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EUROVISION 2024 GRAND FINAL TOMORROW!

You know you want and need to stream it, so lose all inhibition and join the funniest music event of the year!

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Zoe Flores makeover

I normally make boys, but a friend requested a makeover of this girl, so here she is. I DID change her features, because I hated her profile, but I tried to keep it more or less similar. I can’t decide which top to use with her, pink or blue. 

I don’t share my Sims on the gallery anymore, but if you like her and want to use her, PM me and I’ll send you a link to the file, with a list of CC I used.

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Tristan Palmer, the prime example why I need my alpha skins and hairs! >.< I made only tiniest tweaks - made his nose tip tiny bit wider, so that it actually exists now. :D I also ‘reset’ the lips preset, which to my surprise mostly removed the creepy grin, and I spent ungodly time trying to find a ‘lipstick’ that would make them appear at least a bit fuller. I was tempted to change his chin, but in the end decided not to - instead I chose the hairstyle with bigger volume, to balance it out. 

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Andre DaSilva. I made minor tweaks to his face to de-cartoonify him - made his eyes slightly smaller, lips slightly wider, and chin slightly shorter. I normally try to choose hairstyle as close to original as possible, but I think long hair suits him better. :)

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June Kay is one of my favourite premade Sims. I have sooo many versions of her. I made her eyes a tiny bit smaller, but that’s all. Even though her lips look thinner, it’s just the effect of the skin CC. 

Usually I give her a more punk/rebel girl look, because of the hair and earrings. This time, I wanted to try something different and I love the result so much! 

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Another one from the Premade Remade series - Kat Jenkins. I’m not a fan of orange/pink/purple combination, in real life or in sims, so I decided to go with orange, red, black, and white. 

I didn’t change any of her facial features and presets, all I skipped was the necklace and the bracelet, so I at least added manicure. 

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Per friend’s request, I remade some premade Sims. As always, I tried to keep the ‘style’ - hairstyle, t-shirt and a jacket, mini skirt, patterned stockings, boots - but I tried to make it more cohesive. The skirts clips a tiny bit with her legs in some poses, but I didn’t want to make her skinnier just to remove that.

I didn’t change her body at all, nor did I change any face presets (except eyebrows). I tweaked her face a bit - I gave her a bigger chin; I ‘reset’ her nose, i.e. clicked on the preset, then made it a bit wider and bigger, but not as hooked as original; and I reduced her smile. 

EDIT: I added the tray item with the list of CC, but I took it off since I heard that after the latest “patch” most of alpha CC is broken - skin, hair, sliders (I keep my game offline and with auto update off most of the time exactly to avoid this situation), I’ll be only posting pictures of my Sims without sharing, for some time.

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Cleo, my first request Sim! :D

This was a request from my friend that took forever and a week, because finding the correct presets (Cleo was born in a male body and has a masculine body frame), skin, and other CC was quite difficult. But I'm quite happy with the result!

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Marcus Pace - the scenario gone wrong >.>

Meet Marcus Pace, who was supposed to be my first “scenario character”, for Making Money. But, with a twist - he could only earn money through nefarious means. NO job, NO gardening, fishing, collecting. Stealing, robbery, pickpocketing, or, um, finding older, rich sponsors is allowed. Hacking is okay, once he gets enough money for laptop and gets his programming high enough. For that purposes, I reinstalled WhickedWhims and Pickpocket mods. I also have MCCC, THE essential mod for me. Also, aging is turned off, and the speed is slowed down, so unfortunately my Sims can’t become millionaires in 3 days. They need to work their asses off for it.

Marcus was 18 at the beginning, YA for the purposes of the game. His traits (from Chingyu’s mod) included Relaxed (doesn’t care what others think of him), Determined, Cold-blooded, and Charming Con Artist (comes with the pickpocket mod). 

And he was doing great, although I added my ‘standard rules’ for rags to riches, e.g. travel costs - 20 simoleons for travelling to another ‘world’, 10 for travelling within the same world, 0 if it’s literally next building that he can see and walking there would take all of 5 minutes; entrance fees - 25 simoleons for gym & pool; no free snacks - whether it’s his own fridge, or elsewhere, every time he grabs a quick snack, it costs him 10 simoleons.  

But kiddo managed to earn his first 15 000, and got his first tiny home, his skills were growing nicely, it all went really well...

But then... this happened: 

This little monkey is Andreas, the unexpected result of unexpected, AUTONOMOUS, one-night stand with... LILY FENG. 

Fengs are one of the richest people in the Marcus’ world - in their late twenties, ambitious, ruthless, more like ‘partners with benefits’ than a romantic couple. And Victor was meant to be one of Marcus’ “sponsors”. 

Marcus is gay. And Lily hates kids. So... what happened?

Well... as I said, I reinstalled WW. And I went to set all the settings - forbid peeping, limit autonomy, reduce pregnancy chance to 1%, etc.. The thing is, I was doing it at 2 a. m., which turned out not to be such a great idea. 

Imagine my surprise the next day, when, after two hours of play, when I noticed that every. single. woman. has a belly. I used the MCCC to bring the world back to normal, more or less. And that’s when I saw, that in Lily’s case, the father is Marcus. (I hadn’t noticed, because I’m a rotational player, and even in a scenario, I have several households, lol.)

And when I checked the WW settings... I saw that all settings are the exact opposite to what they should be. Pregnancy chance 100%. Never refuse. Ignore orientation. Everything, EVERYTHING, completely messed up. T_T

I turned all back to normal, but I decided to keep the baby. I thought, Fengs can take care of it. After all, I gave them the apartment of dreams. But... Lily still hated the child, and the moment I aged him up to a toddler, SHE CRUSHED HIS DREAMS. I didn’t know that was possible! It shattered my heart to smithereens. 

Marcus wouldn’t let it continue, and so Victor Feng Jr. moved to his home, now with an extra tiny kid room, and became Andreas Pace. Cause money ain’t all, ya know? Said my little burglar who was supposed to be a cold blooded bastard ONLY caring about making money. 

He’s almost half way there - he has 453 659 simoleons. Without Andreas, he’d probably already be a millionaire. But he adores his son, and wants to be Dad his Andreas can be proud of. Well, sorta. In practice it means sponsoring is out of question now, as is burglary (although he still picks pockets >.>). But most of his money nowadays comes from streaming games and winning tournaments. He also learned to invest money (headcanon - Fengs get him started, reality - it’s a mod, of course). 

And Andreas is on his way to become the Top Notch Toddler (once his Dad makes 1 million, Andreas will age up, ready or not).

(Marcus trying to stream - in his micro room and with a toddler around. His fans don’t seem to mind, though. xD Btw, the note board is so high for a reason.)

(Interestingly, Mum Lily comes to visit sometimes, but she doesn’t know what to do and it always goes wrong.)

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A tiny house for the family of 4 that I built based on a real-life tiny house. I tried to follow both the floor plan and furnishing, and it looks pretty good. In the meantime, I changed the patio a little bit - the three planters wouldn’t work next to each other., but the rest is unchanged. 

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When I started this blog, I did it because I enjoyed the game, and wanted to share my creations with the community. A year later, I know better. 

I’m a gamer woman, and in 20+ years I play video games I experienced a lot of toxicity, but nothing that could compare with this toxic “community”, ready to troll you, mock you, shame you, just because you dare to like a “wrong” type of the custom content! It’s a bit sad, though perhaps not surprising, that the life simulator game attracts so many hypocrites who can’t wrap their minds (I guess they’re too narrow for that,) around the idea that other people DARE to like and use something they don’t approve. 

That was the reason I mostly abandoned this blog. All the hate killed my desire to be a part of the Sims “community”. 

But... my friends asked me to continue. They still like my Sims, and they are still waiting for the Gizheads t-shirt I promised (I swear I’ll finish it soon, Didi!). And it would be unfair, to fail them because of a few immature hypocrites. So I will continue to post the photos of my Sims and builds, and, based on a request, a random update about my stories and worlds, but not the info about the mods, no ‘wcif’. And I obviously won’t share them on the Gallery. 

If someone would like to use them, they can PM me and I can send them the link to the tray file. 

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James

Another one from the ‘Random CAS Accessory challenge”! James didn’t look that bad (I still didn’t figure out how to fix the worst two) but I didn’t think the earrings and the bracelet worked with the rest. 

But! A friend asked me to add the Original James in the household, and I did. So if anyone wants to try their luck, go ahead. If you upload your Remake James to the Gallery, please tag me! And please do NOT reupload my Remake, or claim him as yours. :)

The list of the CC is bellow the line. 

SLIDERS:

Dumbaby: chin slider, shoulder height slider

Luumia: ear up down slider, neck height slider

Obscurus: face sliders, lips sliders 2, 3, 4, and 5

Pirumxim: slider 11 head, temple; slider 12 cheekbone, cheeks

(I did NOT change anything about the Original’s face, yet the Tray Importer shows almost all sliders, except for the Dumbaby’s sliders. I checked that with other randomly generated Sims and it happens every time.)

APPEARANCE & MAKE UP

Original: Kijiko eye overhaul03 (default-replacement_v4), Kijiko Eyebrow Texture Overhaul, Sweater from Get Together, 4w25 Chain Link Earrings

Remake:

Ddarkstonee skin 7, Obscurus lips 5, Angissi rainbow eyes, MYOBI eyebrows - Timothy, Kijiko uncurled eyelashes v2, Couperelectrique 3D Realistic Teeth, HoneysSims4 retexture of Wing ON0306 

CLOTHES: StudioK - Giruto22 Knotted Layered Tee, Gorilla3 Pants Merge Package, MMSims Basic Socks, TheDropShop - “Ugly Sneaker Pack”

ACC: Kiro Silver Mood Earring, S-Club WM ts4 bracelet 201704, SAC - Part 2 of Lucid set - rings for males, Chaessi - Male necklace set (necklace 03)

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So I decided to do the ‘runaway teen’ challenge... sort of. >.> I’m not good at following rules, and I’m a primarily a storyteller so I’m ditching whatever “rules” that don’t make sense to me. 

Meet Kilian Martin. (That’s obviously not his real name, that’s the name of his idol.) He’s 16 and he’s from another town. 

He used to live with his father and stepmother, both of them drug addicts. Kilian was mostly on his own since he was 10. Taking care of himself and his little half-sister is nothing new for him. He did anything he had to to survive - shoplifting, pickpocketing, and eventually he joined a street gang. From his view, all was fine. It wasn’t the happiest life, but it was the only life he knew.

Then two things happened: his father died of an overdose and he was arrested for burglary. And the social care finally noticed their existence. 

However, Kilian has no intention to be ‘resocialized’, so he packed all he owns in this world - four t-shirts, two shirts, two pairs of jeans, two pairs of sneakers, some undies and socks, a baseball cap, an old tent back from the times his father didn’t lose himself to drugs, a skateboard and 100 simoleons - and ran for it. He made a promise he will come back for his sister as soon as he can, but he’s neither a fool nor an idealist - he’s aware it might take some time. 

Now he’s in the Middle of Nowhere, quite literally. Nobody in this town knows him, nobody cares about him fishing on the beach. He’s determined to lay low and turn a new page... but can he really do it? Can he live a life of pilgrim, planting potatoes and fishing, or will he turn to his old lifestyle of crime?

Especially if the real owner of the lot where he’s camping - though he of course has no idea - are the boss of the local mafia and his triple-agent husband? 

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Antonio

Happy New Year, everyone! :D

I finally listed all the mods for the second guy in my own ‘Random CAS accessory” challenge. You can now download him from my Gallery. Do with him whatever you wish, but don’t reupload him and/or claim as your own. If you want to remake him, go ahead, but please tag me! 

And if you want to try your own ‘CAS accessory challenge’, also tag me! :D It’s fun, especially if you haven’t disabled accessories for random. :D

The original Antonio wasn’t TOO bad (there are worse to come xD), except for the orange nail polish... I don’t wanna know what happened there. And he was overall too bright. Which I don’t always mind, but I guess all of it combined was just too much.

Anyway, the original Antonio had following accessories: a cap, glasses, a watch, socks. 

I tried to keep his appearance close to original, though I did make him quite cuter, imho. See for yourself:

Keep reading for the required CC - again, no links, but I checked that all CC is still easily found and accessible online. Some might be behind Adfly, so use the adfly skipper adon for your browser. :)

SLIDERS

Dumbaby: chin slider, shoulder height slider

Luumia: ear up down slider, hip shape slider, neck height slider

Obscurus: eyelids sliders; face sliders

Pirumxim: slider 11 head, temple; slider 12 cheekbone, cheeks

RedheadSims: HeadScalp slider

APPEARANCE & MAKE UP

Obscurus skin no. 5 Overlay

RemusSirion skindetails

KaTPurpura Pecas1 face and body freckles

SayaSim eyelids

Faaeish nose shaders

Obscurus lips 5

Northern Siberia Eyes no. 1 - simple realism

MYOBI eyebrows - Timothy

Pralinesims beards megapack 4

Pralinesims male nails

MMSIMS eyelash v3 (brow ring)

Couperelectrique 3D Realistic Teeth

MUSAE hair - Apollo

CLOTHES

Casteru backward beret

Pralinesims glasses - Altul

Plush - Menswear collection (mockneck)

Tukete - Accessory prints for t-shirts, no. 8

MMSIMS Calendula Jeans

Castru - stompy shoes and socks (socks)

Darte77 - Tommy Hilfiger sneakers

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Stuart

Stuart is my first creation for my ‘Random CAS accessory’ challenge’ - I used all the accessories he had when he first appeared in the CAS (a cap, a blush, glasses, a scarf, a watch, earrings, socks) in a way that works. CAS Stu actually wasn’t as bad as some other, but I thought he deserved better than that. :D

An then I went a bit crazy and did the same for ALL his outfits. >.> Had I known how much work it would be and how much time it would then take to list all the CC, I would’ve stick with the Everyday outfit. Anyway, here are all his outfits:

If you like him, you can download him from my Gallery. My name is the same - Aiculik.

Keep reading for the required CC. Sorry I don’t include the links, but that would take way too much time that I don’t have. But, all of them are easily found, available, and don’t require paid subscription. Some are behind the Adfly so I strongly recommend to a browser extension that lets you skip it. 

SLIDERS:

Dumbaby: chin slider, hips height slider

Luumia: HandFinger slider, hip shape slider, neck height slider

Obscurus: lips sliders 1, 2, 3, 4; face sliders

Pirumxim: slider 11 head, temple; slider 12 cheekbone, cheeks

RedheadSims: BackLegHeight slider, RedheadSims HeadScalp slider

APPEARANCE & MAKE UP

Ddarkstonee skin 7

RemusSirion skindetails

Faaeish nose shaders

UBP freckled blush

Obscurus lips 5

Sims3Melancholic contacts 57

MMSIMS eyebrows 4, MMSIMS eyelash v3

GPME M Liner cc1

BLACK-LE retexture of WINGS ON0204 hair

Couperelectrique 3D Realistic Teeth

CLOTHES

Everyday 

Gorilla x3 t-shirt

SClub glasses WM 201803

SClub watch WM 202009

Casteru Backwards Beret

KitOnlyHuman RG Scarf for Males

JulieJ Male Jeans Rolled

Kiro Silver Mood Earring 3

Liliili Sonny socks

Minzza Onitsuka Tiger sneakers

Formal 

Dreaming4Sims New York Style Men Suit

SClub glasses WM 201803

MMSims Basic socks

Imadako male dress shoes

Athletic

Gorilla x3 Casual Tank Top

Saliwa Men Athletic Running and Tracking Shorts

Kiro Silver Mood Earring 3

Mochizen Everyday sneakers

Merci Deni Knitted Socks

Black-le acc headphones

Sleep

ChloeM Pajama Short Male

Darte 77 Slippers

Party

Gorilla x3 Short sleeve t-Shirt with suspenders

Gorilla x3 suit pants

MIRO Monolith patent leather lace up shoes

Swimsuit

Saliwa Men Swimming Fun Shorts

Kiro Silver Mood Earring 3

Hot weather

NitroPanic Tucked Male Tees

Mochizen Layered Leather Bracelet

Pralinesims Machine Octangular Glasses

Toksik Necklace 18k

Gorilla x3 Pants 17

GlamMoose Low cut socks

Liliili Anton shoes lowcut

Cold weather

Bukovka Male Tweed Cap

Marigold TwoTone Scarf

Gorilla x3 Oversized Sweatshirt

DanSimsFantasy Cyaneus Pants

OTHER 

Chingyu Traits Bundles 1 and 5

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CAS Accessory Challenge

You know it - you decide to create a new Sim, and the CAS creates... something. :D Sometimes the Sim actually looks quite cute, or at least realistic, sometimes they need some help. Sometimes they look okay but have HORRIBLE sense of fashion and have no clue how to accessorize. They may look something like this:

He actually doesn’t look bad. He’s young, fit, has cute face features. But - a cap, earrings, glasses, nose blush, scarf, socks, and wires around shoes? Come ON.

So I decided to ‘challenge’ myself, to change the Sims so that the accessories actually WORK. 

I CAN change anything except the gender - body, skin, skin tone, hairstyle and hair color, etc., though I MUST stay as close to the original as possible. For example, it’s okay to make the Sim skinnier or fatter, and make small changes to ‘de-cartoon-ify’ their features. But not to change the body type completely, or change their face so much they don’t look like the original.

Also, the skin tone may be different because of the CC skin, but I’ll do my best to stay as close as possible. I won’t change a dark-skinned character to a pale one and vice versa. (Also, there are a few CAS tones - yes, even after the December upgrade - that just make me cringe. I won’t be using those and just use whichever skin tome imho goes best with their features or with accessories. xD)

 Also CAS for some reason uses same 4 hairstyles, usually in wildest shades of pink, orange, blue, or violet, and it gets boring after a while, so that will be changed too. 

I CAN change the accessories and their colour, but not the categoryor a style - e.g. a cap for a cap, but if the Sim uses female earrings, e.g. big loops with butterflies, or a female pink accessory jacket, that’s exactly what they’ll get. I CAN omit an accessory, but only, if it clips too much, or if the Sim uses two of them. No one needs two watches. >.> In that case, I’ll try to replace them with another accessory.

Eyelashes will not be considered an accessory, even if they are in the earring or glasses category.

I CAN change the clothes to make accessories work. 

Meet the new Stuart:

I’ll add him to my Gallery tomorrow - with all the outfits shown and CC listed in a separate post here on Tumblr. :)

(edited for typos)