Story Blog!

June 15, 2013 · Filed under PSA · Tagged ,

My stories now have their very own blog! :mrgreen: My old stories (and new ones, when there are some) will still be linked to from here, though, since this is where most of my visitors are, as well as the comments on previously published stories.

To read a specific story, click either on the teaser picture or on the “Read more…” link below it. Don’t click on the heading; this will only take you to the post on this blog, which is just the same teaser pic and “Read more” link. (The link for the heading is something that’s coded by WordPress and not by me, so unfortunately I can’t make it point elsewhere.)

Welcome to read my Nixed Stories!

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Exercise Mat for (Almost) All Ages

January 25, 2015 · Filed under BUY MODE, Exercise, Hobbies, SIMS 2 DOWNLOADS

Exercise mat for Sims of (almost) all ages

Category: Hobbies -> Exercise
Cost: $75
Poly Count: Low poly
EPs Required: Base-game compatible unless you have the Kitchen & Bath SP; then Free Time is required

Over at LeeFish, we usually have a themed challenge each month; it can be something specific, like decorating a certain house, or something more general, like winter. For January, it was suggested that the theme should be Fitness, since January is the month of New Year’s resolutions, and exercising more/getting fitter/losing weight are popular ones. So, in line with this, I’ve made an exercise mat that Sims aged child to elder can use to gain body skill and get fitter – and if you have Free Time, they’ll gain Fitness enthusiasm as well. And it’s not just for present-day Sims, either; medieval (and other) Sims can use it, too, it has recols for that. ;) (And yes, I know there are other exercise mats out there already, but I wanted one with my own little quirks, so.)

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TSM Book Stacks as Bookcases

December 12, 2014 · Filed under BUY MODE, CONVERSIONS, Hobbies, Knowledge, Medieval-ish, Objects, SIMS 2 DOWNLOADS, THEMES, TSM

TSM Book Stacks as Bookcases

Category: Hobbies -> Knowledge
Poly Count: Low poly ( < 700)
EPs Required: Base-game compatible (provided that you get the base-game variation)

Not all of my medieval Sims are into bookcases. Some might like to keep a pile of books on their desks, to have them readily at hand when they write letters. Others might be wizards or philosophers, who have so many books, they just don’t have shelf-space for them all. Others again might have spent their very last Simoleon on that precious, precious book, and can’t afford a bookcase as well. And still others might be the kind of Sims who think the floor is a perfectly acceptable place to put their books, clothes, food…

So, to meet their varying needs, I took the decorative book stacks from TSM (except for one that didn’t want to play) and turned them into functional bookcases: three larger ones that go on the floor only, and two smaller ones that can be placed either on the floor or on tables (or other surfaces).

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Skill-building Haystack

November 22, 2014 · Filed under BUY MODE, Exercise, Hobbies, Medieval-ish, Objects, SIMS 2 DOWNLOADS, THEMES

Skill-Building Haystack for Medieval and Rustic Sims

Category: Hobbies -> Exercise
Cost: $25
Poly Count: Low poly
EPs Required: Base-game compatible unless you have the Kitchen & Bath SP; then Free Time is required

Of all the objects I’ve made, my body-skilling trampoline is my absolute favourite. All my Sim families own at least one – or two or three, if they’re a big family.

Well. My modern families do, anyway. No matter how much I love it, the trampoline is much too contemporary-looking for my medieval game, so my poor medieval Simmies have to do without. I still think it’s a pretty nifty item, though (not that I’m in any way impartial), and I’ve missed it in my medieval game – so I started thinking. What’s a medieval Sim peasant – or a contemporary, rustic Sim who doesn’t like neons and chrome, for that matter – gonna do if he wants to have some fun (and do some body-skilling) after working hard in the fields all day, bringing in the hay?

Why, jump in the hay, of course! So – I made a haystack. :D

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Pear Lamp

November 4, 2014 · Filed under BUY MODE, Lighting, SIMS 2 DOWNLOADS

Pear Lamp

Category: Lighting -> Ceiling Lamps
Cost: $85
Poly Count: Medium poly (1010)
EPs Required: None – base game compatible

Technically, I’m still on hiatus (even though the end is in sight), but you know how it is. Sometimes you just wanna make a lamp.

I saw a lamp similar to this on a TV show I’m watching, and thought it looked like something my Sims would want. I call it the Pear Lamp, because… well, it’s shaped like a pear. (I know, I come up with some really imaginative names. :P ) You get it in the LACK colours, and also in two of my other favourite palettes: Poppet’s Lonesome and Shastakiss’ Yeti palette.

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Hat (and Cat) Needs Help!

October 16, 2014 · Filed under PSA, Twaddle

I don’t usually do this, but this is important.

I’m sure most if not all of you know Almighty Hat. The medieval simmers among you especially probably have an entire folder dedicated to her creations, because she’s just that awesome.

Well, Hat is owned by a cat, Harley, and Harley has had some serious medical issues. So far, the vet bills are up to seven thousand dollars, that Hat and her family can hardly afford – and they’re very likely to increase since Harley still needs more treatment.

So Hat is asking for donations to help with those vet bills. Every little helps! (Well-wishes and good thoughts help, too, but in Hat’s words, while they are very much appreciated “purchases and donations are appreciated MORE, but only because vets need money, not grateful tears.”) And if you can’t donate, if you can spread the word at any forums and blogs you’re on, it helps as well.

You’ll find Hat’s Dreamwidth post with more information here.

Come on, simmers! Let’s help Hat and Harley out!

Pictures of Harley by Almighty Hat – click for larger versions
Harley Harley
Harley

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Two TSM Teddy Bears

July 17, 2014 · Filed under BUY MODE, Children, CONVERSIONS, Medieval-ish, Objects, SIMS 2 DOWNLOADS, THEMES, Toddler Month, TSM

Two TSM Teddy Bears

Category: Misc. -> Children
Poly Count: Medium poly ( <1200)
EPs Required: None – base-game compatible

I know at least one of these has been done before, but it’s Toddler Month and my medieval tots wanted some teddy bears to hug, and I just couldn’t say no to them. So I’ve converted the peasant teddy from the TSM base game and the pirate teddy from Pirates & Nobles. :) (Yes, in the base game there’s a knight teddy as well, but that teddy was evil. Evil, I tell you!) Their poly count comes in at just under 1200 polys, but that’s actually some 400 polys fewer than the TS2 base-game teddy, so it’s not high in any way.

Many thanks to BloomsBase for his tutorial on how to transfer TS2 bone assignments to a TS3/TSM mesh, which saved my sanity, not to mention the bone assignments’.

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TSM Rocking Horse

July 9, 2014 · Filed under BUY MODE, Children, CONVERSIONS, Medieval-ish, Objects, SIMS 2 DOWNLOADS, THEMES, Toddler Month, TSM

TSM Rocking Horse

Category: Misc. -> Children
Cost: $75
Poly Count: Low poly
EPs Required: Apartment Life

In TSM, you have this charming little rocking horse – but even though it’s in the children’s category it’s purely decorative, so all your little Sims can do with it is to look at it. Now, this might be fun for scholarly Sims, but not so much for everybody else. So, in appreciation of Toddler Month, I converted it – and made it functional. :D Now your littlest Sims can use this rocking horse as it’s supposed to be used – and they won’t just have fun while doing it, they’ll build body skill as well!

This rocking horse requires AL. I tried to see if I could dumb it down, so to speak, and make it so that it would only require [some EP] or above, but it really didn’t like that. So AL it is.

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