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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!

Sunday, May 27, 2012

If You Dream Of Tomorrow, Pass Me Another (SkySims 16 Moose'd)

I finally finished all of my finals, but I have a lot of work to to do that I have to turn in late. But even so, I don't want to do it, so I'll probably work on a lot of sims stuff today to procrastinate. I have something pretty great in store for all of you for my 100th creation. This is my 99th. HINTHINTHINTHINThinthinthint.

So I really liked this hair A LOT when it came out, but then I noticed a few things. Aside from the fact that it was much too high poly, and that there weren't any morphs or breast slider compatibility, the hair also had a terrible case of Alien Head. If you'd like to see how drastic the difference is, I've added a gif below to show you the difference (click to enlarge). Long story short, my version is 'better,' because its mine is about 1,500 polys less and has a better looking LOD1, it doesn't have crazy alien head, and it is also compatible with breast and fatness sliders, and has (arguably) better textures. But let me just say that there are some slight transparency issues that may be a dealbreaker for some. They can be seen on the right shoulder of the brown image, and the head of the blonde and control images, but are only visible from certain angles. 
This hairstyle is named after a fantastic song by The Jezabels called Trycolour. It's probably one of the best songs I've heard of recently, it is beautiful. If you listen to just ONE of my recommendations, its this one. Freaking beautiful.

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CATCH PHRASE!
So this hairstyle is 9,992 polygons in LOD0, and 6,654 polygons in LOD1 (which is arguably better than the hairstyle's previous 11,714 in LOD0, and 5,832 in LOD1 (I'm aware that it is lower, but it looks really bad in-game). 
*This hairstyle is available for females child-elder. I converted my version of this style for kids because I thought that it was some of my best work in terms of mesh work, and the original version was hideous. No toddler version, I'm sorry.*
This hairstyle is compatible with breast and fat sliders.



DISCLAIMER: I did not mesh the original, but I did a massive amount of mesh work, and all assignments and textures are mine. The general shape may be SkySims', but I put in a horrendous amount of work on this that should have already be done, so I'm okay with taking a bunch of credit for it. 

If you like what I do, please like me on facebook, or follow me on tumblr. Additionally, you can follow my blog where most of my creations are hosted, or you can comment as well. I like comments, they make me happy. So do reblogs!

Can You Siphon My Typhoon?
Moose

P.S.(In Green): If you have any issues with this hair, please let me know so I can fix them, it is very possible that may be an issue. 

I would be honored if you wanted to use this hairstyle for any previews you may take, or if you wanted to use it for machinima purposes, so that is more than okay. Please don't reupload this anywhere unless you're bundling it with a sim, in which case please link back here. Please don't retexture this without my permission (although chances are that I won't be in the mood to say yes), please don't claim as your own, please don't steal my textures. 

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Most Special Are The Most Lonely (Cazy Viola Moose'd)

I have school to do today, so I'll be brief. I saw this on Cazy's naver like 6 months ago, and I'm glad I have it now because its really pretty. That's all. Also this is an alpha edit because of reasons, but its not a huge deal, I just wanted longer, cleaner bangs. You can hate it if you want.

This style is based on Regina Spektor's new song All The Rowboats, which I think is fantastic. Listen to it, its bootiful.

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Catch Phrase!
This hairstyle is 9,659 polygons in LOD0, and 5,012 in LOD1. Hopefully everyone should be able to run it, its a fantastic hair. 
*This hair is available for females of all ages except babies because that would be stupid. By babies I don't mean toddlers, I mean actual babies. This hair is default replacement, because TSRW threw a fit, so I just stuck my textures into Cazy's files, and now the in-game thumbnails look all screwed because she screwed with them because she hates retexturers. But it works, so yeah. You can only have one version.*
This hairstyle is compatible with breast sliders and fat morphs. 



DISCLAIMER: I did not mesh this, I didn't fix this, I just retextured this. I can only take credit for the textures, IF that. 

If you like my work, like me on facebook. You can also comment, because comments make me smile, and you also have the option to subscribe to my blog.

God I Pity The Violins,
Moose

P.S. (In purple): Please let me know if you have any issues so I can fix them, because I care.

Feel free to use my retextures for whatever you want, but please don't reupload. The ONLY exception to the no reupload rule is that you may bundle with a sim, but you have to link back to my blog. Please don't claim as your own or try to steal my textures. 

Saturday, May 19, 2012

It Didn't Have To Be This Way (Cazy Lilith Moose'd)

Hey guys, I know its been a while, but finals are coming up, and although I have a bunch of crazy stuff in the works for all of you, all I can really afford to give you guys right now is a simple retexture of Cazy's Lilith hairstyle. Speaking of retexturing, I found something scary in Cazy's texture. A message. It read as follows.

stalker stalker stalker
hey you! i live in the texture!

no easter egg here! go away

there's a ghost behind you!!!
creepy creepy creepy......

When I first read it, it gave me the chills to be honest. I'm not gonna lie, I was not comfortable with it being there. I feel like that was the reason that I haven't seen any retextures of this style around the community. Which is weird within itself because typically people jump on new stuff and retexture it within hours. But anyway, I hope you like this retexture, because if Cazy really does have access to ghosts, it may very well be my last. But it gave me an idea. Maybe from now on, I'll start including easter eggs in my retextures for funsies!

Anyway, the title for this hair is inspired by Sleigh Bells' song End of the Line

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Catch Phrase!
This hairstyle is 11,089 polygons in LOD0, and 5,217 polygons in LOD1. A lot of people will be able to run it, but unfortunately some of you won't, my condolences. 
*This hairstyle is enabled for females of all ages, and the adult version is non-default. The child version, however, is not. The child version threw a fit in TSRW, so it is default replacement, meaning that there can only be one. But you can have as many adult version as you want.*
This hairstyle is compatible with breast and fat sliders.



DISCLAIMER: I did not mesh this. I did not make the morphs, the only contribution I made to this version is my texture set. 

If you like what I do, like my facebook page, comment on this post, or subscribe to my blogger. 

Can You Hear Me? Can You See Me?
Moose

P.S.(ITS PINK): Please let me know if you have any issues with this retexture so I can fix it. 

Go ahead and use this retexture for any picture taking or machinima needs you may have. You may not reupload this elsewhere, but you may bundle it with a sim, but in that case you must link back to my blog. Please don't claim as your own, and please don't steal my textures. 

Sunday, May 6, 2012

You Come Along Because I Love Your Face, And I'll Admire Your Expensive Taste (SkySims 14 Moose'd)

Things have been going on. Things are a little bit better at home, but school is still a massive amount of stress. So I mean yeah. But on the bright side, I just got back from one of the greatest parties ever, and OH MY GOSH I feel SO good.

I saw this hair on TSR, and I decided to do it out of pity for everyone who wanted the hair but then put it in-game. I don't know why, but Skysims didn't do a very good job of fitting it to the head, so I felt the need to fix it.

So this whole thing is a preference call, the hair is completely different from the original, and if you don't like the way it looks you should NOT download. I think the other one looks something like someone's actual hair, but its very thin and sad and way too high on the head, and my version looks like a pretty decent wig. Also, SkySims' version is longer than mine, so if that's your cup of tea, go for it. Additionally, SkySims' animations are much nicer, but mine make more sense. The entirety of SkySims' mesh has two assignments, and mine has six, so if you want blood sweat and tears, you might want my version. Also, my version has a way lower polycount. My version is like 1,200 polys less than the original, which can really be all the difference for some people. But as a result of this, the undersides can kind of animate funny, and sometimes they poke through when Sims heads move to angles that are too extreme. I have ONE transparency issue on my version, and its hardly noticeable in game, but I'm not gonna deny it is there, its on the end of the ponytail, but its kind of minor. Long story short, this is fully compatible with breast and fat sliders and covers more of the head, while the original isn't compatible with any kind of sliders whatsoever and resembles a really silly hat on a bald person. 

Anyway, the hair's name is based on Panic! At The Disco's song New Perspective. I love the song, its so highschool but in a good way. It appeals to me in the best way, you know?

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Ketch Phrez.
So this hairstyle is 8,990 polygons in LOD0 (which is a big improvement over the original's 10,146 polygons), and 5,007 polygons in LOD1. This is good news, because this might be the lowest poly thing I've done in quite some time, most everyone should be able to run it, I think!!
*This hairstyle is available for teen-elder females, and that's it. I'm sorry, I wasn't about to make a child conversion, its not what I want out of this.*



DISCLAIMER: I did not originally mesh this, this hair's initial shape belongs to SkySims, and their texture assignments are still theirs as well, but the rest, including the hair's newer (and improved?) shape, the current bone assignments and my new-found fat morph compatibility method are all mine. 

If you like what I do, and would like to be notified earlier than everyone on MS3B of when my stuff comes out (if it gets featured on MS3B, you never know, my work might not be worth featuring. Because the copy/paste paintings of Gaga and Madonna are CLEARLY much harder to make and much more work, and a higher priority than the fixes I spend a minimum of four hours on), then please go ahead and subscribe to my blog, or like my facebook page. Also, if you like this please comment and tell me, it makes me feel all kinds of warm and fuzzy and more likely to post more things more often. 

Can We Fast-Forward 'Till You Go Down On Me?
Moose

If you have any issues at all, please let me know, so I can try to fix them as soon as I can. 

I would be totally and completely honored if you wish to use this stuff in any sort of preview at all, or in a video or anything, it is more than okay to use my work for this, no credit necessary. But please do not re-upload anywhere else unless you're bundling it with a sim, and if you are bundling, please link back here. Also, please do not retexture this without asking, but if you ask, chances are incredibly high that I will refuse.  I know it sounds terrible, but I spent like a good eight or more hours on this fix, and I'm not stoked at the idea that someone else gets to slap their textures on it in ten minutes and feature it on their blog. No thanks. Please don't claim as your own, and please don't steal my textures.