Thanks for the review, this looks like a fun site. The lack of zips is a bit annoying - I far prefer to look at pics full-screen with a viewer rather than in the browser. How are the pictures displayed (just in a browser page, or in some kind of slideshow thingummy) and what resolution are they?
Am guessing that they have a good community/forum there - once the site was listed here a call probably went out for reviews, and loyal members responded. Which is no bad thing - as you say, it sounds honest.
I think it's fair - it was me that actually asked for the site to be included so I guess I started it! I'm not a member yet, but having seen Cosplay Deviants listed recently, I started hunting around the genre and found this which seems a bit racier. It's on my list...
^^ What tangub said. Despite all the kerfuffle, welcome here and look forward to reading more of your reviews; you obviously have a slightly off-center taste for smut, which could be interesting :)
Great review as ever, tangub - like you this site is vaguely on my radar ; it seems a bit too glam-porn-y for my taste but many of the models I like seem to crop up here so it is tempting... and being a nylon fan, hot legs and feet is definitely appealing. Good to know that it has a lot of quality content - like you, if an offer crops up, I may well give it a go!
Likewise, sad news indeed. While his style is a bit formulaic, it is nonetheless a good formula and very recognisable - I can generally tell straight away when seeing his sets on other sites. It also seems very respectful to the models - quite glam, but in an alluring, natural way - definitely a loss.
Well, I wouldn't say that, actually; there are a few site issues, but overall it works well. For me it is the material itself that doesn't quite work; the quality and production values are great, but I found it a bit too slick, and a bit formulaic.
The previews you see are representative; the majority of sets and videos start with underwear or something flimsy. The ones I kept tend to be those starting with a little more, but they still don't fulfil the ideals of a full strip with plenty of tease.
There is a lot of material, though, and the TBP price is good, so if you see anything in the previews that grabs you, it may be worth a try.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Good camerawork, lighting
- Great quality pics, and HD videos
- Multiple video formats
- Lots and lots of very pretty girls
- Large archive of material
- Frequent updates
- Many well-known models and porn stars
- Excellent value
Cons:
- Slightly random selection of codecs for past videos
- Too many thongs
- Some fake boobs
- Not enough teasing
- Possibly too slick
- Slightly formulaic material
- Tagging and search sometimes lacking
- Not really any model details, stats etc
Bottom Line:
The esteemed tangub's recent review is excellent and gives you a good idea of the stats and type of material here, so I'll try not to repeat that and instead be quite subjective.
I joined mainly for the videos here, which have the level of explicitness that I like; some teasing, undressing, before masturbating; either with fingers or toys. The lighting, camerawork, atmosphere of them is very good (some may find the shadows too arty, but I don't mind), but my main problem is that they are a little too formulaic. The large majority of the videos go like this; ambient music as the model cavorts/gyrates in lingerie; often backlit and/or wind blowing through her hair; slow-motion and crossfades; then the music dies out and the model takes over, showing no shyness at all about pleasuring herself for the camera, underwear discarded (but heels inexplicably still on, why do they keep doing that?).
It's actually not a bad formula - they are produced very well and the girls seem fairly genuine, but I'd like to have seen a bit more variety; more teasing, more undressing from clothed, different lingerie styles, a bit less slow-mo and soft-focus. The category of videos I enjoyed the most were the flirt - where the model talks to the camera and teases; and perhaps also the toys - not generally my interest but it provided an angle.
The girls themselves here are stunning; a mix of well-known US porn stars and models, some familiar East European girls, and some amateur first-time models. Again, it's subjective, but I found myself pining for at least a little imperfection; although arguably guess I found it in the ones that have fake boobs - the focus is on natural girls and enhancements aren't in the majority, but still more than I'd expect given how often Mr Hicks states in the shoot notes how he prefers a natural look.
There's also, of course, a huge library of photo sets, going back many years. Although the models are biased slightly towards the 19-22 range (I prefer at least a little older) I found more sets that I liked than expected. The Flashback section is quite amusing, showing his earlier Penthouse era pics of girls with lip gloss and big hair; a contrast to the more subtle style and more natural looking girls Mr Hicks employs now. I did find a few inaccuracies in the search; eg when looking for unshaved models and finding shaved sets; but overall the search/browse options are useful. One minor niggle though, was in the models's profile page there is no info and sets don't seem to be in any particular order; some models are popular here with material from multiple shoots; it would be good to see it in date order.
So, a tricky one to score. It's an excellent site and great value; the material has a good level of explicitness and if I was being more objective, this would get a 90, and higher if I really connected with the content. As it is, it didn't grab me quite as much as I'd predicted; I do like glam material, but with an angle of some sort, which - other than lots of stunning girls - I don't see much of here. If I had to compare it to any other sites I've visited, I guess the centrefold glam theme places it closest to Holly Randall; DD is possibly more slick, but Ms Randall gets a bit more flirt, a bit more cheekiness from the models, so she keeps the edge for me.
Just signed up here, with their $9.95 offer which finishes tomorrow (allegedly, at least). Review to follow, but first impressions are good... it's very glam, penthouse-style material which isn't for everyone - but sometimes I like it, and it's good quality and lots of it. No hardcore, but plenty of photosets and masturbation videos featuring lots of popular models and porn stars. What you see for free on the site is indicative; and you can't go wrong for $10.
Just had a look at this site - I quite like the alt-porn idea, but I just think I'd get distracted by all those chintzy bedspreads it all seems to be performed on :|
I've not joined Ero Berlin yet but it's been on my list... one of the angles I liked was the public/risky locations - how does the site fare in those terms? I wasn't sure if eg Femjoy as you mentioned has anything comparable?
Another price issue... looks like this site has recently had a price rise; all reviews I see for it seem to show $19.95 but the only price I see on the site is $29.95. I'm quite keen to join, but would be even keener if it was $10 lower!
Thanks for mentioning this site - one I've never heard of but seems very appealing! It's only videos? I'm more into pics lately, but I could do with something different... suspect I'll sign up here sometime.
Aha, many thanks for the reply - I'll probably skip this for now since I find Met Art a bit lacking in excitement. Instead I'll probably go to The Life Erotic - looks a bit racier of late...
Thanks for a great review - this site crops up from time to time on my radar. Is there anything that sets it apart from Met Art? Is the content any different in terms of theme or explicitness?
Aha, that's interesting - I had noticed this site too on TGPs but didn't realise they were doing hardcore/artcore/sensualcore/whateveryoucallit.
It looks tempting, but... I can't help feel I'd be much more drawn to these sites if they had a spread of models from 18-30. I suspect one reality is that by their mid-20s, some models have got tattoos and fake boobs, which don't really work in this style of content.
I might arguably be tempted to subscribe to this site, if it were called Erotic Wives; but I'm too much of a grammar pedant, and seeing the site name in the address bar (let alone having to file it that way on my own drive) would drive me mad.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
* Very low price
* Good range of models
* Small galleries
* Great, atmospheric photography
Cons:
* Infrequent updates
* Small collection
* No zip sets
* Small galleries
* Fairly tame, and little tease or lingerie
* Regional pricing
Bottom Line:
Ethernudes has been on my radar for a while, and I finally got round to joining for the bargain price of $5 (or ostensibly a little more - regional pricing kicks in even at this level :|). It's the nude photo site of photographer Olivier re Rycke, so there is a consistent style and quality of work here that you get from a single photographer site.
It's a photo-only site with currently 116 galleries; seemingly about one new one added per month (just one while I was a member). Picture sets are anywhere between around 5 and 50 pictures at 3K size, with perhaps 30 being the average, and more recent sets are larger. They are presented with a stock gallery package (coppermine in this case) so not really any fancy features - notably zip sets are nowhere to be found but it's extremely trivial to grab the set with a DM so I don't take marks off for that.
I've noted the small galleries as both a plus and a minus since although most folk would feel hard-done-by, I like smaller sets; by subscribing to a site, we are buying into the vision of the photographer and part of that vision is knowing what to get rid of! 200+ picture sets bore me, it's hard to know where to stop; 20 well-chosen pictures are better every time, as long as the photographer has the skill to take and choose the best ones. (Stagg Street and Juliland are other sites which are benefit from ruthless editing.)
And in this case, he does - the photography here is excellent. It's not particularly explicit, about the same or even less than you might see at Met Art; but with somehow more depth, atmosphere than what I found at MA. The locations - both indoor and out - and framing are good, and different; and the colours are really nice - they seem a bit processed, but it's done to set the mood, eg to give it a subtle vintage tint, rather than interfere with the models.
The choice of whom is also very good - European models from 19-30 rather than just the 18-21s on many nude sites - including some familiar girls such as Ariel, Suzie Carina and Melisa but most I suspect are exclusive here - but all stunning and natural. And although it's perhaps a bit too art-nude-y for my taste (I'd prefer just a little more undressing/tease/sleaze) - the photographer gets the best out of all the models and they somehow just seem sexier, more relaxed, more intimate than they do elsewhere.
The fact that the site is so small is balanced by the price, I feel - and although it's left me wanting something a bit more explicit again, I still enjoyed the evocative models and locations. Definitely recommended to anyone who likes Met Art, Femjoy etc; you'll get through the small collection in no time, but I also think you'll get a taste of what is missing from the bigger sites.
Concur with tangub - this was on my to-join list, there are a lot of models I like on there. But - assuming all set/videos were accessible to members before, I can't at all see the logic of increasing the price fourfold because the site has stopped updating!
Looks like an interesting addition to the genre - as you say, a bit sparse, so babes.com is likely to be my next heartcore join - but this is worth keeping an eye on.
Thanks for the reply! It's not so much explicitness that I'm looking for (although it doesn't hurt...) - more a sense of tease and eroticism. I've seen plenty of non-nude material that's more exciting than I found Met Art, I suspect they have strict guidelines on how cheeky/sexual the models can be regardless of how naked they actually are. Sounds like Femjoy might be similar...
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