How To Sculpt Prims In Second Life

Ok so we're currently waiting for Second Life to come back up.

The main thing that we're all waiting to try, besides several very needed bug fixes, is sculpted prims. But, just what the heck is a sculpted prim? And how would you go about sculpting a prim?

Simply speaking, sculpted prims are basically flat image files, created from a 3D shape in a 3D design program, that can describe a complex shape to Second Life and use a bare minimum of prims...landowner's paradise! No more leaving creations half done because you're at 117 prims already. Imagine a human head; how many prims would you need to design one? With sculpted prims you could theoretically model one with only one prim. Amazing? You bet.

So while you're waiting on the grid to come back up, why not download and install a copy of Blender (an open source 3D designer) and head on over to Amanda Levitsky's excellent beginner's tutorial on how to sculpt your own prims with Blender.

UPDATE : Looks like the images have disappeared, but the instructions are still there.