#grey redux

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

November: Grey Redux

The Millionairess / Maggie Smith as Epifania Ognisanti di Parerga

Maggie Smith is the ultimate in 1930s chic in head-to-toe grey with extravagant furs on top of a fur-trimmed cape. She even has grey hose, shoes, gloves, and purse. A side-of-the-head hat with a filmy veil and flower-shaped metallic ornament finishes off the outfit.

The Millionairess was presented as a BBC Play of the Month in 1972. The costume designer was Rita Reekie, who worked on many BBC shows from the 1960s to the 1990s.

[emberglowfox]

FOLLY

[9th-corner]

A style exploration for Themis! It was really fun, trying to design the wardrobe of a fictional character while trying to keep in mind their characterization and established personal taste. A few more lore heavy outfits below the cut!

[kirlicues]

Maxis Lost & Found and Default Replacement List | Resources: Sims 2 | Improving the Look of the Game

Here is a resource list of the Default Replacements I use to improve the look of my game, as well as "Maxis Lost & Found items" to add a little more variety.

I play a mostly CC-free game but I've also included a list of the tiny amount of "Maxis match" CC that I use, so if you download my lots and you have these things installed the houses should look like they do in the previews.

Can you believe the Sims 2 is over 20 years old!? It will look like it's hardly aged a day after you put these defaults in. 🤭 I also recommend Reshade for a truly up-to-date experience.

** This post might get updated from time to time. 💗 **

Build Mode Defaults:

Bay Tree texture default by @tvickiesims

Greener Gardens bush defaults by @peppermint-ginger

Greener Gardens Part 2 by @peppermint-ginger

Phlox by @tvickiesims

Plant Texture Defaults from this pack by @pforestsims

Default Garden Plot by @fwaysims

Less Square Waterlilies by @lvstndhrt

Brighter leaves, less square scattered leaves by @shastakiss and TheNinthWave Sims

White Roof Trim Defaults by Phaenoh at ModtheSims

Wall top texture defaults by Maranatah at ModtheSims

Window Fixes by Honeywell at ModtheSims

Mesh replacements for "Border of Helier" fences and the "Near the Floor" half wall by @crispsandkerosene

Buy Mode Defaults:

Custom Computer Screens Default Replacement by @eddysims

Custom Computer Screen - Term paper default add-on

Smaller Cash Register by @pforestsims

Better BBQ by @pforestsims

Useable TSS Coat Hangers (Outerwear, requires Seasons) by Richi3frog at ModtheSims

Keister Kompanion by @pforestsims

White Euro Stairs and Rail OFB (no more aqua line!), open underneath by Rosie. See a picture of it in use here.

Holy Smoke stairs clear glass (as opposed to blue) by @tvickiesims

Upwardly Mobile, Sweeping Success, Stair to Remember Fixes by @simblrnova

Black and White Bare Bath by @tvickiesims

Loft Shower clear glass (as opposed to blue) by @honeywellsdownloads

Clear glass on most objects by Corax at ModtheSims

Clear glass for windows and doors by Slig

Clothing Racks by @withlovefromsimtown

Mission Redux by Leefish

Teak Double Bed by HugeLunatic

Neighborhood Defaults:

Terrain Defaults - @curiousb

No more Blurriness - Beach, Cliff, and Snow defaults - Voeille

Criquettes Linden Trees as Default Replacements

Neighborhood Tree Default Replacements (specifically Ginko,

Redbud, and Walnut) by Honeywell at ModtheSims

Beautified Birch Trees by SixFootSims

CS Seasonal Pines as BG Pine Default by @lowedeus

Snow enabled Seasonal Pines by @lowedeus

Maxis BG Clouds made Global by @lazyduchess and @lowedeus

Effects Defaults:

Prettier Plumbobs by Ambular

Better Thought/Conversation Bubbles by @eddysims

Prettier Bubble Bath by @pforestsims

Sink and Basin Water Revised by @pforestsims

Fountain Water (clear and foamy) by @pforestsims

Clean Skill Meters Default by @pforestsims

Clean OFB Buy Bar Default by @pforestsims

Eye-friendly Countertops by @pforestsims

No Sheen On Ivy by @tvickiesims

Maxis Match Custom Content I use:

Maxis Match Wall Cabinets by CTNutmegger at ModtheSims

Creeping Ivy 3t2 Conversion by MustLuvCatz at ModtheSims

3t2 Functional Washer/dryer by MustLuvCatz at ModtheSims

LG Dryer & Washer Machine by Fresh-Prince at ModtheSims

Maxis Match Chimney Recolors by Kimsie at ModtheSims

I also use some skyboxes and skylines to add interest to preview pictures but those are not included in any of the lot files I offer.

"Maxis Lost & Found" objects converted into usable items by various modders:

Floral Modern Sofa recolor

The Stainless Barbecue - Grey Recolor

Five Studio Lamps

Numica 2x2 card table

Dielectric Electrobreeze Windmill

Broken Snow Globe

18th Century Portrait

Will Wright painting and grouped photos from CAS

"Vacation" recolor for Maxis painting

Ball Obelisk and Monolith Decorative Topiaries

Seven new trees

Modern Print

Souvenir Cabinet

International Sectional Booth

Cricket Bat

Floral Centerpiece

Race Car Bedroom

Lit Clothing Shop Sign

Ikea Pictures

Stockholm Bowl

BASKIS Ceiling Light

Ikea Lights ORGEL, ORGEL VRETEN, DUNO, LYRA

SKIMRA Lamp

Billy Wall Shelf

BENNO Coffee Table (Ikea Stuff)

Washboard (BV)

Plumbob Arch

Loft CAS Window, 2-story Timber column

Loft CAS Window - Fixed

Pinegultcher and Longhorn Balustrade Fences

Nouvelle Fences - "Brass" and "White" recolors

Art Nouveau gate - "White" recolor

Zecutine's "Step Away With Me" Stairs - "Olive" recolor

ValueWood Lumber's "Justa Door" - "Grey" recolor

Yellow Community Phone Recolor

Brick Wall (plus non-Maxis add-on textures)

Nightlife Tile Wall covering

Worn "Bamboo Fever" Wallpaper

Eat At Tiles - Red and White Tile walls

Misc floors

Jungle Rocks Neighborhood Décor (BV)

Bohemian Moldings Diagonal Mesh + Default

How to find more lost and found walls and floors and fences (There are quite a few duplicates that are already in your game if you unlock all of these, so just beware.)

Maxis Pre-Order Bonuses and Old TS2 Site Downloads

Additional useful links:

Must-have mods list for TS2. Compiled especially for Sims 2 Legacy Edition players, but useful for anyone no matter what version of TS2 you play.

Sims 2 Object Default Database Spreadsheet - this includes a whole bunch of defaults that I do not use.

A huge thank you to all the talented creators and modders who keep this game looking fresh after 20 years!

[tricoufamily]

willoughby hair overlays redux

pre swatch update, i made these hair overlays. now those are pretty much obsolete, except for old cc hair, so i made some new ones! the original swatches are included in this untouched, so you can just delete the old version from your mods folder

click for no reshade pictures

as i said last time, it won't work perfectly with every hair, that wouldn’t even be possible

hair bows, clips, headbands, and other hair accessories will likely also change colors

not intended for ombre hairs. but it actually looks pretty cool sometimes tbh

versions located under brow ring (left), mouth crease, and tattoo (upper chest)!

doesn’t affect eyebrows or facial hair so strictly maxis match ppl look out

highly recommend using a custom hairline

works for all ages and frames. won't work well with infants, though (the non-cc hairs at least)

base game compatible

disabled for random

the black is for when the ea non-blue black is grey for no reason 🤢. the original black overlay is ok but sometimes i find it makes that swatch too dark and you lose detail in the texture. this black is just a little less intense. so i recommend that one for the non-blue black and the original for the blue black swatch!

download (sfs)

[lover-of-mine]

OK so for background to this question. I once complained to you about Tommy ditching Buck at the restaurant. You were fair and set me straight. I always credit you with that to mutuals. Don't even use it since then. This season Tommy wasn't even a character I could really not like because I actually felt sad for him. I mean the writers clearly don't care except to sort of not write great for him. They didn't even try to give him a bit of the Addison treatment from Grey's. It was clear there was so vested interest in him as being around. That brings me to the question for you because I respected your answer last time. But to preface, my pet peeve is when people change their opinions on tropes to excuse behavior. So here goes.

I was ok ignoring him. But let's be real here. If you watched your favorite show that had best friends like Buck and Eddie. Even if you viewed them as platonic and they hey maybe morey if the writers were brave?? But just best friend main characters. Absolutely if a scuzzy ex came back after one had to leave and celebrated them leaving.... Every fan of the show would riot! That actually was probably some of the most toxic writing I have seen that isn't widely acknowledged from the other side

I don't know it just bugs me. It wouldn't have flown under normal circumstances.

Hello again, darling 🫶

They are very clearly using Tommy as minimally as they can, they are giving him just enough development so that he exists. It's hard to form a full opinion on him with only the show to go on, I'm sure that without fandom, I would lowkey feel bad for him because he is kinda like a sad wet cat when you look at it without any fanon-created goggles.

A lot of things that happened in the bucktommy relationship wouldn't have flown under any other circumstances, famously Buck putting Eddie in the hospital being one of them, we all know how that would've gone if it had been Eddie (make the relationship go exactly the way it did but it's Eddie and Tommy, and dear god no one would like Tommy and there would be calls and calls to kill Eddie off), but the fact that people are overlooking the way Tommy was ready to celebrate Eddie leaving is very icky, that's for sure. Like, for me is a redux of the way Natalia thought Buck's death was cool when we spent a few episodes discussing how much that affected everyone around Buck, we spent a healthy amount of the past few episodes establishing that Eddie leaving is bad. It's something that's hurting Buck deeply, so much so that that implication actually triggers Buck. I personally don't think there's a way around it, it's not like Tommy ever explicitly brought up the fact that he was insecure about Eddie's space in Buck's life.

The whole time this relationship is happening, we have been saying that Tommy knows what he's getting into when it comes to Buck and Eddie. The breakup also makes it clear that he knows he can't win this fight, if Buck had to choose, he would choose Eddie. The way that he takes this thing that's been eating at Buck as a win by default so much so that he's willing to joke about it and thinks Buck wouldn't mind is very 😬😬😬. Like, the guy kissed Buck while Buck went on and on about Eddie. He used Chris to calm him down back then. He is weirded out about the way they are in Eddie's house, and he's still going for it. While he has the right to feel insecure, he has no right to actually accuse Buck of having feelings for Eddie and imply their relationship was a competition if he didn't voice the concerns before. He made the choice to date the guy for 6 months, he could've walked away. And he did. But coming back all yay Eddie is gone and expecting Buck to be fine with it is insane behavior. Even in a scenario where you don't think there's more between Buck and Eddie, Eddie is Buck's best friend. No person who truly cared about Buck would celebrate him losing that just because it makes their life easier. I'm with you on that one, it's just another thing people are ignoring in favor of making Tommy the victim of a situation he made a very conscious choice to walk into.

[floating--goblin]

postal is fag hell bc p1 is tormented and has beautiful princess hair but redux has that messy mullet going on and p2 is rugged but a good husband and p3 is an actual jock and p4 is an old man greying at the temples and with a bit more weight on him and bd/od are ass out killing each other and movie dude is a himbo and the royale twins have rabies and corkscrew has a pussy and killer biceps and

[plum-petals]

Omg can you imagine AU though...

Alic is slightly less homocidal and Xaden never kills him. Therefore Violet doesn't break up with Halden. What their first meeting would be like, traitor's son and royal heir's girlfriend? Jelly Xaden plotting a different regicide lol

Ohh the access that spy Violet would have if she continued her dalliance (perhaps playing Halden, who is definitely still a cheating asshole, while being sort of undercover, spying)

She'd rock up to the rider's quadrant already fully informed and Xaden would not survive the might of this gorgeous tiny woman! (What do you mean my baby sister is spying on a prince?! That's not funny Xaden! Write back immediately!)

Mmm... Exploiting another brother for access to those first diaries... Just saying... Not to give you any ideas but... I'd read it... 👀 Spy-verse redux redux perhaps? 😅

stoppppp you all make me feel so insane because i do love that! because she'd immediately ascertain a few things if she was with halden when she found the letter.

does he know? he's the crown prince! if he does and he's cool with it, violet is immediately over him actually. immediate and irreversible ick. halden is a non-sexual entity from now until forever.

she'd probably bring up venin stories or something and realize that he does...

then she'd think about how to use that.

would he have intervened if lilith tried to send his girlfriend to the rider's quadrant though? (i wonder how that would have impacted canon events bc the implication is that violet was throwing daggers at an imaginary halden after war games in canon right? that was my interpretation. like she was blaming him because he probably could have stopped everything but he didn't. and it's one of the reasons she's there and is a killer now. or maybe i'm insane but "nobody you'd know" always was giving ex to me)

violet angling her way into the royal chambers using halden is soooo funny to me actually like does he love her enough to play along or will she have to play him and his feelings for her? it's an even more immediately morally grey violet sorrengail and i am here for it

a spyverse redux redux is too insane for even me actually!!! the what if possibility though... insanity

you're all enablers!!!

[sha-brytols]

My DA2 Modlist

was already planning on making my modlist but @abyssal-ilk was asking for mod recs so i decided to go ahead and post now ❤️ as i said last time there's a chance i downloaded some incompatible ones because i'm terrible at reading mod descs. but i haven't encountered any bugs or game-breaking conflicts so i don't think there's any need to worry. i DO recommend making sure to read the descs though just in case.

here's my origins modlist if anyone wants it

bolded are my faves/personal "can't live without" mods. italicized are mods you should be extra sure to read the descriptions carefully for.

ARMOR/CLOTHES

Zimpra's Assorted Armours

Wesley's Ring

Amell Ancestral Arms

Dragon Knight Armour Pack

Evolving Champion Armor

Party Dress for MotA

COMPANIONS

Kirkw(All) - Poly Romance Mod

Twinception - Both Hawke Siblings Survive

Fenris' Spring Cleaning

Improved Fenris Glow

Varania Looks Related to Fenris

War Dog

Improved Mabari Model

Tougher Dog

Summon Dog (1 sec cooldown)

Elven Tallis Redux (makes mark of the assassin much more bearable when tallis doesn't look like a scary felicia day clone)

Upgrades for Tallis

Servant Outfit for Tallis (if you hate tallis' clothes like i do)

Anders Romance Dialogue Overhaul

Anders Automatic Romance Armors

Fixed Aveline's Kirkwall Armour (gets rid of the grey warden griffons from aveline's guard armor)

Isabela Pants and Shorts

Repeatable Romance Scenes

Kidnappapalooza (changes who gets kidnapped in best served cold)

Varric Dialogue Edits and Restoration

FACE AND HAIR

LOTC's Default Eye Texture (i actually. don't. like this one. i think it makes them look kind of crazy but i know a loooot of people prefer this to the og texture so i felt the need to list it anyway)

SJC's Makeup Edit

Natural Skin

Natural Hair

LOTC Skins

LOTC's Eyelashes (fix)

Bidelle's Cosmetics 2

Pineappletree's Vibrant Hair

Freckles

Black Hair Is Black

WyldTats and Skins

Chargen Revamp

Custom Female Hair Pack (some are. better than others.)

SG Beauty Shop

Better Brows

GAMEPLAY

Glowing Eyes for Hawke (LOVE this one! gives hawke glowy eyes depending on their spec, much like anders' glow if you have vengeance activated)

Easier MotA Stealth Sections

The Covert Mage

Hide Weapons

No Restrictions

Import Vault Fixes and Editable Vault (lifesaver if you're trying to figure out if nathaniel is fucking dead or not in your game)

Increased Combat Dialogue

Combat Dialog Tweaks

QUALITY OF LIFE

Female Hawke Animation Tweak (gets rid of that horrible fucking swaying hips animation)

No Paraphrases (MUST HAVE. quotes hawke's entire line for the dialogue wheel)

Reinventing the Wheel

Kirkwall Expanded (i recommend this only for people who have already played da2 and are getting bored with the gameplay loop. adds a bunch of new content to the game. new merchants, pets, mansion makeovers, etc)

Backpack Mod - Inventory Increase

Skip the Intro (skips varric's bullshit introduction with the default hawke at the beginning)

Sapphim's Dialogue Mini Mods

DA2 Epilogue Restoration and Fixes

Valuable Junk

RETEXTURES

DA2 NPC Hands

Dragon Age 2 Ultimate HD (i also recommend using the 5gb patch on da2 for this)

No More Bloody Teeth

Elves with Human Skin REDUX (takes away the weird yellow/green tints in the elves skintones)

Darkspawn Variations

Ivey's Orana (this one's kind of a mixed bag i just desperately wanted a mod where orana actually looked her age LOL)

UTILITIES

Origins Save Generator (you can make your own origins worldstate without having to replay the game)

Not-So Upscaled Game Scenes (NUGS) (makes the "movie" cutscenes look less crunchy)

[vyxated]

Sims 2 UI Update [20 September 2024]

⚠️ Before downloading this new update, please remove old versions and clear any caches!

Main Mod Page & Patreon post

+ Updated for 18 September 2024 patch. Now requires the latest UI Cheats Extension v1.43

Fixed main menu, CAS, and active situation/event UIs.

Fixed werewolf temperament icons for DX11. Shoould no longer show grey llamas.

Minor UI tweaks here and there.

+ Made changes to the file/folder structure of the Additional Files folder. Please read the included text file for more details. Hopefully it'll be less confusing to look at the folders & files :]

+ Added new icon recolors for CAS outfits and Build/Buy catalogs.

+ Added phone icon overrides for other mods. Will be found in its own SFS folder to pick & choose or zip file in the main Patreon post.

adeepindigo mods: Healthcare Redux & Education Overhaul icons

SimRealist mods: SNBank & RiE icons

Lumpinou mods: Meet n Mingle icon for RPO mod

Basemental mods (18+)

TURBODRIVER mods (Wicked Whims (18+) & Wonderful Whims icons)

Let me know if you encounter any issues 🫡

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

November: Grey Redux

Crazy Rich Asians / Gemma Chan as Astrid Young

The designer, Mary E. Vogt, commented about this dress in an interview: "I had some beautiful dresses that Ralph Russo very generously lent us. They were gorgeous, and the director was excited about them, too. I showed them to Gemma and for that particular scene — the one where she finds out her husband is cheating on her — she said, I want to be really vulnerable and I don’t want to wear anything too fabulous.

"At first, I was disappointed. I said, 'Are you sure?' But when I thought about it, yes, of course it makes more sense for this scene. It’s about her vulnerability, not some outfit. I had an elegant, gray 1930’s Ralph Lauren dress. It was very simple, yet it worked. You looked at her — at her face and her expression. You weren’t distracted by three-dimensional butterflies or anything wild on the dress."

A side view reveals that the dress fastens with a zipper on the right side. It also has an ornament at the waist, which appears to be in the shape of a dragonfly.

[emberglowfox]

you have your mother's eyes

[ineffablecabbage]

Top 5 ER episodes or arcs?

Exodus: CARTER COMPETENCY, BELOVED.

The arc from "Post Mortem" to "ONe More for the Road" : This is Carter's arc (lolol you may detect a certain ... bias in this reply ... gosh, I wonder who my favorite is.) Anyway! It's the best because it allows Carter to stand up for what he wants in life, and that is to not be a surgeon. He makes that choice, turning away from the kind of doctor he was compromising to be to make his terrible parents happy (at least partially) and to gain the favor of Benton (at least partially, whom he also respects and desires the approval of. This is such an important arc to HIM and his character.

Ruby Redux: Man. Man. Man. This illustrates Carter's character arc so well.

Middle of Nowhere: THE PETER BENTON EPISODE. Listen, this shows all his soft spots, the ones he doesn't like to acknowledge that exist outside of Carter. Also, he eats sweet potato pie with his fingers. I love him.

this is is ONE ARC: Be Still My Heart - Mayday. Perfect. Perfect handling of drug addiction. Perfect handling of trauma. Perfect handling of loss. Perfect handling of grief. Perfect. Untouched. Unmatched. Perfect.

Honorable mentions:

Lockdown - Chaos Theory: They fuck better in the ER than they do in Grey's Callrooms.

The Storm, Part I: See Above

The Good Fight: Foreplay to Above.

[sandfordpolice]

GOINGPOSTALQUOTEIC

(No symbol! Sorry!)

-> When one’s gender (or identity) is connected to The Psychologist’s monologue from the POSTAL series, wether that be POSTAL 1997 (performed by Rick Hunter) or POSTAL Redux (performed by Corey Cruise).

id: a rectangular flag with 13 horizontal stripes. from top to bottom the stripes are coloured black, dark red, brown, orange, orange-red, dark brown, light grey, dark brown, orange-red, orange, brown, dark red and black. the middle stripe is thicker than the other stripes, with both dark brown stripes being thinner. /end id

[PT: ALREADY COINED? SEE AS AN ALT FLAG!]

[redux-iterum]

Something I’ve really been enjoying is how the redux is exploring what “should” happen in clan culture versus what Does Actually happen.

Like, ThunderClan knows Bluestar at this point point Should Not be leader, both for her health and for the Clan, but everyone has a hard time actually accepting that, and deciding on what a good path forward is.

It’s super interesting to watch the difference between just saying “well when a leader isn’t fit to lead they retire” and actually living through it, yknow?

(I’ve been musing on this a lot every time there’s a hypothetical ask about what would the clans do in xyz situation, bc the more I think about it, the more it feels like it’s always just going to be Its Complicated! In this setting haha)

"It's complicated" is indeed the answer 90% of the time! I've sort of lost interest in giving absolute, black-and-white answers to hypotheticals, because the grey is far more fun to me.

The thing is, in reality, we have a lot of laws and "correct" actions to take in every circumstance, but rarely are they always followed through on. Sometimes an asshole cuts you in line and no one says anything, even though at least one person should call them out. Sometimes people get away with crimes they are patently guilty of because of some loophole or faulty judgement of the jury. It's to the point that when leadership takes a logical, just decision or makes a law for equality, it's news-worthy because that barely ever seems to happen. We can say "oh, if I was there, I would've stood up to him", but how many of us actually would when we've got an angry buff guy in our face?

It's just something I've noticed a lot more lately, and something I like applying to stories and settings. Things are complicated, and we should allow them to be in fiction. It's fascinating to me!

[lisamorganart]

Arthur and Drifter, redux

The top image I'd originally planned to submit for Tennocon 2025, but then worried about the implied nudity. So I did the bottom image (NYE kiss)...TWICE because I forgot to record a timelapse or take WIP shots the first time through. I repainted and recorded it this morning, only for a unanimous jury of my partners thinking the one in graphite red is the better image. And reminded me that Warframe players are a horny lot anyway, so implied nudity isn't necessarily a problem.

So I submitted the first one. These are both done in watercolor on Fabrizio hot-pressed watercolor paper. Both are done in Derwent tinted graphite: top in Port, bottom in Graphite Grey. With a bit of actual pencil work on the bottom one to sharpen some details.