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yoda65

luckyheather wrote:

Hi yoda65
Just to tell you that in the Pictures on page 1 you have called ciane's house the name of mine! 'Shishi Odoshi'

Oh sorry! I was so tired yesterday! :oops: I mixed up the copy/paste
I finish my dinner and update the thread after of course with the new entries too!! I look forward … See you later :-)

yoda65

Thanks to enter Sapphire96 and originalsim!

Euby

I'm not going to be able to participate in this afterall. Sorry. Good luck to everyone!

yoda65

sheri19a wrote:

Note: I'm sorry for the grid lines. I tried to figure out how to lose them with no luck.

Thanks for your entry sheri!
To take picture with no grid, you must play with a Sims in your house, press C (on Mac) or use a camera in game. hope it's help
Thanks sashraf and Imoger! I must read all post!
Euby, thanks for the message.

yoda65

Entries Page 24 updated on page1. 3 new lots!!!
ss81, sashraf, JanChirSims, its'fun to read you!
and again, you all done very good houses!
Now I go o page 25!

… Tonight, I bought the 3 Stuff Packs that I missed to download! :P
This is the first time I do that: digital download promotional, recently available for Mac! Now I will enjoy all the decorations in the houses!!

sashraf

Congrats on the stuff packs Yoda :!: More toys to play with

originalsim

My entry has been updated with the exchange link: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4591473

Have fun with all your new stuff Yoda.

yoda65

computertech82 wrote:

yoda65 wrote:

Another unknown CC :!: Bamboo Vase!!
If you submit lots with CC you can be disqualified :?
computertech82 - Asian Style Home - Residential lot 40x40 - Page 22
Link: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4582548

I should have all cc unloaded now.
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4588590

(also corrected my entry).

btw, what program is used to check for cc?

Thanks computertech82, Link updated in post 2 too!

GoGoSunshine

These are really awesome houses. I'm currently doing a world based off of and mix of Japanese cities so I've been building tons of homes, unfortunately none meet the requirements for this contest T.T Great contest Yoda65 and good luck everyone!

yoda65

3 entries on page 25! Thanks cathystrof, Sapphire96, originalsim

updated!

yoda65

originalsim wrote:

My entry has been updated with the exchange link: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4591473

Have fun with all your new stuff Yoda.

Thanks! I'm very happy to see your entry! ^_^

niac1234

Hi I built this park. it is Japanese style, but is 60x60, so I can't use it for this contest, but I thought I'd showcase it on this thread, just for the the spirit of Japan. I'm not putting any pictures Yoda because I know that It'll confuse you when you go through this forum.

http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4591554

Look its the Kintai Bridge!!
This park comes with: A martial arts gazebo, Buddhist shrine, a beautiful bridge, a dining area, 5 rock gardens, a huge lake, and a beautiful path. Also many beautiful viewing areas with fountains and statues. Perfect for storytelling. Who can find the hidden Hot tub?!? (please recommend).

yoda65

niac1234 wrote:

Hi I built this park. it is Japanese style, but is 60x60, so I can't use it for this contest, but I thought I'd showcase it on this thread, just for the the spirit of Japan. I'm not putting any pictures Yoda because I know that It'll confuse you when you go through this forum.

Thank you! you're doing well!

niac1234 wrote:

http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4591554

Look its the Kintai Bridge!!
This park comes with: A martial arts gazebo, Buddhist shrine, a beautiful bridge, a dining area, 5 rock gardens, a huge lake, and a beautiful path. Also many beautiful viewing areas with fountains and statues. Perfect for storytelling. Who can find the hidden Hot tub?!? (please recommend).

it looks to be a nice park! recommended I'm off now, happy simming!

Rawr2019

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

WOW

Rec'd all the lots. Now I will go back to my hole of unworthy builders.

computertech82

It is interesting looking at the building everyone creates. Pretty interesting.

luckyheather

niac1234 just left Rec for the beautiful park and comment on fidler10 forum, bridge is gorgeous I cant do that..yet lol I also like the way you use the rocks xxx

imoger

Name of lot: Little Zen Garden
Chosen category: Japanese house with garden
Link to download: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4590339
Lot size: 30 x 30
Description: tradition in modern style.
The 'bonsai'-trees surround the house like a 'hug', and the koi pond flows under the house which was built on stilts. There's a zen garden, a barbecue area, place to raise painting and logic-skills, a little veggie-garden, and a little fountain sculpture with rocks and flowers, also seats to relax. The lot was planned to be close to the surrounded environment, so no real fences cut it away from that.
The interior's style is modern minimalist: 2bedrooms, 1 bathroom, open living-dining area with tea-corner.
Much more pictures are on my showcase-thread (it was really hard to select only ten)
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/390/355436.page#6376309
Full sized pictures can view with Right+Click then Show picture - after it press back in your browser to return.
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Notes: This lot was built in Riverview, but playtested in Hidden Springs - some pictures were made there, but because of the colour/light-differences of the two worlds, the terrain-paints became a bit 'weird'. I hesitated what to do, finally deleted some of them, and also made some little 'repairs' on the house, but the pictures were made before it.

I used the town-edit mode to surround the house with similar trees, and also some colourful ones. Because of the lot-size I didn't want to add higher trees to it (cherry-tree for example) for the easier gameplay. The lot was originally built on 25x30, but then changed to 30x30, because there weren't enough place for garden.

because of the modern minimalist-style from me... what's more it was a hard decision from me to leave something white.

imoger

Recommended the gorgeous new entries, also niac1234's park, wonderful work from everybody!

JanChirSims

Imoger <33 Wonderful lot hun!

Everyone had very nice entries. I will be giving everyone rec's soon

*hugs*

PEACHES327

I just finished looking through all the entries and all I can say is -- Wow!
Everyone has done such a great job, I have to go back anc figure out which ones I've rec'd already and rec the ones I missed or hadn't got to yet.
Tomorrow is the cut off, so it's getting close, everyone!
GOOD LUCK! :!: 8)

BadSeagull

Whew, I thought I was never going to finish this. There doesn't seem to be much on the lot, very little furniture or rooms to decorate, and yet it's taken me longer than almost anything else I've built! For my entry I have haven't exactly made a temple, instead it's a Shinto Shrine, although as the Buddhist and Shinto traditions are so intertwined in Japan I guess it doesn't make a lot of difference. Many of the architectural elements are the same and Shrines and Temples often share the same site, or are in fact the same building. It is in no way an accurate depiction, but I have tried to include most of the main elements as well as making it a pleasing and entertaining place for sims to visit.

Name of lot: Shinto Shrine
Chosen category: Temple/Zen Garden
Link to download: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4592682
Lot size: 40x40
Description: A Chinese Garden commercial lot, modelled on a Japanese Shinto Shrine. Koi pond, martial arts training equipment, chess, telescope, WC's.



You enter through the torii, (gate), pausing at the temizuya (water-filled stone basin) to clean your hands and mouth according to ritual. Then carry on along the sando or approach to the shrine between the toro, the stone lanterns. The walk is lined with cherry trees, and is a popular spot to visit during the Hanami festivals. (Flower-viewing parties held when the sakura blossom in March and April.)


This leads to the koi pond, where many sims are tempted to stop and fish from the bridge.


The sando continues past the ablutions block, where you might be able to pick some juicy ripe cherries if you're lucky or can pause for a game of chess.


As you round the corner the sando begins to wend it's way up the hill, although if you go left instead you'll reach the martial arts training area.



At the top of the hill you get a great view of the main hall, the honden, which is enclosed by the tamagaki, the traditional fence. (At some shrines there are several 'layers' of fence, and only visitors of certain status are allowed through each. At many, no-one except the priests are allowed into the honden, instead there is a second hall called the haiden for visitors to use, but as far as I can tell from my sketchy research, pretty much every site is different and has it's own rules and layout.) My honden has a tiny zen rock garden to the left of it, a peaceful spot for sims to meditate.


To reach the honden (if you are allowed, and as this is the Sims, everyone is lol) you cross the bridge and pass between the komainu, the lion dog guardians of the shrine. The honden houses the shintai, (symbolic repositories of the kami, the spirits of nature), the mirror, sword and jewels (or in this case, jewellery box). Some honden have no shintai, as the spirits are housed by the land itself, sometimes a whole mountain, a tree, rock or waterfall nearby.



If you keep to the path instead of crossing the bridge, you will reach a small lookout point with a telescope. From here you can peer down into the ravine and see if anyone has found the second little martial arts training area.



Right, now I've finally got time to go back through the thread and have a proper look at all the entries, just the pics on page one tell me there's going to be some corkers Good luck everyone!

originalsim

Ummmm BadSeagull?...What's with these last minute stunning entries? *cough paintedlady cough :hunf: I'm feeling envious of your ingenuity. I can not make an arched bridge on a diagonal like that! I clicked the link and I sware I didn't consider not leaving a rec because of jealousy or anything like that. REALLY! In fact I never considered not leaving recs at any of the other ones that left me wishing I had thought of what they did...

(Hope my sarcasm translates)

But seriously, it is stunning and I got rec #1 and I do have to catch up on some other recs as well.

BadSeagull

lol Thanks originalsim and thank-you for the rec! I'm just on a reccing spree myself. It's last minute because there's never enough hours in the day And the bridge.. is only a partially successful experiment I'm afraid. It's been driving me mental. See the little white mark in the photo? Foundation. It keeps disappearing and reappearing, I've tried to fix it and it goes away but then pops back up And every time I fix it the deck of the bridge gets wonkier, so I've just let it be. It works fine though, simmies use it to fish from I WILL master CFE, one day. Maybe.

And no need to translate the sarcasm, it's my native language

luckyheather

Ooooh more lovely builds and so much research and work building them :-) Brilliant xxx

Rec'd

PEACHES327

Gave you a rec, badseagull! Very nicely done. Even my husband commented on it. :thumbup: