack Kirby treatment with excellent muscle shading and abs of steel baked right on the clothing textures. One special added personalization bonus for this set is a jacket layer letter overlay. I chose a “C” (what it stands for is left as an exercise to the reader) but only because there was no Greatest American Hero symbol option. Alas.

So if you live in a down-and-out neighborhood like this one, head over to Nicky Ree’s and pick up your own superhero costume. My only question is when will Nicky release a line of supervillianess costumes??

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Special thanks to Lana Miranda for granting permission to republish her photos here.