Spiced Cider: a skinblend for ts3

[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


Download Default

Download Defaults (Teen to Elder Only) 

Download Defaults (Toddler to Child Only)

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Comments

[peach_t]

I don't remember when I was playing TS3 for the last time, I admit I'm not giving it much of a chance. But I think today I'll grab your default and play a bit, because it looks beautiful! You might not be happy yourself, but I ensure you, the lip texture looks great!

[neuroticrobotic]

Thank you! I'm honored that these make you want to check it out again! <3
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. :)

[currantpotpie]

You chose my absolute favorite skins for making defaults! I could cry for joy. I love how matte and characteristic it allows the Sims to be...

Hello new defaults! :)

[neuroticrobotic]

Yay! I'm glad you like them! :D
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.

[curiouscrow]

These look fabulous! Thanks for taking the time to work on the darker end of the spectrum! :) Will definitely be snagging the custom skins! :) I got so excited I immediately posted these on tumblr!!:P

[neuroticrobotic]

Thank you so much! I was so honored that you posted them on tumblr! Since they're more of a blend of other people's content I felt shy about posting them somehow. :)

[missbonbon]

These look fantastic! I love them! And honestly I had been eyeing Mel Calero's skins myself to fix the blotchiness they had in the cheeks. In the inner lazy butt in me is so happy someone else thought of it too! :)

As a side note, my browser says I spelled blotchiness wrong, and wants to correct it to bitchiness. XD

[missbonbon]

I also wanted to ask what default replacement eyes your using. I would assume it's the one you had made yourself yes?

[neuroticrobotic]

Aww! Thank you! I am glad to have helped check something off your to-do list! I feel as though I owe it to you, anyways. You've already made so many things for my game that I couldn't do without. <3

You're correct in your assumption about the eyes. They're these ones, here. :)

[lemonjelly]

Downloaded and popped them in my game ready for playing later. They are beautiful! <3

[neuroticrobotic]

Thank you so much! I'm glad to know you like how they turned out. :)

[apocalypticsims]

These are marvelous! Thank you so much for sharing this with us~ :3

[neuroticrobotic]

You're welcome! I'm so glad you like them. <3

[anisdwelling]

These look beautiful. I'll have to try them out.

[neuroticrobotic]

I'm glad you think so! Thank you. <3

[littlecat]

i just wanted to mention how much i LOVE this skin, especially now that it is magically getting along with my game <3

[neuroticrobotic]

Aww! Yay! I'm really glad you enjoy it and that it finally decided to play nice. :D

[doxers]

thank you so much for sharing these!! i just got back into TS3 and couldn't find a default i liked, but these look perfect - not as cartoony as the game skins but not creepily realistic either. excellent job :)

[neuroticrobotic]

I'm so glad to hear you enjoy them! I'm always trying to find that middle ground myself as far as defaults go. <3

[zhue]

These are gorgeous! Thank you so much :)

[neuroticrobotic]

Aww! I'm really happy you feel that way! You're welcome.

[nikole]

Thanks for these, they're gorgeous ;x

[neuroticrobotic]

I'm so, so glad you like them! :)

Seperated Defaults?

[italent]

Hi, neurobotic! I made an account, just so I could post a comment, lol. :D I was wondering, could you, please, seperate the Defaults into Teen-Elder and Baby-Child? (Btw, Is this skin for babies, too?) I love how it looks on that toddler and child, and don't get me wrong, please, it's just that I am in love with LemonLeaf's 3.0B Default skin, and, sadly, it doesn't come for Baby-Child. I'll understand if you can't do it. Thank you! :D

Re: Seperated Defaults?

[neuroticrobotic]

I can definitely separate the defaults! If all goes well, I can throw them up in the next couple of days.
This skin is not for babies. I may get around to making a baby replacement eventually, but I have not done so just yet. :)

[maranatah]

I can't wait to see these in game, thanks so much for sharing! :)

[neuroticrobotic]

You're very welcome! I hope you enjoy them! :D