Two EA Store Updos, retextured and converted for teens

[aquilegia]

The EA Store had a couple of really nice updo meshes (Swept Up & Rolled and French Twist) that I never put in my game because I was so annoyed they didn't come for teens. Some time after I learned how to convert hair it occurred to me that these would be good candidates for conversion -- nice styles in simple, one-group meshes.

Retexturing them wasn't so easy, but c'est la vie.

Each style comes in Dynamite, Depth Charge, Pyrotechnic, and Volatile, with Mail Bomb for elders in the Dynamite file. Also included for each is a bmp of the Volatile texture for clean recoloring. All meshes are included.



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Comments

[ove]

Nice work!! Yeah those Store are really bitchy to retexture! Thank you for your hard time.

[pinketamine]

Awesome :D

[agentcarlos]

Ohhhh, I've always coveted these two hairs, but they've never been in Pooklet's textures before. Thank you!

[aquilegia]

(It's only been two weeks, that's a perfectly reasonable timeframe in which to comment, right? >_>;)

The mapping is just nuts enough that I'm not surprised no one else wanted to bash their heads against it, but I'm glad I'm stubborn enough to have tried it and that other people appreciate these styles as much as I do. :D

[lemonboleyn]

These are lovely! Your retexturing looks great, especially considering what a pain EA/Maxis hairs usually are to texture. Thank you!

[aquilegia]

(I am the slowest at replying to comments, it's me.)

Thank you! These weren't any exception, trust me. XD But besides sheer persistence, I've found a few useful tricks for retexturing EAxis hair: having a painting program with a functional warp tool, previewing the texture on the mesh in Milkshape (it's easier to match up seams when I can look at the UV map with a few clicks), and besides using the original texture as a guide, blending it with the new texture, which gives it a lot of definition without looking crayon-y or strawlike. I can't do the blending with curly hair, but curly textures are a lot more forgiving so it evens out.

[shastakiss.livejournal.com]

Oh! Your hair retextures are always so lovely, and thank you for the teen versions especially. I really like both these meshes! Your pink-eyed model is fabulous and yet creeping me out just a little bit (in the most fabulous way possible).

[aquilegia]

(Aaaah I am the worst at remembering to reply to comments, I'm sorry ;_;)

Thank you so much. <3 I was so, so bad at retexturing hair for the longest time, but somehow doing that huge mess of default replacements helped me figure it out -- it's awesome to know I'm actually good at it! XD

What's so creepy about my model? :D Is it the pink, or the glassy eyed Bodyshop stare? XD I've been making so many sims lately that the dead look of sims in Bodyshop has started looking normal to me...

[(Anonymous)]

So, do these require meshes from the Sims 2 Store items or can I safely throw those out after downloading these?

Also, these are freakin gorgeous.

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, woops, never mind, just noticed the mesh file in the rar. xD

I would like to reiterate,however: these are gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. Thank you.

[aquilegia]

Heehee. X) You're very welcome!

I'll make it more clear in the post that all meshes are included. I didn't want to make people have to hunt down the store meshes themselves.

[pebblerocker]

Thank you!

Everyone and their dog seems to prefer Remi/Simgaroop textures in this day and age, but I wanted to say that Pooklet textures are very much appreciated.