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Poll Results

Here are the results of my last Poll. I was finding out what your favourite colours were and whether or not you liked Plains, Florals etc. For a little while there my favourite colour (Purple) was winning but it just lost to Pink. Anyway here are the results:

Question: What's Your Favourite Colour?

Blue 12.2% (5)
Red 7.32% (3)
Purple 17.07% (7)
Black 14.63% (6)
Green 14.63% (6)
Pink 21.95% (9)
Yellow 2.44% (1)
White 4.88% (2)

Question: What Textures Do You Like?

Florals 24.39% (10)
Plain 39.02% (16)
Abstract 14.63% (6)
Other Pattern 14.63% (6)

Thanks to all that participated. It also now shows that i'm not alone when it comes to liking Plain Textures.

What I'm Working On.....

Hey Guys, Well i have an extra day off this weekend as we are having a long weekend here in Adelaide - Hooray for long weekends! So i'm going to get my butt moving and make stuff. I just finished some Accesories today and they are waiting for approval when the weekend is over. Here are some previews: I'm happy with the way they turned out. Thanks though needs to go to the 2 incredible mesh creators. Lianaa and Ulkrhsn. Just published today was some Nike Caps for Men - well i have decided i will make them also for Females - and i will also make Nike Beanies. It's just for something different as i'm always making clothes and i think i need something different for a change. I'm also going to make a lot of clothing for Teen Females. I have made a few here and there but think they deserve some more. Well i have lots to do and not a lot of time to do it. It's Saturday night already and i feel like i've done hardly anything. So it's off to creating for me. Bye, Louise

Devastated Eyes

After finishing my earlier Soft Eyes set, I found myself wanting to make a much more detailed eye. So, starting from the Soft Eye as a base and modifying just about every part of - hrmm, come to think of it, it was every part of it! - I created a layout that includes stroma detail (the radial lines in the iris), tear ducts, a softer shadow along the upper lid, and a less shaded-to-black schlera. The iris is just slightly larger then for the Soft Eyes, and the pupil smaller, which gives a little more room for the duotone colours of the eyes to be shown. That's right, duotone. These eyes incorporate two separate areas of colour, the main (outer) colour and a secondary colour around the pupil of the eye. And by just sitting there and playing with the HSV sliders, I can create pretty much any imaginable colour combination. I whipped up 25 different combinations for this set, and may make more at a later date. My main reason for wanting duotones? My own eyes are a muted blue-green with golden-brown around the pupil (aka one of the many combinations lumped into the "hazel" category) and I wanted to recreate them for in-game use on my self-sim, who is currently making do with a muted green eye colour. Not an exact match, but close enough! :)

Gray is beautiful!

With Bon Voyage, EA/Maxis has once again given woefully short shrift to our elder Sims, and it's about time we fought back!

Many people don't realize that meshes that work for adult Sims will also work very well for elders. Using SimPE, you can take any adult clothing and add elders to the age groups that can wear them. The possibilities are almost endless for expanding (not to mention improving) your elder Sims' wardrobes.

An added benefit is that your older Sims no longer have to look like droopy, dumpy fashion victims. They'll still walk like elders, but their bodies will be firm and slender and your female elders will finally look like they're wearing proper support garments! I don't know about you, but I see plenty of older people all the time who are fit and trim and very fashionable. (I'm not one of them, but that's another story...)

My first project along these lines is a series of outfits from Bon Voyage recategorized for elders. Eventually I plan to go through the entire catalog from the base game on up. Anyone who wants a particular outfit is welcome to contact me, but in lieu of special requests I'll be doing only those outfits I want to make available for my own game.

Note that I'm not creating any meshes or even creating recolors, and there are no hacks or mods involved. If you want the Bon Voyage kimonos, for example, you're going to have to have Bon Voyage. If you want outfits from Nightlife or University, you likewise have to have those EPs installed.

Please, don't ask me to recategorize custom clothing for you! It's easily done in SimPE, or you can contact the original creator and ask them to do it for you.

Update to Roselynde Rose Mesh & Recol

I just updated the Roselynde Rose Mesh and the Roselynde Roses Recol packages. While creating additional recolors of the rose mesh package I discovered a slight problem with how the original package was created. That problem is now corrected, so please download the updated files for the cash_vic_maplerose_roses_mesh.package and cash_vic_maplerose_roses_recol.package. Thanks!

Roselynde Rose Mesh

cash_vic_maplerose_roses_mesh.package

Roselynde Rose Recol

cash_vic_maplerose_roses_recol.package

FREEBIES: September and October

Since I've become an FA (not so long ago), I've scheduled some of my creations free. Now I guess you may want to know which sets will be free and when, so that if you want to grab them, you know when they are available.

From August, 30 to September, 27 the free sets will be:
Walnut set
Ennui Enhanced - Set

From September, 28 to October, 26 the free sets will be:
Easy Stairway to Eleven - Set
Towel Warmer

I've set free a bit of this and that; all the needed meshes are in the free sets. Hope you like them.

Update: for some reason the main page of my minisite doesn't show the free sets, but if you follows the links (that I have now fixed) you'll be able to download them.

First, a word of thanks

I think it's only right that my first blog entry on my shiny new minisite should be a big THANK YOU to Thomas and to Anita (Atwa) for granting me this privilege, and especially to the incomparable Lola (with sister Gabi, the team you know as Sims2Sisters). Lola, you know how special you are, my friend.

I also want to thank my buddies and fellow Simaholics on the TSR forums who take the time to help me figure out the nuts-and-bolts of creating and submitting work to TSR. Special kudos to Cindy (Wildstar24) for asking me to be a beta tester. Cindy, it's still fun and still an honor!

Big hugs and thanks to Cyclonesue, Madisim, Pinecat, Tigerblue, Cashcraft, Spaik and all the other FAs whose work I've been privileged to beta test, for inspiring me, encouraging me and for putting up with my nitpicking and occasional faux pas. Gang, no matter what, you know I think you're all the cream of the crop.

And finally, thanks to all the people who've downloaded my creations. Nothing makes me smile wider than visiting my submissions page and seeing how many people liked my work enough to give it a place in their own games.

You have all made my life richer. My deepest thanks!

Gina

Tokyo Bed updated

The Tokyo bed has been updated due to a very low comfort and engery level. Comfort has now been set to 9 and energy to 10. I hope you agree with me. :P You can find the updated bed here.

Magic!!!

I'd just like to say thank you for all the fantastic support, messages & Congratulations I've received from so many here at TSR since becoming an SA.

It still hasn't quite sunk in yet, i've been like a witch on a hot broomstick ever since, just flitting about and getting nowhere lol!
But will definitely calm down soon and get back to finishing off some creations that I had lined up, mostly with Halloween in mind.

Best Wishes to all
Welshy
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Series of Starter Homes

Since I am creating a new neighbourhood from scratch, I figured it would be nice to have starter homes that matched and looked good next to each other.

So far, I've come up with 2 styles:

1- Rustic homes:



2- Traditional homes:



I'll start uploading more homes that matches these series, but if you guys have any other suggestions, let me know! :)

EDITED ----

So far the poll results show that you would also like a 3rd series, so I'm more than happy to make this one as well.

3- Modern lots: