Lamps: Joyfulgirl Stained Glass Lamps for Witchboy *new meshes*Update! - Simvention: A Sims 2 & Sims 3 Creativity Forum

joyfulgirl · #1 12-30-2008, 07:22 PM

09-28-09 EDIT TO ADD:

mamamia61364 has done a kaboodle of lovely recolors and is sharing them at MTS here:
Stained Glass Lamp Collection - 22 Recolors

EDIT: While recoloring the lamps, I found a little flaw in the texture map of the table lamp, and I've corrected it. In doing so a little tweak to the Mondrian black base recolor was required. Please allow the newly mapped table lamp and Mondrian recolor to overwrite the existing files, so future recolors will look better!

Because dear Witchboy is the most generous sharer-giver (not just with goodies, but with his time!), I was inspired to create a gift for him. I've been very much into experimenting with stained glass items for the game, and because I saw some Mondrian items in Witchboy's download area, I decided I wanted to make him some Mondrian stained glass. I started with smashing-folding-mutilating the K&B wall lamp shade with the OFB wall lamp base, and as it progressed I decided to make a set with a table lamp and ceiling lamp. The lamps I cloned are the Base Game 'Wall Flowers Sconce', '4 by 4 Designer Chandelier', and 'Whodunnit? Table Lamp'. Included in the archive are all 3 lamps with the Mondrian recolor.

Mesh files:

For those interested in the vertices sizes: The table lamp = 1169 faces, 954 vertices (original = 1264 faces, 1821 vertices); the ceiling light = 1145 faces, 1076 vertices (original = 1147 faces, 1623 vertices); the wall lamp = 1227 faces, 2015 vertices (original = 1068 faces, 1032 vertices).

Recolors:

Wall lamps unlit and lit:

Table lamps:

They're so shiny ~squeeee~!!

Ceiling Lights:

As with all custom content, please be aware before installing these lamps that no two game/computer configurations are alike, and your usual back-up methods/precautions should be taken, especially since I'm so new to object modeling! I have tested these lamps and taken screenshots utilizing Basegame Starter, so they should be Base Game compliant. If you find any flaws with these files, or have any problems please let me know!

Credits: Many thanks go to Numenor at MTS2 for Basegame starter, Anygame starter and the CEP; JWoods at MTS2 for the Object Creation tutorial; the creators of SimPE; the game creators for the object models I mutilated and smashed; Simvention for giving me a place where I want to hang out and share stuff and Witchboy for being so sweet and generous!

Creators policy: Have fun. You may fold spindle and mutilate these files however it pleases you most to include recoloring (and sharing!), using parts for new meshes, remeshing, including them in screenshots, having your Sims abuse them (if you can think of a way

), etc. etc.
Since I've decided to offer these lamps for download as a gift to dear Witchboy, it would be nice if you direct interested parties here to download the mesh files. Credit to me is nice, but not required - just be sure to let folks know where you downloaded them! Have fun (did I say that already?!?)

and enjoy! Lots of hug and smooches come with the lamps darling Bill!!

(I know, I took a TON of pictures, forgive me, this was my most ambitious meshing to date!)

Edit to add UVmaps - right click and 'save as', the files are named appropriately...

Ceiling lamp:

Table lamp:

Wall lamp:

Jasper · #2 12-30-2008, 07:42 PM

Wow. Just wow. These are fantastic! I absolutely love them! Great work! The meshes & textures are superb.

joyfulgirl · #3 12-30-2008, 07:50 PM

Thanks Jasper! It's interesting that the shininess/reflectivity is in the coding of the objects I cloned... If one takes a look at the textures, you can see that the iridescence isn't totally because of my textures (it's interesting to me anyway!

) I'm glad you like them!