550 Follower Lookbook
Ft. The Girls with a Passion for Fashion™
As promised, here's all the cc I used in the preview photos for my recent sim dump, linked. If you want my version of the Bratz girls in your game, you can download them for free HERE.
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Sasha - Earrings, necklace, jacket acc.*, top, pants*, shoes
Cloe - Hairclips, necklace, top, accessory bra, skirt, boots, purse
Yasmin - Bandana, necklace, rings, top, waist chain, skirt, socks, boots
Jade - Choker, earrings, top & gloves, accessory top, pants, shoes, purse*
Roxxi - Hat*, earrings, necklace, bracelet, top, pants, gloves, shoes
Nevra - Choker, rings, top, waist chain, gloves, pants, thong acc., boots
Anything marked with a * means it’s either from the Sims Resource, Simsdom/Simsfinds, or goes through a “host” such as AdFly.
Thanks to all the talented cc creators! @bluerose-sims, @jius-sims, @uh0htaj, @trillyke, @ts4eve, @rimings, @weepingsimmer, @arethabee, @serenity-cc, @ikari-sims, @cubersims, @renokmt, @dream-girl, @korkassims, @pralinesims, @b0t0xbrat, @greenllamas
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Hello ranger’s apprentice fandom can we talk real quick about the stupidest thing Flanagan ever wrote
It’s about the bows. Yanno, the rangers’ Iconique™️ main weapon. That one. You know the one.
Flanagan. Flanagan why are your rangers using longbows.
“uh well recurve arrows drop faster” BUT DO THEY. FLANAGAN. DO THEY.
the answer is no they don’t. Compared to a MODERN, COMPOUND (aka cheating) bow, yes, but compared to a longbow? Y’know, what the rangers use in canon? Yeah no a recurve actually has a FLATTER trajectory. It drops LATER.
This from an article comparing the two:
“Both a longbow and a recurve bow, when equipped with the right arrow and broadhead combination, are capable of taking down big game animals. Afterall, hunters have been doing it for centuries with both types of bows.
However, generally speaking and all things equal, a recurve bow will offer more arrow speed, creating a flatter flight trajectory and retain more kinetic energy at impact.
The archers draw length, along with the weight of the arrow also affect speed and kinetic energy. However, the curved design of the limbs on a recurve adds to its output of force.”
It doesn’t actually mention ANY distance in range! And this is from a resource for bow hunting, which, presumably, WOULD CARE ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING!
Okay so that’s just. That’s just the first thing.
The MAIN thing is that even accounting for “hur dur recurves drop faster” LONGBOWS ARE STILL THE STUPID OPTION.
Longbows, particularly and especially ENGLISH longbows, are—as their name suggests—very long. English longbows in particular are often as tall or taller than their wielder even while strung, but especially when unstrung. An unstrung longbow is a very long and expensive stick, one that will GLADLY entangle itself in nearby trees, other people’s clothes, and any doorway you’re passing through.
And yes, there are shorter longbows, but at that point if you’re shortening your longbow, just get a goddamn recurve. And Flanagan makes a point to compare his rangers’ bows to the Very Long English Longbow.
Oh, do you know how the Very Long English Longbow was mostly historically militarily used? BY ON-FOOT ARCHER UNITS. Do you know what they’re TERRIBLE for? MOUNTED ARCHERY.
Trust me. Go look up right now “mounted archery longbow.” You’ll find MAYBE one or two pictures of some guy on a horse struggling with a big stick; mostly you will actually see either mounted archers with RECURVES, or comparisons of Roman longbow archers to Mongolian horse archers (which are neat, can’t lie, I love comparing archery styles like that).
Anyway. Why are longbows terrible for mounted archery? Because they’re so damn long. Think about it: imagine you’re on a horse. You’re straddling a beast that can think for itself and moves at your command, but ultimately independently of you; if you’re both well-trained enough, you’re barely paying attention to your horse except to give it commands. And you have a bow in your hands. If your target is close enough to you that you know, from years of shooting experience, you will need to actually angle your bow down to hit it because of your equine height advantage, guess what? If you have a longbow, YOU CAN’T! YOUR HORSE IS IN THE WAY BECAUSE YOUR BOW IS TOO LONG! Worse, it’s probably going to get in the general area of your horse’s shoulder or legs, aka moving parts, which WILL injure your horse AND your bow and leave you fresh out of both a getaway vehicle and a ranged weapon. It’s stupid. Don’t do it.
A recurve, on the other hand, is short. It was literally made for horse archers. You have SO much range of motion with a recurve on horseback; and if you’re REALLY good, you know how to give yourself even more, with techniques like Jamarkee, a Turkish technique where you LITERALLY CAN AIM BACKWARDS.
For your viewing enjoyment, Serena Lynn of Texas demonstrating Jamarkee:
Yes, that’s real! This type of draw style is INCREDIBLY versatile: you can shoot backwards on horseback, straight down from a parapet or sally port without exposing yourself as a target, or from low to the ground to keep stealthy without banging your bow against the ground. And, while I’m sure you could attempt it with a longbow, I wouldn’t recommend it: a recurve’s smaller size makes it far more maneuverable up and over your head to actually get it into position for a Jamarkee shot.
A recurve just makes so much more SENSE. It’s not a baby bow! It’s not the longbow’s lesser cousin! It’s a COMPLETELY different instrument made to be used in a completely different context! For the rangers of Araluen, who put soooo much stock in being stealthy and their strong bonds with their horses, a recurve is the perfect fit! It’s small and easily transportable, it’s more maneuverable in combat and especially on horseback, it offers more power than a longbow of the same draw weight—really, truly, the only advantage in this case that a longbow has over the recurve is that longbows are quicker and easier to make. But we KNOW the rangers don’t care about that, their KNIVES use a forging technique (folding) that takes several times as long as standard Araluen forging practices at the time!
Okay.
Okay I think I’m done. For now.
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LV Varsity Jacket & dress
Outfit
For female sims
34 swatches
2 Styles
Found under short dresses
Teens, Young Adults, Adults, Elder
Please don't reupload to any other site, file share folder or and claim as your own. Recolors allowed only for personal use.
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A Strangerville Lookbook, pt. 4
Ft. Tashia Moore
Tashia comes from a big family with even bigger personalities. She has three older siblings (an older brother, older sister, and another older brother - in that order) and loving, supportive, committed parents who were, in her opinion, perfect embodiments of hard work and love. In the recent years she’s been her parent’s main caretaker as they’ve started facing some hardships that come with aging.
Tashia has a culinary degree and even worked in a Michelin star restaurant before moving back home to run her parent’s bar, the 8-Bit Saloon. A lot of people have called her crazy for willingly embracing the slower change in pace, but Tashia always dreamed the family business would one day be hers - she just didn’t expect it would happen so soon. Helping her family is enough reason to come home, but it’s definitely a bonus that she finds the secrets and oddities of her hometown, Strangerville, to be endlessly fascinating... especially in the last year or so. Aside from family and cooking, she also loves all things witchy and occult, volunteering at the community center, listening to audiobooks, watching her favorite YouTubers, and just meeting new people/listening to their experiences (she’s very outgoing).
Tashia is an OC from my upcoming Strangerville gameplay series. If you are interested in more details/exposition regarding that, the original post can be found HERE. If you like this lookbook, I’d also recommend you check out parts 1, 2, and 3 to learn more about the characters I’ve showcased so far! ♡
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Facial piercings by the lovely @pralinesims HERE.
[1] Hair, earrings, rings*, undershirt*, shirt, pants, boots
[2] Hair, earrings, necklace*, gloves, bodysuit, jeans, sandals
[3] Hair, earrings, necklace, rings, full outfit (Rockstar Collection)
[4] Hair, earrings, shirt, shorts, tights, boots
[5] Earrings, rings*, top, bottoms, boots
[6] Earrings*, top, bracelets, thong acc., skirt, boots
[7] Hair, earrings, necklace, rings*, top, bottoms, boots
[8] Earrings, bracelet, top*, shorts, flannel (need mesh!), tights, boots
Cas poses by @helgatisha
Anything marked with a * means it’s either from the Sims Resource, Simsdom/Simsfinds, or goes through a “host” such as AdFly.
Thanks to all the talented cc creators! @kamiiri, @serenity-cc, @madlensims, @okruee, @solistair, @bluecravingcc, @bloodmooncc, @cubersims, @the-crypt-o-club, @astya96cc, @regina-raven, @simpliciaty-cc, @giuliettasims, @tajsiwel, @druidsim, @glumbut, @miikocc, @arethabee, @jius-sims, @aharris00britney, @ayoshi, @simuko, @evellsims, @greenllamas, @blahberry-pancake, @kimoanasims, @sleepingsims, @simstrouble, @ridgeport, @trillyke, @raccoonium
+ @sims-lookbook
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tattoo day 2! what a difference in the pain and swelling with this one. i'm gonna talk about some perhaps gross stuff about the healing process so, a warning for below.
my last tattoo, on day 2, the saniderm (the clear bandage on top) was filled with so much excess ink and plasma it ended up coming off. and my arm was so swollen it was like a huge red balloon.
this time around there's almost no swelling, just a little redness, and almost no leaking. there's a little excess ink leaking in some spots, making some of the lines look a little wonky underneath the saniderm, but last time around there was so much leakage you couldn't even see the tattoo. seems like this time around i'll be able to keep the saniderm on for the full 3 days. so the healing process should be a bit quicker!
not sure if it's healing better this time around because my last tattoo was so black heavy or what, but i'm happy
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