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The Vimont and Hussey family, a landed gentry family who came to Oasis Springs with Queen Nadine Landgraab's father as part of the conquest. Though their life in Oasis Springs has not brought head of household Sir Martin Vimont the riches he once dreamed of, they live a comfortable life as knights in service to the Oasis Springs crown. Unfortunately, comfort has not brought happiness for this household.

Sir Martin Vimont came to Oasis Springs as a young man with his late wife, in the army of then Duke Oleard Landgraab. Though much of the army returned to their homelands after the conquest, Sir Martin stayed behind, earning his family a small holding. Sir Martin continued in the service of the Landgraab family until his retirement, and his son Henri has followed in his footsteps.

Sir Henri Vimont wants to be a great knight like those he grew up hearing about. Instead, he is little more than a tournament knight, far from the glory of his father's stories. He spends most of his time at the tournament grounds, training with the family horse Tempest. Perhaps even worse, his new wife Alienor may be beautiful, but he never really wanted to marry, and certainly not to such an opinionated woman.

Alienor Vimont is certainly not living her dream either. Her beauty was meant to earn her a rich husband and a huge house full of servants. Instead, she has married an angry, barely wealthy man with a house full of relatives and not a servant in sight.

At least she has found a friend in Henri's younger sister Ursule.

And her young son Martin II is a sweet baby, even if she has to spend rather more time caring for him herself than she would have preferred. Thankfully, Aunt Ursule does not mind assisting with that as well.

Ursule Hussey is Sir Martin Vimont's younger child, the picture of her late mother in looks and household managment. She longs for a happy marriage and children of her own, but unfortunately, fate has bound her to her father's elderly compatriot, her new husband Sir Guy Hussey.

Besides the age difference, a happy marriage with Sir Guy is all but impossible. Instead of helping around the house or contributing in any way, Guy spends his days fishing and complaining that his lovely young wife does not pay him enough attention.

Recently, Ursule has found some of the happiness she longs for in John Spring (Johnny Zest), the illegitimate son of Queen Nadine Landgraab.

Of course, now that she has found herself with child, things have gotten a little more complicated. Will the baby be her husband's? Will he believe that it is his child? Despite her worries of exposing her affair, Ursule can't help but hope the baby is John's.

This is by far the messiest family I've created for the save file yet. When I was building out their skills etc., they even threw another wrench in the family dynamics - the only pair who have any sort of attraction for each other is Sir Martin Vimont for his daughter-in-law Alienor! So much potential for drama with them :)

Also thanks to @goldenrosesims for the King's Tournament Grounds! I made a few changes to turn it into a functional park with some extra activities but it's a great lot for all the horse training etc! I will show some more of it with my next family upload.

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The Adeyemi sisters - the daughters of a royal house from a kingdom to the south of Oasis Springs, the Adeyemi sisters fled their homeland when their uncle killed their father and took the throne for himself.

Though their new home in Oasis Springs is large, the sisters live a considerably more frugal lifestyle than what they were raised with, and are struggling to fit in to a society that does not always pay their royal blood the respect they are due.

Oldest sister Olusola was once the captain of the great trade (and sometimes pirate) ship the Bonefish. When her father died, she rescued her sisters and gave up her seafaring life to provide a stable home for them.

Two of her crew members, first mate Bohemond Bellamy and Juma Mrefu, have joined the household as well.

Juma may have had some ulterior motives in his decision to give up his pirate ways and join Olusola's new household. But while Olusola is perfectly happy to let Juma share her bed, she is unsure about taking this further. After all, she has a reputation to maintain now, not just for herself but for her sisters'. And Juma may give her thrills, but his family is far below her bloodline.

Middle sister Abiola has distracted herself from her family's misfortunes with her intellectual pursuits. It may set her apart from most of the noble women of Oasis Springs, but an interest in the stars runs strong in the sisters' mother's line.

And since settling in Oasis Springs, Abiola may have found another distraction, in the form of a blossoming friendship (and maybe more?) with Olusola's first mate Bellamy.

Bellamy may have left the ship out of nothing but his immense loyalty to Olusola as his captain, but he has certainly found himself captivated by Abiola. He worries deeply, however, for how Olusola will react to her little sister's new love interest.

Youngest sister Ekundayo is a sweet and gentle soul, scarcely more than a child when her father was slain. Her sisters have done everything in their power to protect her from the reality of the situation, and Ekundayo is mostly happy in her new life.

But as she grows into adulthood, will Ekundayo continue to be happy away from her homeland? Or will her childish wonder morph into a determination for revenge?

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I would really like to do an entire world for the Adeyemi sisters' homeland, but I'm worried both about finding enough appropriate CC and which world to use. I really wish we had some sort of African world, although I think it would likely end up a city world and not be particularly useful for historical gameplay anyway. I do like the multicultural opportunities presented by making Oasis Springs into a psuedo-Crusader State regardless.

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My first CC project! A simple recolour set of linen clothes for peasants. Mostly natural colours but a few more fun (but still historical) ones as well. I think they should work well to expand your medieval sims' wardrobe basics.

All seven items come in the same linen-textured 13 colours from Vintage Simstress' Northern European Palette.

Please let me know about any problems and I hope you enjoy!

More details and download links under the cut.

It's not perfect but I'm pretty proud of myself. Working on mesh edits next, so some of these items may be revisited (in particular the girl's shift dress - I want to make the skirt a little longer and possibly remove the pocket, plus fix the minor discolouration around the neckline).

The Peasant Recolour Pack includes:

A simple dress for your peasant women. Requires this mesh from BokchoiJo (TSR link).

A shirt and trousers for men - the shirt requires the Paranormal Stuff Pack and the trousers the Simtimates Collection Kit.

A shift dress for girls - requires Businesses & Hobbies.

A shirt and trousers for boys - the shirt requires the Castiel shirt mesh from AdrienPastel and the trousers require the First Fits Kit.

A pair of trousers for toddlers - requires Growing Together.

Download here (Google Drive - individual files or Zip of all 7).

CAS background credit to The Simline.

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A pair of ducks in my current WIP peasant family's home.

Sometimes it's hard to make peasant homes different enough to stay interesting - I think I need to find some more kids/toddler stuff as well, because my kids have hardly anything to do when I'm building out their parents' skills for the save file. I know I could just cheat the skills and be done with them, but I like the opportunity to get to know the families a bit.

I love this reshade preset (Eleanora by TalentedTrait) but the text blur makes it absolutely unusable for gameplay :( Any suggestions for something with similar lighting/colour without the text blur? I'm currently just using Amoebae's Foundation for gameplay because everything else I like is too hard to play with

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The Al-Raeei family, a middle-class family in my Crusader states-inspired version of Oasis Springs. The Al-Raaei family have prospered in recent years through their large flock of sheep and goats and the family pottery shop.

The father of the family, Shaban, is a devoted family man with a bit of a temper. He spends his days caring for the farm and tending their flock.

The mother of the family, Ayda, is the brain and brawn behind the family pottery business. She makes the pottery herself with some small help from her children, and runs the shop as well.

Shaban and Ayda love each other dearly, but over the busy years of raising their family and maintaining their businesses, they have settled into a comfortable relationship rather than the passionate one of their youth.

The eldest daughter, Nasim, runs the household while her parents devote themselves to the family businesses.

Nasim is a romantic, and while she admires her parents' dedication and working relationship, she dreams of a more balanced life where she can devote herself to both her family and her skills.

The second child, Faraj, feels the pressure of inheriting his parents' legacy. He assists both his parents in their daily work, but makes sure to find time for his own hobbies...

And for his budding romance with none other than Nina Khalil. Sure, she's well above his station - but it's just harmless flirting, right?

The younger daughter, Jamila, is still finding her place in the shadow of her older siblings. She has a creative streak like her mother, but is fearful she will never be able to fill her sister Nasim's shoes in the household.

The youngest member of the family, little Talha. He idolises his father, brother, and oldest sister in particular.

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The remade Caliente family for my medieval/fantasy save file. In my save, Oasis Springs is based loosely off the Crusader States. The Khalil family are local nobles who are working hard to gain the attention of the newly ruling Landgraab family and move up in society.

When not plotting to increase her family's standing in society, Lady Nighat Khalil enjoys playing the harp.

Lady Nighat's new fiance, Daud Lazano, is a soldier whose father accompanied the Landgraabs in their initial conquest of Oasis Springs. This marriage to the noble Khalil family is a scandalous step up in the world for him.

Lady Nighat is absolutely enamored with her younger beau, but Daud may have more of a wandering eye than she's ready for.

Nina Khalil is by far the more rebellious of the Khalil twins - Lady Nighat all but despairs for her future.

Nina would much rather stay up late riding her beloved stallion Adonis than practice her embroidery with her mother and sister.

Dina Khalil is the good girl - she is all in on her mother's plan to attract the Landgraab prince.

Dina remembers her late father in the small family chapel in their manor house.

Besides the Khalils, their servant Zoe Tantawy (Zoe Patel) also lives in the household.

I'm trying not to over-clutter most of the houses to avoid save bloat and I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out. I don't think I'm going to keep every pre-made sim in the save but I'm enjoying tranforming some of them for now. The Goths, Pancakes, Landgraabs, etc. have been redone but I have not even started on their homes.

I'd love ideas for what to do with Willow Creek in particular - I'm not sure which direction to go there.