BlackRose-P

Sims 4 builder - currnetly working on a save file. Origin ID: blackrosespl

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And back with yet another witch cottage. This time it was build with a family in mind, more specifically an elderly couple and their daughter who come from an old bloodline on spellcasters and like in a bit of isolation. My idea was that the daughter does not want to follow her parents' footsteps and live like a hermit, but the furthest she's allwoed to go is the alkaine alkemist bar round the corner. during one her visits there she befriends the mysterious woman who moved into a long abandoned cottage (the conn artist who's house i built earlier), and their relationship allows he rto dream about places other than glimmerbrook.

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Alkaine Alkemist - Bar in glimmerbrook

I'll be honest, the original bar in the game was so bad it kinda offended me. Given the the neighbourhood is supposidelly build in a forest/mountain area I wanted it to look more like a wood cabin from the outside to make it fit the vibe of the whole area. as for the inside i kept it rahter simple seeing as its a small build anyway, but i threw in some accent items to make it clear that this bar is for spellcasters only.

as always build is on my gallery under id: blackrosespl

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Back with another spellcaster cottage. This time I wanted to make it more bright and colourful and make it seem more 'grand' even thought its still 1bd 1bth.

as always the build is on sims gallery under id: blackrosespl

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Just because i did one build in evergreen harbour does not mean im gonna stick to it. isntead i decided to tackle glimmerbrook for now.

So here I present you with a simple stone cottage for a 'spellcaster'. Although when making this house i had an idea for a sim who is not a spellcaster but a conn artist pretending to be one and running a shop with fake or stolen magical items.

as always the build is on the gallery with the ID: blackrosespl

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I am back with another renovating. This time I tackled the Tinker family's house. their original house did not fit the vibe of the neighbourhood at all. So what I did was I originally built a shell of a generic house to mirror the ones in the environment and then I renovated it with the more modern/industrial windows etc from the eco pack. I also built few containers with the idea that the Tinkers are trying to build a container home on their property and it's a work in progress so for now Tina is using the space as her workshop.

2bd, 1bth

origin id: blackrosespl

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Myshuno Meadows RENO

Origin ID: blackrosespl

And here we are, finally with the last lot from San Myshuno. This park took me much longer to complete than it should, but I was very indesicive about the layout of it. I didn’t want it to feel too crowded, but at the same time it felt weird leaving significant amount of space opena nd empty, even tho that’s jsut what parks are. I am particularly happy with the wedding venue. I do like the side building with all the vines overgrowing it and the glass roof to fit the observatory, but I definitely didn’t do it justice from the inside , considering how limiting the space was.

Now I jsut have to put in all the sims I created for the file, set up their skills/relationships/careers, and do some makeovers for the pre-mades. It should take me like a couple weeks and then I will release the first version of the savefile.

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Petal Park - Fashion District

Lot traits: Romantic Atmosphere, Great Soil

Origin ID: blackrosespl

So this lot originally had a karaoke bar, but since i recently completed one for the save file it didnt make much sense for me to have 2 karaoke bars int he same city. I had few different ideas on what to do with this lot instead, including a basketball court, but it didn’t feel right for this particular place, so I settled on a small park to fit the easthetic and plants in the neighbourhood. I focused on maintaining coherence with the plants and i used the big fountain as a central point. Each section has something going on: BBQ, beach towels for napping, a swing set and a gardening spot. I really like how it turned out, althoguh I am a bit mad at the lighting glitch with one of the plants. The purple lavender looking plants will ‘glow’ weirdly during night time and i know it’s not jsut this isntance because i had similar issues with this particular object many times before, elt’s hope it gets fixed eventually (lets be real can’t count on EA at all). someone said to me that i can get the exact same plant in debug that wont glow like this, but the debug one had weirrd glitchy texture i did not like.

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Black Light Lounge - Uptown

Lot Traits: Part Place, Romantic Atmosphere

Origin ID: blackrosespl

I present to you the Black Light Lounge, in place of the stargazer lounge from the uptown. Althoguh the layout is a bit odd (since I was trying to work with the shape of the building) I am very pleased with the overall easthetic. I was kinda inspired by one of the booths from my karaoke club, not to mention when i was looking up reference images for night clubs and such a lot of them had this type of modern look with blue/pink/purple lighting, so I tried to go all out and even downloaded some custom painitngs to fit the vibe (don’t worry the game doesnt register them as CC). I only have 2 more lots to do (karaoke bar in fashion district and the park) and then i will be done with the save file. After I finish building I will have to actually put all the households in, set the skills/relationships, so that will take me anothet couple days. BUt once that’s done I will make a masterpost of sorts for the first vberions of the save file - san myshuno edition.

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Townhouse Tunes - Karaoke Bar

Lot traits: Convinial, Great Accoustics, Party Place

Origin ID: blackrosespl

Here’s another lot for San Myshuno, this time a karaoke bar. I really wanted the exterior to look like a former townhouse that’s been renovated into a business, so I tried to add things like a garage, courtyard etc. There’s a little stage outside for ‘concerts’ and 2 karaoke rooms, as well as an underground rainbow themed nightclub. I wanted eahc room to have a very fun and distinctive look. The top floor is empty right now, but I did put an a ladder to access it. I wanted to make the top floor into a club exclusive room, but I probably won’t do that until next save file version when I got more characters, lore etc. I did kind of like the look of the original karaoke bar that was ehre so I tried to keep some things similar, like the roof and the brick and that chimney corner portion at the front though.

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The Factory House - Restaurant, Spice District

Lot traits: Chef’s Kitchen

Origin ID: blackrosespl

I present to you ‘The Factory House’, a lovely restaurant built inside an old renovated factory building, which has been abandoned after the business went bankrupt due to the previous owner’s peculiar interests and questionable research.

This lot was really fun to build. I wanted it to match the surroundings and also base it slightly on where I come from, since the city I grew up in used to be a factory city that did not survive well economically after the fall of the USSR, and as a result, a lot of abandoned factories have been converted into all sorts of things, like businesses, galleries etc.

For the restaurant itself, I wanted it to be stylistically similar to the cafe I did in the Arts Centre but slightly more muted to work with the industrial, factory vibes of the building. I admit the screenshots for this arent’s the best because the camera was constantly moving weirdly due to the split level situation inside of the building. The top floor of the restaurant includes a bit of ‘lore’ for my save file if you will. I had this idea of the place being originally a brewery of sorts, but the owner of it was really deep into the Strangerville conspiracies and due to his negligence the business went bankrupt. He continued to live on the top floor, doing his research and eventually obtaining the bizarre fruit and using it to brew some drinks. However, he eventually went crazy and died after consuming it and no one was able to open those rooms ever since. If you decide to play with this restaurant I’d suggest blocking the entry to the top floor.

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Salon La Rossi - Retail (Uptown)

Origin ID: blackrosespl

Ok, so here we have the retail store for San Myshuno. This exclusive boutique is owned by Giselle Rossi, the sim I made for the modern penthouse. The first 2 floors are the actual shop, while the 3rd floor is the staff area. Although I am relatively happy with how this shop tunred out (i was trying to go for somewhat minimalistic look), it was very frustrating to do. I feel like there are not enough objects in the game that look like they would go in a shop, not to mention the 10 mannequin limit in the game. I found myself enjoying the exterior, especially the path with the glass roof (based off a shopping centre I’ve been to irl) and i’ve added a little sitting area out in the back for a bit of realism. The only part about the interior I actually liked doing were the outifts for the mannequins because of how frustrating it was to find enough stuff to make it look like an actual shop, not a bunch of half empty rooms, which is aprt of the reason I’ve added the beauty section upstrairs, so make it multifunction and take up some extra room.

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San Myshuno’s Arts Centre

Origin ID: blackrosespl

Oh my god, this took me so long to build. I wanted this place to have all the possible objects for creative skills and be fully playable, but also look nice. I based this build vaguely off the art school I went to (mostly exterior). I wasn’t able to showcase all of the features of this build due to tumblr’s photo limit, so you will have to download it yourself to see what it’s like. There is a photography studio in there, as well as a computer room and a fabricator.

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1 Torendi Tower Penthouse - San Myshuno

1bd, 1bth

Lot traits: Home Studio, Natural Light

Origin ID: blackrosespl

Oh boy, this took me far longer than it had any right to, but finally after a long break I present to you the final residential lot for San Myshuno. This apartment is occupied by a fashion designer by the name of Giselle Rossi, who is famous for her bold geometric designs. She only has 2 loves in her life, her work and her cats. With that in mind I tried to make the whole place very modern but with a bit of flair that would be suitable for this kind of person, not to mention numerous cat toys in most of the rooms. Her actial office/studio was probably the hardest part of the build because I didn’t quite know how to decorate it, and in the end I spent a lot of time doing photoshoots with different outfits so I could fill the walls with Giselle’s past designs. I also went a bit out with the roof, since it is supposed to be an apartment building I wanted it to mostly remain flat, so I only included a bit of glass detailing and added typical decorations like billboards and solar panels to make it a bit more dynamic.

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1010 Alto Apartments - Uptown

4bd, 3bth

Lot traits: Good Schools, Fast Internet, Child’s Play

Origin ID:blackrosespl

So this is a family apartment, which is always a nice thing to do. The idea I had for this is that there’s like a YT family who lives there and they do vlogging of like their family life and maybe do parenting advice videos. They have 2 kids, so one bedroom is for the guests or if you play with them you can make them have another kid. But essetially I thoguht that maybe the dad is/was in a music career and the mum works part time as babysitter, since I imagine them being good parents who also monetize their family life on the internet.

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1020 Alto Apartments - Uptown

1bd, 1bth

Lot traints: Romantic Fireplace, Fast Internet

Origin ID: blackrosespl

So this apartment was for a sim Diego Lobo who is an in art critic career. Based on the vibe of the original apartment I got the impression of like a fancy bachellor lifestyle which I tried to reflect in my build a bit by keeping some of the objects like the giant game mat and the TV. Other than that there aren’t that many similarities since the original apartment wasnt very colourful which I felt didn’t fit the sim that lived there since he dressed very colourfully and he was in art critic career so I made sure to make his apartment more colourful and filled with nice artwork.

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888 Spire Apartments - Uptown

2bd, 2bth

Lot traits: Great View

Origin ID: blackrosespl

And I am finally back with another apartment renovation. Heads up, I didn’t put it up on the gallery due to some weird glitch with the rooms where it sees the living room as 2 seperate rooms for some reaosn and it cuts through the middle, so you’ll have to get the apartment in savefile only for now.

Anyway as for the renovation. The lady who lives here is named Barbara and she is an older classy lady with a bit of a drinking problem. She is very close with her daughter, but she moved out for college, which is why one of the bedrooms is a bit empty, it has all the basic furniture, but no clutter ebcause noone occupies the space. Her daughter will be in the save file as well so if you play as them you could have her visit her mom’s place and stay overnight. But long story short I’m finding myself really struggling at this point since I’m running out of ideas for furnishing rich sims’ apartments and I still have 3 more to do. After that I also have 7 public lots to renovate.

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VIII Landgraab - Uptown, San Myshuno

2bd, 2bth

Lot traits: Great View, Serviced Apartment

Origin ID: blackrosespl

This apartment is unfortunitely one of those glitched out ones where it doesnt allow you to alter the walls, so I couldn’t upload it to the gallery. This is definitely not my favourite apartment I’ve ever done, but there are some things in it that I really onjoyed and think worked out well.

For the savefile context - the people who live here is a very successful business oriented couple and their dog. You might remember one of the first apartments I did was for grandparents who are raising their granddaughter because their son and his wife are too busy working and making it big to be full time parents. That’s them. They have a dog that they spoil rotten, especially the wife and I actually took a few photos of her with the dog but I can’t add them into the apartment without going into live mode, so I will do it towards the end when I got all the builds finished.