When pigs fly, I said… (Preview)
Want to take a guess at who’s writing yet another post that have absolutely nothing to do with Harrington? It just might be me, but this time, I feel very justified (I did last time as well, but shhh xD). You see, a certain someone (that’d be me!) have been fiddling with things. Well, not just any thing but the dreaded Milkshape and came to the conclusion that, hey! I want to try something, what something? Well, you’ve either guessed by the preview picture, or you’re about to find out 
Thing is, I’ve been wanting to try out Milkshape for a bit, but since I had nothing I wanted to make, I just couldn’t be arsed, you see, I rarely bother with things I don’t want to do or get something out of, the main exception is university and work, and I’m not very keen on making myself do something in my spare time. Other than cleaning, but I find that oddly relaxing.
Anyhow, I don’t really remember how, but I was looking through ModTheSims and searching around for conversions, no reason other than that there tends to be some nifty things now and then. Then it struck me, there’s very few meshes with pregnancy morphs for teens, which, isn’t really surprising given the general mindset when it comes to the Kitten Killer (more fondly known as InTeen) and her various step-siblings (who’s name I’ve long forgotten).
At any rate, after playing around slightly with Milkshape I decided that the only way I was going to learn anything was to give myself a project. And so I started my fight against the “fancy” (as I call it) outfit from the Stuff Pack Celebration Stuff, a struggle, which I’m sad to say, is still raging. I suspect it might be my own fault though. We’ll see how it looks after some sleep and food.
For now, there are only previews, sorry, but as you’ll soon see, there are some bumps and bimps that I’d prefer to deal with first, that and I see this as an opportunity to ask if there’s anything else that should be corrected. Tummy size, boob size etc. I’ve never been pregnant, nor for that matter seen all too many pregnant tummies, so I used my gut (+some google images) as well as simply going with what suited the mesh best. Still, I’m open to change, though I have to try and stop fiddling with them soon or I’ll go nuts!
Anyways, onto the other preview images! (You didn’t think you’d get off that easy, did you? 
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We’ll start with the ones I’m most happy with and make our way down, hm?
Oh, and unless I or the image says otherwise, they’re all in their first trimester.
As the image says, it’s the long summer dress that came with Apartment Life, I decided to show both normal+preg and fat+preg to give you an idea of how it looks
I have to admit I’m not entirely certain which pack this came with, I think it was Freetime, but I’ll check before I upload them and such and make absolutely certain that I know where they all come from
Because I know it might be a bit hard to believe than the ones above actually are in their first trimester, I thought I’d add one where one is in her second trimester wearing the same outfit. It’s partly due do how the mesh is layered and partly because I might have felt a bit along the lines of “bigger is better” when making it, I think.
All I know is that it came with Apartment Life, I didn’t pay enough attention to catch its name though, so I termed it “classy”.
I really rather hate outfits with jewellery, it’s annoying to move it and try to avoid it getting swallowed into the stomach while keeping it in place. With this, I think it worked out okay, but bleh, not much fun.
I know the pregnancy morph on the normal one might not be quite big enough, I does look okay in the second trimester though, I’ll probably play with it a bit tomorrow and see, there’s three-four layers though (top jacket, top, stomach and pants) so it takes a bit of tinkering to get it right. (For me, who’ve never really done it before)
I know this technically came with Apartment Life but I was pretty tired near the end and well, I’m still a bit miffed because we got so many converted outfits from Freetime with Apartment Life. The blonde is wearing a wedding ring because she’s an aged down adult and the others were busy standing still for me so I needed another model.
This came with Freetime, right? Or was it Apartment Life? *Sigh* I guess I’ll add that to my list of things to check for later. This is also what I meant with extremely bothersome jewellery that I haven’t quite worked out yet. It looks good here, but second trimester is a bit different (and boy, I might have to downsize a bit too!)
You can see what I mean about the jewellery (slightly at least) on the white shirt, I might just remove it, or fiddle a bit more, we’ll see. And yes, the fat morph + preg morph for this equals a BIG tummy. I’m torn between leaving it that way or fiddling with it… We’ll see.
The sweater dress from Apartment Life, yes, I can see that it’s a little too pointy to the right, it doesn’t get better in second trimester (see below) so I’ll be changing it, no worries!
Same dress, now in the second trimester, left tummy I really really like, the right one I’ll toy around with, shouldn’t be too hard to fix really
This one, this one has been giving me a headache since I started and I think it might be all my fault for not updating the right mesh before putting it back. It looks okay here, but fat morph with or without preg morph has breasts that look like they’re being squeezed into a mammogram machine. For some reason I made a custom fat morph, I don’t know why, I think I’ll just start from scratch and mould the tummy after this one, since the tummy does work (I think? Any protests?) and save myself the double headache.
And that’s it, that’s… 9 outfits with added morphs! Yay! Go me! Go me! Go sleep! Go zzzz…
Right, sorry! Like I said, no upload since I’m still fiddling with it and testing it (I have gotten to the stage where I’m 99% certain it won’t blow up anything, I just have to test how all the morphs look in different lights, ways etc. since I didn’t really feel like doing it when I took these pictures (which might have something to do with someone being an insomniac and staying up all night dosed on coka cola, you choose)).
Oh, and for no reason, other than it amuses me;
Yes Tara (that’d be the models name), a baby will indeed costs some money. Not to mention attention, time, energy, space etc. lucky that you’re just a model, no?
I skipped making separate pages for this one. But if people prefer it I’ll add the tags, takes me two minutes Regular updates will have pages regardless (makes it easier for me to write as well).
They look great! I have zero talent for custom content so I’m in awe of anyone who can make anything. LOL.
But teen pregnancy meshes are a little thin on the ground and I’d definitely put these in my game!
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Valneanne Reply:
December 5th, 2009 at 2:15 am
Late reply of d00m but thanks for the comment
Yeah, there’s a very short supply of teen pregnancy meshes and while I’m nowhere near good enough to do custom meshes, I did figure out how to add pregnancy morphs. They should be up soon-ish, I’ll be toying with them today and tomorrow and hopefully they’ll be up late Saturday/early Sunday
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These look amazing! I’ve never done anything like this for Sims 2, so I’m super impressed with your talents! Looks like I need to get the celebration pack, cause that blue/white outfit is way cute!
As for the boheme dress, I actually like how large the fat/preg morph is! Gives some variety, and I can just imagine using it for a twin pregnancy!
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Valneanne Reply:
December 5th, 2009 at 2:18 am
Thanks! I hadn’t really done it before either, but I found it wasn’t too hard once I just figured out the basics
And the blue/white outfit is probably my favourite in that pack!
Good to know about the boheme dress, I suppose I can always just to do versions and save myself the worry
But I’m glad you like the size of them, I’ve gotten pretty fond of them now 
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