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Someone needs to separate the Robin Hood tunic. Personally, I have a specific need to swap the hose out for Viking-style trousers for a character's formal...or to just plop the capelet off of Robin Hood onto Viking, either would do, and I could really use it as separates. Ah well...if I ever get the hang of meshing... And I think the FR tunic was way in the back of Toddler and Child or something. I like any mesh where I can recolor it once and then paste it onto several ages. I just started on the M&F Vikings. Erg. I love the top shape on yours, but it's utterly incompatible with the looser mesh... I just spent about an hour and a half wrangling two incompatible textures together, stretching bit by bit as needed until they fit properly. Thankfully, I'll be able to just steal the shading layer off of a skirt I already did, the top of a dress that I have downloaded, and then...and then...and then... But seriously...I'm going to end up with like five different bumpmaps for these because of those damned brooches. But there was a specific request for the Viking tunic...and I can't just do the men without making the dress because you're right, the women are left out a lot with those. (I may even try pasting the AF/TF ones on CU/PU dress meshes because the CU and PU are boys...) By the end of Thor's Day, I'll want to throw this damned computer out the window. Ah well...at least I have beards to use for the preview pix... I wonder if it would be slightly cheesy to put everyone in that preview pic in Newsea Viking hair...

Oh...speaking of beards, did I mention that you can make some truly epic fantasy sideburns (and mustaches, I suppose) by alpha editing the Santa and Father Time beards? (Father Time, especially.) Granted, it's a clunky mesh for that, but it beats attempting to get someone to make new beard meshes, and they come out gorgeous and luscious and...well...very, very fantasy. There are likely to be some interestingly long and silky alphas from me once Blind Date is over. I already have at least two months worth of work planned for...well...as soon as the event is over, really, mostly for fantasy stuff I know nobody else will make.

I tried one of the CS versions once. Probably CS2 or CS3. I actually prefer GIMP, even if it means no actions, over the CS versions. It's a fuss budget thing from someone trained on old school PS (before it was PS CS...and actually, in my case, my first version was before actions) who got used to doing things manually and still prefers to do them that way. That and CS versions are just unnecessarily cluttered with things I never use. The warps are the one thing I really miss, but that's only for Maxis retextures, really.

There's heavy photoshopping on that pic to remove bits of things that shouldn't be seen in public like straps. (The "bra" top is actually made from cloth scraps, as is the skirt, hence why there's only about half enough fabric for an outfit there...) I only look good in a skirt like that with some serious edits. (And olive oil. The trick is olive oil and a space heater.) I also used a super low camera angle to make myself look taller.

You know you play too many fantasy Sim games when you see latex elf ears and say, "Those look just like Louis Elf Ear Mesh #2 in Enayla Pixie Light."