Strangetown Extras: Now I'm just teasing you

[strangetomato]

I've been playing and writing a little, working towards the next Strangetown update, which should happen sometime this week. The next chapter involves a lot of characters in some small way, so I've been working my way around town and catching up with everyone. It's been a lot of fun. We'll get to see a lot of the characters that people have been asking about (yes, that does include Vidcund... many of you will be happy to know that I've been working on his story a lot lately, and have found an increased interest in him). I have a couple of fun surprises in this next one too.

We'll see a couple of new faces, including this guy:




Art hands! C'mon, everyone's doin' it!


Also, hair is a bit of a running theme. One or more people may be getting new hairstyles.

Comments

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

Frances is getting a new hairstyle, right?

Is that new guy an elf of some sorts?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, perhaps...

What makes you think he's an elf? *raises brow*

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

It COULD be the angle of the art hands, but I'm seeing those slanty eyebrows that you'll usually find on the elf face template.

[music-simbol.livejournal.com]

Hmmm........he looks like he could be a Broke.......just saying.......

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

That's what I was thinking! But mainly I think it's the freckles. So many of the Brokes have them. :P

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the same thing. :D

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, you think? Well, Brandi does have another son, doesn't she? :P

[ikichi.livejournal.com]

::shakes:: You don't understand, man, I need it, I need it bad, man, these little tastes just aren't enough anymore and my girl, my girl, she left me, see, says she hates how I get when I go too long without, man, and I tried to tell her, I did, I said, baby Strange Tomato has a life and stuff, baby and she said Wade, stop holding me so tight, and, and Wade, you're hurting me! and I said sorry, baby, I said I was sorry, that I didn't mean to hurt her, that I'd never hurt her, but it's been so long and now the days are running together and nothing feels right anymore and I just needed another hit, another taste to get me through the night but she left anyway, she's gone and I'm all alone and I need some bad, ST, real bad and ::/shakes::

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Heheh. You really made me smile with that. (Yeah, drug addiction gives me the warm fuzzies.)

I'll get you your hit, and soon. I just need a couple more scenes, really, and I'll get the first part out (it's a two-parter).

[franwi.livejournal.com]

I don't know, first thing that comes to mind is adult video director. Looks like he's in a motel lining up a bed shot. Love his accessories. Oh those financially strapped college students and their easy-money gigs... ;)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that Ripp has fallen that far from grace... yet. *snicker* Actually, you'll see that he's at least attempting to be true to his word and, to quote him, is giving Johnny's "healthy living crap" a try.

I had a lot of fun piling the accessories on that guy. I feel it's a general tendency for people to either wear little to no jewelry, or as much as possible all at once. This guy is in the second category. I'm having a lot of fun with that new feature, and you'll see more characters with jewelry in this update. I wish the long dangly earrings worked on guys, though. Maybe I'll have to look for BV compatible jewelry downloads (I tried some before, but I hated how it used up your full face makeup category - I need that for scars and contacts, etc). I could see me making an 80's cool guy with one long dangly earring at some point.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Ooh, PORN video director!

*I'm using this icon on purpose*

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

Hey there... Puck Summerdream? (With a black hair-dye, you said several characters are getting new hairstyles after all!) Is that new sim a Maxis character at all?

He does look like Tim, though :P. Plus he does give the vibe of being a video artist/director, like [Unknown site tag] said, and Tim's an actor too.

You tease! :D

Re: *I'm using this icon on purpose*

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Teasing is so much fun. :P

I can't say too much more, but the resemblance is there for a reason. He's one of my Veronaville imports. Now whether that's an original character or a Maxis-made one, I won't say just yet.

[simsbarbie.livejournal.com]

I can't wait....

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Oh, good. :) I'll try to speed it along. I'm thinking it will be up by Wed. or Thurs. evening.

[simfulacts.livejournal.com]

From what I can see he looks hot! :D

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's hot. Trust me.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

Well, since I don't play in any other 'hoods, I wouldn't recognize the guy even if he came up and said "Hey, how'ya doing? I'm so and so." before biting me on the ass. XD

BUT I will say I LOVE his outfit. Is it a Maxis that I've overlooked? If not I don't care I must have it.

Oooo... more Vid coming up in your next update!! *bounces in chair*

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well then, you'll be surprised, won't you? :)

That outfit is a Maxis outfit. It's a download from the official site. You can find it here. I used the original on Hal Capp and a recolour on this guy (from MTS2), who is also from Veronaville, so it much be a trend over there. :P

Yup. More Vidcund. He has new clothes too, which I'm very excited about. They suit him perfectly. He looks good, but he needs a new hairdo (and who knows... maybe he'll get one). I've already replaced his bowl cut with something equally nerdy, but a little tidier (that OFB hair). Like Pascal, I can't really picture him with good hair. These guys are nerds in the purest scholarly sense, and stereotype or not, that's a magnet for bad hair. They even came that way in the game, right? Now, with some feminine influence... that could change. ;)

[abbycat900.livejournal.com]

...I am so bad at guessing characters.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Ah, well... you'll find out soon enough.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Ok, here's the REAL test for you.

Will the next update be ROJ FREE?! *snicker* (I love busting balls).

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Now, why would I want to do a thing like that? I'd get booed off the stage, Madame. (Like I need to use the readers as an excuse. *snicker*) Besides, how can I just leave them hanging after the last chapter?

I'll have you know that they don't even take up half the update. Not even a quarter, even. At least not the first part, anyway (though they do dominate the second half, from what I can see right now).

Now, get out of here, you wiseass... *blows raspberry*

[80sfiend.livejournal.com]

OMG OMG OMG. I totally just had a thought about this character which changes EVERYTHING. OMG OMG.

*flails* I could be totally off base, I probably am, but I'm still excited :D