I was quite excited to get you as my buddy,
@Martje89! We both love some of the same sets, colors, and architecture styles, so I had tons of ideas bouncing around, I just wasn't quite sure exactly which ones were going to work out best!
First, my muse decided to take me over to Roaring Heights! It had been a while since I had played over there, and first I spent some time amusing myself with the EA created sims and npcs, just because the names made me giggle. After my muse had me busy playing around with a few of those ideas, I decided I really needed a tester family to make sure everything else worked right!
So, I present, the McCord Family!
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Graham and Lola, their two boys Liam and Gabriel, and Rose, their miniature schnauzer!
They gave me quite a hard time about posing for a family picture. First Rose kept trying to wander off, and then Lola kept staring into the sky for no particular reason. And by the time I retrieved Graham (who had gotten tired of rocking aimlessly) it was getting dark.
And here is Graham, working on the Classically Cool Car Fixer-Upper Car.
You might have noticed parts of your second gift in the background of these pictures.
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More Pics:
First Floor
Second Floor
Kitchen
Living Room
Master Bedroom
Boys Room
Loft area and Girls Room
Back of the house
The zombies decided to test out the rocking chairs in the back. They're rather predictable!
And here's one of Lola, practicing her painting.
You had mentioned supernatural was new to you, so I wanted to give you some fun supernatural sims to play with. I decided to go with a pair of werewolf twins, who make their home in Dragon Valley.
The deBautte Twins:
Though they're twins, they have quite different personalities! Sebastian wants to be an International Super Spy, and Francesca dreams of owning her own bottomless nectar cellar!
Once moving to DV, they immediately starting meeting the neighbors!
It wasn't too long before a burglar decided to pay them a visit. He had a rather nasty surprise to find the house full of werewolves!
And then, the twins wandered over to take pictures at your other gift: Wisteria Gardens and Nectary! I took the Stone's Throw Greenhouse and redid it as a nectary with plenty of things to do, to give your sims somewhere fun to visit.
Here's the overhead view:
And here Francesca demonstrates her nectar making skills:
Meanwhile, Sebastian spent time making friends with the new fairy in town, the lovely Gabriella Vinetwist made by @Shannen
deBautte Family Link: thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8917857
Nectary Link: thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8917856
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I cheated on taking my family portraits as I'm not blessed with the virtue of patience. I used MOO, put the Sims on their spot and took their family pictures lol *confession time* so I admire the fact you took time for the family portrait
And I love the house, Imma steal and 3D print it
Some links that helped me a lot:
Missing Store Stencils / Free Kiddy Stuff / Daily Deals / Daily Deals Spreadsheets / The Gifting Directory
And their home is lovely Such nice colours!
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I didn't know you move sims with MOO!!! **shakes head** so much to learn...
In Sims 1 or 2 (not sure anymore) I threw my Sims away with MOO, than you could click on their avi and they'd reappear in perfect mood lol. I believe it was Sims 1, for 2 I needed maxmotives I believe. So I've been doing stuff to Sims with MOO for a long time lol!
Some links that helped me a lot:
Missing Store Stencils / Free Kiddy Stuff / Daily Deals / Daily Deals Spreadsheets / The Gifting Directory
I think I did that by mistake a few times, back in S2 days, lol. But yes, I've done the whole "pose with MOO" thing many times...but I discovered while playing around with them this time that my sims' legs were doing all sorts of crazy things in those rocking chairs when I used it! Was kinda creepy! So, sometimes the MOO thing works, and other times it doesn't.
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Also the twins, I think they're funny! Spies probably secretly love nectar as well well that is if it's slightly 007-ish!
Some links that helped me a lot:
Missing Store Stencils / Free Kiddy Stuff / Daily Deals / Daily Deals Spreadsheets / The Gifting Directory
Sorry it took me so long to leave a comment... But I have a good reason for that! I've been playing the McCords in their Jazz Age Dreams home
Jazz Age Dreams is such a great house The white and green on the outside match perfectly and I love the tiles you used for the roof. The inside is wonderful as well. I love the green accents, the open floor plan, the bold patterns and the fact that you used so many decorative items! It makes Jazz Age Dreams such a cosy family home. One of my favourite places in the house is the conservatory (I don't know if that's the right word, I Googled lol). The light, the view... so nice! Lola and Liam love to hang out there to work on their art and music skills. You've put so much detail into the McCord's house. Thank you so much!
Rose is a very cute dog. She likes to be near Gabriel. They even sleep together.
Liam just celebrated his birthday and became a teenager.
Gabriel celebrated his birthday as well and is now a toddler. Lola just learned him how to walk and talk.
I can't wait to further explore Roaring Heights and play with the McCords! Again, thank you so much for these wonderful gifts
P.S. I will comment on The deBautte Twins and Wisteria Gardens and Nectary later because I have to go now. I have a very busy weekend ahead of me. But I did have a look at the pictures and they are wonderful! I need to put them in my game as soon as possible
Twin werewolves and a nectary? Sounds like fun in the game to me!!! The picture with them confronting the burglar was priceless and made me chuckle. The idea for taking the store greenhouse and turning it into a nectary is quite clever... this will be an enjoyable place for many sims to take time browsing the racks and trying their hand at making their own. the idea of being able to do this without traveling far.
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Loving the werewolf twins. They're quite attractive (at least part of the time lol). And Wisteria Gardens and Nectary is nicely done and looks as though it would be a fun place (and popular) to visit.
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@ciane I did! The random burglar appearance made me laugh...Sebastian raced out of bed and over there to beat him up! I hadn't actually seen a werewolf sim do that before!
@SjappielovePaul the nectar making can be pretty entertaining...I still don't think I've tried all the possible combinations of fruits! And yes, Sebastian seems to enjoy Francesca's creations so far!
@tanubanue Thank you! I didn't know I was going to like that pattern on the walls as much as I did, I was just kinda playing around looking for something that wasn't too modern, and not too busy, but not boring either. It turned out better than I expected!
@ADWilson I've always loved the way the store greenhouse looks, I just never did use it much. It's so much real estate for just some random garden plants! Tried to make it into a place that would be a lot more useful to have around town, with fun stuff for sims of all ages, and I think it turned out well! And it just goes so nicely with DV (and Moonlight Falls, and Roaring Heights, and probably other places too, but those are the ones I actually tested it out in!)
@suzses Thank you! I had a lot of fun with all of these. Been a while since I'd played with pets or werewolves! And the nectary definitely seemed pretty popular with the residents of DV...it was a hot spot of nightlife at least 3 different times Francesca visited in the evenings, and was always pretty full of sims.
And Wisteria Gardens and Nectary is a great make-over of greenhouse! It looks great Definitely need this in my game so I think some stealing is in order
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