Strangetown Extras: Ajay Loner has new hair

[strangetomato]

Check it out.

Ajay is testing out some new short, curly hair by AlfredAskew at MTS2. He decided to chop off his mess of curls, in favour of a shorter, neater style. He likes it (and I do too).





I would love to see more cc like this for male sims. More subtle variations on short male hair would be great. This lovely hair is on the New Roman mesh by HystericalParoxysm, a hair which I had removed from my game because I decided that I didn't really like the texture or the cut (it looks more like a woman's haircut, in my opinion). This new texture convinced me to redownload it.






I was testing out Beau's adult look, and I'm pretty sure he'll be wearing this semi-casual work attire most of the time. He has to look sharp and approachable, ya know. The blue also matches his eyes perfectly. I'm thinking he's going to chop off his long, messy hair in favour of something short at some point too. I gave him the caesar from Seasons in these pics, and I really liked it (even though Buck has it too... what to do, what to do).




Frances likes it.

(All these shots were taken on Jaxy and Zoe's lot, by the way. I was there on business.)




I was also testing out some sideburns on Ripp. I'm considering them for when he gets older. beyondheroism__ usually hints at them when she draws him and I like it. I don't like how much sideburns he has here, though. The Maxis 'burns are a bit much. Has anyone seen a toned down version that isn't as thick or as long? His scruff gives him a hint of sideburns, but I'd like to explore some other options for enhancing them. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Looks like Ripp's been hitting the bubble blower again. :P

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, you see the templates all the time with the townies, though, right? I hardly ever work from templates to make sims either, but I know the templates (though only a few of the numbers - the "pretty" faces being one and two).

The babyface thing comes from his slightly chubby cheeks and very small chin. It's the chin that turns me off from the first template. It's okay on females, but I really prefer a strong chin on a male. Combined with the button nose, it's all a bit soft in the feature department for me.

I can see how others would like him, but he does very little for me.

[aledstrange.livejournal.com]

Not really. Excluding townies that are related to controllables, all the rest are simply background noise for me, so I don't really see them (as in, i don't pay enough attention to them to actually notice the faces and I don't use them for anything on my games either)

And I said I can't recognize templates, because I simply can't. Literally I barely do cas, so I have no idea how template one, two, three, etc look, for the same reason, I don't really care if maxis sims were created using the same faces *shrug*

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, to each their own, I suppose. I tend to notice all the little details of the sim facial features quite a bit, but I guess I'm just really interested in the way faces are constructed. Mentioning the templates is just an easy way to reference specific things about features when you're talking about sims, so that's why I do it. They're different facial types.

It doesn't really bother me when Maxis sims are almost straight templates either, though I prefer them to have some unique features. It gives them more character. And, like you said about the "template townies" being background noise, if a Maxis sim has a template face, they sort of fade into the background like that for me too.

[aledstrange.livejournal.com]

if a Maxis sim has a template face, they sort of fade into the background like that

Well, maybe, but because I don't care for templates or townies, I tend to think all controllables have pretty unique faces and they don't really fade in the background for me.
Call it a blessing of ignorance if you wish. lol

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, ignorance is bliss, right? ^_^

As I said, I don't mind it either, but I do take a little pause when two sims who aren't supposed to be related have a very similar face (like Mortimer and Don Lothario, for example). With styling and colouring, it's not so noticeable, though.