The MESHBODY store has never been one of the easiest stores to navigate so after helping many new residents to find their free bodies, I wrote a post with instructions in my old blog to make things easier for old (and new) residents. This is an update to that post. 

MESHBODY (The Shops) are the makers of the CLASSIC and the Legacy bodies. Only the CLASSIC is free.  There is NOT a free Legacy body.

Go HERE and select the body you want: male or female. The free bodies are in different parts of the store so if you want both genders, you’ll have to get one first, and then the other. Take the tp back to CHOOSE A BODY (to the left of the picture of the free body) so you can choose the other gender.

Do you need a redelivery? Follow the instructions you can find in the same room where you choose the gender of the free body you want: join the Legacy Lovers group (There used to be two groups to do this, but I see they are moving away from that and their new group is named after their lastest body. Friendly reminder that the name of the store is not Legacy, Legacy is just the name of their newest line of bodies) and type !REDELIVER in group chat. Be aware that you can only get the last thing you bought from the store redelivered this way. You can also touch the REDELIVERY word on the wall and accept the experience to see everything you’ve bought from the store and get a redelivery that way. You have to have media enabled to be able to see the list of the things you’ve got from the store. Select a purchase to redeliver. All in all, not the easiest method. Both the MESHBODY CLASSIC and the Legacy bodies got updates so if you are using an older version, you will get a pop-up asking you if you want a redelivery EVERY TIME you log on Second Life.  

The free MESHBODY CLASSIC male body is HERE: [CLASSIC] Meshbody (m) Gift Edition (1.6). Touch where it says ‘Get The Free Edition’ on the wall to get it.

The free MESHBODY CLASSIC female body is HERE: [CLASSIC] Meshbody (f) Gift Edition (1.6).

I hope this blog post helps you to navigate the store more easily.

So you have a mesh body now. You are going to need clothes for it. Look for posts tagged ‘Clothes for the FREE Mesbody CLASSIC male body’ or ‘Clothes for the FREE Meshbody CLASSIC female body’ on this blog. 

By the way, you can leave these bodies as they are and use the skins in the hud or select the BOM option in the hud and use other skins. 

Quick tips: 

Meshbody Legacy compatible skins will, more often than not, fit these free bodies. 

Most Legacy shoes fit the Meshbody Classic body, and these free bodies come with an optional set of feet, the deformer ones. Wear them rather than the main feet to wear shoes rigged for Slink. Many designers still offer this Slink rigging in their packs and it’s easy to find that size in freebies and older gifts. 

Meshbody Legacy rigged nails fit these bodies. 

Clothing that fits the Meshbody Classic Gift edition is often marked as TMP, Meshbody Classic, Classic Fitmesh, Legacy free body (REMEMBER THIS DOES NOT EXIST, THERE IS NO FREE LEGACY BODY!). 

You can use some clothing made for Legacy bodies (or even other bodies) if you use alphas, use the ones in the hud or the alpha layers provided by the designers. 

The default library is full of clothes (and they come with alphas), shoes, and other accessories you can use. There are even a couple of nice horses in there.  

FRIENDLY REMINDER: Always try demos before you buy anything!