WOW @Mikezumi - i haven't been on for some time and find this.. yummooo drool fest think i'll sit here for a while and drool. You have truly a knack for making some stunning sims! WOW a great talent and skill. Keep it up, certainly will come back to see more
Thanks @coco He's a tough one! Unless a person has a very distinct face which would lend itself readily to caricatures (not that I am trying to do a caricature) it's easy to end up with nondescript sim.
Just did some more nose work and downloaded another set of eye bags which are more like his than the ones I normally use.
Just setting up for a save with Ian and Paul as teens in MV. They are starting out in a small house that used nearly all their money. It's just a game for fun and I probably won't be taking a lot of pics. The boys will go to school, get part time jobs and do other odds and sods to make money. As they make money they will be allowed to move into bigger homes as they can afford it. By the time they grow up, which will be a long way off since I am playing on Epic, they should have a big house and be able to get married and start a family
After I moved the boys in I realized it was the same house that I used for Shannon when he and my SS hooked up for the first time
Paul asked Ian about his day.
He must have made an impression because Ian immediately rolled a wish to kiss Paul for the first time
Ian's a little odd looking as a teen but I am sure he will grow on me Paul's an absolute cutie as a teen
@Mikezumi I like your new sim couple. I didn't know much about Paul Walker, so just looked him up. The story of his death (and his friend's) is terribly sad. Were you a fan of Walker's? ...I noticed you're using the shaggy hair on Ian. Makes him look different from your avatar. But the story Ian is a teen when they start out, right? Both guys are handsome as teens and I'm sure will be when they grow up too. ...I look forward to seeing more of them in Monte Vista even though this is just a fun save and you won't be taking many screenshots. ...BTW, what stories are you continuing now? I want to make sure I have them bookmarked over here in Stories and Legacies.
@lanlyn Thank you I am not really a Paul Walker fan. In fact he was unknown to me until I heard of his death. I just checked his filmography and I see I have only watched one of the movies he was in and I don't think it was a major role. The death of young people is always a tragic thing and when someone on the old forum asked me to make a Paul for them I obliged. My original Paul was not particularly good but the simmer was happy with him and Paul got buried in my bin for a long time before I brought him out again when I started simming again a couple of years ago. I tweaked him a lot after studying more photos and used him in my test save when I installed UL. More recently he has been in a couple of my saves as a town filler but you would not have recognized him because he started out as a female. He makes a pretty female and I am always short on females to start new saves.
I think I have given up on my Jordan and John save because it is getting very slow to play which is to be expected after so many generations. It was only meant to be a short term save and, although I had a lot of fun with Jordan's descendants, I don't feel too sad about it. I save all my sims to the bin when they age up to YA so they are never really gone I do want to see Jared and Alec get to the top of their careers before I give up on my Showtime save because my sims don't normally work outside of the home and I wanted to know what it was like.
I am working on a new look for my sims and want to experiment with all the CC sliders I have downloaded over time but not taken advantage of. Up until recently I only used the female only sliders so that the daughters of my favourite sims don't look bad. Although I still care what the females look like, especially for generational saves, I am trying to focus more on being true to my males without compromising for the sake of their daughters.
I think the shaggy hair gives Ian a boyishness his teen version needs to soften his hard features. I liked several of the hairs in the poll I recently had so Ian might have different hair in different saves
@Mikezumi Thanks for the background. I may have missed a post of yours explaining about Paul. Really cool how your sim version has evolved. ...I think you're right about the longer hair softening Ian's teen look. ...I'll enjoy seeing what you do with the sliders. I don't have any CC sliders installed in my game, but I've often wished I had more control over sim creation in that regard. And I like seeing what others do even if I don't try it myself.
I have this thread bookmarked and will keep your Showtime thread bookmarked too. Will we see any more about your farm story in the near future?
@lanlyn I don't think I have talked about how Paul came about with anyone other than Charlottesmom. Thanks I am having fun seeing what the sliders can do although I am sure a lot more can be done with them than I have tried so far because the sims I have been working on are all old pre-CC slider sims and changing them too much would feel wrong as I was used to the way they looked. I've probably used more on Paul, including uneven sliders, than on the others because his nose is bent and has a very small tip.
My farm save was getting very laggy even though it hadn't gone for very long. I think it could be because it is a 64x64 lot and because of all the plants.
Just used a few new sliders on Jensen. Although all the features seem to match up he doesn't really look a lot like him, even with uneven sliders, but I think he's beautiful
Gotta throw in this sweet smile
I think his eyes are perhaps the best I have ever made
I wanted to try my hand at making a more masculine looking sim than is my wont and got frustrated and ended up downloading a sim. Of course I changed him because, when all is said and done, I have my own preferred style. He's not nearly as masculine as he was originally but I only wanted him to be more masculine than my usual sims so I am happy
@Mikezumi Jensen is looking good! And I enjoyed seeing your early version of Paul. ...Your new sim is a handsome guy. He's a little different than your usual style, but I can still see that he's yours! He looks vaguely familiar. Did you model him after someone?
@lanlyn Thanks I didn't make the last sim although I did change him a lot so he's not modeled on anyone but after I posted the pics I also had the feeling that he looked familiar and realized that he reminded me of Charlie Sheen
Spent the morning trying to make Jason Momoa at another simmer's suggestion. He doesn't look like him yet as I worked mostly on the nose in my first session. It doesn't really help that, although I have seen him in movies, I don't really care for him so haven't examined his face much.
Thanks @lanlyn He looks so different now than he did as a young man that it was difficult to know where to start. I decided to choose a time when he was still young but had lost his youthful prettiness.
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Just did some more nose work and downloaded another set of eye bags which are more like his than the ones I normally use.
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After I moved the boys in I realized it was the same house that I used for Shannon when he and my SS hooked up for the first time
Paul asked Ian about his day.
He must have made an impression because Ian immediately rolled a wish to kiss Paul for the first time
Ian's a little odd looking as a teen but I am sure he will grow on me Paul's an absolute cutie as a teen
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I think I have given up on my Jordan and John save because it is getting very slow to play which is to be expected after so many generations. It was only meant to be a short term save and, although I had a lot of fun with Jordan's descendants, I don't feel too sad about it. I save all my sims to the bin when they age up to YA so they are never really gone I do want to see Jared and Alec get to the top of their careers before I give up on my Showtime save because my sims don't normally work outside of the home and I wanted to know what it was like.
I am working on a new look for my sims and want to experiment with all the CC sliders I have downloaded over time but not taken advantage of. Up until recently I only used the female only sliders so that the daughters of my favourite sims don't look bad. Although I still care what the females look like, especially for generational saves, I am trying to focus more on being true to my males without compromising for the sake of their daughters.
I think the shaggy hair gives Ian a boyishness his teen version needs to soften his hard features. I liked several of the hairs in the poll I recently had so Ian might have different hair in different saves
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I have this thread bookmarked and will keep your Showtime thread bookmarked too. Will we see any more about your farm story in the near future?
My farm save was getting very laggy even though it hadn't gone for very long. I think it could be because it is a 64x64 lot and because of all the plants.
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Gotta throw in this sweet smile
I think his eyes are perhaps the best I have ever made
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He's come a long way since then!
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I can kinda see a bit of young Charlie Sheen in the last one. But to be honest, your sim is better looking.
@Buffyspiker Thanks so much! Lovely to see you here. I think the last time was when I had an heir vote Hope all is well with you and yours *hugs*
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