Friday, September 30, 2011

Hu-Mares Stable at Stones N Rubber


Off in the region of Kinky Magic sits the transformation wonderland of Stones N Rubber (sNr), a place of latex coated dreams and frozen statue nightmares. On the eastern side of this land, you’ll find the Hu-Mares Stable, on the main path around sNr, and at exit 1 on the Pony Highway. The Pony Highway is an elevated system of pathways around the island, affording carriage riders fantastic views of sNr. Make sure to have your pony’s blinders on, otherwise they might crash your carriage over the guard rail as they enjoy the view too.

Hu-Mares Stable is one that caters to strict animal livestock treatment of its residents. As one is transformed from a human into an animal, many restrictions are placed on them. The use of an RLV-enabled viewer, open collar or stable-provided implant, and pet hearing device is required to enforce restrictions and immerse the animal in the roleplay.  This is exciting to some (I’m getting tingley just writing about it), it represents one side of the spectrum of pony play that might be more than some can handle.  From what I’ve observed, the life of a Hu-Mare is hard and requires much patience and dedication. Those transformed into Hu-Mare Ponies may become Mares, which are permanent residents of the stable. The stable requires that one entering transformation choose between “classic” (typical ponygirl tack) and “rubber” (a specific latex outfit/look is welded permanently to the pony.)

Hu-Mares Stable’s facilities are well integrated into sNr. The barn has a number of stalls for the resident animals, as well as some guest stalls. Adjacent to the barn is a training area, whip ring and walking track, where ponies will learn to adjust to their new situation under the strict supervision of Hu-Mares’ trainers. A nice steeplechase jump course is near the barn, as well as a slalom course. Then there are all the roads and paths in sNr which are nice for carting, as well as the Pony Highway. Occasionally events are held, such as a recent cart race on the Pony Highway. It was a very fun race, the excitement of a new course, seeing many pony friends, and the challenges of the course and environment (it was a very busy time for the island.)

If you are a pony looking for a month of hard work or a permanent home, perhaps sealed in latex, then Hu-Mares Stable at Stones N Rubber may be just the place for you.  For me, its a nice place to visit (and shop), so you should definitely check it out.




Name : Hu-Mares Stable at Stones N Rubber Owner : Sinha Hynes The SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kinky%20Magic/113/123/22

Friday, September 16, 2011

Marine's Goodies - Riding Reins HUD

While out on a nice cart or saddle ride with your ponygirl (or boy), have you ever longed for an easier way to role play holding and using your pony's reins? To save my typing fingers, I'd resorted to using gestures for things like "/me snaps the reins" or "/me pulls the reins to the right" when trying to role play reins.

Marine Kelley, of Real Restraints and RLV fame (and a very pretty ponygirl herself), has released a creation from her personal box of goodies, the Riding Reins HUD.

Riding Reins is a HUD that is worn by the rider/driver, which presents a set of signal buttons that will chat the emotes you would normally type, along with realistic sound effects. This is especially useful when your pony is blindfolded, and the emotes need to come quickly to keep them on the path (and out of the bushes or stream.)

While its possible for the pony to follow directions from just the chat, they can also wear a copy of the HUD (purchased separately) in a slave mode, to see the directions just as the rider sees on their HUD. The pony can then respond quicker and more precisely than they would if they were staring down at chat.

To use riding reins effectively, it takes a bit of practice for both the pony and rider. The pony must be trained to respond to the HUD, and the rider needs practice to predict when to give a turn, as different cart and saddle vehicles turn at different rates. This training experience can be both fun and frustrating, and requires a bit of patience.

Once both rider and pony have learned Riding Reins, I have found cart driving and saddle riding experiences richer. I'm very proud sitting in the saddle of my well-trained blindfolded pony while those around stand and watch in awe. Thank you Marine!

Marine's Riding Reins HUD costs 100L (2 are needed for the rider and pony HUDs to work in master/slave mode) and is available at Marine's Goodies vendors at her little shop in Pak and The Little Shop of Kink in Linesdale.

Name : Marine's Goodies (Real Restraints)
Owner : Marine Kelley
The SLURL :
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pak/75/61/105
About Kendra: Kendra Chemistry is an experienced ponygirl trainer and owner, and may be spotted occasionally as the thoroughbred ponygirl, Aella. If you see her in tack, remember she likes bonbons and M&M candies as treats, apples and carrots not so much :)

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Now a Pony Correspondent!

I'm excited to say that I've recently accepted a "job" as a Pony Correspondent for the SL Fetish Fashion Guide blog. I'll be writing articles on pony play tack and other equipment, places, sporting and show events, role play, trainer fashions and anything else pony-related that I can think of. If you have any ideas of things you would like to see reviewed, please let me know! I'll be cross-posting my articles here, but you really should check out and follow the SL Fetish Fashion Guide directly, as its fabulous. I have been a reader since shortly after it was started 3 years ago.