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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!

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

We're Going Places We Never Dreamed Of (Peggy 881 Moose'd)

So I decided not to go to school because I'm not in the mood to listen to my teacher babble about surfing for 2 hours. I can't do it. I don't enjoy surfing, and as inspired and passionate as he is, I simply am not capable of caring about what he says.
I guess that this is my 100th creation, which would be cool if my first 85 weren't terrible. But its whatever. That means I have 15 good ones.

So I really liked this hair a lot, but then I got it in-game and I saw the roots and the lack of morphs and decided it needed fixing. I added a picture of the difference below. My version isn't that wide, by the way, but the fat morph is. Basically, this is better because its smaller by almost 2 thousand polygons, my textures are better suited for general use, I believe it is better fitted to the head, and it has fat and breast morphs. Unfortunately, I created one visible mesh squiggle on the left side of the hair, and it has some minor transparency issues that you can see in the blonde and control images. 
So this hairstyle is based on lyrics from Dragonette's song Pick Up The Phone. I love this song and I picked it because the lead singer's style is as gritty as I perceive this hair to be so yeah. That's that. 

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CATCH PHRASE!
Believe it or not, I managed to get this hair down to 10,000 polygons for LOD0. I know, it's exactly 10,000 and that's ridiculous, but you can check for yourself. LOD1 is 6,010 polygons. (I believe that these are an improvement over the previous version's 11,888 polygons for both LOD0 and LOD1).
*This hairstyle is available for all ages, but the only fixed version is for adults, the child and toddler files use Peggy's meshes. This hair is non-default, which means that it should not conflict with anything else.*
This hairstyle is compatible with breast and fat morphs.



DISCLAIMER: I didn't mesh this, the basic shape belongs to Peggy, but this newly fitted and and animated and morphed version is mine. The textures are mine, the bone assignments are mine, the morphs are mine. All mine. But the Sims 2 version is Peggy's. 

If you like what I do please don't hesitate to tell me in the comments section, because I love comments. You can also subscribe to my blog, and if you'd like to, you can check my facebook, or my tumblr if you're into either of those. 

And I'm Sorry But I'm Not Surprised, 
Moosie

P.S. (In orange): Please let me know if you're having any issues with my work. so I can fix them for you. 

Please feel free to use this hairstyle for any picture taking or machinima you may want to do. All I ask is that you don't upload anywhere else unless you're bundling with a sim upload, in which I ask that you please link back here. Please don't retexture without my permission, and please do not claim as your own or steal my textures. 

Friday, June 1, 2012

Your Cigarette Kisses That Taste So Sweet (ButterflySims 49 Moose'd)

So I know that I promised that I would post this like three days ago, but I realized that I hadn't made made any other levels of detail than LOD0, and I had to make them. Not to imply that it took me three days to make them, but I went on a surf trip with some friends for the past three days, and I made them just now when I got back. By the way, this isn't my 100th creation, its my 100th post. But its special anyway, this is the special thing I was talking about.

I've been working on this thing ever since somewhere around early April, and then I gave up after I realized I couldn't fix the Sims 3 version, gave up, and waited for the Sims 2 version for like a month, and then continued to work on it for a really long time until now, because I'm finally satisfied with this thing.
Remember how the last thing I released had alien head issues as well? This thing has the worst Alien head issue I've ever seen ever. Hands down, the WORST case of Alien head I have ever seen IN MY LIFE. I really like how it turned out, and the difference is almost laughably entertaining (gif below). Long story short, this version is somewhere around 4,000 polygons less than the original, it doesn't have an alien head, is compatible with breast and fat sliders, and has better textures (assuming you think my textures are better than Butterfly's). Oh and I also fixed a little squiggle in the mesh that is very clearly seen in the brown image. Again, as I'm terrible at preventing transparency issues, there are some in this version. I'm sorry, you can see them in the gif below as well, but they're only from the side. 
The hairstyle is named after a song by Dirty Vegas called Electric Love, listen to it, its great.

Click to make big(also let me just clarify that my version doesn't mess with your sims' eyes, its just that I was in the middle of switching default replacements as I took these images, and only realized this after I had already prepared all of the images):
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CATCH PHRASE(The reason that the control image's hair is so giant is because her breasts are at max)!
This hairstyle is 10,048 polygons in LOD0 (which is crazy in comparison to the original's 14,280 polygons) and 6,479 polygons in LOD1 (compared to the original's 6,767 polygons).
*This haistyle is available for females of all ages except for toddlers, because there is no way in hell a toddler has this hairstyle. It makes no sense, and there's also the fact that I never ever use children or toddler versions, and I'm going to be honest and say that I haven't even tested the child version. Anyway, only child-elder females can wear this hairstyle. Sorry*
This hairstyle is compatible with breast and fat sliders. (Let me just say that I fought HARD to get this to be compatible with fat sliders. I don't think you understand. I had to try to reduce this by 4,000 polygons, and even then, I had to make the fat morphs at least 8 times. That means that I made the fat morphs 8 separate times, and had to test them in game 8 times, and 7/8 times the horrible thing EXPLODED. I don't think you understand how horrendously discouraging that is. But I pulled through, for all of you (Because I don't even MAKE fat sims). You can thank me by enjoying this thoroughly (and sending me screenshots because they make me happy).) But the hair clips with the face at maximum fatness. I'm sorry, I can't fix that. 



DISCLAIMER: I did not mesh this, but I fixed the atrocities committed by the original mesher. The general shape and idea for this hair goes to butterfly, but the way that this hair fits your sims, the way that this hair animates, and the textures you see are all mine. I am aware of the tremendous amount of work that goes into meshing, but the fact that the work was only halfway done bothers me to no end. 

If you enjoy my work, please like my facebook, follow me on tumblr, comment on my post, or subscribe to my blog. 

Keep coming on, 
Moosie

P.S.(In Aqua): If you have any issues with this hair at all, please let me know so I can fix them. Especially since this thing has been in the works for weeks and I would hate for it to not work for you. And because I never tested the children's version.

Please feel free to use this hairstyle for any preview or machinima needs you may have, but please do not upload anywhere else. The only time it is acceptable for you to reupload this is in a sim bundle, but in that case PLEASE link back to my blog. Please don't retexture this without my permission, although whether I allow you to retexture it depends completely on whether I'm feeling pissy or not that day. Please do not claim my work as your own and please don't steal my textures. 

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.

Click the pix to enbiggen them.

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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.