TS2 2014 Calendar Chat Thread
 

This is the official chat thread for our Calendar Contest!

Here you can post chatty stuff about the contest like:

• Awesome! I want to join!
• ”The entries are great! My favorite is Simmer1234’s entry for March!”
• Various other chattery type things - but please do not spam! Remember, we have a Private Message system so this thread is not for conversations you could easily have via PM or IM.

You can also post:

• Pictures for a third, fourth, etc entry - you're only allowed two months/official entries per person, but if you have more shots, post them here!
• If your month fills up before you get a chance to enter it, post your pictures for everyone to see!
• If you don’t want to compete for various reasons but still want to share your pictures.
• If you have pictures that don't meet the requirements, but still want to share.

Please remember to BE NICE! - You can post comments on the entries but don't be mean about it. Positive stuff or nicely-put constructive comments only! Remember, the main point of this contest is FUN!

I'll say it, if nobody else will: I think Fivey really captured the essence of spring with her submission. Oh! And I thought I'd see mustuvcatz's download screenshot in the contest forum, the jaws, the cobwebs and the TS3 style pumpkins definitely scream "Halloween!".

I was just coming here to comment on both of these pics, they're absolutely stunning!

They're both lovely, yes! But we have an entire month to gets tons more stunning pictures. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Hooo-wee! I know what I'm gonna do today
Some of the entries so far are outstanding! I'm in awe of some picture-taking skillz out there :lovestruc:
I'm firin' up my game... right.... now (which means I have about 45 minutes to get all my work done for the day - TGIF!)

Catherine, your schoolhouse is cute! Reminds me of mine, though it's a bit bigger now that all my sims have had babies

YAY! I'll have to go look at yours...

...it's not on MTS? I wanna see it - do you have a link?
Where I grew up (about an hour N of Tampa, FL) we had a "Little Red School House" - it looked just like this one - and it was used as the town library. (Small town!)

I'm also trying to do a Crofters Hut type thing for St Patty's day... but my game keeps crashing. I think it is the last thing I added to my DL folder, which would be OhBehave's scenic backdrops They're probably fine, but conflicting with something else in there *sigh* I really wanted to use it them too

Hmm, I seem to have a tonne of pics of the inside of the schoolhouse, but almost none of the outside! Just this rather crappy one of one corner of the building:
(I took that because I was marvelling at how much my hood's population has grown)

I do have a few other nice pics from the school, but they really don't tell you anything about the school building .


And this one, which I absolutely love - the poses were completely spontaneous, it was amazing. I like to think that Victoria, the girl in the polkadot dress, is the kind of sim who'd probably frame this. In fact, maybe I should have her do just that...


The school wasn't based on any RL building for me - I did actually grow up just around the corner from my primary school's original, tiny building, but it had been a chapel before it was a school (and later a graphic design agency), so the style didn't really fit with this 'hood. I started out basing my hood's school loosely on Anne of Green Gables - but it's a bigger and more modern than that school!

OH! I love the 'class' picture What a sweet idea!
Yours is an actual working school building; mine's just a one room school house - more for 'hood deco (with a playground) than anything else...

You grew up north of Tampa? Me too! Now I am really curious where (because I'm nosy like that). Nysha, your class pictures are awesome!

Ever heard of Spring Hill? Or, as I called it Sprung Hill... Right across Hwy 19 from Weekie Wachee
Where were you?

I'm loving these pictures! I really want to have a go, maybe I could have a try?

I love Fivey's February one! It makes you feel warm and it's like it actually talks to you saying "Valentines day and romance"

I love Fivey's February picture, the moon in the background is amazing. But how do you get a moon in sims 2? As far as I was aware you only get moons in sims 3, clearly not.

Go for it, TotallySimsCrazy. The more entries, the merrier :D

I may or may not eventually get round to an entry .

marmbite, I think Fivey might be using a custom sky object, like these: http://modthesims.info/d/187229

Yes! I grew up the next county over: Citrus County. Inverness was the town name. Though usually when people ask I say close to Ocala since that's the nearest "big town" that we'd usually make a special trip to since they had an actual mall for school/Christmas shopping and the like. Hello fellow central Floridian!

And yes, please. Keep the entries coming. Nysha is right, the more the merrier!

Yay, just seen myself added to the table, Thanks heaven!

I really enjoyed making that, you're allowed two right? I could make another, i just need a month, and free time to download stuff to do it.

Great entries everyone! May i wish you ALL good luck!

Yes, you can do another as long as it's a different month. You have all month so hopefully you can find the time!

Extra pictures
 

Yippee! I finally decided on my final two and they have been added to the table. Since I took some other alternatives which can't be entered I will share them here.

This first one would have been for February:


The second one would have been November:


And this third picture would have been December:


I wish I could have entered three, it was so hard to decide between the two I entered and my February picture. But I suppose if you could enter three then there would be less people able to enter and people with more expansion packs (and other benefits) would have a bigger advantage. Oh well, I just hope I picked the right two...

I think you may be right. I didn't know you could do that but it's quite a good idea.

Where are ya'll finding the tall grass? I have some... but it doesn't look nearly as nice as what is pictured here! Please share?

@marmbite12 I think November is awesome. It shows me what November is mainly about!

It's a lamp, actually.

I'd just like to chip in and say something.
Marmbite12, your November picture is awesome! :D

What a terrific find! Thanks for the linksie
I wonder why I didn't see this before

Catherine - the grass that marmbite used looks like this grass or the other grasses by that same creator. (Same grass, one set is lower poly.) If you're interested in the grass that Fivey used, that's probably Gelydh's grass that was on Club Crym.. er, however you spell it lol. I used the same grass basically - I did add ons that are longer, so I used those mostly.

Other than that, my "Grasses" folder (yes, I have one since I was doing edits) shows that 4ESF, cyclonesue, sim man 123, Jonesi (Black Pearl Sims) and nanu have grasses. Nanu's Rigo grass is longer but only 1 tile, so placing a whole "field" of it is a pain. (Which is why I did 4 tile versions of those for myself.)

Thank you I grabbed it. Now my sheep will have something to nibble
I checked your profile, MLC... I didn't see any longer grasses. Did you share? If so, where? If not - please??? *begging smiley goes here*
Thank you! :D

Wow, I would never have guessed that. Thanks for the link.





Thanks!
Unfortunately I took too many and November wasn't one of the one I picked.

Your December picture is really nice, you should enter a second. With another like that you could have a good chance of winning.



Thanks! Now your making me wish I entered that one.


Yep, it was that grass.

Awesome May entry Marmbite. What created that ray of light in your pic?

Catherine - never shared the grass edits. I got as far as taking screenshots and that was it. My day is about to get very busy but I'll see about getting it all finished up as soon as I can.

thesammy58: I am intrigued, is your entry the back of my Amstelkade Apartments?

Thank you muchly - no hurries.

I can't see Miuki's January entry. Is it just me or is it missing?

Just came here to say the ones that everyone is doing a really good job so far. Ones that really stand out to me to express the feel of the month are the Winter Park (January,) the Lamb Farm (March) Grand Garden (April), the Woodland Play Place & the Fairy Statue in the Grove (May), and the Early Summer Veranda (June). I also really adore the Cherry Blossom Tree Plaza (April) and the Hiking Trail (May) pictures but noticed they had the building grids present which could bump down their scores

Some I also think are great form pure simtography/detail perspective like the Empty Train Station (June) Backdoor River Night (November), and the Interior of an Old-timey School House (September), and the Blistering Afternoon Room (August)

It's very inspiring work!

Charmful I am really happy you mentioning my June Summer Veranda, even liking it too.
It is my very first entry to any contest or anything here on MTS.

Personally I think you all have made some excellent Pictures for the calendar I have loved since it
came out the first time. I am really looking forward to the final result of the MTS Calendar 2014 !

You have a very good eye for accessorizing and detail!

Wow thank you so much Charmful !

You are welcome but now it's gone! At least when I look at it, I get a generic TinyPic image is there saying it was deleted

I just saw it today .. that it was gone ... reuploaded it now so it should Work Again -
dont know why tinypic is taking pics off ?

Just want to pop in and add that the latest July entry is stunning! Good job to Phaenoh - I love the fireflies in the foreground!

Another pic of my Sakura Mansion!~~
 

Since I was struggling between this and the one I posted, I share it here!~~ Hope you like it! ^^

And also another one of my Rivendell!~ lol

CuteDragon, I think you picked right in choosing the April one you entered. Both are very nice but the one that is entered has a bit more pop to it, in my opinion. Possibly due to the statues?

Really? Thank you~ Just hope they can like it anyway. ^^