Spiced Cider: a skinblend for ts3
Nov. 27th, 2011 12:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neuroticrobotic
Several weeks and one strong eggnog later, I finally finished up this little project.
This blend uses Mel Calero's lovely Apple skintone as a base, which was initially posted at GOS and has since disappeared into the ether. I recolored it and significantly smoothed out the faces so that they would appear more matte and less mottled. I also increased definition around the eyes and nose and made a bunch of other tweaks for all ages.
One of my main concerns with these was making sure they worked well on darker sims.
See? No more discoloration or rosacea on the face! I did my best to make the lips appear more natural, but I confess I'm not completely happy. I altered the base color of the dark skintones so they would look a tad more natural as well. I feel like the default ramps run a little too red/orange/purple for some reason.
The bodies are a blend of Mel Calero's Apple and Ephemera's v2 default skintone. As you can tell, they are semi-barbie.
I've done very little hand painting on these - mostly smoothing out some pixelization.
End of the ramp
Texture Credits: Mel Calero, Ephemera
Additional Credits: Aikea for her super tutorial
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Date: 2011-11-27 02:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-28 04:07 am (UTC)The real credit for the lip texture certainly lies with Mel Calero. I made some adjustments, but I mostly just tried to make them work better on sims of all skintones. The slider system often makes the lips of darker sims appear excessively dark, almost black, even with EA's BG skintones. I'm glad you like how they turned out in the end. :)
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Date: 2011-11-27 02:12 pm (UTC)Hello new defaults! :)
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Date: 2011-11-28 04:10 am (UTC)Mel's Apple skins were the very first things I had ever downloaded for sims 3. I absolutely loved them before, I just feel the need to poke everything with a stick at some point.
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Date: 2011-11-27 04:04 pm (UTC)As a side note, my browser says I spelled blotchiness wrong, and wants to correct it to bitchiness. XD
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Date: 2011-11-27 04:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-28 05:47 am (UTC)You're correct in your assumption about the eyes. They're these ones, here. :)
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Date: 2012-01-21 01:16 am (UTC)Seperated Defaults?
Re: Seperated Defaults?
Date: 2012-02-06 04:38 am (UTC)This skin is not for babies. I may get around to making a baby replacement eventually, but I have not done so just yet. :)
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