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: 

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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.

Covering New Ground-

UPDATE: Some texture .dds files have been posted in a new post. Feel free to use them as desired.

Here are some science-fiction(ish) themed terrain paints I made recently to assist me on my alien worlds exploration.

The Mines of Tanizlar (see post labeled CAW for more pics)

There are 5 sets (4 sets of 5 and 1 set of 3 for a total of 23 paints). The display pics were taken ingame on ground measuring 8x16 tiles each. Each file is numbered and referenced on an image included the download.
I'm calling this batch Release A because I have many more dozens of textures I intend to convert into terrain paints and CAW textures (1024x1024 in .dds format). You can do as you please with these textures, just kindly link back to this blog when you give credit.






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CLICK ON IMAGES for detailed view * 8x16 tiles per paint sample.*

high quality .png visual references are included with the .zip files

01-red battered clover
02-concrete triangle
03-african green tile
04-carved tile
05-tree bark root

Download in package format.
Compressed with Jfade's tool.
set 1 of 5
4shared
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 06-foiled again
 07-black herringbone
 08-silver discs
 09-alien alloy02
 10-clover steel
set 2 of 5
4shared
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11-copper caldron small
12-brushed aluminum frost
13-copper caldron large
14-shanty town tin
15-imprinted metal
set 3 of 5
4shared
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16-alien alloy10
17-heat phase metal
18-silver combed
19-corroded tile
20-alien alloy03
set 4 of 5
4shared
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21-kirks entry
22-copper palace
23-jupiters alloy
set 5 of 5
4shared
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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

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.

Back from the Future, by Request

 was originally designed for the 2046 Mardi Gras Celebrations for the resident staff of the Sector7B disctrict on the space station AlphaMercuro. She was sheduled for recycling in 2066 but a kind-hearted maintenance man snuck her back to earth in a holo-shuttle time chamber just before the historical Sector4 solar flare experiments. She is gentle enough to care for human kind's children but robust enough to tow a car to safety. She is a highly programmed, well-mannered entertainer.

Shopping list:
-Mask by Jewell
http://jewellliu.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E4DD32A946BDF1B0!406.entry
-Hair by Amadeo's What it's worth Hair Pack
http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=14043.msg387175#msg387175
-Lipstick by Club Crimson
http://club-crimsyn.dreamwidth.org/10622.html?#cutid2
-Skin is Silk by Ladyfrontbum
http://www.ladyfrontbum.com/ as is the
Blusher by Ladyfrontbum

 I think she reverts to a human form in a swimsuit for some reason,  but they are supposedly hydrophobes so meh.

 *both file formats were compressed with Jfade's tool.
Download link in .sims3pack format:
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Download link in .package format:
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Just drop it into your mods folder and she should appear, CC and all in your custom sims bin =]

Do what you will with my dollies but give credit when due or link back to the blog.

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