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Fia ([personal profile] mrs_mquve) wrote2023-05-19 09:03 pm
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ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!

So... if you follow me on Tumblr, you might be aware already, but big things are happening on Planet Fia. That's right...
I'M LEARNING HOW TO MESH! 😁

I've always wanted to use bodyshapes, but the only thing holding me back is the lack of clothing them that suits my personal taste - especially for Classic Pinup, which I wanted to use for the Deception IV ladies. The majority of it is stuff from 2007 with godawful sandals (the bane of my existence). Aside from a precious few things, there's not much worthy of a place in the Devil's daughters' wardrobe. My friend Digi offered to convert some meshes, which I graciously accepted (and am doing the retexturing on right now, so they're coming soon!) but I always feel bad asking other people to do work for me. And when it comes to TS2, I've surprised myself before with what I can do when I want something specific that nobody else would probably have a reason to make. So I acquired Milkshape, pulled up the most basic of basic meshing tutorials, and somehow the fear of failure I've had for years just... evaporated. And thanks to Lifa's WSOs and Ocelotekatl's tutorials, I did my very first bodyshape conversion!

pinup outfit preview

It's Gelydh's pinup outfit for CPU (also known as "yo dawg I heard you like pinups"). I'll probably be focusing on converting clothing to this shape for my Deception sims, but I also want to learn shoeswaps and other less-complicated things. I do have plans for other bodyshapes, I'm also using Momma Lisa and I have some outfits to retexture for that one. My self-sim might need some Ren Gal outfits because that one looks like me and there's nothing for it that fits my game. Not sure what else though, I'm trying to stick to just a few because I have so much CC already and so much more to make 😭

Anyway, I'll be releasing this soon, I never thought I'd be one of those people juggling a million WIPs at once but here we are oops 🙃

hobbesed: (Default)

Looking forward to your creations!

[personal profile] hobbesed 2023-05-20 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Welcome to the world of BodyShapes! I'm glad you'll be joining. I'm a CPU shape user myself as well. (Shameless plug) I have more than 30 mostly conversions with some creations for CPU at my SFS which is linked at my DreamWidth. I'm no mesher but have done lots of conversions mostly for personal use. My CPU folder has more than 1500 outfits and 125 mesh files in it!

You may also want to look for Snarf's meshes. He's done a whole battery of CPU alpha meshes with morphs with multi-shoe options for pants and dresses for CPU. Some of them are on his SFS.
https://simfileshare.net/folder/152560/
Others are here. https://simfileshare.net/folder/123278/
Edited 2023-05-20 03:41 (UTC)
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Re: Looking forward to your creations!

[personal profile] hobbesed 2023-06-18 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
You may also want to check out the Sims 2 Shenanigans Discord at https://discord.gg/tkNzjgsSTS. There's plenty of tutorials as well as knowledgeable folks there willing to assist in just about anything TS2 related.