You, O Queen..." A OUAT-inspired Regina/Evil Queen Set

Hello again, everyone! I've finally got around to posting this set. Anyone who lurks around the "work in progress" thread here at PBK knows I've been spamming it with Regina pictures like nobody's business, but I finally got my Fraps screen-capping act together to upload the first part of a two-part set: the fabulous enchanted wardrobe of the Evil Queen herself from the ABC TV series of Once Upon A Time. I adore Regina, because she's such a complex and sympathetic character at the same time as being a sassy snark-queen with gowns to die for...

This is a joint set with the gorgeous, incredibly patient and kind Celestial Spider. She made the gorgeous Evil Queen gown mesh for the darkly glamorous outfits below, with a fantastic alpha-editable over skirt and collar! I've included the file in my 'Meshes' folder, with her base colours (very helpful for all you recolour people out there for figuring out what goes where.) She is one of my favourite meshing wizards here at the Keep.

Okay, on to the outfits!

Regina's Riding Outfit:





This is Regina's first outfit when we see her as a young, innocent girl, pre-dark plum lipstick and tragic backstory. I've checked this outfit on Dragonslave's object horses, and it looks pretty good for riding through the countryside! I went for a relatively simple mesh - one of Cocomama's default base game velvet jackets with riding boots added. Included in the mesh package.

Regina's Blue "Proposal" Gown





I was talking to the lovely StephSim about this dress recently. She'd very kindly used the blue recolour of my Belle gown on her Regina Sim - but we can't have Regina borrowing stuff! So I made a new blue gown for her with silver trim on Celestial Spider's mesh, minus the collar. Still very innocent and girlish...

Regina's Ornate Wedding Gown





Probably one of my favourite dresses for Regina, although from a pretty heartbreaking scene! I won't spoil it for anyone, but it's a turning point for Regina between hero and villain. The mesh used here is heget's 18th century court gown mesh, included in the mesh folder. Appropriately regal!

Regina's Apple Gown





A pretty iconic look for Regina here! and thanks to Sunni and Frac's apple trees, Regina can now offer apples to any Snow Whites of her choosing in this! My first use of Celestial Spider's mesh with the collar. This would also be a pretty nice look for vampire ladies as well as dark witch queens.

Regina's "Lost Girl" Gown





This one is named after the episode you first see it in during Season 3 - and you can see why the fans remember it, it's a lovely outfit! I especially like the raven-feather collar. Another use of CelestialSpider's versatile custom mesh.

Regina's Silver Nightgown:





Something a little more casual for a queen to slip into. I'm not entirely sure if it's a nightgown in the series; Regina tends to wear it as the fairytale version of sweatpants and a t-shirt, but I thought she could probably use this as PJs, no problem.

This is the only mesh that isn't included in the package

It's on Aligeth's "chemise" mesh, which you can grab over at MTS here

Enjoy, everyone! I've double-checked that the meshes included do work, and they're filed separately in a "Meshes" folder for ease of organising.

Download the gowns here

Sims 3t2 Conversion : Happily Ever After Humble Gowns.

Hi guys!
I'm way, way behind with my backlog of goodies to share over at Plum Bob Keep. (Oops. Just moved), But all that pent-up energy had to find an outlet somewhere - here's the result of a week in a new flat with no internet!



I finally figured out how to do conversions for Teens and Elders, so they aren't left out whilst my female adults are prancing around in all their converted best! This is the Humble Gown from the Sims 3 Store 'Happily Ever After Set'. I have much more to come from that set for ladies!

As I had plenty of time on my hands, I've done four recolours for each set. I thought this would be a nice period replacement for witches rather than the 'Halloween Fun' dress-up outfits EA gave us, so I did one in Blue and One in dark black and purple for your good and evil sorceresses respectively. I then did a 'vaguely Spanish' recolour in red and black because the outfit style vaguely reminded me of Carmen. You can see the recolours here below:



And finally, you can download the set here

Enjoy!

Amelie's First Conversion! Sims 3 Palace of Versailles Set

Hello again people! The above meshes are why you've seen so little of me  for a while. I've been wrangling MilkShape and SimPE to produce my first ever Sims 3 to 2 conversions - following Serenity-Fall's excellent clothing conversion tutorial, cursing when it went wrong/exploded, trying again... So far, this is the best I can do.

(They're far from perfect - there's some grey shadows I don't seem to be able to get rid of - so if anyone wants to improve/shoeswap, mess with the meshes I've made, please feel free!)

Anyhow, on to the gowns...



I love these gowns, and I've wanted conversions of them forever - but I'm not actually sure why, as they're not actually very 18th century. They're more a high-school play version of what people vaguely think 18th century is. Ribbons? Check. Goofy ribbons and roses absolutely EVERYWHERE? Check and check. But I've converted them now, so my "Mean Girl" 18th century ladies can wear them.


"Mon Dieu, Reinette, that gown is so fetch!"


First off, my favourite, if only for its potential:

Country Palace Gown





This is... well, it ain't 18th century, what with the puffy sleeves. But it does look pretty darn close to a 17th century "Three Musketeers/Cavalier" style gown, and there certainly isn't enough clothing for Simmies there. Converted for the recolour possibilities. Comes with fat and pregnancy morphs. Categorised as Casual and Formal.

Latest Fashion Frock





I call this one the Candyfloss dress, because it's so sugary-sweet. I'm also oddly addicted to sticking my Sims in it for portraits...Comes with fat and pregnancy morphs, categorised as Casual and Formal. I didn't convert it with the ribbon necklace, as VampireKiss6661 has made a gorgeous version of this as an accessory here:http://www.medievalsims.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=239

Morning in the Garden Frock





Probably my favourite, although the skirts seriously pain me. The EA guys went to all the trouble to do a sack-back 18th century dress, and then made it straight up and straight down like a cheap fancy-dress costume. Bleh.
I did discover it looks lovely as an 18th century dressing gown for my ladies to have breakfast in, so I've categorised this one as Nightwear as well as Casual and Formal. Again, come with fat and pregnancy morphs.

I've only done one texture per mesh, as I didn't feel up to making a zillion recolours. But the meshes are there for people to play with! Feel free to edit, recolour and use away

Credit goes to the awesome SerenityFall over at Livejournal for the tutorial, and the very helpful davinaojoeda here at PBK for advice and support through meshing fails.

You can download the gowns here

Enjoy!

"She Really Is a Funny Girl, That Belle" - OUAT-inspired outfits

Long time, no see, fellow bloggers! I've got about a bazillion projects on the go at the moment I need to post sometime here, but this is probably one of my favourites.
I recently got into the ABC TV series Once Upon a Time, and since there are some awesome creators making stuff from the show already over at the Plumb Bob Keep  (StephSim and VampireKiss  I'm looking at you! :D), I figured I'd contribute my bit, with some clothes for Belle, as played by the lovely Emilie de Ravin. These are all the most memorable 'Enchanted Forest' clothes I could find ( I didn't bother with her strange mini-dresses from Storybrooke)



Okay, onto the close-ups dress by dress:

Belle's Blue Dress:




Uses Skell's lovely "Vintage Prom Dress" mesh. I used some of her textures on the skirts to make sure it draped right. Probably one of Belle's most iconic looks, along with

Belle's Yellow Dress:




This uses the same "Vintage Prom Dress" mesh. I made recolours for this in blue, pink, white and lilac as a nice alternate ballgown for other fairytale princesses.
But that's enough fairytale whimsy - what about the more kick-ass outfits for Belle?

Belle's Huntress Outfit:



I've done a variety of recolours in black, dark red, green, blue, and dark purple for this. The mesh used is antka's This Old Armor Dress with Yuxi's boots shoeswapped onto it, which I've turned into tunic and hose! (I had the fantastically creative Winter in mind, as she has a lot of lovely strong medieval women happy to get out there and adventure) The gloves are separate accessory recolours on Skell's "Naughty But Nice" Advent gift mesh.

And (erm, my least favourite, but the costume designers on OUAT made it, so... *shrugs*)

Belle's "Pantomime Pageboy" outfit:



They're separates - a recolour of Migamoo's booted pant set, and the Maxis cardigan top recolour. Didn't make any recolours for this, as I dislike this one too much)

Belle's Purple Dress:



I think this is a season 3 or 4 OUAT outfit, and as such hasn't got too much love from the fans, but I saw it right away and loved it to pieces! This is a top and a skirt - the skirt a recolour of YanderePlumSim's lovely Secret Santa gift to Skell this year, and the top a recolour of Hysterical Paroxysm's untuckable top over at MTS. I also made recolours of the top to match with YanderePlumSim's original range of skirts, so your Sims can have quirky dresses in a whole range of colours if you've already got her skirts!

But wait - what about accessories, I hear you say? Where are the cloaks?

Belle's Green Hooded Cloak




Based on Cynnix's Hooded Cloak mesh.

Belle's Red Jacquard Cloak:


Based on Cynnix's Caped Cloak mesh.

Meshes:

All meshes are included with gracious permission from their generous creators apart from the Skell gloves for Belle's Huntress outfit (I forgot about them, oops) but you can find them easily on her Tumblr.

And you can download here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7h7zm5297ogbnc9/OUAT_Inspired-BelleUPDATED.rar

Enjoy!

Queen Anne's Lace: an Early 1700s Gown set for Adult Females

Hello again! I have another quick update for you before I move on to my Halloween October theme for this month - some quick and simple 18th century damask gowns with matching petticoats and a delicate lace frill, in a veritable rainbow of colours!
I was quite proud of how these turned out, to be honest! the alpha-mapping option available with this gorgeous mesh, courtesy of the now sadly defunct Sim Ages, means I managed to achieve a rich textured feel with the damask pattern.

I based this particular project on the early fashions seen on the 18th century wooden "Queen Anne" Dolls popular with children at the time. You can see some lovely examples of these old-fashioned toys online (even if I personally find the faces a little creepy) - and their clothes are lovely as an indication of what was worn at the time. There are some ornate examples, but I prefer the plain gowns for an everyday look, as you can see below:

Plain construction, neat little white frill, and nice fabric. The petticoat is also often made in the same fabric, so I went with that to produce and elegant (but still slightly formal) look for my 18th century Simmies.


But on to the in-game pretty pictures!

Above is Bella (of Pleasantview fame), along with a helpfully resurrected Darleen Dreamer modelling a beautiful butter-yellow dress. You can see the back and the appropriate 18th century seaming I added there.

The recolours are as follows:

 

Here we have Darleen, Bella, a helpful 'Mourning Widow' Dina Caliente showing off her widow's weeds, and a random red-head I plucked from my Sim Bin to play with. Surprisingly the dusky pink doesn't look too bad with her bright red hair!

Some dull, drab shades of damask for merchant's wives - who can afford silk, just not the bright dyes - as well as a white damask dress, perfect for period weddings. I always like to include black and white with my recolours so there are options for weddings and funerals in-game. That's how Sims 2 rolls, after all, with the family events!

Some of my favourite recolours are included here. I designed the purple specifically for Darleen, who wears a similar shade of jumper in her default Maxis outfit. The light green really suits Random Redhead there, too..

And some final drab recolours I couldn't fit on the other screen cap. Mostly included because I love how Bella looks with the hat. It's a Sims 3 conversion I picked up from a Glamour/Jazz age set, but it camouflages itself quite well in the 18th century!




Update 26/03/2015
 Whoops! Sorry folks, looks like I included the wrong mesh in this package. I've updated the download package, and it should now include the correct mesh here.
All these recolours are included in the package with the mesh, so you can pick what you like/delete colours you don't, as you please.

The Devil's In The Details:

Mesh credits have to go to the awesome Sim Ages, and to the lovely Sherahbim, who demonstrated just how awesome this mesh was with her own gorgeous creations.