The Stipe Legacy

[strangetomato]

Did you know that, once upon a time, before I even started writing a Strangetown story, I was playing a legacy? I know I mentioned this to a couple of you before, but you probably forgot all about it. I didn't even make it into the second generation yet, because I went for the "have 10 children" want and then started playing all the extended families. My founder was Michael Stipe (or a fairly failed attempt to recreate him), and he married one of my all-time favourite NPCs, Kaylynn Langerak.

Anyway, I opened up Chronic Town this evening, just to see how everyone was doing in there. I'm now thinking that I need to play these nuts a little more often. I witnessed two transitions that were completely hilarious.

Here's Kitty with her older sister, Carol. (Wow, that wallpaper is pixelated. I have to make a note to change that.)






And here's Kitty as the girl who wears a dragon suit 24-7.




As you can see, I made Michael's eyes too big, so the kids all get these intensely large eyes (I made him in CAS, and I could do so much better now, using BodyShop, but oh well...). She's a cute little thing.




Kitty spends all of her time playing with Wendell G. No, seriously... it's all she ever does. This kid is eccentric.

She has Kaylynn's nose, which has a very bumpy bridge.




It's more pronounced on men, as Peter illustrates.




Peter and Carol are twins (the second set in this family). One wants to be Captain Hero and the other wants to be a Criminal Mastermind. Peter's the "good guy".

Not to be outdone, Michael transitions into the greatest old man outfit ever...




He's Father Time.

The headmaster is not sure what to think of this family.




They get into private school with no issues.

I took a couple of screencaps for founder portraits, since I've convinced myself to pick this legacy back up. It's just a bag of fun, as you can see, so why not?




Here's our heroic founder, Michael.




... and the mother of his ten children, Kaylynn.

(Not a bad figure for ten kids. *snicker*)

So there you have it. Who knows? Maybe I'll eventually start using them for story purposes.




 

Comments

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, the game just picks the right outfit. Michael is proof it KNOWS.

I certainly hope you've had Michael smustle. It really feels like those bizarre moves would be his style *thinks of Losing My Religion video and funky dancing* Yes, right up his alley.

[abbycat900.livejournal.com]

Awh, Kaylynn is so pretty in your game! She's a black widow in mine; a story all to her own! She's so fun to play. She was my second sim ever to come up with their own personality- I love it! She passed it onto her kids, too. I love her family so much its a semi-legacy, teehee! She came pretty close to having ten kids in my game, but stopped a few short.

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

LMAO! Michael Stipe sim! I laughed far too much than I should at that. MICHAEL. STIPE.

Hm, I never thought of Kaylynn's male version. Is he the slob that goes around downtown?

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

I don't get all this hype about Michael Stipe (haha, look at the pun, I be clever) but Kaylynn looks so nice! I love her with freckles, she's adorable. Ten kids? I'm not gonna condemn you, I went for the want in my legacy, Generation Three, and I did it the easy way- Three adopted, Seven Biological, Three Sets of twins, and I couldn't even use elixir. Yeah, good times. At least they were rich. :P

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

The bird's name is Wendell G.! :D

I can see the resemblance to Michael Stipe, even if it's not a perfect likeness. He also has your signature mouth-corners. ^_^

The transition outfit are awesome. :D

[redqueenofevil.livejournal.com]

Loving that nose. If you ever decide to put the Stipe children up for download, let us know.

[simsbarbie.livejournal.com]

At first I was wondering who Michael Stipe may be, but I know now. Anyway your sim of him is really cute, just like Jayne's father is real cute. So Kaylynn is fun to play huh? There are quite a few NPC's or townies that are real fun to play.

Did you keep the little girl in her dragon outfit the whole time and when I saw Micheal age into Father Time's "dress" I was laughing so hard! LOLOL

Did I mention the time my sim showed up to his twin brother's wedding in the Santa suit, with a camoflauge bandana...I was like WTF yo! LOL

[ikichi.livejournal.com]

You married Mike to a woman?!

J/K he's super cute. ^__^ Mike, Moz, who else have you simmed?

[80sfiend.livejournal.com]

Oh neat! :D

[cl-legacy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love Kaylynn too... she's right behind Stella and Dagmar Bertino XD

[(Anonymous)]

no offense, but I really just don't see you as the type to play one family, al the time. The kids are pretty cute though, especially the twins. I love the nose- it's very Frances-esque.