Good Genes III

[strangetomato]

I've been following the Good Genes III contest over at GoS, and, though I'm one of the lurkiest of lurkers over there, I've decided to enter it. It was way too much fun to pass up. Genetic experiments are always fun, and anything with Maxis sim genetics is right up my alley. I love all the interesting results that have been posted so far, and I'm especially loving all the less than ideal Maxis premades that people are using. You have your usual suspects for what most people consider pretty (lots of Dons, Brandys, and Ajays), but also some very surprising choices, like Consort Capp. Some very cool results, too!

Surprising nobody, I've selected three of my obvious favourites from the Maxis sims, who I also happen to think possess some fine genetic material, when mixed well. Did I get lucky with the blend?










Marlene looks like a Picasso! :D I also found it surprising to see just how Johnny-like Ripp and Marlene's kid was. Markus has Ripp's eye's and mouth, but everything else seems pure Johnny. Imogen ends up with a nice balance of genetics from all three, though favouring Ophelia's features, which is fine by me. And she has Ripp's eyes. Can't go wrong with those!









I also took this as an opportunity to play with my defaults, using the more realistic Maxis-match skins and eyes by Summerdream Sims (and edits of the same eyes by Nilou). I really love this set, but it's too big of a switch to use in my story, so it's nice to be able to try them out. They're very beautiful.

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I love this contest idea. It'd be fun to do a variation on it to try to create the most interesting sims for pixel_trade (using Maxis or pixel_trade sims and 4 generations) or maybe start at face one and aim for ugly with Maxis-only sims.

I don't even really care if I win the contest (the prizes are nice, but not really my type of thing), but entering it sure was a lot of fun! ^_^

I feel bad about being so lurky, because I really do like the place and I get a lot of my cc from there. It's hard to get out of lurker mode once you're in it, though.

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't have some outtakes, would you? Maybe some romancing of Sy and Marlene? *bats stalk-eyes*

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I don't. I was playing this really late at night, and just wanted to get through it as quickly as possible.

I did link Madame Ugly to a fun outtakes post at Ferretsim's journal, which you'd probably enjoy. That's the best I can do for now!

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

I saw that! Thanks to your link. It was pretty awesome. :D