Well the interlude is done, and that means that it is that time again when I share my thoughts and some picspam from the making of it. If you've not read Vicky's interlude, I suggest you do so before clicking on the cut, since this does contain items of a spoilery nature. :)

( About 70 pics and a lot of talk )

So that's what went on behind the scenes with this. I've probably forgotten a few things I was going to talk about, but I think I've talked enough for now.

Comments to everything coming later, but for now, it's done:



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*waves* Hello everyone, happy Guy Fawkes Night. I'm afraid I don't have a Bonfire Bash for you all this year, in fact it's the first year I've been playing this neighbourhood I've not done one. So there's no Stuart and Bertie traipsing round the village asking for a penny for the Guy, no Christopher using one of Anthony's dress shirts to make his Guy, and no gathering of legacy sims in my simself's back garden, watching Indy and Connor run around lighting fireworks and laughing when they go off in their faces.  Of course that also means that there is no me watching Connor and Vicky like a hawk (they have only 2 bolts, but with 19 outgoing points between them, they have a tendency to not leave each other alone when they are on the same lot.  I'm waiting for one of other of them to do an inappropriate hug, or back rub.  *looks at Connor*), so maybe it's not all bad. ;)

( A bit of talk and 4 pics )

I Hope everyone else is ok, and hopefully I'll be a bit more visible soon. 

Halloween also means that it is Prof's birthday, so happy birthday Prof.



I hope you are having a great day!

Ah All Hallows Eve, the night where good's influence on this earth is at its lowest ebb and evil spirits can walk this plane of existence freely. Traditionally people dressed up as monsters in order to trick the evil spirits walking the earth into believing that there were already evil influences present in their house so I've dressed up some of my simmies in appropriate costumes and done a HUGE photoshoot (I got completely carried away and had difficulty narrowing it down to even 85 pictures). You should recognise everyone, even though two of them are older than when you last saw them, and several have their features obscured. Enjoy.

Part one is done, and since it's going to take me another couple of weeks to get part two shot, and this is a monster story, you get to read the first part now.



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Hello everyone. Filming Vicky's interlude is currently eating my brain, so I thought I'd share the brain numbingness and let you all know how it is going, because I'm nice like that.

( Some talk and a few pictures )

Aaaand I think that's enough procrastinating tonight.  Might try to get a couple more shots in the bag.  Oh and I plan on catching up with comments after part one is out.  If I don't, it'll be after part two, and that may be a couple more weeks, and I'll probably have more to add to the list then, which I don't want.

Happy birthday from me and your little Victorian family.  I hope you are having a great day.

So yesterday I was going to write the comments I owe as well as starting to shoot the interlude.  Well i got one comment done, made a good start on the shooting and got distracted.
( I made something! )

Finished.

The shooting script for Vicky's interlude that is.  It currently stands at 317 slides. but that doesn't include the credits (I want to do credits like I did for Joe's Punishment), and it might change anyway since it all depends on how shooting goes.  But at least I can start on that now.  Yay.

I do have a couple of WCIFs that have come up as I've been writing: an invisible recolour of the NL poker table would be great if anyone knows of one.  Oh and a coil of rope that is a decorative object would be fab too. 

I can live without the rope, but would really love the poker table if possible. 

EDIT I found a tutorial and created the poker table myself.  It works great. 

Cait, I tried making you an invisible bowling alley too, but it's too complicated and I ended up with odd things going on, sorry hun.

I'm also almost done with my Halloween shoot.  That took me far longer than I was counting on, so I'm glad I got started on it early.  I had so much trouble with getting the lighting just right.  I even installed Radiant Light into my dummy hood to get the directional light I wanted, and still couldn't get exactly what I wanted for some of the kids' pictures.  I've ended up editing them in PSP, something I don't normally like doing since I don't like over or badly-edited pictures.  I've basically ended up deepening some of the shadows and making the light pop more.  I'm really pleased with how they are turning out and cant wait to share them. 

Happy Birthday Annie.  I hope you're having a good day!

Hello you lovely peoples you. I felt like aimlessly chatting in the hopes that it will make me write quicker, or something. That's because work on Vicky's interlude is going very slowly, and I've been trying to peg down why. I've written only 88 slides, which is about 2 pages of my outline, and is only the start of the adventure really.  Last night I wrote only 10 slides, which is rubbish for about two hours work.  I think I've figured it out though.

( Talk and pictures )

I know it's slightly early but...



As you can see, SimWidget has settled into Regalton well.   Happy birthday and I hope you have a great day.

Happy birthday Stacie from me and a few new residents of Regalton.  I hope you have a great day.

Yup it is time once again for me to ramble on about my latest piece of writing, the asylum.

( Antics of the insane. )


Right, so now the asylum is over, I can move onto Vicky and Rosie's first case.  I've actually about finished building for it: I'm going to create my dummy hood now and do any more set dressing or building in that.  The reason being, I might have to put down a  few more lots to fill some spaces, but they will be temporary lots since I don't have plans for those spaces at the moment.  I don't want to have to bulldoze a load of lots further down the line, so this seems the best way.

I might be popping up with some WCIFs in the near future too as I get my outline and shooting script sorted.  I'm so excited to be making a start on this project, I can't wait to get on with it and share the finished project with you all.  I hope you all like it.

Simdon-Leys Home for Irrational and Insane Women is about to open its door for the final time. Please have your fee ready and follow me



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I know it's slightly late but:



Happy Birthday Jamie my dear, from me, Stanley and the rest of the inhabitants of Regalton.   I hope you had a great day.

Ok, so this took me far longer to shoot than I thought it would, but there you go.  Here's what I've come up with for this week's sim_scenes challenge.
( +10 )

She did it!



Ari is now the Law. She studied all night to get her final skill point, and was really tired when I sent her to work, but she did it.

So the asylum is now officially over, I just need to work out the scores. However, me being me, I also need to build a quick set and shoot some scenes to bring it to a close narratively.

Although this means that I'm not going to be seeing all the inhabitants being humiliated any more, I'm pleased to have finished it, because once I've shot the end scenes and written it, I can move onto finishing the building for Vicky's interlude and then write and shoot that.  I'm also starting to think about what I'm going to be doing with the future of the legacy too, so I'm getting anxious to be back in Regalton and playing.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Simdon-Leys Home for Irrational and Insane Women is about to open it's doors once again to visitors. Please form an orderly queue and have your fee ready.



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