EDIT: This first post was originally just about my first major build, Oasis Shades; I wasn't planning on making a showcase thread at the time. But that's what this thread now is, and every showcase thread needs a table of contents, so here we go. The original first post is under the spoiler tag.
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Oasis Shades
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I wanted to show off, and this doesn't fit into the places where I normally post my builds. It's a tiny bit bigger than a tiny house, and a little bit pricier than a starter. It's the mansion that I'm replacing Affluista Mansion with in my game.
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Oasis Shades (Couldn't think of a better name, sorry.)
See how the paving by the pool ends abruptly at the row of wild grass? There used to be a set of stairs going up to the patio there ... there *should* be a set of stairs ... but it seems that, as long as that patio has direct access to the ground level, the game automatically assumes one of the doors giving on to it (in order of preference: kitchen, dining room, gym) must be the front door. Had me pulling my hair out in frustration until I decided that I could jolly well sacrifice that one small exit if it meant that the actual front door would be recognised as the front door. (Yes, I know "set front door" exists, but it exists in Live Mode, and I don't believe that the setting carries over into the gallery.)
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Gallery linkSt Joe Cupertino Church (a church, built for a forum challenge)
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Gallery linkThe Green Lion Inn (a pub)
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Gallery linkButtonmasher Cafe (a cafe, if the name wasn't enough of a giveaway)
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Gallery linkHappy Ever AfterComment link ...
Gallery linkThe Windenburg Neoclassical Harbour Redevelopment Project (five non-residential builds)
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The Silver Stag Inn (restaurant)
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Gallery linkThe White Elephant (restaurant)
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The home is very nice
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
The new build? I finally dug out the wallet, blew off the dust, and picked up both the Spa Day pack and the Perfect Patio pack last weekend. And the first thing that came to mind (once I was done checking out all the new stuff) was that I wanted to build my own spa, something different from the ones available ... something that wasn't vaguely modern-Asian-fusion-ish. It occurred to me that the spa is closely related to the old Roman bath, and so....
Gallery link: Spa Romana
Street view, from the left:
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Back view:
Closer view of the pool -- I mean, of the bath -- and the surrounding colonnades.
Playtested, and I would say that about 75% of the playtesting was just about the yoga mats alone. Each yoga mat has a placement footprint of 3x2, and it turns out that once they're in use, the 3x2 footprint suddenly becomes verboten and you can't walk across them. Which meant that, since my yoga area was only 6 squares wide, a neatly organised 2-per-row grid of yoga mats wouldn't allow people to pass to the mats in the back if the mats in front were both in use. It took a bit of rearranging and retesting before I found a layout that worked and didn't look like a mess.
Spa Romana is such a very nice spa venue! The design and layout of the build is so very nice! It looks very nice how you have placed the columns in the build! The roofing is very nice! It looks very nice how you have set up the outdoors yoga and mediation areas on the colonnades. The colonnades sections look very great! Very nice hot tub nook! Sims will enjoy relaxing in the tub. It looks nice how you have placed the hedging on the edges of the nook. Very nice pool area! Sims will enjoy swimming there. Sims will enjoy having a relaxing foot and hand massage whilst sitting in the massage chairs.
It is a very nice spa venue for sims to enjoy visiting!
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
I'll be following you in the Gallery and adding your works to my fav
Happy simming!
Gallery link: Babylon 600BC
Here's the sketch; I've mostly been looking at "House A":
The front facade is nothing to write home about; the main point of these houses was that the rooms looked inwards to the main courtyard, and presented a mostly-blank wall to the street. Here's the plan I adapted from the sketch:
As you can see, I simplified and reduced a bunch of things. The biggest change I've made is in the back: I've added a dining room and a walled garden, and I've replaced the two-room suite with a second bathroom and a passage to the garden. I don't think I've diverged from the principles of the typical Babylonian courtyard house in doing this.
And then, of course, there's the roof:
I admit I took a few liberties here. I don't actually know if that thing with the pergola was usual, or if it was even ever done; but it adds a bit of variety to the rooftop, I think, and I like it.
Finally, a view from within the garden. I was actually surprised at how charming this turned out.
Your simversion of the home in the sketch looks very nice!
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
For the 4sims4 seventh building challenge (the thread is here, though of course it's moved on to other challenges since then) I was challenged to build a house in a "traditional" style. "Traditional" in North America usually means "Cape Cod, Craftsman or Carpenter's Gothic", as far as I can tell, and I thought, why not take a look at some European traditions? I'd been thinking of doing a Hungarian farmhouse for a while, so that's what I decided to do.
And the build tied for first in the "Open" category! So I'm pleased. I'm actually using the build in my game now, too, and I don't usually do that.
Gallery link: Hungarian Farmhouse
I must confess that at the time I made this pictures, I didn't actually know how to use the tab camera in live mode. So they're not, perhaps, as wonderful as they could be....
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AND! I also made a much cheaper, starter version of the house: Hungarian Starter
The live mode tab camera adds the potential for a little more drama in your pictures, I find....
Hungarian Farmhouse is very nice! The exterior design of the home is very nice! It captures well the traditional theme! Very nice roofing and the yellow flower box windows look very pretty! The texture of the exterior suits well the build type. Very nice design of the roof covered front porch! It looks nice how you have used the columns. The flowers around the front porch and the lavender on the side of the house are nice homely touches there. Very nice front garden area! Sims will enjoy growing and harvesting plants in the gardening boxes there or enjoy painting in the sunshine on the easel. It is nice that you have placed seats there for sims to enjoy sitting chatting and watching their children having fun playing on the monkey bars. Sims will enjoy cooking on the BBQ there and eating their meals at the picnic table, enjoying dining outdoors in the air. The birdbath and flower cart are nice touches in the garden. Sims will have fun swimming in the pool. It is nice that you are areas on the front porch for sims to have fun playing chess and card games at the tables. The white fencing looks nice and suits well the type of home. Very nice furnishing of the interior of the home! The design of the kitchen is very nice! Nice corner nook curved counter for sims to enjoy making a cup of coffee. It looks very nice how you have placed the plates decor at the different levels on the wall. The crockery display cabinet, the hanging pans and the pears picture on the wall are nice home touches there. It is nice that you have an eat in table area there. The stove type suits the kitchen. Very nice layout of the living room and bedrooms! It looks nice how you have angled the armchairs either sides of the sofa. Sims will enjoy sitting resting there warming up near the fire and reading a book. The tea set is a nice home touch on the coffee table. The floor mat complements well with the furniture. The teddy is cute in the kids bedroom! Nice corner nook computer study desk area in the master bedroom.
Hungarian Starter is very nice as well! The texture of the exterior looks nice and nice front porch sitting area. The lavender placed on the edges of the home looks homely and pretty. Very nice front outdoors areas for sims to enjoy painting on the easel in the sunshine, or enjoy sitting on the seat bench having a chat. Nice gardening nook under the tree for sims to enjoy growing and harvesting plants in the gardening boxes. The garden floor paving looks nice.
Both homes are very nice
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
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I imagine that cows, chickens, etc. would be part of an "animals/pets" expansion set, maybe two or three years down the line. Imagine having a pet cow in your apartment! Personally, though, the thing I want (after spiral staircases) is the ability to make terraced townhouses with separate lots ... have a neighbourhood with lots of deep, narrow lots right up against each other, and the ability to build right up to the property line instead of having to stop a square away from it. We can only hope, right?
Gallery link: 10K Cottage
Mainly it's for the Mini Micro Builds challenge (theme 6: Under Budget) though I've also posted this to the Starter Homes thread.
I could probably fit more stuff into the build if I went to the absolute cheapest for everything, but I'm kind of reluctant to go to any bed with an Energy rating less than 5. I want to minimise the time your sims need to recharge their energy via sleep, thus giving them more time to do everything they need to do, so getting a good bed is a top priority for me. And for all the plumbing and appliances, I try to avoid anything that could give a sim the "uncomfortable" moodlet, or at least reducing the possibility of it, so that means avoiding the cheapest of the cheap. Second cheapest is good enough for me.
It is a very nice starter
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase