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Want to download both sets of Imperfection? Tired of clicking all the download buttons? Then this is the link for you! I've uploaded all twenty skins, along with the Defaults, to my Dropbox for your convenience. You can still click the Thanks button if you like, though.
WARNING: These skin packages are huge. Various shades in the set may range from 9 MB to a whopping 12 MB. Why so much larger than most other custom skins? Put simply, most other creators kindly keep their file size reasonable by having age and fitness textures shared. Example: Teen males looking the same as adult and elder males. But I wanted each age and fitness to be unique, thus the bloated file size.
Part Two
I am proud to present to all of you Part Two of my Imperfection skintones. For those of you who are good at arithmetic and missed the first part, you might want to check it out here.
More About Imperfection
This set of twelve skins...
-is Maxis-match but detailed, inspired by skins like HystericalParoxysm's Idolatry of Flesh
-has separate and unique textures for all age groups and fitness states (normal, fat, and fit)
-is barbie below the waist (no genitals but nipples for all)
-are all just recolors of the same textures (example: The textures for Cherrywood are the same as the textures displayed on Swarthy, it's just the colors and tones that are different)
-faces are like Maxis originals, in that they don't represent any particular nationality and can be used on various facial sculpts
-do not have the textures for Sexy Feet or any other default replacement meshes there might be out there; anyone is free to edit these skins for such meshes, however
Pictures Speak Louder Than Words
Without further ado, here are the twelve new skins! *Please note, my laptop seems to display things greener than they appear; in-game.
Jaundice, Posie, and Ruddy:
Honey, Swarthy, and Potato:
Pumpkin Spice, Cafe Lait, and Cocoa:
Cherrywood, Espresso, and Ebony:
Recommended Downloads
Normally, teens with custom skins will not have visible acne breakouts. I made a small fix for this which you can grab from my dropbox, if you are as obsessed with blemishes as I evidently am.
Genetics
If you don't like the genetic values I chose for the skintones, feel free to edit them yourself. It's quite easy to do with SimPE. For a detailed explanation of how to edit genetic values and what they mean, check out this useful guide by Quinctia.
Here's a quick run-down of what you have to do. This assumes you have basic understanding of editing packages in SimPE.
1. Open the skintone package in SimPE.
2. In the Resource Tree, select Skintone XML
3. Only one resource should show up. Bring it into the Plugin View.
4. To townie-enable a skintone, select Flags and change it to end in a 0. To disable it for townies, select Flags and change the number to end in an 8.
5. You can alter genetics on a wide range. I suggest reading the tutorial I linked to in order to understand more if you're not familiar with how genetics work in Sims. I enabled my skins on a range from .01 to .99. Make sure to use a decimal point if you want the skin to work as an in-between shade! If you want them to have the default custom skin value, just change the genetic value to 0.
6. Commit then save, because you're done!
Mistakes Happen
These skins are far from perfect. That's why they're called Imperfection. My screenshots haven't been photoshopped, so you should be able to see most of the flaws for yourself from the attached images. In particular, they aren't completely seamless, despite my best efforts, and there is bound to be some banding or pixellation on the darker skins. Again, the one thing that isn't accurately portrayed in my screenshots are the undertones. These skins look warmer and livelier in-game than they do in my screenshots, where they look kind of greenish. Sorry, but these aren't actually Vulcan skins.
TOU
Feel free to recolor or whatever with my textures. In case anyone is interested, I've uploaded the PNGs to a folder in my Dropbox. Download what you want here.
CREDITS
The teeth are by Rensim, found here. Thanks for letting others use your textures, if you ever see this!
Custom Content Pictured
Well, the skintones are by me. :P
The blue wall is by dimsim78, I believe. Just not sure from which set, ha, ha.
Most models have Maxis hair. But Ebony is using a hair by Nouk. And the babies are sporting some sweet 'dos by Theraven at moonlightdragon.freeforums (registration required), where she's made both default and custom baby hairs.
They aren't wearing any makeup or facial or body effects. Because I didn't trust myself to remember to censor them properly, they are wearing some swimsuits I made especially for these uploads. Hope they don't block too many of the details!
All models are gender-swapped versions of the models for Part One. Meaning you can get a better idea of how the skins look on the different genders by browsing through the nearly hundred screenshots I've provided of these guys.
Some of the models are gender-swapped versions of my 3to2 conversions of Sims by Lunararc, used with his permission (thank you!). In particular, Potato is really Fadil Gorkem, and Ruddy is actually Amy Spencer.
I also used Radiance Lighting by dDefinder (originally by Gunmod). It's purty.
Additional Credits:
Maxis/EA for the fantastic Sims 2 that we all love modding so much.
Mod the Sims for hosting my stuff and being a fun center for Sims fanatics.
Covidophile2's tutorial on using SimPE to create skintones. SimPE and its creators. Corel Paintshop Pro X6.
DJFade, for The Compressorizer. Fraps
Thanks too to the creators of Sim Blender and InTeen. Their features made it so much easier to get the Sims dressed appropriately and have instant babies.
Myriads of thanks to the kind folks who encouraged me in the Creator Feedback Forum. Special thanks to lidiqnata, Jo, CatherineTCJD, and Lastgale.
This is a Maxis Recolour which means that it is a recolour of an item that already exists in your game. Please check the Pack requirements to see which game pack it recolours.
Hiii... I'm SleepyTabby, or Sleepy, or Tabby, or "hey you".
TOU-Have fun! You may use my textures for anything you like. You may tear apart my meshes and do whatever you want with them. Just respect the policies of any creators whose work I may use in my own projects. Otherwise, have fun.
If you ever do use any of my stuff as a basis for your own, I'd love to hear from you, just to check it out. You can either PM me or leave a comment in one of my uploads. But you don't have to get permission from me to post anything; consider permission already granted.
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