Spilling your Guts- Sci-fi Style

Photos and a download

        Meet Aphena Xi, time traveling sim. Born in the Mines of Tanizlar eons ago, Aphena travels the fabric of space-time looking to unravel it's mysteries and behold its beauty. Today she is nestled in the Oxycoral Reefs of her home planet. A time to rest and dream about new lands.

She is my favorite model, and I will be posting some photo series that feature her in settings ranging from space travel to steam-punk. Eventually all picture posts will be transferred to their own blog.

* indicates: not released yet

Photo Credits: fish and sea life meshes Gamesir, Aphena'*s skin ladyfrontbum Asian, Sanskrit eye tattoo by GCS*, World file: Mines of Tanizlar* (Oxycoral lot) by GCS, Eyes "PrivateEyes" by GCS*, Swimsuit ?

This was the first custom package I ever created, it's been a loose end since mid-July. I plan on making a series of these, eventually.
Emhpb and I were chatting one day and she was kind enough to tutor me in creating this tattoo in Gimp.
Special thanks to her for making this project possible. She is a kind and patient instructor and I hope to collaborate with her more often in the future.

Bikini by Rustynail

Download Bio-mechanical Tattoo in package format 228kb plus jpeg preview image--please note this file was compressed with Jfade's tool: 

mediafire

I will upload sims3pack when I can figure out how to get my thumbnail working for it but if you really can't live without the sims3pack, private msg me.

release imminent! *drumroll*

preview of upcoming vintage map wall charts

Special thanks to baufive for his mesh, support and inspiration!

If you don't know who that is, you are missing out.

    click here for his treasured finds

Vintage Images, New Project

Samples of images I am working with for sim's artwork.

sample of the vintage maps I am using for default texture replacement with Bau's wallchart

Caw-CAW-phony: Sci-fi exploration titled ~The Mines of Tanizlar~

Work In Progress Sci-fi mining planet.

Has many gem and metal spawners as well as skies and waters that change hue with time of day.

Playing with the notion of cavernous aquatic systems.

Exploration of texture use in CAW.

Editing .ini files provides gorgeous lighting effects.

Stay tuned for addition of lots and space structure meshes.

Terrain texture samples that were used in this World

Vintage Beauty

It's a rainy, grey day of thunderstorms.
Out of the blue I decide to make a Bettie Paige sim.

Finally a use for all the knee highs and garters in my CAS.
In the end she is a blend of Veronica (Archie's Comics),  Bettie Paige and Jessica Rabbit.
She has a bootie like mine--lol

Meet Bettie:
(can't you just picture her sitting in a huge martini glass on stage?)

I'm still tweaking her. *Sigh* I love pin-ups.
 Will post spread next entry.

because I gotta have Faith

So I'm working on Faith Connors today.
Other than the obvious challenges with the CC armband and tattoo, she poses some good challenges with her bone structure.
She is Eurasion you see, and depending on what renditions you look at, her features vary quite a bit.
I thought the new Jiao skin from MTS would help render her in a more asian way but I soon realized her nose would need to be re-sculpted.
Aikea's skin gives her nose the shape I'm looking for and the tones seem right.

I'm happy with the way she appears in CAS, I just have to tweak her so she looks fabulous in gameplay.
The other thorn is that she only wears one glove on her left hand. Let's see if I can remove a glove without mucking up. Will report back with updates.

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Made a Celeste for Faith. Celeste is the guide in the tutorial if that helps place her.
She is based on the character's conceptual sketches for the game.

The house from the photos is Qube Design's from TSR (bigmusclepaul)<--- my favorite builder.