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Weekend Project Post

Was sick for the better part of the day yesterday and cold meds do some hilarious things to your priorities, let me tell you. So it looks like our first Saturday Project Post will be on a, er, Sunday.

So here's how this is going to work: every Saturday, a mod will make a post with themed threads that members can reply to and discuss in. We've picked some themes to start but depending on what direction the posts take, threads may be modified or added.

See the starter comments below to get an idea of the format, and comment away! If you have any questions or want to discuss something not covered by the main threads, reply here!

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Want to see more of a particular something in sims creations? Reply here. If you think there's a lack of cute elder clothes, or a particular brand of fantasy-style CC, a body mesh you really love or type of hair style, tell us!

The point of this thread is to hopefully inspire people to make more of whatever you think is lacking. Again, it's not for specific requests, there are other places for that. This is just to give a general idea of what you would personally like to see more of from creators.

OK this is totally my standard answer, but still: PARTIALLY SHAVED HAIR. There can never be enough. :(

Medieval hats as accessories. (Anybody who knows me knew something like that was coming.) Medieval men's hats, either as accessories or as hairs (some wouldn't work as accessories; they're too close to the head.) I will find you pictures.

Pregnant morphs on TF clothes, especially period meshes. Because somebody who wants to play a clueless teen hobag would be perfectly content with unbuttoned Daisy Dukes painted on the nude mesh, but there's a certain portion of the population where... *makes up names* Lady Miranda of Stonebridge is married, expecting her second child, and all of fifteen. (And even for the clueless teen hobags, there should be some nice long dress morphs-- otherwise, how's she going to have that baby in the girls' room at prom? ... Which totally sounds like something a Sim would do anyway...) Also, pregnant morphs on period menswear. Really, though, there are just never enough pregmorphs-- not even for AF.

And hey, here's a nice general one-- Really good seamless wooden floors, with planks and no pegs or nails showing, in heaps of colors. I have SO MANY floors, but I only ever seem to use a few of them... because all the ones with the good seamless textures have never-ending planks.

I'll stop there, because there are lots of generalized things I wish there were more of.

TOILETS. Or toilet recolors. Either way: the world needs more.

THIS IS A GOOD ONE, I VERY MUCH AGREE.

This might be a crazy idea, but I was thinking... a mixture of neon toilets and patterned-ish ones, similar to the kind of stuff that Ja does.

IT IS A CRAZY IDEA BUT I FULLY ENDORSE IT

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Recolors of Buggybooz's meshes. Especially the Office Allsorts set, which could use some metal and plastic recolors - like shiny brand-new filing cabinets, dull steel with a few nicks, and shiny new plastic and oldish plastic. I don't see too many office filing cabinets in wood, so metal and plastic seems much more logical to me. Actually, any nice recolors of Buggybooz's meshes would be great.

I've always wanted a decent pigtails mesh, one that isn't too poofy at the crown, doesn't stick out too far from the head or look like Sailor Moon hair (the pigtails should be low-sitting, like below the ear instead of on top of the head), doesn't have any stupid accessories like hair bands or bows, has decent looking hair ties (I don't like it when the hair ties are the same texture as the hair itself), and is really long (close to waist-length, but can be alpha-edited to be shorter). Oh, and it should animate nicely, and be for all ages, and can be made either straight or wavy. The hair that looks closest to what I would want is this (http://svs.paysites.mustbedestroyed.org:8080/booty/ts2/peggy/gifts/dec_06/special_gift_2006_12_december.jpg) ancient hair by Peggy, but it's too short and the way it's meshed makes it damn near impossible to retexture. I actually want a pigtails hair for a character sim, but I have to settle for the not-so-great Peggy hair.

Maxis buy and build retextures. I can't get enough of them.

Oops - I'm really sorry about the link screwup, but I can't seem to fix it. :(

It's cool! That happens automatically when you do not have an account.

I agree re: your first point. Could always use more Buggybooz recolors. Also yessssss on Maxis buy and build retextures. And add-ons! I hate how many times they'll make a nice door or window but it will be the only one so it looks all weird and out of place on its own if I ever use it. :|

Are Nouk's Two Wavy Tails too much in the face for your tastes? They animate nicely, but alas the bangs are linked to the ponytails, so they can't be thinned or removed without the rest of the hair doing the same thing. (It made me VERY sad.)

That reminds me, I wanted to futz with that hair a bit. I like the idea, but the short flippy bits bother me and the overall shape could use some tweaking. To milkshape!

... Ooooh. I REALLY like this hair on toddlers and girls, but not being able to edit out the bangs when there's a perfectly passable hairline up under there makes me sulk and pout.

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The mesh is pretty cute, but the chunks of hair kind of bother me. A lot of Nouk's hairs have the strands clumped together in big chunks, instead of individual strands. Also, I wish the fringe wasn't so long. I'd like to have a pigtails hair without fringe or bangs!

Dude, seriously, so would I. I tried alpha-editing the bangs off of Nouk's mesh there and... well, the pigtails went away, too, and I was sad.

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SHORT MEN'S HAIR and/or NON-DRAG MEN'S CLOTHES

or maybe just MM stuff.
Or... Or...!

Okay I need to just chill on what I need.
Summer is coming.

omg short men's hair, yessssss. Or, like, just shy of chin length without being super poofy? I love mid-length male hairs but they're so often way more ~voluminous~ than I like. :\

SNEAKER MESHES. Specifically, high-tops. What I wouldn't give for high-tops that weren't just painted onto the leg. D:

You mean like the ones that came with H&M? They don't have the converse logo, but I'm pretty sure that was the inspiration. They're also actually on a mesh. C:

Those are nice, but I mean higher ones! Not necessarily Converse, though. Not a fan of the brand but definitely the style.

OOOOOOOOOOHH. Then I definitely agree. :D
I've secretly wanted something like these for a while too.

I'm going to be making the chucks of Aikea's that I use into high-tops that can be paired with non-pants meshes.

That would be really rad, yeah. I don't think there are any meshed high-top sneakers out there, unless I'm really missing something. The only ones I know of are Aikea's and the H&M ones.

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FOODS. I can't remember who it was, but someone at GOS posted a request for ideas for making custom food. I had so many ideas, but I don't think any of them got made. Specifically, I'd like more meals that look like complete meals (such as pasta with a side salad and vegetables, instead of just pasta), some fruit desserts, and maybe some themed meals, like picnic lunches or junk food meals (twinkie casserole, anyone?)

MOAR ALIEN STUFF. And I don't mean skins and makeup, though those are always nice, I mean clothing and furniture and clutter and build-mode stuff! My alien 'hood is actually on another planet in the fooooture and while I'm working on stuff for it (very slowly) it would be lovely to have more...

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