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1K Followers Party Part 2: Eyebrows!

When Pooklet​ released their Eyebrow Overhaul 2: Alien Edition for their Advent with Azaya ​ I was thrilled - not only did I get 18 lovely sets of retextured & bump-mapped eyebrows, but with their new color actions I can cut down on what I need for the 21 unnatural hair colors I now use and keep them sorted without binning, because I don’t always want my sims’ brows to match their hair.

THEN... I remembered their huge set of natural eyebrows from several years ago, which I stupidly didn’t download because I had too many brows already. I checked those out - and now I’ve decided to use Pooklet’s eyebrows almost exclusively, because holy shit they are SO NICE. They made natural color actions that match multiple hair colors as well. So! I set on a quest to redo my favorites of the eyebrows I already had - including some I’ve recolored in the past - with Trapping’s eyebrow textures & Io’s bump map made into an action by Pooklet.

I made an addendum for natural colors to their BSOK codes, so again I could mismatch eyebrow/hair colors and still keep them organized. These will appear in the catalog before Pooklet’s unnaturals, and the icons are hearts instead of circles so black and Selezardium (black/dark blue) don’t get mixed up. I tried my best to make them look decent in Bodyshop and multiple in-game UIs, but to be honest the black and brown don’t look great with Starship UI, which I use, because it’s so dark. I can’t test it with other UIs without uninstalling Starship so I hope they look okay on others.

Each set of brows comes with BSOK’d and non-BSOK’d (tooltipped) files to choose from. IMPORTANT: If you use the BSOK’d eyebrows you need the Fia_NaturalEyebrowColorGlyphs and/or Pooklet_EyebrowColorGlyphs file(s) in your downloads folder for it to work! Pooklet’s instructions for BSOKing your own eyebrows, along with codes for both naturals & unnaturals, are included in a text file.

So, I decided to start with the eyebrows that I use for the Deception IV ladies since they are my main sims. Evelyn (pink hair) is the only one modeling hers because I wanted to show off the new colors, and Laegrinna’s hair covers hers and isn’t part of the standard set of colors I’ve chosen. The colors in this set that use non-eyebrow actions are categorized as follows:

Dk Brown, Misato = Brown
Sunspot, Volatile = Blonde
Molotov = Red
Bastet = Tntesium
Firework = Torpedosphine
Detonator, Toluene = Cannogentmx

DOWNLOAD KimJ S Eyebrows
SFS | Google Drive | Mega

DOWNLOAD Ephemera 0424 Eyebrows
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DOWNLOAD Shady Perfect Brows
SFS | Google Drive | Mega

DOWNLOAD Bruno Brows
SFS | Google Drive | Mega

Credits:
Textures - Trapping
Alphas - Bruno, Ephemera, KimJ, Shady (I got the KimJ brows from Digi and she might have edited the alpha, if so credit to her as well)
Color actions - Pooklet, Io, Lilith, Furbyq
BSOK - Ocelotekatl​, thetigerking83, & Chris Hatch; Pooklet for implementing it for eyebrows & color codes

 

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1K Followers Party Part 3: Clothes!

 

Fantasia of the Wind - 4t2 Joliebean Olivia Dress with Lilith Pumps

DeeDee converted this beautiful dress by Joliebean from TS4, but I'm not a fan of open-toed shoes with formalwear, so Rudhira was kind enough to swap them with Io's reshaped version of Sentate's Lilith pumps for me (thanks again! ☺️) The bodice was originally see-through and the skirt had a sparkly texture, but it wasn't right for the style I envisioned. So I made the bodice opaque and added black lace, and because I like to put brocade on everything, I did that and recolored it in 7 jewel tones and black. I did some heavy texture editing on this and honestly I think it's some of my best work thus far. I would've liked to do more recolors, but I was fussing so much with colors on this for some reason (maybe I'll revisit it at some point).



They are for AF, categorized as formal only, and the mesh has both morphs and 7326 polys.

DOWNLOAD Fantasia of the Wind
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Karma Chameleon - Trapping's top-only Victoria dress in 5 styles

This cute dress is one of my favorites ever, and I had a couple of Aelia & Kayleigh's full-body versions in my game for years. My favorite is the cyberboots one, not just because I love those shoes, but the Asian-inspired floral patterns are so pretty. So since I'm addicted to top-only dresses I had planned to put the recolors on Trapping's mesh & Peggster's TF conversion for ages, but never got to it for some reason. I didn't stop there, and I may have gone a bit overboard. I added Yuichen's "Candyfloss" retexture (and made 7 more pastel recolors), Nymphy's "Mind Restless" recolors of Yuichen's Anther, 8 shimmery brocade patterns (did I mention I like to put brocade on everything?) and 6 miscellaneous patterns. So you get a ridiculous 36 recolors 😆 There are 5 swatches and they're kind of big, so I'm just going to link to them.

Aelia | Yuichen | Nymphy | Brocade | Misc patterns

They're for AF & TF (repo'd & standalone options included), everyday only, both morphs for AF and fat morph for TF, and 1491 polys.

DOWNLOAD Karma Chameleon
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My Girl Wants To Party All The Time - DeeDee's 4t2 Ruched Dress Party bottom only with Lilith Pumps

I recolored this dress a couple years ago and I love the mesh but wasn't really using them anymore because they were a bit plain for my current aesthetic.So I added Xandher's lace leggings and made new recolors in 7 neons, 7 pastels, and black. The pastels have heart patterned leggings and the neons have zebra print ones. There are two black recolors with both styles of leggings. I didn't change the texture of the dress because it's surprisingly (IMO) nice for a Maxis TS4 outfit.



These are for AF & TF (again, you have repo'd & standalone options), everyday only, same deal with the morphs, and 1158 polys.

DOWNLOAD My Girl Wants To Party All The Time
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Credits:

Fantasia of the Wind
Mesh - Joliebean, DeeDee (4t2), Rudhira (shoeswap), Sentate (shoes), Io (shoes edit)
Textures - Joliebean (edited by me), WallpaperDirect, jucsticestock @ DeviantArt

Karma Chameleon
Mesh - EAxis (original from H&M), Flinn (edit), Trapping (top-only), Peggster (TF)
Textures - Aelia, Nymphy, Yuichen, Textures.com
Color actions - Furbyq & BerryNooboos
Patterns -
-WallpaperDirect
-Jleonardart @ Society6
-Praxicalidocious @ Colourlovers
-byre_wilde, sewcus_pocus, & sugargrave @ Spoonflower

My Girl Wants To Party All The TIme
Mesh - EAxis (TS4), Veranka (4t2), Rented-Space (bottom-only), DeeDee (shoeswap), Sentate (shoes)
Textures - EAxis, Xandher
Color actions - Kinu, Pooklet, Huning, & CuriousB

 

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1K Followers Party Part 4 (and final): Objects!

Gut Goss Gosties - Startrekvsfaceapp x Dall-E Posters on NL Grilled Cheese

I'm a huge Trekkie, so I follow Startrekvsfaceapp on Tumblr, and recently they've been posting AI-generated TV & movie posters they made with Dall-E. I freaking CRIED laughing over these because this type of thing just hits my strange brand of humor on the nose. I thought they'd be great as wall deco for my Sims 2 game, but wasn't sure anyone else would have a use for them. However, Pooklet and Azaya apparently share my sense of humor, because they uploaded these cereal boxes and wall graffiti for their Advent a couple of months ago (which went right into my game of course), so I decided why the hell not 😆

It's kind of ironic that the first CC with text I'm sharing since I switched back to English in my game sounds remarkably like Simlish (I swear during the brief time I played TS4 I heard a sim say the exact words "Furntra Furnuma"). But using Simlish in a semi-realistic game didn't work - I'd either have to use content that looks out of place, spend years recreating everything I like in Simlish, or forego using text entirely. Now I feel like I've been granted a dangerous power and I plan to wreak havoc upon TS2 with it 😈

There are a few with more than one poster for the same media, because you're not going to make me decide between "Roobo Robit" and "Rop Boop," or "Zemp Meep" and "Smer Mep." Obviously. There are 24 in total:



Like it says these are on the Grilled Cheese poster from Nightlife, and are shown with Sushigal007's add-ons and NekoSayuri's smaller one from this set (I may not play Maxis Match, but give me ALLLLL the add-ons for Maxis objects I use, especially wall deco!) And if you're a Trek fan on Tumblr and you like crazy AI-generated nonsense and terrifying Faceapp monstrosities, give Startrekvsfaceapp a follow!

DOWNLOAD Gut Goss Gosties
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Base Game Designer Lounge Recolors with Azaya's textures

The name for this chair in the catalog is ? = (C^11)? (uh... wtf? Is that a math equation?) but the game files call it chairloungedesigner because it's part of the Designer collection. I love Azaya's retexture and have her default for it from the same post, and I wanted more recolors, so I did 14. I've been trying to branch out a little with colors in my game, but ended up going with the usual purple/teal/blue/pink jewel tones and pastels because they suited it best. Oh well.



DOWNLOAD BG Designer Lounge Recolors
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BG Zecutime Cityside Sofa Recolors with Alexis' textures

I never really used this sofa in the game before, but I saw this nice retexture of it in Azaya's legacy and she kindly re-uploaded it for me here since it was from SimsCave 10 years ago and thus probably lost to the void. It's by someone named Alexis. I did 22 recolors, except for the black one they're all neons and pastels because apparently that's what I do these days for CC that isn't dark and spooky. So, not for the faint of heart I guess 😆



These also recolor the matching loveseat (not shown) and PineappleForest's living chair add-on (which is shown). The metal frame recolor in the preview is also theirs from the same post. I did do a default for myself, but I doubt it'd be of use to anyone else because I think I used some of the brightest colors (I know Hangfire and Pyridine were two of them). However, if anyone wants default neon couches, hit me up and I'll upload it for you.

DOWNLOAD Zecutime Cityside Sofa Recolors
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Neon Jungle - Buggybooz Pots & Planters (in colors plant pots shouldn't come in)

So... I use the heck out of this set in my game, and I did recolors a few years back - but again, since I started truly expressing myself with my game and turned it into a rainbow hellscape, I wasn't using them anymore. I don't think I've seen these in bright colors or pastels anywhere, which is understandable, because, well *points to the title*. So here's 60 - yes, SIXTY - recolors, 30 grungy ones using a texture by someone named Mimi that came with Shasta's repo'd & improved version of the set, and 30 with the original texture. The grungy ones are mostly vibrant (that's an understatement) colors using actions by Pooklet, Furbyq, & BerryNooboos. The plain ones are mosty pastels and some jewel tones (I think some of the latter are repeats from the old set but I might have tweaked them this time and they have a new dirt texture anyway).

Grungy swatch:



Plain swatch:



The One Mesh To Rule Them All (planter 2 large) is included, but be sure to get the whole set here (Pots & Planters 2015), and hokadk47 has add-ons here and here, I used a couple of them in my preview.

DOWNLOAD Neon Jungle
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Aaaaaaaand that concludes the 1K Followers Party! I hope someone will find something they like somewhere in there, maybe? 😂

Credits:

Gut Goss Gosties
Mesh - EAxis
Graphics - Startrekvsfaceapp @ Tumblr, using Dall-E

BG Designer Lounge
Mesh - EAxis
Textures - Azaya
Color actions - Aelia, CuriousB, Kinu, Pooklet, & wildlyminiaturesandwich

BG Zecutime Cityside Sofa
Mesh - EAxis
Textures - Alexis
Color actions - Pooklet, Kinu, & CuriousB

Neon Jungle
Meshes - Buggybooz
Textures - Buggybooz, Mimi, and I think the dirt was the same one extracted from Riders of Icarus that I used for the bat planters? If so, credit to Saricoya for that
Color actions - Furbyq, Pooklet, Kinu, BerryNooboos, Huning, Aelia, CuriousB, & wildlyminiaturesandwich