Zazazu's face replacements

[dizzy]

I just tried these out and they're not bad. They aren't on the level of Nailati's but they're step up from Maxis.

Am I nuts or did the face with the elf ears get switched around?

[SaraMK]

Fart, I thought I'd fixed that. Will do tonight when I take new pics sans Enayla skins and will reupload the file.

Edit: I'm not seeing that they are the same, and I haven't changed my files since uploading. Hrm. I checked all age groups and sexes of faces 5&6 and they are consistent. Will test in-game instead of in BodyShop in case something with BodyShop is borkified.

Could be a problem on my end, of course.

I only tested them in CAS.

[Mens Mortuus]

These are quite a nice variation Question: Doesn't Cper #21 and Csla #25 have only the adult templates, and revert to #01 with other ages? Every template has a toddler to elder. 

[Zazazu]

These are quite a nice variation Question: Doesn't Cper #21 and Csla #25 have only the adult templates, and revert to #01 with other ages? Every template has a toddler to elder. 

Eh, those templates only have the vanilla file and not the LOD contained within the package file. At least, that is how they were in Alien ABQ's extracted templates. It's just the toddler and the elder stages that are affected.

SaraMK, I've reuploaded the 1-15 template .rar. Faces 5 & 6 were behaving correctly in my game, but I had initially messed up the 5 & 6 adult female faces my third try around, but had thought I fixed it before I uploaded. The two faces are very different from each other, so I trust that if you noticed that they were the same, I hadn't done what I remembered doing. I'm not known for my memory.

I just tried these out and they're not bad. They aren't on the level of Nailati's but they're step up from Maxis.

I really like Nailati's a lot, but I prefer a bit of a different look. I like for a few of my sims to be bit odd looking, but none of those crappy sunken cheeks or huge honker noses Maxis likes to throw at us.

I swear I'll do a photo without Enayla's skintones very very soon, it just hasn't been high on the priority list!
EDIT: Done, in first post. Also switched around the male/female order since I only had pics of one sex.

[notveryawesome]

These are very nice, and will be the first/only replacement templates I've ever tried. Thanks for posting the non-Enayla-skin photos -- that really helped me to decide whether I wanted to use them, or not.

[dizzy]

If you're looking for an area to improve, I'd highly suggest working on the eyes. The eyes are little too distorted around the edges for my taste.

[Zazazu]

While I do appreciate that everyone has their own opinions, I made these for my own use and decided to share. I won't be changing them. I like them as is.

EDIT: Gah, the above could be construed as bitchy, which was not my intent. Basically, I'm not looking to make these perfect. I want some imperfection in my sims, hence template #19, who is the fixed version of the sim who was the freak toddler. I was playing with the baby-making tool and just loved how silly that one came out.  I'm not trying to compete with anyone else. I love that other people like these and will use them, but first and foremost they are what I want in my game. I don't really do the whole request-like thing unless it's inspiring (aka the quad dorm concept). That wasn't even a request, just more me butting in and saying "oooh, me make pretty!"

[Mirablu]

Hmm. You know, when I looked at these templates with the Enayla skintones, I thought they looked too much alike. When looking at them with the Maxis skintones, I can see more of the differences. (I do wish the screenshots were larger-- but if I want that so badly, I should do it myself.)
The lower-left one looks unattractive, yet still somehow cute to me! It's that funny nose, I think.
These templates look diverse enough so that I won't suffer from "my-sims-all-look-the-same" syndrome, yet similar enough that their offspring will be good-looking.
I don't like all of them, and I already have some face templates of my own installed, but I like most of them, and I'm going to give them a try in my game.
So between a few of yours, a few of mine, and a few of Nailati's, I'd say my legacy Sims will be set when it comes to genetic donors. Some may try to deny it, but oh, no: legacy spouses are little more than genetic donors that my Sims order from the matchmaker. (Yes, I'll take one Marylena Hamilton with a Dagmar Bertino and a side of red-cardigan downtownie. No, hold the goopy.)

I was considering getting this set when it was at MTS2, too, and was bummed to see it gone, so I'm glad you posted them here.

[Zazazu]

Some may try to deny it, but oh, no: legacy spouses are little more than genetic donors that my Sims order from the matchmaker. (Yes, I'll take one Marylena Hamilton with a Dagmar Bertino and a side of red-cardigan downtownie. No, hold the goopy.)

It's worse with the Alphabet Challenge. I rarely get much of a choice. Right now, I have to go with Gray as my heir because the male G townies/dormies are fugly, and the one female is...well....template #10. There are several letters that I only have one non-elder female choice for. Negative chemistry? Too bad! Luckily, my townies are either from Selzi's templates or mine, so no Goopies.

[miros]

They're lovely! 

[Berg]

Hi again! I've been using these for some time now and I'm really happy with the results. I finally have some interesting townies and it's much more fun making sims in CAS nowadays! So a big thank you for sharing them with us. Baah! Thanks, this is great!


But...  This must be one of the most interesting foreheads I ever saw (actually, this is the FIRST interesting forehead I've seen...)



I noticed it just the other day and I would like to thank you for the ROFFLE (I almost spit water on my screen). Was this one of the sims born in your game, or was he in a nasty accident? I like how well the profile of the nose goes with the forehead...

[Ennarys]

It looks a little like an adult female face ended up on an adult male. I made a mistake like that when I made some faces and that was the result.

[Zazazu]

Hi again! I've been using these for some time now and I'm really happy with the results. I finally have some interesting townies and it's much more fun making sims in CAS nowadays! So a big thank you for sharing them with us. Baah! Thanks, this is great!


But...  This must be one of the most interesting foreheads I ever saw (actually, this is the FIRST interesting forehead I've seen...)


I noticed it just the other day and I would like to thank you for the ROFFLE (I almost spit water on my screen). Was this one of the sims born in your game, or was he in a nasty accident? I like how well the profile of the nose goes with the forehead...

WTF. Uh. Nope. Something bad there. It looks like an elder face on an adult (basically, the wrond file was replaced, you can tell because the chin is so much lower than the bottom of the hair). Weird, I had checked that sort of thing, because it's what I messed up on my first attempt. I can't tell from the side exactly which one that was. Which #? I'll fix it.

I actually need to reload face #21 as the current one has some clipping issues with a couple of Maxis hairstyles. I played with the sliders too much. Didn't notice it on my testers, but had a townie spawn with a bad combo.

[Berg]

I think that poor creature is #9... I'll download the replacement if you fix it, otherwise there's no big deal. I hadn't planned to take him out anyway. I don't mind the one or two occasional freaks roaming my neighbourhood  (with EAxis templates there used to be 90% freaks so this would've been a fantastic progress...)

[Zazazu]

Yeah, but I was going more for about 15% freaks. Actually, I think it's face #7, I just checked in-game. I suspect I replaced with the wrong extraction, but teen, adult, and elder males are effected. Female is ok. Meh, I dunno...my original model for that one was female, too. I'll redo the male line along with updating face 21. Probably sometime this weekend.

Well, if you liked it, then I guess it was a happy accident.