WOOTT!!! That was awesome!! But what in gods names is Circe doing now!!!??? :O Darn, I even feel sorry for Erin!! :|
I'm liking Crystal though, and woooot! did Nervous look sweet on that look!! <3
But anywas ... BUZZ!!!! :O Buzz is his father!!!?? WOOW!! That's a new one! Amazing twist!!
Great update!! Can't wiat for the next one! :D *worries for Vid*
now...that syringe!! Could you please tell me where you got it!!?? pretty pls with cherry on top! ^_^
I was bothering cindyanne a couple of days ago asking for the one she used on poison's bend lol I can't find one that can be actually held by a sim :| (the few ones I've found are part of bigger meshes, not exactly usable for that)
ETA: OH! and btw, I have to say, you screens are amazing, the work on posing and overlays you're doing is great!! *thumbs up*
Muchas gracias! Circe's dastardly plan will become clearer in another chapter or two. Appreciate your comments about my pictures and poses. Good to know they're working well. I downloaded a bunch more pose boxes after that sims_wcif post went up a few weeks ago. :P Never knew so many existed.
Alas, I am sorry to burst your bubble about the syringe. It is just the decorative one Crocobaura made (here's the link). I just used one of SilentLucidity's OMSPs combined with one of JBrehaut's, made them invisible, and timed Circe's animation so her hand came down just right. Then I had to Photoshop out the pill bottles (I need to find that recolor that turns those invisible). So the syringe-holding pose was quite a lot of work. Someone needs to mesh one up as an accessory, don't you think? I wish I knew how to make meshes and turn them into accessories.
Yes, the poses are great, and look very natural, which is the hardest part imo.
Love the one of Crystal on the roof, when she looking the town, like bending over the rails. Really nice. I still can't learn how to combine pose/anims with the overlays correctly lol
Do you have AL?? for the freezer clock? coz wow! I can't imagine doing anything without it anymore, so if you are, then 4 thumbs up for you!! :D
Darn! You tricked me real good with the syringe then :P
I have that same object and must say NICE JOB then, 'cause really, I thought about going thru all that process, but decided it was too much work for one GD shot! O_o ROFL!! Darts+not-so-visible-angle is gonna do the trick for me, if can't find anything better (still can't believe there's no one usable syringe around, though XD and probably doesn't even need to be an accessory as such, many 'decor' objects can be 'held' by sims without much trouble)
I don't have AL. :( I want it but stoopid EAxis won't port it to the Mac. Not fair! Besides the freezer clock, I would adore the chance to use those shiftable shelf OMSPs. Eh! *shrug* I tend to spend a lot of time repeating animations until I can figure out the timing needed for whatever effect I'm going for.
I know sims can hold deco objects. They tend to go pfff at inconvenient times though. Have you noticed sims seem to go "Oh! Why am I holding this flamingo all of a sudden? Back into hammerspace with it!" Then you have to buy another one and shove it back into their pixelated little paws. haha
I agree with you there; why hasn't anyone made a usable syringe prop?
I love that shot of Crystal on the roof too, so thank you for that comment. It seems like such a natural thing to lean on a railing that way so I was pretty pleased when I worked out how to pull that one off. :D
Is there more? This was so addictive when I read it just now, but it ended 3 months ago. It would be a shame if you left off! I really loved it. Definitely one of the best Strangetown stories.
There will be more! I'm working on Chapter 4 and plan to post it in a few days. I just needed to get my storytelling groove back, that's all. Thank you for reading! I'm glad you liked the first three chaps.
I feel guilty reading so much internet fanfic recently, especially with books I have to read sitting on my shelf... but this was so addictive. I even read it over (and it's really something when you can get a reader to read something more than once, when they already know what is going to happen
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Wow, you really liked it, huh. I'm glad you wanted to re-read all three chapters. That's quite a compliment. And thank you very much for the detailed character comments. I enjoy knowing how various readers are responding to how I depict the Maxis characters in this story. The "Kill Bill" comparison's very apt. So many shades of gray here!
The poseboxes do take a lot of time, and it certainly doesn't help when the game is slowed down through the slowmotion settings. It's a lot of fun to think about what poses and animation sequences are available through the variety of boxes and in-game objects, and then put them together into an interesting scene. It's inevitable, I suppose, that the same poses will show up a lot since the poseboxes are available to everyone. I'm just amazed at the modders who developed the skills to create these hacks, but it's awesome that they exist for our fun.
Chapter 4 is *almost* ready. So stay tuned and thanks for the thoughtful commenting.
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But what in gods names is Circe doing now!!!??? :O
Darn, I even feel sorry for Erin!! :|
I'm liking Crystal though, and woooot! did Nervous look sweet on that look!! <3
But anywas ... BUZZ!!!! :O Buzz is his father!!!??
WOOW!! That's a new one! Amazing twist!!
Great update!! Can't wiat for the next one! :D
*worries for Vid*
now...that syringe!! Could you please tell me where you got it!!??
pretty pls with cherry on top! ^_^
I was bothering cindyanne a couple of days ago asking for the one she used on poison's bend lol I can't find one that can be actually held by a sim :| (the few ones I've found are part of bigger meshes, not exactly usable for that)
ETA: OH! and btw, I have to say, you screens are amazing, the work on posing and overlays you're doing is great!! *thumbs up*
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Alas, I am sorry to burst your bubble about the syringe. It is just the decorative one Crocobaura made (here's the link). I just used one of SilentLucidity's OMSPs combined with one of JBrehaut's, made them invisible, and timed Circe's animation so her hand came down just right. Then I had to Photoshop out the pill bottles (I need to find that recolor that turns those invisible). So the syringe-holding pose was quite a lot of work. Someone needs to mesh one up as an accessory, don't you think? I wish I knew how to make meshes and turn them into accessories.
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Love the one of Crystal on the roof, when she looking the town, like bending over the rails. Really nice. I still can't learn how to combine pose/anims with the overlays correctly lol
Do you have AL?? for the freezer clock? coz wow! I can't imagine doing anything without it anymore, so if you are, then 4 thumbs up for you!! :D
Darn! You tricked me real good with the syringe then :P
I have that same object and must say NICE JOB then, 'cause really, I thought about going thru all that process, but decided it was too much work for one GD shot! O_o ROFL!! Darts+not-so-visible-angle is gonna do the trick for me, if can't find anything better (still can't believe there's no one usable syringe around, though XD and probably doesn't even need to be an accessory as such, many 'decor' objects can be 'held' by sims without much trouble)
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I know sims can hold deco objects. They tend to go pfff at inconvenient times though. Have you noticed sims seem to go "Oh! Why am I holding this flamingo all of a sudden? Back into hammerspace with it!" Then you have to buy another one and shove it back into their pixelated little paws. haha
I agree with you there; why hasn't anyone made a usable syringe prop?
I love that shot of Crystal on the roof too, so thank you for that comment. It seems like such a natural thing to lean on a railing that way so I was pretty pleased when I worked out how to pull that one off. :D
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The poseboxes do take a lot of time, and it certainly doesn't help when the game is slowed down through the slowmotion settings. It's a lot of fun to think about what poses and animation sequences are available through the variety of boxes and in-game objects, and then put them together into an interesting scene. It's inevitable, I suppose, that the same poses will show up a lot since the poseboxes are available to everyone. I'm just amazed at the modders who developed the skills to create these hacks, but it's awesome that they exist for our fun.
Chapter 4 is *almost* ready. So stay tuned and thanks for the thoughtful commenting.
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