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  ColumnGable.jpg (Size: 206.82 KB / Downloads: 837) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=29 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 17:50:07 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=29 Victorian Shop Facade for making old-fashioned shopping streets in Little Carping (you know, like those tourist-trap places we have in cities like York and Chester, selling the romance of a Victorian Christmas card image - most British shopping streets look nothing like that.  But still...).  It's an older set of meshes but I still like them very much and do use them fairly often on community lots especially to make PUBS!  There are a lot of pubs in Little Carping (and surrounds).  They also work great for making pokey little shops: Victorian survivors in Sirencester's modern shopping streets.  But there were two things I wanted to do with the set.  

  VictorianShopFacade_Antiques.jpg (Size: 334.73 KB / Downloads: 1633)
First of all, colours.  The original meshes came in green and I have not found any other recolours (though there may well be some).  However, I made, quite a while ago now, a set of Victorian pub tile walls (they're here) in six very Victorian colours: Laurel; Honey; Burgundy; Cobalt; Chestnut and Buttermilk (a sort of palish green).  So I made a set of matching recolours of the meshes in this set.  These recolours came out pretty well I think (for the most part - not so sure about Chestnut) and do match my walls.  Now I can make pubs with appropriate walls AND matching facades!  Hurrah!  There are five recolours - I did make a Laurel recolour but it's so close to the original colour, I've not included it.  The colours are Honey; Burgundy; Cobalt; Chestnut and Buttermilk.  Here they are matched up with my walls.  It's a slaved set, so there are only four recolour files of each colour IYSWIM - that's because there are four master objects and only they get recoloured.  There are, therefore, 20 files.  

  VictorianFacades.jpg (Size: 205.76 KB / Downloads: 1599)
Secondly, shop names - the original set has a set of 'recolours' with shop names but they're in English.  I, personally, prefer Simlish in my game so I made a set of Simlish shop names too.  There are 17 of them (pick and choose I'd say) including a much-needed blank 'recolour'.  These are for the second colour channel of the 'Shop Sign' meshes - i.e. those boards that make up the top part of the facade (i.e. the bits with writing on them in the pictures).  The names are: Antiques; Bakery; Bookshop; Butchers; Confectioners; Delicatessen; Draper; Fishmonger; Florist; Greengrocer; Grocer; Ironmonger; Pharmacy; Tea Rooms; Tobacconist and Toy Shop.  

  VictorianShopFacade_Long&Short.jpg (Size: 102.93 KB / Downloads: 1464)
With these, because all the shop sign boards are slaved to the 8-tile version, the width of the letters is compressed to varying degrees in all the smaller signs.  I still think they look fine - here's a comparison picture of the 8-tile sign board with smallest 2-tile sign board.  There's nothing to be done about it anyway since it's a slave set and they all use the same texture.

You will need to get the original meshes from T$R (hissssss - sorry) if you don't already have them: here

BTW, I've put these in the Build Mode section because they include recolours for doors and windows and, even so, the buy mode objects (the signs and awnings) are used when you're building anyway (I think).

Finally, there's a bit more to come for this set - so watch this space.

  max_VicShop_FacadeRecolours.rar (Size: 447.38 KB / Downloads: 1098)

  max_VicShopSign_ShopNames.rar (Size: 123.6 KB / Downloads: 1168) ]]> Victorian Shop Facade for making old-fashioned shopping streets in Little Carping (you know, like those tourist-trap places we have in cities like York and Chester, selling the romance of a Victorian Christmas card image - most British shopping streets look nothing like that.  But still...).  It's an older set of meshes but I still like them very much and do use them fairly often on community lots especially to make PUBS!  There are a lot of pubs in Little Carping (and surrounds).  They also work great for making pokey little shops: Victorian survivors in Sirencester's modern shopping streets.  But there were two things I wanted to do with the set.  

  VictorianShopFacade_Antiques.jpg (Size: 334.73 KB / Downloads: 1633)
First of all, colours.  The original meshes came in green and I have not found any other recolours (though there may well be some).  However, I made, quite a while ago now, a set of Victorian pub tile walls (they're here) in six very Victorian colours: Laurel; Honey; Burgundy; Cobalt; Chestnut and Buttermilk (a sort of palish green).  So I made a set of matching recolours of the meshes in this set.  These recolours came out pretty well I think (for the most part - not so sure about Chestnut) and do match my walls.  Now I can make pubs with appropriate walls AND matching facades!  Hurrah!  There are five recolours - I did make a Laurel recolour but it's so close to the original colour, I've not included it.  The colours are Honey; Burgundy; Cobalt; Chestnut and Buttermilk.  Here they are matched up with my walls.  It's a slaved set, so there are only four recolour files of each colour IYSWIM - that's because there are four master objects and only they get recoloured.  There are, therefore, 20 files.  

  VictorianFacades.jpg (Size: 205.76 KB / Downloads: 1599)
Secondly, shop names - the original set has a set of 'recolours' with shop names but they're in English.  I, personally, prefer Simlish in my game so I made a set of Simlish shop names too.  There are 17 of them (pick and choose I'd say) including a much-needed blank 'recolour'.  These are for the second colour channel of the 'Shop Sign' meshes - i.e. those boards that make up the top part of the facade (i.e. the bits with writing on them in the pictures).  The names are: Antiques; Bakery; Bookshop; Butchers; Confectioners; Delicatessen; Draper; Fishmonger; Florist; Greengrocer; Grocer; Ironmonger; Pharmacy; Tea Rooms; Tobacconist and Toy Shop.  

  VictorianShopFacade_Long&Short.jpg (Size: 102.93 KB / Downloads: 1464)
With these, because all the shop sign boards are slaved to the 8-tile version, the width of the letters is compressed to varying degrees in all the smaller signs.  I still think they look fine - here's a comparison picture of the 8-tile sign board with smallest 2-tile sign board.  There's nothing to be done about it anyway since it's a slave set and they all use the same texture.

You will need to get the original meshes from T$R (hissssss - sorry) if you don't already have them: here

BTW, I've put these in the Build Mode section because they include recolours for doors and windows and, even so, the buy mode objects (the signs and awnings) are used when you're building anyway (I think).

Finally, there's a bit more to come for this set - so watch this space.

  max_VicShop_FacadeRecolours.rar (Size: 447.38 KB / Downloads: 1098)

  max_VicShopSign_ShopNames.rar (Size: 123.6 KB / Downloads: 1168) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=21 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 18:23:12 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=21 here).  I thought some extra recolours might be fun.  Here are a selection of the recolours on all three of the Conexion pieces that are available (the original EAxis ones, WhiteWaterWood's half height versions over at MTS and my quarter height versions.

  ThreeHeights.jpg (Size: 193.58 KB / Downloads: 1557)
I made 10 new recolours using the EAxis textures as a base.  That is there are brown, orange, purple, turquoise and magenta in both tiles and the metal plates design.  So the tiles:

  ConexionMetalTiles.jpg (Size: 69.29 KB / Downloads: 1402)
And the metal plate design:

  ConexionMetalPlates.jpg (Size: 72.03 KB / Downloads: 1421)
Mind you, I didn't stop to think whether I should make these, just that I could.  That magenta is a bit much really.

As the textures are the same, I also made a set for the A Bit Steep Roofs as well - tiles:

  ABitSteepTiles.jpg (Size: 62.55 KB / Downloads: 1415)
And Metal Plates:

  ABitSteepPlates.jpg (Size: 65.54 KB / Downloads: 1393)
Just for the LULZ really.

  max_ABitSteepRoofs_ExtraRecolours.rar (Size: 511.6 KB / Downloads: 953)

  max_ConexionRoofs_ExtraRecolours.rar (Size: 516.42 KB / Downloads: 910) ]]> here).  I thought some extra recolours might be fun.  Here are a selection of the recolours on all three of the Conexion pieces that are available (the original EAxis ones, WhiteWaterWood's half height versions over at MTS and my quarter height versions.

  ThreeHeights.jpg (Size: 193.58 KB / Downloads: 1557)
I made 10 new recolours using the EAxis textures as a base.  That is there are brown, orange, purple, turquoise and magenta in both tiles and the metal plates design.  So the tiles:

  ConexionMetalTiles.jpg (Size: 69.29 KB / Downloads: 1402)
And the metal plate design:

  ConexionMetalPlates.jpg (Size: 72.03 KB / Downloads: 1421)
Mind you, I didn't stop to think whether I should make these, just that I could.  That magenta is a bit much really.

As the textures are the same, I also made a set for the A Bit Steep Roofs as well - tiles:

  ABitSteepTiles.jpg (Size: 62.55 KB / Downloads: 1415)
And Metal Plates:

  ABitSteepPlates.jpg (Size: 65.54 KB / Downloads: 1393)
Just for the LULZ really.

  max_ABitSteepRoofs_ExtraRecolours.rar (Size: 511.6 KB / Downloads: 953)

  max_ConexionRoofs_ExtraRecolours.rar (Size: 516.42 KB / Downloads: 910) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=20 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:34:05 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=20 This was originally posted at MTS.  There are some new recolours for these here

I was trying to make a suitable roof over a bow window in a new house build (Lansbury House, which is forthcoming - that's it in the picture) but none of the Maxis roofs really work over bow windows - they look wrong and parts of them tend to stick into your bedrooms and they can make a hash of your lot imposters in neighbourhood view.

  QuarterRoofs1_InBuild.jpg (Size: 145.06 KB / Downloads: 2458)

I went looking for alternatives and came across Whitewaterwood's half height AL roof deco- nice idea, but even these were too high and blocked the windows above them. Soooo, I had to make my own....

I took the original Maxis Conexion Bohemia Roof Pieces which came with AL and reduced them to a quarter of the height. It isn't just a straight shrink - bit more involved than that - the original 'frame' for the roofing is the same as the original, while the actual slope of the roof is the one that has come down to one quarter of the height. There were originally three meshes for the roofs and there are three new meshes at a quarter height just the same - a straight piece, an outer corner and an inner corner. There are three rar files available: in the first are the three meshes; then there are two types of recolour in the other files (see below), one for the frames and one for the surface of the tiling. Here's all three versions of the roofs together. 

  QuarterRoofs5_Comparison.jpg (Size: 65.68 KB / Downloads: 2463)
Mine also fit pretty nicely around a stage which you can use on a flat roof.

  QuarterRoofs_FittoStage.jpg (Size: 86.2 KB / Downloads: 2536)
Catalogue
You can find them in Build Mode>Architecture
Cost
Straight Piece $185
Outer Corner $187
Inner Corner $190

These new meshes are slaves to the original roof pieces and so any recolours you have of those will work with these. They had to be remapped which turned out to be something of a challenge (and I HATE mapping*). There are still some slight issues with the mapping of the textures which you can see if you look closely. In particular, in order to get the tiled recolours to work properly, the plate metal recolours have suffered a little, particularly when you place corner pieces together with others of the same type. With the outer corner, as you can see, the mid-point has no rivets (imagine it's been welded please), while the inner corner has two rows of rivets (a tricky spot, needs extra support). But, as you can see with the tiles, they work nicely together. 

  QuarterRoofs11_MetalPlatesMapping.jpg (Size: 216.49 KB / Downloads: 2330)

  QuarterRoofs10_TileMapping.jpg (Size: 195.89 KB / Downloads: 2368)
*This is because the original EAxis texture has a mis-match fault in the tile pattern - you can see it in the picture of the original-size roof pieces with the tile pattern (below)

Mapping across pieces works just fine: 

  QuarterRoofs12_Mapping_Together.jpg (Size: 205.22 KB / Downloads: 2374)

Mesh Views
Here are 360 degree views of the meshes:

  QuarterRoofs2_StraightPiece.jpg (Size: 66.33 KB / Downloads: 2373)

  QuarterRoofs3_OuterPiece.jpg (Size: 74.36 KB / Downloads: 2247)

  QuarterRoofs4_InnerCornerPiece.jpg (Size: 64.69 KB / Downloads: 2337)

Recolours
I also, while I was at it, made some recolours. First I recoloured the tiles and the metal sheeting. I have a tendency to think that I need recolours of things in all the primary colours (well, primary colours plus yellow). Hence I made tile recolours in green, blue, red and yellow and then metal sheet recolours in green, blue and red (there is already a 'striking' yellow recolour so I didn't bother with that. 

  QuarterRoofs6_MetalPlateRecolours.jpg (Size: 85.84 KB / Downloads: 2339)

  QuarterRoofs7_TileRecolours.jpg (Size: 86.77 KB / Downloads: 2344)
Then I made a couple of 'frame' recolours of sandstone and red sandstone (because I make a lot of sandstone buildings). 

  QuarterRoofs9_FrameRecolours.jpg (Size: 156.32 KB / Downloads: 2366)
And then, and I have no rational explanation for this, I just had to make a recolour that was a chevron wood pattern. I have no idea what that is about, I just had to do it and absurdly pleased with myself I am too. I made a wooden frame for that as well because the sandstone and concrete looked funny. Maybe you can make a shed with it. I dunno.

  QuarterRoofs8_WoodenChevrons.jpg (Size: 95.77 KB / Downloads: 2396)
I got the original texture of the chevron wood design from Chewton Wood Design 


*distant sound of teeth grinding

Polygon Counts: Same as the original
Straight 60
Outer Corner 138
Inner Corner 138

  max_QuarterHeightALRoofDecoConexion_MESHES.rar (Size: 21.55 KB / Downloads: 1567)

  max_QuarterHeightALRoofDecoConexion_RECOLFrames.rar (Size: 329.23 KB / Downloads: 1323)

  max_QuarterHeightALRoofDecoConexion_RECOLSurfaces.rar (Size: 427.16 KB / Downloads: 1405) ]]> This was originally posted at MTS.  There are some new recolours for these here

I was trying to make a suitable roof over a bow window in a new house build (Lansbury House, which is forthcoming - that's it in the picture) but none of the Maxis roofs really work over bow windows - they look wrong and parts of them tend to stick into your bedrooms and they can make a hash of your lot imposters in neighbourhood view.

  QuarterRoofs1_InBuild.jpg (Size: 145.06 KB / Downloads: 2458)

I went looking for alternatives and came across Whitewaterwood's half height AL roof deco- nice idea, but even these were too high and blocked the windows above them. Soooo, I had to make my own....

I took the original Maxis Conexion Bohemia Roof Pieces which came with AL and reduced them to a quarter of the height. It isn't just a straight shrink - bit more involved than that - the original 'frame' for the roofing is the same as the original, while the actual slope of the roof is the one that has come down to one quarter of the height. There were originally three meshes for the roofs and there are three new meshes at a quarter height just the same - a straight piece, an outer corner and an inner corner. There are three rar files available: in the first are the three meshes; then there are two types of recolour in the other files (see below), one for the frames and one for the surface of the tiling. Here's all three versions of the roofs together. 

  QuarterRoofs5_Comparison.jpg (Size: 65.68 KB / Downloads: 2463)
Mine also fit pretty nicely around a stage which you can use on a flat roof.

  QuarterRoofs_FittoStage.jpg (Size: 86.2 KB / Downloads: 2536)
Catalogue
You can find them in Build Mode>Architecture
Cost
Straight Piece $185
Outer Corner $187
Inner Corner $190

These new meshes are slaves to the original roof pieces and so any recolours you have of those will work with these. They had to be remapped which turned out to be something of a challenge (and I HATE mapping*). There are still some slight issues with the mapping of the textures which you can see if you look closely. In particular, in order to get the tiled recolours to work properly, the plate metal recolours have suffered a little, particularly when you place corner pieces together with others of the same type. With the outer corner, as you can see, the mid-point has no rivets (imagine it's been welded please), while the inner corner has two rows of rivets (a tricky spot, needs extra support). But, as you can see with the tiles, they work nicely together. 

  QuarterRoofs11_MetalPlatesMapping.jpg (Size: 216.49 KB / Downloads: 2330)

  QuarterRoofs10_TileMapping.jpg (Size: 195.89 KB / Downloads: 2368)
*This is because the original EAxis texture has a mis-match fault in the tile pattern - you can see it in the picture of the original-size roof pieces with the tile pattern (below)

Mapping across pieces works just fine: 

  QuarterRoofs12_Mapping_Together.jpg (Size: 205.22 KB / Downloads: 2374)

Mesh Views
Here are 360 degree views of the meshes:

  QuarterRoofs2_StraightPiece.jpg (Size: 66.33 KB / Downloads: 2373)

  QuarterRoofs3_OuterPiece.jpg (Size: 74.36 KB / Downloads: 2247)

  QuarterRoofs4_InnerCornerPiece.jpg (Size: 64.69 KB / Downloads: 2337)

Recolours
I also, while I was at it, made some recolours. First I recoloured the tiles and the metal sheeting. I have a tendency to think that I need recolours of things in all the primary colours (well, primary colours plus yellow). Hence I made tile recolours in green, blue, red and yellow and then metal sheet recolours in green, blue and red (there is already a 'striking' yellow recolour so I didn't bother with that. 

  QuarterRoofs6_MetalPlateRecolours.jpg (Size: 85.84 KB / Downloads: 2339)

  QuarterRoofs7_TileRecolours.jpg (Size: 86.77 KB / Downloads: 2344)
Then I made a couple of 'frame' recolours of sandstone and red sandstone (because I make a lot of sandstone buildings). 

  QuarterRoofs9_FrameRecolours.jpg (Size: 156.32 KB / Downloads: 2366)
And then, and I have no rational explanation for this, I just had to make a recolour that was a chevron wood pattern. I have no idea what that is about, I just had to do it and absurdly pleased with myself I am too. I made a wooden frame for that as well because the sandstone and concrete looked funny. Maybe you can make a shed with it. I dunno.

  QuarterRoofs8_WoodenChevrons.jpg (Size: 95.77 KB / Downloads: 2396)
I got the original texture of the chevron wood design from Chewton Wood Design 


*distant sound of teeth grinding

Polygon Counts: Same as the original
Straight 60
Outer Corner 138
Inner Corner 138

  max_QuarterHeightALRoofDecoConexion_MESHES.rar (Size: 21.55 KB / Downloads: 1567)

  max_QuarterHeightALRoofDecoConexion_RECOLFrames.rar (Size: 329.23 KB / Downloads: 1323)

  max_QuarterHeightALRoofDecoConexion_RECOLSurfaces.rar (Size: 427.16 KB / Downloads: 1405) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=10 Sat, 05 Jan 2019 21:44:51 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=10 There are some new recolours for these here

  ABitSteepRecols.jpg (Size: 279.74 KB / Downloads: 1399)
So I was trying to help someone over at MTS with something SimPE related and had a look at the Mansard roof pieces called A Bit Steep.  I rattled off a few quick recolours because that roof piece, in fact, uses the same textures as the Conexion Bohemia roof pieces which I rescaled (made quarter-sized) and recoloured here and I still had the recolour textures.  That was easy and a bit of a cheat really but I thought I’d put them up anyway.

There are four tile recolours (red, green, blue and yellow), four steel plate recolours  (red, green, blue and yellow) and a wooden chevron pattern that I just had to make when I fiddled with the Conexion pieces - don’t ask me why.  Also frame recolours in sandstone, red sandstone, dark (black I guess) and wooden (for the chevron pattern).  The dark frame and the yellow plate are from the Conexion EAxis textures.

  max_ABitSteepRoofRecolours.rar (Size: 893.89 KB / Downloads: 1026) ]]> There are some new recolours for these here

  ABitSteepRecols.jpg (Size: 279.74 KB / Downloads: 1399)
So I was trying to help someone over at MTS with something SimPE related and had a look at the Mansard roof pieces called A Bit Steep.  I rattled off a few quick recolours because that roof piece, in fact, uses the same textures as the Conexion Bohemia roof pieces which I rescaled (made quarter-sized) and recoloured here and I still had the recolour textures.  That was easy and a bit of a cheat really but I thought I’d put them up anyway.

There are four tile recolours (red, green, blue and yellow), four steel plate recolours  (red, green, blue and yellow) and a wooden chevron pattern that I just had to make when I fiddled with the Conexion pieces - don’t ask me why.  Also frame recolours in sandstone, red sandstone, dark (black I guess) and wooden (for the chevron pattern).  The dark frame and the yellow plate are from the Conexion EAxis textures.

  max_ABitSteepRoofRecolours.rar (Size: 893.89 KB / Downloads: 1026) ]]>