Weekend Project Post

[ex_pooklet817]

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!

Comments

Re: I Wish There Was More ...

[lissasims.livejournal.com]

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.

Re: I Wish There Was More ...

[lissasims.livejournal.com]

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

Re: I Wish There Was More ...

[ex_pooklet817]

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. :|

Re: I Wish There Was More ...

[hat_plays_sims]

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.)

Re: I Wish There Was More ...

[ex_pooklet817]

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!

Re: I Wish There Was More ...

[hat_plays_sims]

... 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.

Re: I Wish There Was More ...

[ex_pooklet817]

Is there? I'll have a look! I meant the weird short bits on the ponytails but yeah! If nothing else, I want to try to shorten the longest part of the fringe, because it looks so weird and flat from certain angles, bleh.

Re: I Wish There Was More ...

[hat_plays_sims]

It's not a work of art or anything, but it doesn't look incredibly stupid or like you're raising a toddler version of Fraiser Crane. Best of luck!

Re: I Wish There Was More ...

[lissasims.livejournal.com]

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!

Re: I Wish There Was More ...

[hat_plays_sims]

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.

Re: I Wish There Was More ...

[ex_pooklet817]

Working on it. 8D I'll see how it looks with the fringe just sawed off. If it doesn't look good, I'll try to tweak at it some.