I've been working on a build for a while now on Second Life. While working on a section, I was missing one or two things before moving onto another section, and I wanted to correct it before I moved on.
I took some time out to make that thing (a submission for later) because I couldn't find a decent on on the SL marketplace. Well I did find one, but it was far too expensive, so I figured I'd just make my own.
I needed to start making more stuff and get back into practice anyway.

After I noticed it was taking too long, I had a sudden idea about the necklace I wear offline. I don't really like or wear a lot of jewelry, but I do have a few exceptions.
Those usually deal with space, certain designs, nature, or some Egyptian stuff. I thought about trying to recreate it somewhat, then adding on my idea.


The Moon and Earth that you see are very similar to my actual necklace. The picture of the Earth is different, and the Moon has a different design to it. I was going to use swirls or circles, but came up with something else.
I decided to use some kind of plant, but couldn't decide on which one. I first thought a flower would work. Then a flower and grass. Then a tree and grass. I then thought of something called a Lunar flower.
I looked it up and kept getting results for something called a "Hylocereus" or night blooming flower. They are flowers that grow alongside dragonfruit, which is a type of cactus fruit.
After modeling the flowers, even though they could be more accurate, I modeled a couple of the cactus leaves. I wanted to apply a bump map to both to give them more detail, but couldn't seem to get it right.
I dislike having to walk away from things just because I couldn't get it right after a little while. But I had to move on, and this build started to take too long. You could really only see the detail close up anyway, so it's fine.


The picture at the top is supposed to be the edge of the sun. I maybe should have used a different picture. I had to hide the glass for it because I kept getting weird rendering issues, and I couldn't take more time on it.
What really took a lot of time was me trying to figure out what kind of design to use for the moon, and then trying to learn chain physics. I couldn't get the chain physics right. The chains kept breaking and flying off.
I made a clasp and many more chains, most of which are hidden because they are off screen. I just tilted the model and rendered as is. This was supposed to be a quick model that only took a couple of hours.
I have instead been working on this for almost 3 weeks. Too long. So up to FA it goes.



As usual, please don't steal, edit, copy, etc.
If you want something, just ask. I don't mind zooming in to certain parts and rendering those areas if you want a close up.


Created by Zexidous, November 2016
Credits, resources, and sources:
Hylocereus images: http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/hylo.....ng/Interesting
Old white planks: http://stockfresh.com/image/422312/.....lank-barn-wall
The Sun: http://www.shutterstock.com/video/c.....th-flares.html
The Earth: https://videohive.net/item/realisti.....-globe/3291275

Information on jewelry metals: https://www.zales.com/jewelry101/in.....preciousMetals

Design of the entire necklace is my own.