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Hey everyone! My name is metalmoose and I retexture hair for The Sims 3. I retexture what I feel like playing with, but feel free to send me any suggestions!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Fuck Me Good, Fuck Me Long, Fuck Me Numb (Cazy CarpeDiem Moose'd)

So I said that this would be uploaded yesterday, but it wasn't because family happened and I haven't seen them in like 13 years, so it may or may not have been somewhat important.

So Reis made a version of this, and this is a modified and retextured version of that version. I loved Reis' version because of the awesome poly reduction, but I couldn't deal with the wideness, which is Cazy's bad. I feel like I'm just making everything less volumized lately. Oh well, I believe it looks better. All of Cazy's morphs and bones are still there, but I added a thin morph because I don't like floaty hairs. This will be the last version I release of this hair unless I end up taking the time to redo the texture assignments, which I probably won't.
Also, from now on, my EA control is completely different, the actual highlights are more clearly visible, and I will be using EA's textures for them. Back in the days of Sims 2, people used to do Maxis matching, and that's what my EA control basically is. Additionally, this hair and all future hairs have bump maps. The EA bump maps are very detailed, while the AS bump maps are essentially there to ensure that there won't be any bump mapping. EA is going for realism while AS is going for wiggy and plastic like. That being said, I like my hairs wiggy and plastic like, but now EA control is more work as I now have to make two completely different sets of textures. You can see an example HERE. They each have their own control and specular as well. Which means twice the work although I'm only using AS versions anyway. Don't tell me I don't give you guys the best that I can, because I really do. 

This hair's name is based on Frank Ocean's Novacane. I know that the original retexture of this hair was based on a song by Of Montreal, but I'm obsessed with Frank's stuff, and this is basically a completely new hair anyway.

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Hurray! Catch Phrase!
This hairstyle is 10,050 polygons in LOD0, and 4,312 in LOD1. (The original version is 11,089 and 5,555; so Reis deserves gratitude, lots of it.)
*This hairstyle is available for teen-elder females only, as I'm lazy and there's too much glamour involved for children. As always, the hairstyle is non-default. I'd rather spend an extra hour taking apart and reassembling the orignal than replacing it.*
This hairstyle is fully compatible with fat and breast morphs.

-Press CTRL + S to download when you reach the page-
(or go up the to left-hand corner and click file, and select download from the drop-down menu)



DISCLAIMER: I did not mesh this. I didn't particularly fix this, I didn't even reduce the polycount! I just reduced the wideness. The meshwork was done by Cazy. The removal of the extra strands that removed the  extra 1,000 polygons was done by Reis. The textures and this version are only mine because I reduced the wideness and added another morph.

If you like my work, you can also find me on facebook, and my sim tumblr. If that don't tickle yer fancy, you can follow me here on blogger or just comment to let me know how you feel about my work.

Sincerely,
Moose

Please give me a heads up if you have any trouble with this, so I can fix it. I know I may be hard to get a hold of, but I WILL see it eventually.

I would love it if you decided to use my work in a video or picture, but please don't upload anywhere. The only time I'm okay with people uploading my work is if it comes in a sim bundle and I am GIVEN CREDIT. I've found my work on the exchange before without any credit given and it just makes me feel dirty. Please don't retexture this hairstyle until 3 weeks have passed since I've posted it. You can post your own retexture of this on August 16th, 2012, but please no earlier than that. Also, don't steal my textures or claim as your own work. Have a nice day.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

'Cause When I'm Standing Here In The Dark, I See Your Face In Every Star (Newsea Lullaby Moose'd)

So I'm going to be brief, because I want to do other things today.

I've always liked this hair, hated how high it was and the lack of breast slider compatibility. I've fixed all that. YAY. This is quite likely my last version of this hair, as it is now flawless. Ba-bam bam.

Hair's name is based on an Ellie Goulding song. Ellie Goulding is just wonderful.

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Catch Phrase!
This hairstyle is 12,408 polygons in LOD0 and 7,543 in LOD1. LOD1 is higher than the original because the original looked weird in-game. I hope most of you can run it, but it is on the higher poly side. 
*This hairstyle is available for teen-elder females only. There's no way a toddler would have hair like this. Also I'm horribly lazy*
This hairstyle is compatible with fat and breast sliders. Somehow I managed to make fat and thin morphs for this hair without having it explode, I feel like a superhero. 

-Press CTRL + S to download when you reach the page-
(or go up the to left-hand corner and click file, and select download from the drop-down menu)




DISCLAIMER: I did not mesh this, Newsea did. I just played with the shape and added slider support. The thin morphs and bone assignments are mine.

If you'd like to follow me, I have a facebook, and my sim tumblr, but you can choose to follow me here on blogger, and comment, if you so desire. 

I'd do it all for you,
Moose

Please let me know if you have any issues so I can do my best to fix them. 

Please feel free to use this version of this hairstyle for anything you like, including picture taking or video making. I only ask that you do not reupload anywhere unless it is with a sim bundle, in which case I ask that you mention me by name and maybe link back here. Also, you may retexture this hair and all hairs prior as long as it has been more than 3 weeks since their release. For example, you may retexture this hair, but I'd rather you not post it until August 9th, 2012. Please don't claim as your own, please don't steal my textures. 

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Pull Your Little Arrows Out And Let Me Live My Life (Newsea KissJasmine Moose'd)

You know the drill, I've already retextured this. As a matter of fact, this version has the same mesh, and very similar textures. The difference is that this version has fat and breast slider compatibility.
This version is basically Reis' version with breast sliders and an added thin morph which explains the slight clipping in the black image. Honestly though, I believe that I've perfected this hair at this point.

I was actually going to post this a while ago, but then I realized that I wanted to post something else, and I had already taken the pictures, so I just waited for a color cycle to pass instead. I know, I'm terrible.

This hairstyle's name is based on Metric's song Sick Muse.

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Catch Phrase!
This hairstyle is 9,448 polygons in LOD0, and 6,254 in LOD1. The original has the same amount of polys for LOD0, but my LOD1 is higher because I thought that the original was fugly in-game. Most if not all of you should be able to run it.
*This hairstyle is available for females of all ages, but the child versions are still Newsea's originals with my textures on them. They are also default replacement, which means that they won't conflict with anything else.*
This hairstyle is now compatible with breast sliders and fat sliders. 

-Press CTRL + S to download when you reach the page-
(or go up the to left-hand corner and click file, and select download from the drop-down menu)




DISCLAIMER: I did not mesh this, Newsea did. I did not edit this mesh either, that was all Reis. The only thing I did was add a morph and add breast slider compatibility. 

If you like what I do, you can comment or subscribe here on my blog. I also have a facebook, and my tumblr, the latter of which has recently had a very cool exclusive download, so if you're into exclusive downloads please go ahead and follow me there. 

You Said "Look At Me," I looked away,
Moosie

Please let me know if you have any issues at all with this hairstyle or if you believe that this doesn't display in game like it does for me for some odd reason. The purpose of my sharing this with you is so that you can enjoy it as much as I do. 

Please feel free to use this hairstyle for anything your heart desires, but please don't reupload it ANYWHERE. You may only upload in a sim bundle, and in that case I want you to link back to this site. You can retexture this version without asking, I don't mind, as it was actually done by Reis, and her policy is that people don't even have to ask to modify her work. Please give me credit for my morphs an breast slider compatibility. Please don't claim as your own, and please don't steal my textures. 

Friday, July 6, 2012

I Ain't Got The Time, And If My Daddy Thinks I'm Fine (Newsea Spotlight Moose'd)

I'm very very aware that I've done this hairstyle before, I'll explain why I did it again in a bit, but I'm going to go on a very short rant here. (The rant is in asterisks)
**My issue with the sims community is that no one actually helps anyone else. Back when I first did this hair everyone told me I sucked, and after taking a look at my work, I'd have to say I agree with the fact that I REALLY REALLY sucked. But the problem was that a lot of other people would tell me that my work was great, and that I should just ignore the trolls, and I did. As a result of ignoring them, I kept cranking out terrible stuff, and I've been cranking out terrible stuff ever since. My issue is that I'm learning as I go, but that means that every time I learn something new, all of my prior work is no longer relevant. For example, I just got rid of all the hairs in my game from before April. The reason I did this is because I simply cannot use them in-game anymore, I can't put them on a Sim and then watch the Sim wear those hairs anymore, because all I can see is how bad they are. I threw out a majority of them because they tend to stick out literally feet in front of my sims, but some of them were due to bad bone assignments. I'd like to know when I'm going to stop cranking out things that I'm going to get rid of a month later. Because of everything I've learned, my standards for hair in-game are ridiculous. I can't use Anubis fixes anymore. I'm actually getting to the point where I can't use any hair that anyone else makes with the exception of Cazy and Reis.
I don't really know what to do, or where I'm going with this, I'm just frustrated. Now that I know how to make meshes work almost exactly the way I want them to, I can't put anyone else's work in my game. Its driving me nuts. I'm just going to go back and do all of my favorite hairs all over again. I think I'm going to start with Newsea, because most of Newsea's stuff has a really good foundation, and I can edit their stuff as opposed to fully converting everything. I have a hair by SkySims and one by Butterfly in the works, but I don't really have the patience to fix their sloppiness.
And I know how horrible this sounds, but where is my recognition? I put so much work into these meshes and I feel like no one cares because I'm not Anubis. Maybe I would have been better off stopping when everyone told me I should have. But hey, no one is telling me to stop now.
I guess encouragement is better than telling someone to stop creating because with time, the creator will get a lot better if they're willing to teach themselves. I'm just miffed because I spent a year cranking out trash.

Quick life update: I've been doing a lot of socializing and partying, and I went on a first date with this really nice guy last night. Which is why I haven't been posting. I have 3 hairs ready to post at this point, and I'm only just now taking and editing pictures.
Is it normal to meet your date at 7PM and get dropped off back home at 2AM? I mean, we watched a movie, but how long do dates typically last? Even without the movie we were able to stand each other for 5 hours, and that means our whole date lasted a total of 7 hours. It wasn't boring, it wasn't uncomfortable, and I didn't feel pressured into having sex with him, it was just nice. It's actually really great, because I never thought that anyone would be attracted to me, but I guess he must have been, otherwise why did he ask me out and why did he deal with me for 7 hours? I want to go out with him again. Is it a good sign? I mean to those of you who have dated, does dinner and a movie and then sitting on the beach talking for hours warrant a good date? I'm new to all of this. Rant over.**

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^Sorry about the wall of text.^I liked this hairstyle, but I thought it was too massive to be a thing, so I shrank it. The bone assignments are Newsea's but I added some minor breast assignments, because I added a thin morph and it clipped with shirts by Icia23. Only Icia23, strangely enough. I guess her stuff has big boobs than most other stuff. Unfortunately, the tips CAN look a tiny bit squashed when Breasts are at maximum size, but its better than clipping, in my opinion. Oh by the way this hair has a new experimental texture. The EA version doesn't use my texture as a diffuse, it uses EA textures. I'm taking EA control to a new level, everyone!

By the way, shout out to Reis, who helped me fix the hair when it looked like this(the hair was meant to be blonde in that image. Reis is a life saver).

This hairstyle's name is based on Amy Winehouse's song Rehab. The fact that she's dead makes me sad. What makes me sadder is that I didn't have as much of an appreciation for her when she was alive, and now that she's dead, I love her work. What does that say about me?

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Catch Phrase!
This hairstyle is 12,806 polygons in LOD0. In LOD1, this version is 7,913 polygons. The original version had a LOD1 with somewhere around 5,000 polygons, but it was ugly in-game, so I made it prettier, but also bigger.
*This hairstyle is only available for teen-elder females. I don't usually support children having ridiculous hair, I  was not in the mood for converting my version for kids and toddlers, especially because its so dang glamorous.*
Somehow this hair is compatible with breast sliders AND fat sliders despite being so crazy high poly.

-Press CTRL + S to download when you reach the page-
(or go up the to left-hand corner and click file, and select download from the drop-down menu)



DISCLAIMER: I did not mesh this, the Newsea guys did. I am responsible for the new shape, but Newsea's morphs are there, except for the breast morphs, which are mine. 

Here is my facebook, and my tumblr, and you can also subscribe to my blog. Additionally, you can comment, any of those will make me happy. All four will make my day. 

I'd Rather Be At Home With Ray, 
Moose

Don't hesitate to let me know if you have issues with anything at all, I will fix them as soon as I can. 

I'd love for you to use my work in any picture taking or movie making you may want to do. Please don't re-upload anywhere, and only upload with a sim bundle if you're prepared to link back to this page. Please don't attempt to steal my textures, please don't retexture this fix without my permission, and please don't claim as your own. 

Sunday, July 1, 2012

These Friends of Ours, They Seem Pretend (Newsea Shepherd Moose'd)

Your first question may be why this took so long. It took much longer than expected, because while I was ready to post this a few days ago, I was at a friend's house and he suddenly told me about our plans to go be extras in a film being shot up in LA. I had never heard of these plans, and I literally got back today. So I mean, I didn't really have any opportunity to post this until now, so I'm sorry.

When I saw this I loved it for its simplicity. Another reason to love this hair is the polycount, because it is so low. That isn't sarcasm, the whole thing is just under 9,000 polys. My issue was the height of the whole thing, and the claw boobies and such and so forth. So I took it into Milkshape and shrank the top down so that it fit the head better, and then I redid all the bone assignments and VIOLA! it was perfect. Or so I thought. When I got it in game, I found a minor squiggle that I accidentally created in the mesh. You can see it here and here. I'm really sorry, but I played a very long time with it in game, and the squiggle didn't even bother me, and I couldn't get over how much better it was and how well it works in-game. Also, I am aware of the clipping. The clipping shown in the black image happened on that model because her ears were further back than is normal, so if your sims have weird ears, that is a problem, but not mine. The clipping in the brown and control images over the breasts is due to my addition of thin morphs. Most hairs only have base and fat morphs so that the hair works with all weight, but mine has thin morphs so thin sims don't have floating hair, but that means in certain ridiculous animated positions, clipping may occur because of the increase of closeness to the breasts. 

This hairstyle's title is based on lyrics from a song called No. 1 Against The Rush by Liars. Enjoy, its beautiful, and the music video is pretty nuts.

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Catch Phrase!
This hairstyle is 8,998 polygons in LOD0, and 3,421 polygons in LOD1. Everyone should be able to run it!
*This hairstyle is available for all ages, although only the fix is for teen-elder females, the child and toddler versions are exactly like Newsea's but don't have the accessory and were repacked with DABOOBS because they have no morphs anyway, and I have no desire to make them. *
This hairstyle is compatible with breast and fat sliders (also thin sliders). 

-Press CTRL + S to download when you reach the page-
(or go up the to left-hand corner and click file, and select download from the drop-down menu)




DISCLAIMER: I did not mesh this. This was meshed by the lovely and talented Newsea. I only redid the bone assignments, added a thin morph, and replaced the original textures with mine. 

This is my facebook, and this is my tumblr, but you can also comment or subscribe here on blogger. 

And Again and Again and Again,
Moose

P.S. If anything goes wrong let me know so I can fix it. Unless you ask a question that is answered IN THE POST, in which case you will be ignored and maybe shamed. 

I would be so honored if you decide to use my work in any picture taking or movie making. Please do not re-upload unless it is with a sim bundle, in which case link back to this page. Please do not retexture without permission, please do not claim as your own, and please don't steal my textures.