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Simgaroop ([personal profile] simgaroop) wrote2008-06-09 05:29 pm
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Family Portraits: The Broke Legacy

I've just learned how to turn a set of skintones into defaults. So, I edited a couple Circonflex skintones and I finally have a set I'm almost 100% happy with. The S1 skin is a bit too pale for my tastes, but I can live with that, because at least the four tones now look different enough for my computer graphics.

So, to try them out, I opened my three neighborhoods and took pics of all my sims. I was asked to take a pic for a banner (which I won't show for now, for that reason), but I also took some "Family Portraits" for a set of paintings to decorate my lots. In the end I got lazy, so I'll recolor the painting later, but for now I'll show you them the results. I'm quite pleased with how they came out.

This entry includes the family portraits from the Broke Legacy. I'll post the ones from Twin Island later tonight.








Generation 1
Brandi, Dustin, Beau and David.





Generation 2
Beau, Cosmo, Icaro and Molly.




(Close up of Icaro and Molly because I'd forgotten how cute they were as kids)




Generation 3
Cosmo, Andrew, Wanda, Tamara and Natalia.




Generation 4
Wanda, Rose Mary, Helena, Timmy and Cody.




Generation 5 (Before the truth was revealed, aka the good times)
Rose Mary, Tim, Lyla, Tommy, Chip and Edward.


(NEXT PIC IS A SPOILER!)





Generation 5
Lyla, Tom, Nick and Eddie.




Speaking of Gen 5, I think I'll post a "Heir Poll" this week, because the course of the legacy's storyline depends on who's chosen as Heir. Meanwhile, take a look at them as teens :P.

- See you later!

[identity profile] redqueenofevil.livejournal.com 2008-06-09 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
:(

Can't see the photos.

[identity profile] simgaroop.livejournal.com 2008-06-09 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Fixed now! (Got messed the HTML)

[identity profile] redqueenofevil.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, Thomas! How handsome you've become. The aloof look works really well with him. And while generally, make up on guys is not my thing, it looks really good on his sim self.

I'm starting to wonder what's in store for the Brokes. The news may be out, but it's not like Olive Specter was really an angel. Plus, only Ophelia, Brokes and Grunts were on the lot when the story was told. So is this emotional turmoil only from within? Or does the public eventually find out?

I hope the next chapter will be up soon.

By the way, where's Thomas' hair from? I haven't really visited CC sites lately, having had little time for the game as is.

[identity profile] simgaroop.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 01:53 am (UTC)(link)

Yeah, I'm not fond of makeup on guys either, but for Tom it makes sort of sense. He adopted that look both to anger his father and also because he thinks it makes him look "dangerous", so people will leave him alone. And he's got a few "valid" reasons (for him) to want that.

At the moment of this picture, the people of Strangetown still ignore the real story, but the turnmoil that hit the Brokes after their encounter with Olive left the family in pieces. There were some nasty consequences, and Tom (being so young) is still suffering from them. Let me see if I can find it again...

Oh, found it!

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=190577

I hope to have the next chapter ready next week.

That eyeliner is very girly, though, so it's good the hair covers a bit of it. I'm gonna dowload a more "neutral" one, or at least go back to the Maxis defaults.

The hair is from MTS2. It's very old, actually. I found him while I was looking for an "Punk-esque" hair for Tom, I actually put "Punk" as search term. It's an edit of a Seomi hair.

[identity profile] lovelysims.livejournal.com 2008-06-09 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
!!!!!!! *is practically salivating for more updates*

I must say, the boy of gen 5 with the blue shirt looks fun.

Loved this little snippet.

[identity profile] simgaroop.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 01:45 am (UTC)(link)

Chip is pretty funny. He's an "Ultra-Nerd". He's still a kid in my game and he's already maxed out the body, creativity and mechanical skills!

At this pace, he's gonna make Cosmo and Cody look like babies compared to him :P.

He also inherited his Dad's 10-neat-point aka Neat-Freak personality, and with a house full of slobs, it's very funny to watch him freak out at the mess.

[identity profile] jwoodsbuzz.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
I love the pictures of the generations, and how different they look..

But in generation 5, did Chip change his name to Nick? o.0
Anyway, they're all really good looking Sims. =]

[identity profile] simgaroop.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 01:41 am (UTC)(link)

Chip's "real" name is Nicholas.

Chip is just a nickname he's had since he was a baby. I figured that as a teen, Chip would enter a phase in which he would demand his family to call him Nick instead.

At least to avoid telling his friends the "embarrassing story" (for him) about his nickname's origin.

[identity profile] music-simbol.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
EDDIE FOR HEIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^_^

You going to make the portraits paintings and hang em around the house?

[identity profile] simgaroop.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 01:43 am (UTC)(link)

Hee Hee! :D

OK, so that's one vote for Eddie "Bad Temper" Broke. Don't let that sweet face trick you.

Since I discovered the creating tutorials at MTS2 I've been doing a lot of neat stuff to try them out. Besides custom skins, I learned to recolor objects with SimPe, so I'm gonna make a couple portraits with some of the Maxis meshes that are not available at PhotoStudio.

It'll be neat to decorate the house with them ^^.

[identity profile] amaryssobellus.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Eddie is Edward, right? Ah.. Yeah. He SO has my vote. LOL
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[identity profile] kyburg.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
I want that space shuttle t-shirt. Where the bleep did you find that one?!

Seeing Brokes makes my day. Seriously.

[identity profile] simgaroop.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)

That t-shirt comes from this set:

http://www.modthesims2.com/creator/showthread.php?t=288272

[identity profile] ladydragonair.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Looking good!

[identity profile] kingmike1224.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
awwww they are tooo hott...i have so many things i can do with them in my game now :)

[identity profile] orikes13.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
Out of curiosity, why didn't you include the spouses in the pictures? :) Even if Lillith didn't contribute her genes to the current Brokes, she was a pretty big part of the family. Same for Bella and Puck and.. :)

Regardless, gorgeous pictures. The kids this generation are an interesting mix. Very unique looking features. Chip reminds me of someone. I can't think of who, though.

[identity profile] simgaroop.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)

I didn't include the spouses because of a very minor "technical difficulty". I somehow deleted my "Lilith Clone" file and just noticed once I were playing around in CAS. I'd had to exit my game, clone her from SimPe from a clean Pleasantview template and re-load the Sims if I wanted her to show up.

And because I'm very impatient my game takes quite a bit of time to load, I decided to go without the spouses for these portraits. Now that I have Lilith, though, I'll make a few wedding portraits to decorate the house ^^.

[identity profile] swhedonberry.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Beautiful pictures. I keep meaning to ask you where you got Wanda's adult hair. That's pretty much what my haircut looks like now (without the pink) and I wanted to apply it to my simself.

[identity profile] simgaroop.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)

Normal color hair:
http://dlmulsowssim-antics.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=1315
(You need an account for this forum, though)

The odd colored hair (aka the pink one) is from this link:
http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=6.0

[identity profile] swhedonberry.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much and sorry about the ask. If I had looked a little closer into your journal, I could've probably found it on your resources page without having to bug you. Much appreciated!!

[identity profile] simgaroop.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 01:47 am (UTC)(link)

Don't worry, it's nothing ^^.

I think I forgot to include the link for the normal colored hair in my resources page, though. Well, I'll just write it down for the next time I update that page.

[identity profile] smjoshsims.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
They family portraits are all so cool. I love the Generation 4 one, the kids are adorable. Why are 3/4 of the Gen 5 kids so... emo...?

Btw, I love the shirt that Nick is wearing. (The blue one, as a teen.) I can has it pls? :)

[identity profile] simgaroop.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)

They look a bit Emo, right? :D
Well, the only one who's truly emo is Tom.

Lyla inherited her mother's peculiar taste in clothing (just remember Rosie's makeovers during her teen years), and she's a YA in that pic.

Chip's sweater is from a site called Club Crimsym.
Direct link:
http://www.clubcrimsyn.com/tsr/tm/index3.html
(Bottom of the page, don't forget to download the mesh too)

[identity profile] smjoshsims.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much! :D

Although, considering what they found out, I would be emo too. :\