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    Smokytopaz Builds - Kalipha Hamam

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    SmokyTopazSmokyTopaz Posts: 1,380 Member
    in The Sims 3 Builders
    This is my entry for Fidlars Middle Eastern challenge, and no I didn't it overnight, it has been under construction for some weeks and I decided it might be a good entry for this challenge!

    It a Hamam, a dry or steamy bath house, very popular in the Eastern parts of the world. Men and women go in at different times. The first thing you do is shower and sluice down at the wash basins, then go onto the heated marble plinth where attendants soap you and scrub you. Try and remember to ask for a gentle scrub otherwise they might flay you! You come out clean and pinkly clean - very very clean. Every bit of dead skin gone.

    Outside there are markets, coffee shops and cool covered areas to sit in. Chess areas are extremely popular.... but there is a lot of socialising.

    OK piccys slides and links...


    Kalipha Hamam

    Front with coffee shops
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    Camels and markets
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    remember to sluice down first
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    wheres the attendant?
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    Slide show
    http://www.slide.com/r/-guUAfjB0j-zCiLcUKHWCrbPk307IgEN?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original


    http://gb.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2971703#

    It is a community lot...... comments welcome!

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      SmokyTopazSmokyTopaz Posts: 1,380 Member
      edited August 2010
      Hi.... gentle bump!
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      judywork1957judywork1957 Posts: 6,594 Member
      edited August 2010
      What a beautiful place, Smoky!! I love how you know so much about the history and tradition of it!!
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      ladyCryptntladyCryptnt Posts: 156 Member
      edited August 2010
      Beautifully done Smoky, I really like the small market area Rec'ed!
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      yanti68yanti68 Posts: 19,017 Member
      edited August 2010
      Hi there Smoky, :D

      You are such a versatile and talented builder! You are capable of building anything! From beautiful English tudor cottages, to modern builds and to Arabian builds! I am totally impressed by how atmospheric your lot is! I am loving the architecture and the layout of the market and the hamam facilities! Where did you get those mosaic tiles? That gives the lot a really authentic feel to it! Great job! Recommended! *whisper: I think you might win the challenge* :mrgreen:
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      bradrigobradrigo Posts: 1,495 New Member
      edited August 2010
      Hi,
      This looks stunning, I especially like Your little market area! :D
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      tdewdtdewd Posts: 927 Member
      edited August 2010
      Wow, I am really impressed with this, Smoky! I agree with what Yanti said, you can build anything! The decorating and landscaping is great, and what a unique idea it was to build this. Your description about the bath house reminded me a little of the Roman baths in... well, in the city of Bath. The middle eastern versions seem to have a lot more about them though. Fantastic job, I will gladly rec this. Good luck in the challange, too. :)
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      SmokyTopazSmokyTopaz Posts: 1,380 Member
      edited August 2010
      Hey guys thanks a lot for all those lovely things you say!
      Yanti I got the tile pattern from the ea exchange.... I am soo sorry don't remember the link! :oops: but thank them anyway! Morroccan tilles I think they were called.

      In all honesty tdewd, I have painted and drawn all my life so now I am beginning to learn the tools of this trade I use the same eyes! Hmm, not sure if I agree about Bath Baths tho, oh I see!! the interior.... Now theres a challenge, the exterior of an English spa resort! Victorian, gothic.... and a bit spartan inside!

      Wanders off drawing in sketch book.....
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      follyfootfollyfoot Posts: 3,450 Member
      edited August 2010
      Hi Smoky
      This looks like an oasis, I would love to be sitting at one of those tables having a cup of coffee. :D:D:D
      The pattern you have chosen for the walls is beautiful it reminds me of mosaic tiles.
      Wonderful job off to rec. :thumbup:
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      tdewdtdewd Posts: 927 Member
      edited August 2010
      Well, when I said it reminded me of the Bath baths, it was more the atmosphere I imagined it to have had in its heyday. I suppose a true Roman bath would have been a better example to compare it to, but I've never seen one in real life. ;)

      You should build it though!
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      SmokyTopazSmokyTopaz Posts: 1,380 Member
      edited August 2010
      I think I would prefer the italianate ones..... who is that painter? did lovely watercolours of soft italian stone, broken and discoloured by time, with genteel nearly na hmmmmmmmmmmmm dressed ladies? I will go and look him up.
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      SmokyTopazSmokyTopaz Posts: 1,380 Member
      edited August 2010
      Morning Follyfoot, I'll join you for coffee!

      Thanks for the rec!
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      AllureAllure Posts: 773 New Member
      edited August 2010
      Divine build Smoky! I just love everything about this grand place, there are soooo many cool features. Your slideshow captions made me lol.... hippies and more hippies... :lol: Off to download and rec!
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      SmokyTopazSmokyTopaz Posts: 1,380 Member
      edited August 2010
      Thanks Allure, I kept remembering things when I was trying to build it....I really needed a bit more grubbyness in unexpected places but as the camels aren't real!!!

      And thoe sims will not lie down on the ground, although I could have forced a pretend faint when I Think of it!
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      socalkdlsocalkdl Posts: 1,636 Member
      edited August 2010
      Smoky,
      It's a wonderful build. Very atmospheric and exotic. Unless you're from the middle east, lol. I love the steamy look too. Would have been a definite stop on the "Hippie Trail" back in the 60's. My first wife was a Hippie, I think I see her in one of the slideshow pics. Is that a hookah near her? LOL.
      Off to rec and relax in the bath.
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      altheaquinaltheaquin Posts: 5,013 Member
      edited August 2010
      Gasp, OMG that blows me away! That is amazing!
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      Sherry1968Sherry1968 Posts: 2,250 New Member
      edited August 2010
      Excellent job, Smoky! I would like a cup of coffee, too! And maybe even a game of chess. :wink: Your builds are always so well thought out and realistic. I have given you a rec and a DL. :thumbup:
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      kimjo313kimjo313 Posts: 3,865 Member
      edited August 2010
      I like the build and the fat that you researched it. Some of the patterns you've created are perfect!
      recing now!
      Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
      Abraham Lincoln



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      SmokyTopazSmokyTopaz Posts: 1,380 Member
      edited August 2010
      Hurray for a while I couldn't see any forum replies.... I could see all the topics, headers etc... but click to go in to read? Nah.

      Thankyou altheaquin, Hiya Sherry! mine's an American with cold milk please, Kimjo - hello, once upon a time a lifetime ago I lived in Istanbul and it is a sort of composite of memories!

      Thankyou all for the lovely compliments, the recs and the downloads.
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      SimEveSimEve Posts: 4,772 Member
      edited August 2010
      This is such a lovely lot. It definitely has an atmosphere about it. I like the patterns you used. They compliment the lot perfectly. A definite rec.
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      SmokyTopazSmokyTopaz Posts: 1,380 Member
      edited August 2010
      Thank you Simeve, I keep waiting for you to take a bite out of that apple!
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      KittKat7147KittKat7147 Posts: 1,942 Member
      edited August 2010
      Wowza! I'm loving it :) The architecture is amazing, and I love the patterns you used to evoke the Arabian mood. And it has camels! Too cool :) Rec'd and fave'd!
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      kimjo313kimjo313 Posts: 3,865 Member
      edited August 2010
      Smokey
      I had the same problem for about 30 hours straight. Really annoying!
      Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
      Abraham Lincoln



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      SmokyTopazSmokyTopaz Posts: 1,380 Member
      edited August 2010
      I can read forums on the laptop, but not the main frame.... very annoying!

      Hi kimjo!
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      kimjo313kimjo313 Posts: 3,865 Member
      edited August 2010
      I could deal with a glitchy forum if the game and the exchange were working!
      Oh well
      Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
      Abraham Lincoln



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      pistons27275pistons27275 Posts: 942 New Member
      edited August 2010
      Hi Smoky, you did a amazing job with the Kalipha Hamam. The middle eastern design looks very authentic. I really like the coffee shop, markets, and the brown camels. In addition, you did a perfect job with the interiors. Rec, dl, and fav from me. :D
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