WIP-PBK Anniversary

[cynnix]

I'm working on my anniversary gift for the Keep . ;)



Tigerrypum's alpha tunic in eight more sizes! I have MBB, BearBB, HBB, BB, SBB, NeanderThal, Brawny Knight and Scrawny(Corinne's shape).






If you look carefully you'll see I forgot to edit the BB and SBB legs, that will be fixed before I share. I have them done in all four of Zoej's textures.
Now I need to finish my chain maille hair, and the TSM accessory helmets(and deco objects) :)

Comments

[hat_plays_sims]

... Is that the Punk Junkie? (I might recommend loosening the waist on him-- the belt's around his hips and his chest isn't pulling at the tunic, so it would fall more loosely... and possibly tipping his belt pouch so the top of the pouch, where it's tied, hits his hip.) Can I tell you how freaking excited that makes me?

My head's been all wrapped around body shapes lately-- the bodybuilders aren't my thing, so I always feel sunk for variety among men-- but recently I was bemoaning the fact that I don't know where to find a good Slender-but-Gendered pairing for my Sims. (Nothing against the Faerie Gal, but she's not quite right for me.) But the Punk Junkie... He looks interesting.

(Now I just need to see if I can find a female shape I like next to him. And one I like next to the Neanderthal.)

... Would you say the Neanderthal is larger or smaller than the LBB?

[cynnix]

Thank you for the critique, it helps to get everything just right! I'll pop him back into milkshape as soon as I get the rest of the shoe options on the alpha tunic multi shoe test. Poulaines and TSM boots/shoes :)

I'm not using the larger shapes in my game but I wanted to give people options. I wish there was a way for the game to "know" hey those are hips, hands shouldn't sink into them lol.

Bodyshapes in my game with be:

ScrawnyF/not sure-Warlokk's Faerie or an A-32 combo???
Maxis(in some cases if the mesh allows-Bloom's BRPB)/Maxis
AGv2/LBBv2
RGv2/Brawny Knight
Buxom Wench/Neanderthal
WRS/WRS-undecided on these for now
Matron/Portly (maybe)
Valkyrie/SBBv2
BBGv2/BBv2 (maybe)

Buxom Wench is almost done, I haven't started on Matron, Portly or Valkyrie yet. The Matron shape will be similar to Buxom Wench except with more padding, Portly will be a just bit larger than Brawny Knight. Valkyrie is sort of an AG with a thicker middle and a larger natural bustline, unless she's in armor than it's more comic book. It was a request :)

I think NeanderThal is bigger, let me load the game to compare. Oh yeah NeanderThal is much bigger.

[hat_plays_sims]

... Shooooooes shoes are awesome. (I admit I'm not a huge fan of the TSM ones... but I'll also admit on certain meshes I could probably be convinced to put them on my fairies. Just because they're not historically accurate turnshoes doesn't mean Auberon, Lankin, Mallebron, and Puck couldn't wear 'em.)

*nods* The bodybuilders are pretty popular, it seems. But the hip issue is why I stick to Medieval-- the other period I know a lot about is Victorian, but hands disappear right into those skirts, unless you're in the second bustle period, in which case the trains look weird.

That looks similar to what I kind of want to do... I mean, I can't describe it as a line, it's more like three qualities radiating out from a central point, if that makes sense. Trying to explain it in HTML failed (too many underscores) so have a crappy image:



Clearly, I'm still thinking in the Sims 1 Fat/Fit/Skn mold, only expanded.

For me, the ideal Slim +2 lady doesn't exist-- a couple of Warlokk's things are close, but not quite. If you took the Faerie Gal, added a couple inches to her chest measurement (not her bust, her ribcage; her arms hang funny and it bugs me), then used the A-cup breast here (if maybe with more understated nipples because... well), that would pretty much be the perfect ballet-dancer Delicate Damsel shape that I see in my head.

Really, the bright thing for me to do would be pair the WRS and the Neanderthal, but I'll hold out. I want shapes that look like brother and sister, you know? (Not that I can guarantee the skintone will be genetically passed, but there are only so many miracles that can be worked within the game engine.) And it's entirely possible I'll like Buxom Wench/Brawny Knight and RGv2/Portly.

It almost sounds like Valkyrie would make a good counterpart to Neanderthal, too, depending on how much larger the bustline is. I'm looking forward to seeing all these shapes! And it's great to see the LBB and the Neanderthal together. The LBB is definitely the Dashing Swordsman bodyshape, while the Neanderthal is much more the Blacksmith or Baker; the guy who lifts heavy things and uses his arms all day for a living.

[heget]

And one of these days I'll have the bodyshapes for how I picture the different characters (Though, ugh. Height. The fact that everyone is the same height and you can only do so much with the stretch skeleton cheat bugs me every time I make a Sim. But then I'm a 5'1" with 6'8" family members, plus, ya'know, my base story... I think on this.)
But yay- this really means that in addition to exact Pooklet hair color I might just have to go back and list out body shape notes for each sub-group and specific individuals.....

[hat_plays_sims]

Maybe you could use the SimPE stretch method to assign different heights to each race?