<UTILIZATOR> - M4 Mars Anime Head

/!\ Warning /!\
Please see this list of appearance editor sliders that work and dont work before you consider buying this head https://utilizator404.wordpress.com/2018/06/06/bento-for-dummies/

Also please note that since this head is rigged mesh, you cannot resize it separately from rigged mesh hair and it can look really weird with some hairs and fine with others. If your hair is not rigged, always scale it appropriately to have a good balance of face size and the size of the rest of the head.

This head is compatible with eyes, eyelashes and blush textures for the M3 heads, but M3 skin textures will not work because of a different UV map. Use the M3 retro loader for older eye/lash/blush texture mods.

2022/9/15 -
Added a reshaped version (shape2) of the head
Added face adjustment capability and HUD
Added LL female neck

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The long awaited M4 Mars head is here! and now you can be a real anime man and not some boy with a beard drawn on with a marker !

- What is bento and why does it matter? -

For those of you who still dont really know what all this bento hype is about, Bento is a new set of bones that LL has recently implemented into the game, such as face bones, wing bones, tail bones, finger bones and some other bones. These bones are used to animate specific body parts such as the fingers on your hands or the expression of your face, and is what this head uses to animate its face.

The main advantage of using bento bones for anime heads is that there is no more need to have a bunch of invisible meshes for every face expression, using just one mesh to do every expression instead. This in turn greatly reduces the render weight of your avatar, on top of that, anyone can now make expressions and face animations, so you are no longer limited to what is in the HUD.

The disadvantage is that since the head is rigged, it can no longer be scaled and positioned, causing problems with how big your face looks with some of the hairs, and face expressions are sadly somewhat limited due to the way bento bones work, meaning some expressions are just not possible to make without looking really weird or deforming your face.


- whats included in this package -

This Manual
HUD usage instructions.
M4 Head
M4 Head HUD
M4 Neck for Kuroo
M4 Neck for Avatar 2.0
M4 Neck for LL and normie bodies
M4 Default shape
Emote pack
Bonus items
Update card
Landmark to the store

Emotes pack:
3 voice chat activation gestures
Emote instructions
Example emote gesture

Bonus items:
Face remote control relay
Developer resources
Avatar 2.0 skin appliers to match the head to the body
LL head alpha

- Features -

• Full mod - Edit it, link stuff to it, rip or replace its textures, go crazy with it but make backups before you do!
• In depth customization with lots of options - Customize your head, choose its eye styles, colors, skin color, add custom textures and specular maps.
• Full facial control - Eyebrows, eyelids, Eyes and mouth can be controlled separately, mixing and matching different positions to create your own expression.
• Smooth animations and built in AO - eyes blink, look around, the mouth moves when you type or talk on voice chat, emotes as well as 3 different face AO styles.
• And more!