World Adventures Preview SIMposium November 5, 2009

Wow. What a trip! It was quite an honor to be invited to this event and I thank EA for their great hospitality.  The preview event was on October 29th and 30th. It was 2 whole days of all that is good. Not only did they demo the game for us, they handed out little prizes to us throughout both days and we got to spent quite a decent amount of time at our own computer stations to peek at all the new things.

My favorite part about this event was something EA tried for the very first time: live social networking to the community. I loved being able to reach the community while I was playing, who were chomping at the bits to get more information about the expansion pack, and share all the information I could live via facebook, twitter, and flickr. I think this is a brilliant idea and I hope they do this for all of the preview events.

A Halloween Murder October 25, 2009

These are my 2 entries for the Halloween Showcase.

I built an abandoned warehouse and wrote up a story to go along with it. I tried to write it in a comic book/graphic novel kind of way. I don’t do scary/gruesome too well, so the story ended up too “cute.” But I hope I managed to capture some Halloween flavor.

Big thanks to jisgr8, Amoebius, CaliforniaBound, Mmyoko, and RalphaelNinja for letting me use their avatars in my little story.

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Extreme Movie Mansion October 20, 2009

A couple of us from the Flip Team decided to do a collaborative project for Fidler’s Extreme Mansion Challenge. It was a huge undertaking and I think everything that could go wrong for each of us did, but we battled on and prevailed at the end!

The rationale to our build is that we wanted to utilize all of our strengths. We figured this type of lot would be the perfect fit for a project like this. Not only did we have SimEve’s machinima and story-telling expertise, we also had great interior designers who have their own niches, so we did our best to showcase everyone’s strengths.

Best if placed on 25 Summer Hill Court. At over 800k simoleans fully furnished, this extreme movie studio contains over 30 different sets and scenes for machinima and story tellers to use to create common scenes they may need for their stories.

Special Thanks!
We would like to give big thanks to jisgr8 and RalphaelNinja for taking the time to test our lot to make sure everything functioned properly. <3

Some important notes:
Since this is a massive lot, please only play this lot if you have a relatively decent system.

No custom content objects were used. The only CC on this lot are patterns from each person’s own collection.

No premium store items were used except the ones that are FREE. Please take the time to download the free items if you haven’t before entering this lot.

This lot is fully playable as a residential lot. However, since this is technically a movie studio, many of the sets have objects placed as props and are for decoration purposes only.

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Mighty Beach Modern October 13, 2009

Here is my latest build for Build-n-Share’s NYC neighborhood project.  I chose a beach modern lot since I haven’t done a modern in awhile.  It was very difficult to inject NYC into this as you don’t really picture a beach house when you think of NYC.  So in order to inject some NYC flavor, I decided to give the interiors a luxurious trendy feel.  While it is a beach home, the interiors can also probably be seen in an urban loft in the city… or at least that’s what I’m hoping. 

Please note that I used premium store items for this build.  I normally don’t for my uploads, but I just had to this one time.  It is so difficult not to use them when you have them in game!  So I’m sorry for those who do not have the Ultra Lounge set!

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House Olympus October 2, 2009

Been working on this one for awhile now.  I’ll have to say it’s my craziest lot yet, but it just might be one of my favorites now.  This was a project I took on as a member of the Flip This Lot team.  The original concept was by amchristian.  She submitted this lot for our team and when I saw it, I had a vision as to what I could do to it and how it would look like.  I loved the concept, but when I saw the roofing an the windows, it just felt too closed in for that “heavenly” feel she was going for.  So after fiddling with it a for a few weeks, this is what I came up with…

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Chateau de Chissay September 6, 2009

This is a loose interpretation of Chateau de Chissay, a chateau I stayed at in France back in May for a wedding.  It was gorgeous.  I am glad I have improved enough as a builder to even attempt it.  I have never built a castle before, so it was a challenge.  This lot is also my contribution to Sunset Impressions, a Monet inspired neighborhood by the members of Builders’ Boulevard.

This castle features 6 bedrooms, a maid’s quarters, 5 full bathrooms, entry parlor, throne room, study nook, dining hall, eat-in kitchen, enclosed courtyard, and an art gallery full of custom art I had my sim paint.  I know I am taking a huge risk with that as custom art like that don’t always show up correctly, but that space was challenge, so a gallery hallway was really the only thing I could come up with to fit the space.

This build took me a very long time as it did take me awhile to get it going.  For a week, I stared at a blank lot, trying to build, but I just couldn’t.  It took some encouragement from fellow builders to finally get the project going and to finish.  I am pretty satisfied with the final product.  I really hope you will enjoy it.  Please note that this version has absolutely no premium items.  I do plan on doing a version with premium items though as there are just so many appropriate items I could have used for this build, so look for it in the near future if you have all the store items!

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Apple Cider Townhouse September 2, 2009

Hello,

I know it’s been awhile since I posted!  I went on vacation for a week and then I’ve been sorta building blocked ever since I returned.  But I think I’m getting over it a bit.  I am working on a big castle project right now for Builders’ Boulevard’s latest Monet inspired neighborhood called Sunset Impressions.  I am recreating a French chateau I stayed at back in May.  It is coming along and I hope to release it before the weekend.

In the meantime, here is a small build for Week #13 Build-n-Share challenge — a house for Autumn Winters that is under 30k.  Details of the challenge are here.  It isn’t my fanciest build and I’ll admit I didn’t spend too much time on it since I’ve been working on the chateau, but I liked it enough to upload and submit it as an official entry.  Hope you like it too!

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For Love August 11, 2009

Hello,

I’ve been working on a team build for a Siminterior Designs challenge.

You see, we all got too good at making things look pretty, so we thought it would be a REAL challenge to see how well we can make things look like crap.  So the challenge was to build a Haunted Mansion!

I teamed up with Okadoka, who did the building and exterior landscaping, while I focused on the interior.  It really was quite a challenge, but I am overall quite satisfied with how Winterhaven Manor turned out.

Click here for the back story of the haunt. Written by Okadoka!

Some unique custom content August 8, 2009

Hello boys and girls,

Just wanted to do a quick post to promote 2 sites.  They both are fairly new, but contain some truly unique custom content for your TS3 game.

First off, Nevar530, has his website up!  He was the one who custom made that beautiful white lotus tattoo for me.  On his site, you will find some tattoos, other fashion, and some truly beautiful skins.

SIMulacra and Simulation

Also, please check out Celithralia’s Daedal Sims for some great custom content as well.

Daedal Sims

She’s got a great Japanese floral pattern available for download in 3 sizes.  I’ve used these patterns in many of my builds.

Hope you take a peek and happy simming!

Tudor Family Starter August 2, 2009

This is my entry for Week #9 of the Build-n-Share challenges, The Calientes. I went in with plans to build something with a Spanish/Mediterranean feel, but I somehow ended up with a Tudor instead.  I’ve been meaning to do a Tudor for awhile now too, so I just went with it. The challenge this week was to build a family starter on a small lot in Sunset Valley, so for optimal value, please place this on the default Spa lot in Sunset Valley on 240 Sunnyside Blvd.

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