Sims Talk: Bigfoot

[strangetomato]

This is for madame_ugly, who wanted a closer look at Bigfoot.

My plan is to move Bigfoot in with the Kim family, who will help him to realize his true star potential. Since the futuristic thing isn't working for them anymore (for those who don't know, the Kim family used to star in a TV show that was set in the future, like the Jetsons). There seems to be potential for a story there. Who wouldn't want to see Bigfoot's rise to stardom, and his inevitable downfall?




The Kim family wasted no time in getting to know Bigfoot. They joined him in his favourite hobby: fishing.




Doesn't he look great? (I need to figure out how to make default replacement eyes for the creature sims. I could use some of Lyran's other eyes to replace them.)

Here's a better look:






He's related to Kaylynn Langerak, I see. That's her exact nose. Too bad Bigfoot can't breed with normal sims. I'm assuming that two Bigfeet wouldn't be able to breed with each other either (and it wouldn't achieve much, anyway, since they're all identical).

His name is Alon Bigfoot in my game. You get a different first name for every new Bigfoot.

He certainly makes up for the lack of body hair on male sims, doesn't he?




He doesn't need a censor blur either, even though he's buck naked. At least he attempts to hide his shame.

For those of you who consider Bigfoot old news (which is just about everyone, I'm sure), how do you get him to move in with you? Everyone in my party is friends with him, and they did the slap dance, but I don't see an option to ask to him to move in. What am I doing wrong here?

ETA: I went back and tried it again, and the option to move him into the family was there this time. Bigfoot is a member of the family now. He's a popularity sim. I was amused by the wants that I found when I made him selectable.

Bigfoot wants to party. This will work well for his show business career.

Comments

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

I agree with that statement completely.

Eh. I prefer my Sims kind of realistic, not entirely cartoony. It just depends. Matter of personal preference right? :)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, true enough. To each their own. It's nice that you can customize sims with cc to make them more to your taste, and everyone has different taste.

For me, it makes more sense to just go with the underlying cartoony nature of sims. The "bones" of the sims are just cartoony in many ways that can't be changed by cc. Even if you replace the skin, hair, and clothes to look more real on the surface, the facial structures and animations keep that hint of cartooniness there. That's why a lot of cc just doesn't work for me. Things that are just slightly more realistic, I don't mind so much, but I don't like cc that tries to force the realism too much. I just don't think it works.

My main complaint about many cc skins is that they seem to paint over the actual features of the sim's face. The eyebrows are all distorted or the mouth is made all smooth and indistinct, and things like that. It's harder to pick up the genetic differences between sims, though I guess it does make them all a little more pretty in a generic sort of way.

The genetic detail is one of the more interesting elements of the game for me, so I want to make sure that I can pick out those details.

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

I understand, I purposely chose a skin that would stay true to the Sims' face (and allows facial expressions to continue to look cartoony) and I continue to use Maxis eyebrows. I like the cartoony aspect of it, I like seeing their faces as well, so I like my skin. It works, for me at least. :)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

It seems we have the same opinion about that. I think the "natural" Maxis eyebrow is actually quite nice.

That skin does seem like it might work for me. I think the hair is well done too. Much better than some others I've seen. Where did it come from?