Houses, Mansions, Monuments, Furnishings & other 3D Builds

Below you will find my entire catalogue of houses, monuments, and palaces etc created inworld for use in Second Life and other gaming enviroments.

On the web, naturally they appear in 2D format.

Due to the size of these builds and the different nature of grids, some were designed for Second Life and others designed for the more flexible OpenSim-based grids such as You3D.

If you have a 3D viewer, you can see my SL-compatible builds inworld on Tamita Island.

The others will be viewable once the You3D grid is opened to the public.  If you don't have a 3D viewer, you can download one on the Second Life website.

Houses, Mansions, Monuments, Furnishings & other Buildings by Xay Tomsen

Adonis Bungalow (SpotOn3D 2011 - You3D 2011) The Adonis Bungalow was built as budget resort accommodation, designed to be rezzed on the edge of a bay or lake. Naturally, I wanted this build to be low-prim yet roomy and versatile.  The Adonis Bungalow achieved that. Upstairs features a large room, private balcony, and lockable door. Downstairs has a large living area, again with lockable doors, and sunken spa with a full open view of the bay. Each level has multi-shade window tinting running on separate frequencies.  Outside is a railed courtyard for entertaining guests. The Adonis Bungalow features on several sims on the You3D grid.

Beachcomber Beach House (Second Life 2008) I'm the first to admit that the Beachcomber is dull. It was designed for a housing estate sim called Coolangatta that was largely comprised of small budget priced blocks. The Beachcomber doesn't have many redeeming factors except the multifrequency windows and lockable door that all of my builds feature. The Beachcomber was probably my least popular build and I no longer offer it for sale, simply because its embarrassing. The Gladstone Beach House is a far better use of space and prims.

Bicentennial Palace (Second Life 2009) Is a four storey palace built above a flowing swimming pool, and uses 612 primitive shapes. It is built to commemorate the second birthday of Irukandji, and towers 42 metres in height over Sunset Beach, Tamita Island. Textured in black marble, gold, and Polynesian mahogany, it draws upon influences from Asia and Greco-Roman architecture, while staying true to materials found readily in the region. Overlooking Tamita Bay to the west, and the meandering Maskari River to the east, the Bicentennial Palace houses the Irukandji Museum, Lava Night Club, and the Irukandji Information Centre. The top floor serves as the summer palace for the Princes of Irukandji.

Cawarral Mansion (Second Life 2007) Cawarral Mansion was the original palace that I built on Tamita Island.  It was located on Romeo Beach and looked out at the caldera that housed my gallery on the picturesque Baie de l'Amore sim. The name Cawarral comes from the township of the same name in Central Queensland.  Cawarral is a Darumbal Aboriginal word that means meeting place (from memory). Cawarral Mansion was constructed in the theme of the day, which was that of a post-colonial island kingdom. It contained eight large rooms, four on each storey.  The ground floor overlooked the pool and spa area, and the rooms were rented as holiday villas. As is evident comparing the picture with the Bicentennial Palace above, graphics left a bit to be desired in early 2007, but to be honest nobody noticed until the upgrade came later in the year. With that upgrade, old builds like Cawarral Mansion were rendered obsolete and basically had to be rebuilt from scratch.  And I did. While I have built many palaces in Irukandji since the Cawarral Mansion, most of its features are still in place in the newer versions.  The orange-ochre windows and the blue-and-gold railings are unchanged, as is the tradition of the blue engraved name above the entrance arch. Later versions of Cawarral Mansion include Rockhampton House, the Princes' Palace (several versions), and Government House. Cawarral Mansion was where the dream of Irukandji all began, and where I began to tell its story.

Chez Xay Mall (Second Life 2007) At the same time as Cawarral Mansion's construction was underway, so too was the Chez Xay Mall. The building on Tamita Island's Sunset Beach had several rebuilds but always retained the same glass walled design. This was where I sold my wares.  Clothing, furniture, and animations were the commodity of the day, and the Chez Xay Mall was busy. In its early days, it was not unusual to see thirty or so avatars wandering about the place. Perhaps the most interesting thing about Chez Xay Mall was that it required me to learn a new skill.  Scripting. My friend Jai was the poster boy who modelled my range of clothing, and his image featured on two enormous spinning billboards on the roof. To make them spin thought, I needed to learn how to script. From the simple spin script, other things emerged - Cars, boats, and so on, and once I began scripting I never stopped. They say that a day in Second Life is like ten days in the outside world, and it's true.  You can cram so much into one day and the creative process is terribly addictive. It's no surprise in hindsight that the Chez Xay Mall seemed to be there for such a long time, but in reality, I moved on to new designs within maybe two months, and the build was dismantled and never used again. In reflection, Chez Xay Mall was not so important architecturally, or even for the items for sale inside, but for the fact that the skills I learned while building it took my artistic excitement to places I hadn't dreamed.

Collins Class Submarine (Second Life 2008 - You3D 2011) Based on the Australian Navy's Collins Class Submarine, this build is to full scale at 75 metres long. Despite its size, it uses surprisingly few prims - 34 including flags and cables. The Second Life build is static, but the You3D build is "worn" as a scripted attachment on your avatar. The float and submerge functions are the same as flying and use the same controls.

Gilded Ocean Pagoda (Second Life 2008) The Gilded Ocean Pagoda is an intricate build 10 metres by 10 metres. Built in Brazilian Rosewood and Gold textures, the Gilded Ocean Pagoda is popular for seaside and open ocean builds. It is an easy design to group together in clusters of varying heights above ground level, which makes it perfect for community type housing with an Asio-Polynesian theme.

Gladstone Beachhouse (Second Life 2008 - SpotOn3D 2011) The Gladstone Beach House is one of a series of similarly designed buildings intended for beachside living. The other two are the Torquay and the Mackay. The Gladstone is the mid-sized of the three and is popular with new home owners who only have a small block but want to maximise their living space. Like its counterparts, the Gladstone features multi-channel window tinting and lockable doors, all with customisable frequencies. Upstairs is an entertainment area with barbecue area, a swimming pool, and a number of float and leisure animations.  Surprisingly, all this is achieved with only 59 prims. The Gladstone Beach House has a 20x20 footprint and a surprising amount of room for its size. Inside features a master bedroom, a guest room, and an entry room.  The Gladstone comes in three colour and trim variants.

Goodwill Lighthouse (Second Life 2009 - You3D 2011) The Goodwill Lighthouse was originally built on the Kalamantayo Island sim in far-western Irukandji. It was conceived as an olive branch (or taunt) to the French consortium that we'd "nudged" away from our borders somewhat defiantly.  (See the tale Liberation of Kalamat) Using 241 primitive shapes, and 81 metres high, the building features four functional helipads, an animated slow-dance floor, two opposite rotating search beams, and water features that shower water 60 metres down to the sea. Like many architectural builds in Irukandji, the structure is made of black marble and gold.  With the downsizing of the estate in late 2008, the Goodwill Lighthouse was relocated to Baie de l'Amore. In early 2011, I built the Goodwill Lighthouse on the You3D grid and improved its textures and scripts.  Several of the lighthouses are scattered around the new estate.

Hephaistion Beach Club (Second Life 2008) The Hephaistion Beach Club was part of the sprawling Princes' Palace complex on the Boyfriend Beach sim. The Beach Club was built on the southern edge of the sim and overflowed into the Palace Lagoon sim as well. The Hephaistion Beach Club featured a dance floor, DJ booth, paying dance cages, and chillout gazebos. Also attached to the club though not shown in the picture was a public couples area called the Dunes, which was built from "debris" from the actual Princes' Palace to create an abandoned ruins effect. Like other intimate areas in Irukandji such as Lava Black and The Oasis, the Hephaistion Beach Club was a popular meetingplace in its day.

Hiahungi (Second Life 2008 - You3D 2011) Hiahungi Is the fertility god of Irukandji, and has his own page on the website that tells his story.  This info is extracted from that page: "Most statues and monuments in Irukandji are made from four mediums found locally in abundance; black marble, bleached coral, gold, and blue sapphire. Gold, marble, and sapphire are used to accentuate finery, while the multi-coloured corals are ground then mixed with water and coconut oil to produce a paste similar to alabaster. The paste is poured into moulds made in the sand to create the approximate shape required, and once dried, a pit of charcoal and green banana leaves are placed around the cast for several days. The result is a hard marble-like material that comes in a wide variety of colours. The cast slabs are then carved and sanded by hand, and the pieces pinned together to create the finished monument.

Irukandji Bath House (Second Life 2008 - You3D 2011) Is a star example of a busy period of construction during 2008, when Greco-Roman architecture saw a massive resurgence in Irukandji. The Irukandji Bathhouse, designed to be an ancient place of pleasure for soldiers in service to the Crown, is similar to the Khatarian Bathhouse except for textures and window design. This version followed the familiar theme of my builds in Irukandji, using local materials, in this case black marble, gold, and bleached coral. The lower level has six showers, a wading pool, massage tables, and relaxation areas.  The upper floor is designed as a private apartment for the palace concubines. This build uses 431 primitive shapes, 180 of which are just in the windows.  It is a very detailed build.

Kanua (Khatarian) Bath House (Second Life 2008 - You3D 2011) Like the Irukandji Bathhouse, is a star example of a busy period of construction during 2008, when Greco-Roman architecture saw a massive resurgence. The Khatarian Bathhouse follows the "pleasure house" theme popular in ancient times. It is similar to the Irukandji Bathhouse except for textures and window design. This version was to be the first build for a Khataria-themed sim, where I intend to bring the Kingdom series of books to life in 3D.  It's an exciting unfinished project. The lower level has six showers, a wading pool, massage tables, and relaxation areas.  The upper floor is designed as a private apartment. The Khatarian Bathhouse uses 386 primitive shapes.

Mackay Beach House (Second Life 2007 - You3D 2011) The Mackay Beach House is one of a series of similarly designed buildings intended for beachside living.  The other two are the Torquay and the Gladstone. The Mackay is grand.  It is by far the largest of the three and is a mansion in every sense of the word.  Like its counterparts, the Mackay Beach House features multi-channel window tinting and lockable doors, all with customisable frequencies. The top floor is set aside for entertainment with a central swimming pool, two observation platforms to look down at the poor people :) and several leisure animations. The ground floor features an entrance room, a lounge room, and two guest bedrooms, each with their own private external access, while the second floor is an open plan 30x30 master bedroom with private balconies on three sides and lockable ramp access to the roof. The Mackay stands sixteen metres tall and has a 40x40 metre footprint.  With such size and detail, the Mackay isn't meant to be light on prims.  Weighing in at 212 primitive shapes, it far eclipses the Gladstone's 59, and the Torquay's meagre 22. The Mackay Beach House comes in three colour and trim variants.

Manatu Loft House (Second Life 2007) Named for the sim Manatu Island, the Manatu Loft House was my first really complicated build that relied on more than just linked cubes. I used the Manatu as the main rental accommodation in Irukandji for the first year of Irukandji's life, before replacing it with the less-prim-intensive Gladstone Beach House. The Manatu Loft House featured a main bedroom downstairs, and as the name suggests, a room in the loft as well.  An internal staircase links the two rooms. Each floor has its own private balcony, and from the lower level, a stairwell leads down to a built-in swimming pool. The pools edge doubles as mooring for watercraft. Four years on, the Manatu is still a charming build and has a certain romance about it that I haven't yet managed to replicate.

Maskari River (Second Life 2007-2010) From 2007 to 2010, the Maskari River was quite probably the longest unbroken riverway on the Second Life grid. With its two infeeding rivers, the Odin and Aboyo Rivers, the Maskari River System was 44 kilometres long. It was a romantic meandering waterway, designed to flow naturally with little taming by its human inhabitants. To this end, the housing blocks that ran along the Maskari River's course had to work around its weaving path, not the other way around. In late 2008, two additional "man made" waterways were created to feed off the Maskari. The first was the Trans Kiribas Channel, a gold and marble lined canal that ran through the western edge of Nouvelle Kiribas. The Trans Kiribas Channel was commissioned to create a new water flow into Tamita Bay to solve siltation problems in the popular sailing sim. The second great project attached to the Maskari was the Royal Aqueduct, a submarine channel that ran the length of  two sims, Boyfriend Beach, and Splitrock Mountain.

Noumea Beach House (Second Life 2007 - You3D 2011) The Noumea Beach House is one of a series of open-plan Polynesian design houses intended for coastal  living. The other four are the Port Vila and Tuvalu Beachhouses, Raratonga Mansion, and Toraboyo Manor. The Noumea Beach House uses 271 prims and is the mid-sized of the five styles.  It is my most popular house ever, and one of my personal favourites. With a 40x40 footprint just like the Tuvalu, the Noumea is a true mansionette, and makes great use of vertical space with an upstairs entertainment area. Purpose built to utilise the prims and room of a 4096 sqm block, the upper floor frees up the downstair area for everyday living. Inside, the open-plan living space is turned into rooms with the use of multiple bamboo screens that can be moved about at the owner's whim. Unique to the Tuvalu, Noumea, and Raratonga builds, the front left corner also features a builtin hot tub with fully scripted functionality. Lockable trapdoors and ramps connect the two floors, providing both security and freedom of movement for the owners of the build. The picture shown at top is the V2 commonly found in Second Life, while the one at the bottom is the V3 designed for Open Sim grids.  While the two builds look identical, they are actually quite different in construction. Like its counterparts, the Noumea is features multi-channel window tinting and lockable doors with 'add friend' security, all with customisable frequencies. The Noumea comes in six paint and bamboo variants.

Noumea Jacuzzi (SpotOn3D 2011) The Noumea Jacuzzi is custom built and scripted for the You3D grid. Originally intended to supplement the Noumea Beach House - hence its name - the Noumea Jacuzzi is a large outdoor pool. The Noumea Jacuzzi has a 30x30 footprint and is only 9 prims. Scripting is controlled by a stylish power stick mounted in the corner. Four fog emitters produce steam clouds in each corner, and the user can select one of three water levels. Also amongst the scripts are eight-channel ambient lighting with drop down menu, that control the colour of the light being emitted from the floor. The tiles and floor textures are original and fully modifyable.

Online Indicator & Chat Messenger (You3D 2011) The XT Online Indicator is a touch box to send a message to whoever rezzes it. Hover text above the box signals whether the owner is online or not, and when used, the owner receives a message in their chat box. Depending on the grid on which they are used, different scripts cater for private and group use. The XT Online Indicator box is fully modifyable.  I supply them for free on any grid. Send me an IM inworld if you require one.

Port Vila (Second Life 2008 - You3D 2011) The Port Vila Beach House is one of a series of open-plan Polynesian design houses intended for coastal  living. The other four are the Tuvalu and Noumea Beachhouses, Raratonga Mansion, and Toraboyo Manor. With a 20x30 footprint, and at 89 prims, the Port Vila is the smallest of the five styles and is popular with people who want a luxury build on a small sized block. Like its counterparts, the Port Vila features multi-channel window tinting and lockable doors with 'add friend' security, all with customisable frequencies. Inside, the open-plan living space is turned into rooms with the use of multiple bamboo screens that can be moved about at the owner's whim.  The Port Vila comes in six paint and bamboo variants.

Princes Palace (Government House, Hephaistion) (Second Life 2008) Or Government House as it was known during colonial times, is a five-story marble mansion including grassed grounds, an enormous pool, yacht berths, a shopping district, and 21 rental bungalows. In its most famous incarnation, the Princes' Palace took up all of the Boyfriend Beach sim and overflowed into adjoining regions as well. It featured a gilded subterranean canal which was frequently used by large manned submarines to travel from "Old Irukandji" to the newly annexed Kalamat nation. 480 metres long by 400 metres wide, the Princes' Palace complex comprised 12,000 primitive shapes aligned precisely to the millimetre, and 1430 active scripts. Without false vanity I can say it is one of the most complex and beautiful structures ever built on the SL grid.

Raratonga Mansion (SpotOn3D 2011 - You3D 2011) Raratonga Mansion is one of a series of open-plan Polynesian design houses intended for coastal  living. The other four are the Port Vila, Tuvalu, and Noumea Beachhouses, and Toraboyo Manor. Raratonga Mansion uses 360 prims and is the second largest of the five styles. With three storeys on a massive 60x50 footprint, Raratonga Mansion sits wonderfully on a 6400 sqm block, and is perfect for use as a private mansion or hotel. The upper floor frees up the downstair area for everyday living, while inside, the open-plan living space is turned into rooms with the use of multiple bamboo screens that can be moved about at the owner's whim. Unique to the the Tuvalu, Noumea, and Raratonga builds, the front left corner also features a builtin hot tub with fully scripted functionality. Lockable trapdoors and ramps connect the three floors, providing both security and freedom of movement for the owners of the build. Unlike its smaller counterparts though, Raratonga Mansion is designed only for Open Sim grids. Its scripts are writted for X-Engine, and feature multi-channel window tinting and lockable doors with 'add friend' security, all with customisable frequencies. The Raratonga Mansion comes in three paint and bamboo variants.

Royal Aqueduct (Second Life 2008) The Royal Aqueduct was a manmade tunnel made of marble and lined with gold, as befitted its proximity to the Princes Palace. The tunnel formed a branch of the huge Maskari River, and ran beneath the Boyfriend Beach (a.k.a Hephaistion) and the Splitrock Mountain (a.k.a Mount Krustallos) sims.  This allowed me to directly link two distant bays, Valkyrie Shoals where the Irukandji Police HQ was based, and Aquitaine Bay where the Royal Irukandji Navy was located. As legend goes, the Royal Aqueduct was built ahead of our plans to invade the French-controlled Kalamat Nation to the east. To keep water flowing through the giant tunnel, enormous fan turbines were installed at each end, and at hundred metre intervals along its course. The Royal Aqueduct was made of hollowed super prims, which allowed for vessels of up to 25 metres diameter.  Several doglegs along the way kept the path interesting. :)

Royal Irukandji Air Force (Second Life 2008) From 2007 to 2010, the Royal Irukandji Air Force was supplemental to, but integrated with both the Royal Irukandji Navy, and the Tamita Marines. From 2011 on, the three were fully integrated into the Tamita Marine Guard. The Royal Irukandji Air Force comprised a fleet of seaplanes including French-make Jet-Luxe airliners captured during the Kalamat campaign, and a fighter squadron called the Homophobia Attack Division. The unit was located on the Byron Bay sim and then later moved to the naval base at Splitrock Mountain. Photos to come.

Royal Irukandji Naval Base (Second Life 2008) From 2007 to 2010, the Royal Irukandji Navy was supplemental to, but integrated with both the Royal Irukandji Air Force, and the Tamita Marines. From 2011 on, the three were fully integrated into the Tamita Marine Guard. The Royal Irukandji Navy comprised a fleet of Collins Class submarines and a  French-made Predator sub captured during the Kalamat campaign, plus a large fleet of amphibious vehicles. The unit was located on the Aquitaine Bay sim and then later moved to the naval base at Baie de l'Amore. Photos to come.

Royal Irukandji Yacht Club (Second Life 2008) Tamita Bay was home to the Royal Irukandji Yacht Club, though only the docks were actually located on the Tamita Bay sim itself. Initially located on the northern edge of the sim, the actual RIYC clubhouse was first built on Nouvelle Kiribas. In its next and longest lasting guise shown above, the RIYC moved southeast to Tamita Island adjacent to the sim edge of Pinjarra Island. To carry on with the palatial theme of Irukandji, the Clubhouse was essentially derived from the top floor of an earlier build, the Irukandji Bath House. To overcome the problems associated with a build overlapping a sim edge, the edge of both sims was raised to within millimetres of the dock to prevent avatars falling through. This allowed sailors to cross the dock to their boats with a minimum of 'sim-slip'.  The RIYC building featured a bar and dining area, plus a sit-down convention room. Outside, the lawn was a super prim with standard Linden grass texture, with peacocks and wallabies feeding on the grass. At its height, the Royal Irukandji Yacht Club had 24 members.  A committee was elected but from memory, we never held a meeting :)

South Head Cannon Memorial (Second Life 2007 - You3D 2011) Details to come.

Tamita Falls (Second Life 2009) Details to come.

Tamita Floor Cushions (Second Life 2008) Details to come.

Tamita Summer Palace (Second Life 2009) Details to come.

Tamita Surf Lifesaving Club (You3D 2011) The Tamita Surf Lifesaving Club is a highly detailed build made especially for the You3D grid. While it sources its textures and general architecture from my previous palace builds, the similarities end with its appearance. The Tamita SLSC building has a single prim 80 x 80 metre base with alternating tiers to form the stairs. Statues of the god Hiahungi protect the four entrances to the clubhouse, while the base foundation doubles as mooring for members' vessels. Inside, and visible in the photograph, is a 20x20 metre sunken bathing pool with scripted functionality. An elevating walkway leads across to Tamita Island (on the You3D grid), with 'touch to raise' scripting that allows watercraft through.

Toraboyo Manor (You3D 2011) Toraboyo Manor is one of a series of open-plan Polynesian design houses intended for coastal  living. The other four are the Port Vila, Tuvalu, and Noumea Beachhouses, and Raratonga Mansion. Toraboyo Manor is magnificent, both in dimension and quality of build. At 453 prims, Toraboyo Manor is the largest of the five styles. With four storeys on a huge 60x60 footprint, Toraboyo Manor is designed for a 10320 sqm block, while still providing ample room for outdoor landscaping and so on. Perfect as a sim owner's palace, a hotel, or designer store, Toraboyo Manor has abundant inside space. Upstairs comes with two rooftop options. The first is similar to the Raratonga entertainment area, while the second option as pictured, has four corner gazebos with grassed area and swimming pool. Inside, the open-plan living space is turned into rooms with the use of multiple bamboo screens that can be moved about at the owner's whim. Lockable trapdoors and ramps connect the three floors, providing both security and freedom of movement for the owners of the build. Toraboyo Manor is only designed only for Open Sim grids. Its scripts are writted for X-Engine, and feature multi-channel window tinting and lockable doors with 'add friend' security, all with customisable frequencies. Toraboyo Manor comes in three paint and bamboo variants.

Torquay Beach House (Second Life 2007 - You3D 2011) The Torquay Beach House is one of a series of similarly designed buildings intended for beachside living. The other two are the Gladstone and the Mackay. The Torquay is the smallest of the three and is popular with estate owners as a rental bungalow due to its super-low prim impact of only 22 primitive shapes. Like its counterparts, the Torquay features multi-channel window tinting and lockable doors, all with customisable frequencies. Upstairs is an entertainment area with swimming pool and a number of float and leisure animations. With a very small 20x10 footprint, its use of space was economical. Inside features a single bedroom and an entry room.  The Torquay comes in three colour and trim variants.

Trans Irukandji Causeway (Second Life 2007-2009) Is perhaps the largest building project ever undertaken in a virtual world. 32 kilometres in length, it is certainly the longest privately owned roadway in Second Life.  More info coming soon.

Tuvalu Beach House (Second Life 2007 - You3D 2011) The Tuvalu Beach House is one of a series of open-plan Polynesian design houses intended for coastal  living. The other four are the Port Vila and Noumea Beachhouses, Raratonga Mansion, and Toraboyo Manor. With a 40x40 footprint, and at 186 prims, the Tuvalu Beach Houses is the second smallest of the five styles and is popular with people who want a luxury build on a 4096 sqm block. Like its counterparts, the Tuvalu features multi-channel window tinting and lockable doors with 'add friend' security, all with customisable frequencies. Inside, the open-plan living space is turned into rooms with the use of multiple bamboo screens that can be moved about at the owner's whim. Unique to the Tuvalu, Noumea, and Raratonga builds, the front left corner also features a builtin hot tub with fully scripted functionality. The Tuvalu comes in six paint and bamboo variants.

Villa Ferraris (Second Life 2007) The Villa Ferraris was my first mansion build that wasn't designed as a palace. I looked at the project with a fresh eye as I wanted it to stand out from my previous builds. The Villa Ferraris had two standout features - an octagonal footprint and uniquely angled upright beams in bright enamel. More details to come.

World War 2 Waterplane Hangar (Second Life 2008) Details to come.

Xavier T Gallery & Skybridge (Second Life 2007) Details to come.