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

[cosmetical.livejournal.com]

You had very good results, considering some of the other results I've seen. Imogen is lovely. I did a double-take when I saw you using the Neena/Nilou eyes, but I like how they look on JRO.

[spyroeldragon.livejournal.com]

She's is completely adorable. I love Ripp's eyes on her. :D

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

What a COOL contest! I would never have thought of it. Do you mind if I tell some of my simming friends about it?

I'm terrible with genetics. You got some gorgeous results!

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Whoa! Marlene really does look like a Picasso. What a great idea for a contest. I have my fingers crossed that you'll win!

I bet I'm more even lurky than you are on GOS...

[muslemura.livejournal.com]

Marlene is wonderfully 'picassoesque' :D And Imogen has a great mix of genes - she's a real cutie! Ripp eyes are never wrong :)

(PS Do you remember where you found those Nilou edits?)

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Cool contest (and great submission!).

Makes me curious about the "faceblendlimits" cheat, too. I've goofed off with it before but never saw much of a change using it vs. not. But I wasn't working with a sim like Sy.

It's fun to see just how quickly Extreme Fug can be squashed. But now I really want to see everyone's rejects. There in lies the LOL.

[crushthecamera.livejournal.com]

My very first thought while reading this: Markus is proof that J/R/O is Meant to Be. Because Ripp loves Johnny so much that he gave birth to him so that Johnny could marry Ophelia who Ripp (and Johnny) also loves?

Which I suppose is a very convoluted way of saying that I am only halfway through my first coffee of the day, but yes.

[amaryssobellus.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's really cool that it didn't take that long to breed out the alienest of Sy. I would have thought it would take 5 + GENERATIONS to breed it out. And Imogen is quite lovely as well as Markus!

It surprised me to see how Johnny like Markus turn out to look. :D

ETA:
Are this the skintones that you're using in this post?

[sophie10.livejournal.com]

Imogen is just stunning. And a very good blend of JRO.

[simsnowcherry.livejournal.com]

Imogen is gorgeous! Like you said, can't go wrong with Ripp's eyes. All in JRO have good genes in my opinion.

Also, totally off topic, but because you're their big fan too, I just have to share this joy with you: I SAW BELLE & SEBASTIAN LIVE YESTERDAY! YAY! A smile was stuck on my face for the whole gig. They were awesome and adorable and so on. :))

[boolpropbea.livejournal.com]

Imogen is basically gorgeous! :D

[selenecorvino.livejournal.com]

Way behind on mail... Nice experiment. Could you also make Markus available as well as Imogen? Will check out the GoS site, thanks for the info.