@StSciurus I have a question for you. Your tag building a better tomorrow. Is that a street you build all the houses on?
@Anadxer , I just made up that tag as a name for my showcase thread. Once you are a full member and can post pictures and links, you may want to start your own thread (discussion) to showcase your creations!
CHALLENGE #: 60 - Winter Designer Showdown
FORUM ID: rangerlucy
ORIGIN ID: rangerlucy
LEVEL: Starting Out
LOT: Out to Sea
LOT COST:2,500
BUILD COST: 152,955
TOTAL COST: 155,455
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: imgur.com/gallery/ceOVS
ENTRY DETAILS: I chose Captain Chaz MacFreeling's Galleon as my inspiration object. The house is an attempt to recreate the idea of being in a ship surrounded by luxury, with the wooden surroundings like that of the Galleon and many of the colours drawn from the ship
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Yes please
Apologies for any issues I haven't done a slide show like this before, also as I'm unable to post list the slide show is just an unlinked URL
CHALLENGE #: 60 - Winter Designer Showdown
FORUM ID: rangerlucy
ORIGIN ID: rangerlucy
LEVEL: Starting Out
LOT: Out to Sea
LOT COST:2,500
BUILD COST: 152,955
TOTAL COST: 155,455
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: imgur.com/gallery/ceOVS
ENTRY DETAILS: I chose Captain Chaz MacFreeling's Galleon as my inspiration object. The house is an attempt to recreate the idea of being in a ship surrounded by luxury, with the wooden surroundings like that of the Galleon and many of the colours drawn from the ship
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Yes please
Apologies for any issues I haven't done a slide show like this before, also as I'm unable to post list the slide show is just an unlinked URL
No need to apologize! We are happy to have your entry and have linked your slideshow above.
ENTRY DETAILS: Since the title is winter designer showdown I went with the “The Don't Break Your Back-pack” as my item of inspiration. I used the red color as the focal point using the other colors found in the back pack: blue snowflakes from the blue book, yellow/tan color master bedroom for the workbook in the back pack, and all holiday items have colors found on the back pack.
By the way I don’t know where Potters Splay was at, I change all the names of my lots a long time ago, so I picked a lot that looked close to the pictures and was a 30x20.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Yes please as it is my first challenge I would like to know how I can improve.
CREDIT FOR CC/RECOLORS: I don’t know how to use mods, therefore this is all done with things from Sim 4 and the packs I have gotten.
CHALLENGE #: 60 - Winter Designer Showdown
FORUM ID: Kilra0
ORIGIN ID: Kilra0
LEVEL: Starting Out (first entry in this challenge, but not my first built )
LOT: potpourri
LOT COST: $2.000
BUILD COST:$181.322
TOTAL COST: $183.322
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: http://imgur.com/a/FOGnx
ENTRY DETAILS: a modern family home for energetic sims
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: yes please
CREDIT FOR CC/RECOLORS: nocc
SPACE FOR PICTURES:
CHALLENGE #: 60 - Winter Designer Showdown
FORUM ID: pronterus
ORIGIN ID: pronterus
LEVEL: Expert
LOT: Casa Picante
LOT COST: 2,500
BUILD COST: 183,470
TOTAL COST: 185,970
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: HERE
ENTRY DETAILS: Casa Picante was inspired by the spice rack, and the first thing that came into my mind was Southeast Asia because of the spices. This house is an example of Filipino colonial architecture, and the colors of spices are seen throughout the whole house. Since the house is meant to be facing the river, I had to make the curb view as appealing as possible, which explains the great deal of detail and landscaping.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Yes please
CREDIT FOR CC/RECOLORS: None
You are rudely awakened by the sound of your private cell phone ringing, your home phone ringing and if you are not very much mistaken there seems to be someone knocking on your front door. You turn on the bedside light and blink as your eyes adjust to the new light levels. As you leave the snuggly warmth of your bed on this freezing January morning, you wonder what on earth could be going on. Shrugging on the welcome cosiness of your new cashmere dressing gown, a present from Santa Claus, you slowly make your way through your home to the front door, picking up a fire poker on your way, you feel incredibly nervous.
Standing on your front door is Karl Hedges, your new personal assistant, his blond hair is perfect and his suit immaculate, for a moment, you wonder what your own hair looks like but his piercing blue eyes look sad and you ask him what on earth the matter is.
Ignoring you, he rushes past you into your living room and turns on the TV. Flicking through the channels to you wonder why on earth he rushed all the way over to make you watch the latest disaster film. It’s not until you notice the banner scrolling across the screen that you realise it’s not a movie at all, but SimCopterNews. You grab the remote from Karl and turn the volume up.
“You join us just as the latest death toll has been released, 5 people have now died in the landslide that has engulfed most of Oasis Springs.”
The camera pans over the once idyllic vista of Oasis Springs, the place is barely recognisable. You think you can just make out parts of Acquisition Butte, those palm trees look like the ones that were out the front of Affluista Mansion, and the Commercial District has been completely levelled.
The news anchor is speaking again.
“As you can see most parts Oasis Springs have been completely engulfed by the mud and debris brought about by the worst landslide Simlandia has ever seen. I don’t know what the residents are going to do over this, the coldest part of the year.”
You pick up your cell from your dressing gown pocket and start dialling, before you can press the call button, you jump as it rings, fumbling with the phone you nearly drop it, Karl calmly takes the phone from you and answers.
“May I ask who is calling?”
He looks at you and mouths “It’s Ms Hawthorne.” That is spooky you think, as that is who you were about to call.
“Yes, we have been made aware of the situation is Oasis Springs.” A short pause.
“You wish to volunteer funds to set up a crisis shelter of sorts? That is really very kind of you.” Another pause.
He mutes the phone and hands it to you, I think you had better take the rest of this call.
“Ms Hawthorne, thank you for your kind generosity.”
“Nonsense, it’s my civic duty to help those who are less fortunate than myself, I thought I had made that perfectly clear to you.”
“Of course you.” You say.
“Now, this crisis shelter, it’s not going to be your usual rag tag bunch of buildings, I wish for you to build a village of sorts, I am going to donate the land of Magnolia Blossom Park in Willow Creek and Twin Oracle Point to the cause as well, so there is no need to worry about the cost of the lots. I want this to be a place where people can get back on their feet, a little like my legacy project. I believe that 4 homes on each lot should be satisfactory for now. I think we should have one 2 bedroom residence, two 3 bedroom residences and a 5 bedroom residence.
You have switched the phone to speaker and you can see Karl taking notes in the journal he takes everywhere.
“Now, as with my legacy project, each lot must contain an element of self sufficiency, it is up to you whether that is in the form of a communal vegetable garden to benefit the entire community, or smaller areas with the borders of each home. The same can be said of the other prerequisites of the lots, the computers, the book cases, the physical equipment, logic skill items, musical instruments and art supplies. They can be incorporated into the homes or integrated into communal areas.”
“Ms Hawthorne, this is a mammoth task for our builders, I’m not sure that we are going to be able to comply with your wishes.”
“Well, I should have thought that with the talent that I have seen so far with my legacy projects that you have the skills to pull something like this off, or maybe I was premature in giving you the contract in the first place. There are other architects and contractors out there you know.” You gulp, you have really enjoyed the two projects that Ms Hawthorne has sent your way so far and without whom, you wouldn’t have found your very capable new assistant.
“Of course, I am sure that my builders will rise to the occasion.”
“As for the budget, I am going to give you $1,000,000. This can be spent in any way you wish, you can prioritise the communal or the personal spaces. I want this to feel like a cohesive neighbourhood, with a main street down the middle m aybe, but of course that is up to you. The style of the builds is of course, as always up to your builders.”
“Wow!!” You think to yourself, but then your rational brain kicks in and you realise that 1 million simoleons isn’t going to got that far with 4 full builds and community areas.
“That is incredibly generous of you Ms Hawthorne, I will also donate $500,000 dollars to the cause as well. That way, we can be assured of building a lasting legacy for the town in which the community is erected.”
You can almost see and hear her approval through the phone line and you and Karl share a smile.
“Wonderful!! I think we should extend the usual build deadline though, don’t you?” She asks.
“Yes, I agree, I think that 4 weeks should just about get it done. Then the residents of Oasis Springs can make a fresh start and think about where they are all going to go from here.”
“Perfect. Well, good luck with everything.”
The phone goes dead before you are able to close the conversation properly.
Looking from the devastation on the TV to Karl, you say.
“Well, let’s get this show on the road.”
BRIEF
Using either Magnolia Blossom Park in Willow Creek or Twin Oracle Point in Newcrest, change the lot type to residential and build a 4 residential dwelling community.
- The 2 bedroom home must have 1 full bathroom
- The 3 bedroom homes must have 2 full bathrooms
- The 5 bedroom home must have 3 full bathrooms
The style you for the dwellings must be cohesive throughout the lot. But the choice of architectural style is up to you. The lot must also be fully landscaped.
The community must have all basic skills provided for (except for rocket science), these can be individual in the 4 residential dwellings, or as part of a series of communal areas:
- Each community must include readily accessible computers, a vegetable garden, chess tables, a easels, musical instruments, and fitness equipment as well as book cases.
Your budget is 1.5 million simoleons, you do NOT need to add the cost of the lots to your total cost.
The closing date for this challenge is midnight on the 2nd February 2017
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@Anadxer , I just made up that tag as a name for my showcase thread. Once you are a full member and can post pictures and links, you may want to start your own thread (discussion) to showcase your creations!
CHALLENGE #: 60 - Winter Designer Showdown
FORUM ID: popettypop2012
ORIGIN ID: popettypop2012
LEVEL: Established
LOT: Seasidebreeze Residence
GALLERY LINK:https://www.thesims.com/en_GB/gallery/0C07C5E6CF9E11E68FE1466C857219A9?category=all&searchtype=ea_origin_id&sortby=newest&time=all&searchquery=popettypop2012&max=50&maxis=false
LOT COST: 2,500
BUILD COST:134,700
TOTAL COST: 137,200
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW:http://imgur.com/a/4dMHl
ENTRY DETAILS: I chose Captain Chaz MacFreeling's Galleon as my inspiration object. My house is a family house with a Nautical theme, mainly with blue and white tones around the house. There is also a pool at the backyard and the kids pirate ship play area thingy (sorry, I'm not sure what it's called) at the front garden.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Yes, please.
PICTURES:
CHALLENGE #: 60 - Winter Designer Showdown
FORUM ID: rangerlucy
ORIGIN ID: rangerlucy
LEVEL: Starting Out
LOT: Out to Sea
LOT COST:2,500
BUILD COST: 152,955
TOTAL COST: 155,455
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: imgur.com/gallery/ceOVS
ENTRY DETAILS: I chose Captain Chaz MacFreeling's Galleon as my inspiration object. The house is an attempt to recreate the idea of being in a ship surrounded by luxury, with the wooden surroundings like that of the Galleon and many of the colours drawn from the ship
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Yes please
Apologies for any issues I haven't done a slide show like this before, also as I'm unable to post list the slide show is just an unlinked URL
No need to apologize! We are happy to have your entry and have linked your slideshow above.
CHALLENGE #: 60 - Winter Designer Showdown
FORUM ID: Anadxer
ORIGIN ID: Anadxer
LEVEL: Beginner (My very first Builder Challenge)
LOT: Anadxer’s Potters Splay
LOT COST: §2,000
BUILD COST: §188,120
TOTAL COST: §190,120
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FrvBpkjRwaG72nRyIVPF69nlV-IAXqsqAeVFDz-QP6c/edit?usp=sharing
ENTRY DETAILS: Since the title is winter designer showdown I went with the “The Don't Break Your Back-pack” as my item of inspiration. I used the red color as the focal point using the other colors found in the back pack: blue snowflakes from the blue book, yellow/tan color master bedroom for the workbook in the back pack, and all holiday items have colors found on the back pack.
By the way I don’t know where Potters Splay was at, I change all the names of my lots a long time ago, so I picked a lot that looked close to the pictures and was a 30x20.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Yes please as it is my first challenge I would like to know how I can improve.
CREDIT FOR CC/RECOLORS: I don’t know how to use mods, therefore this is all done with things from Sim 4 and the packs I have gotten.
Hashtag used for this challenge is #BnS60
CHALLENGE #: 60 - Winter Designer Showdown
FORUM ID: Kilra0
ORIGIN ID: Kilra0
LEVEL: Starting Out (first entry in this challenge, but not my first built
LOT: potpourri
LOT COST: $2.000
BUILD COST:$181.322
TOTAL COST: $183.322
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: http://imgur.com/a/FOGnx
ENTRY DETAILS: a modern family home for energetic sims
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: yes please
CREDIT FOR CC/RECOLORS: nocc
SPACE FOR PICTURES:
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Origin ID: pronterus || Gallery || Undead With Benefits||The Pronteran Builder Blog
FORUM ID: pronterus
ORIGIN ID: pronterus
LEVEL: Expert
LOT: Casa Picante
LOT COST: 2,500
BUILD COST: 183,470
TOTAL COST: 185,970
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: HERE
ENTRY DETAILS: Casa Picante was inspired by the spice rack, and the first thing that came into my mind was Southeast Asia because of the spices. This house is an example of Filipino colonial architecture, and the colors of spices are seen throughout the whole house. Since the house is meant to be facing the river, I had to make the curb view as appealing as possible, which explains the great deal of detail and landscaping.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Yes please
CREDIT FOR CC/RECOLORS: None
SPACE FOR PICTURES:
Origin ID: pronterus || Gallery || Undead With Benefits||The Pronteran Builder Blog
CHALLENGE #: 60 - Winter Designer Showdown
FORUM ID: folala
ORIGIN ID: folala
LEVEL: Expert
LOT: https://www.thesims.com/en_GB/gallery/FB324DF1D1A711E68A81466C857219A9?category=lots&searchtype=item_name&sortby=newest&time=all&searchquery=serena&max=50&maxis=false
LOT COST:
BUILD COST:
TOTAL COST: 130, 673
LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: https://flic.kr/s/aHskRUxAdn
ENTRY DETAILS: A modern house inspired by the improbable ottoman.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: yes please
CREDIT FOR CC/RECOLORS: n/a
SPACE FOR PICTURES:
You are rudely awakened by the sound of your private cell phone ringing, your home phone ringing and if you are not very much mistaken there seems to be someone knocking on your front door. You turn on the bedside light and blink as your eyes adjust to the new light levels. As you leave the snuggly warmth of your bed on this freezing January morning, you wonder what on earth could be going on. Shrugging on the welcome cosiness of your new cashmere dressing gown, a present from Santa Claus, you slowly make your way through your home to the front door, picking up a fire poker on your way, you feel incredibly nervous.
Standing on your front door is Karl Hedges, your new personal assistant, his blond hair is perfect and his suit immaculate, for a moment, you wonder what your own hair looks like but his piercing blue eyes look sad and you ask him what on earth the matter is.
Ignoring you, he rushes past you into your living room and turns on the TV. Flicking through the channels to you wonder why on earth he rushed all the way over to make you watch the latest disaster film. It’s not until you notice the banner scrolling across the screen that you realise it’s not a movie at all, but SimCopterNews. You grab the remote from Karl and turn the volume up.
“You join us just as the latest death toll has been released, 5 people have now died in the landslide that has engulfed most of Oasis Springs.”
The camera pans over the once idyllic vista of Oasis Springs, the place is barely recognisable. You think you can just make out parts of Acquisition Butte, those palm trees look like the ones that were out the front of Affluista Mansion, and the Commercial District has been completely levelled.
The news anchor is speaking again.
“As you can see most parts Oasis Springs have been completely engulfed by the mud and debris brought about by the worst landslide Simlandia has ever seen. I don’t know what the residents are going to do over this, the coldest part of the year.”
You pick up your cell from your dressing gown pocket and start dialling, before you can press the call button, you jump as it rings, fumbling with the phone you nearly drop it, Karl calmly takes the phone from you and answers.
“May I ask who is calling?”
He looks at you and mouths “It’s Ms Hawthorne.” That is spooky you think, as that is who you were about to call.
“Yes, we have been made aware of the situation is Oasis Springs.” A short pause.
“You wish to volunteer funds to set up a crisis shelter of sorts? That is really very kind of you.” Another pause.
He mutes the phone and hands it to you, I think you had better take the rest of this call.
“Ms Hawthorne, thank you for your kind generosity.”
“Nonsense, it’s my civic duty to help those who are less fortunate than myself, I thought I had made that perfectly clear to you.”
“Of course you.” You say.
“Now, this crisis shelter, it’s not going to be your usual rag tag bunch of buildings, I wish for you to build a village of sorts, I am going to donate the land of Magnolia Blossom Park in Willow Creek and Twin Oracle Point to the cause as well, so there is no need to worry about the cost of the lots. I want this to be a place where people can get back on their feet, a little like my legacy project. I believe that 4 homes on each lot should be satisfactory for now. I think we should have one 2 bedroom residence, two 3 bedroom residences and a 5 bedroom residence.
You have switched the phone to speaker and you can see Karl taking notes in the journal he takes everywhere.
“Now, as with my legacy project, each lot must contain an element of self sufficiency, it is up to you whether that is in the form of a communal vegetable garden to benefit the entire community, or smaller areas with the borders of each home. The same can be said of the other prerequisites of the lots, the computers, the book cases, the physical equipment, logic skill items, musical instruments and art supplies. They can be incorporated into the homes or integrated into communal areas.”
“Ms Hawthorne, this is a mammoth task for our builders, I’m not sure that we are going to be able to comply with your wishes.”
“Well, I should have thought that with the talent that I have seen so far with my legacy projects that you have the skills to pull something like this off, or maybe I was premature in giving you the contract in the first place. There are other architects and contractors out there you know.” You gulp, you have really enjoyed the two projects that Ms Hawthorne has sent your way so far and without whom, you wouldn’t have found your very capable new assistant.
“Of course, I am sure that my builders will rise to the occasion.”
“As for the budget, I am going to give you $1,000,000. This can be spent in any way you wish, you can prioritise the communal or the personal spaces. I want this to feel like a cohesive neighbourhood, with a main street down the middle m aybe, but of course that is up to you. The style of the builds is of course, as always up to your builders.”
“Wow!!” You think to yourself, but then your rational brain kicks in and you realise that 1 million simoleons isn’t going to got that far with 4 full builds and community areas.
“That is incredibly generous of you Ms Hawthorne, I will also donate $500,000 dollars to the cause as well. That way, we can be assured of building a lasting legacy for the town in which the community is erected.”
You can almost see and hear her approval through the phone line and you and Karl share a smile.
“Wonderful!! I think we should extend the usual build deadline though, don’t you?” She asks.
“Yes, I agree, I think that 4 weeks should just about get it done. Then the residents of Oasis Springs can make a fresh start and think about where they are all going to go from here.”
“Perfect. Well, good luck with everything.”
The phone goes dead before you are able to close the conversation properly.
Looking from the devastation on the TV to Karl, you say.
“Well, let’s get this show on the road.”
BRIEF
Using either Magnolia Blossom Park in Willow Creek or Twin Oracle Point in Newcrest, change the lot type to residential and build a 4 residential dwelling community.
- The 2 bedroom home must have 1 full bathroom
- The 3 bedroom homes must have 2 full bathrooms
- The 5 bedroom home must have 3 full bathrooms
The style you for the dwellings must be cohesive throughout the lot. But the choice of architectural style is up to you. The lot must also be fully landscaped.
The community must have all basic skills provided for (except for rocket science), these can be individual in the 4 residential dwellings, or as part of a series of communal areas:
- Each community must include readily accessible computers, a vegetable garden, chess tables, a easels, musical instruments, and fitness equipment as well as book cases.
Your budget is 1.5 million simoleons, you do NOT need to add the cost of the lots to your total cost.
The closing date for this challenge is midnight on the 2nd February 2017
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