modernlex

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[modernlex]

lex | she/her | 30 | wciff (answered once a month)

townie lookbooks - 1/???

townie makeover wips - complete *up to b&h ep*

whimsy stories legacy (on hiatus) - most recent | chronological

cc finds + builds + simspo - @modernlexfinds

asked and answered

resources - coming soon

[modernlex]

9, 14 & 20 for ask game! 🫶🏻

9. do you still sleep with stuffed animals?

No, though I never really did as a kid either. I did used to sleep with body pillow until my fiance and dog filled the space, lol.

14. do you collect anything?

I collect concert shirts from all of the ones I go to - although with the prices sometimes I wait and buy it secondhand. I collect books I guess, I prefer physical to other forms personal + get very attached to ones that I love. I've also started collecting my favorite album vinyls. Lastly, I inadvertently collect stationary because I start so many that I never finish & get resist a pretty notebook.

20. If you could revive one tv show that has been cancelled, what show would it be?

The first one that comes to mind is The Get Down (netflix). It had such a good first season and then never came back. I'd also say Westworld (hbo). Even though I didn't really enjoy the last season that aired, the first couple were great. They only had one more seasoned plan, so I wish they had just completed the story - good or bad. You can't even watch it on their platform anymore which is ridiculous.

[cringefail-loser]

42 personal questions ask game

how many followers do you have?

when’s the last time you went on a date

how many posts have you made?

What type of shoes do you wear?

what colour are the walls of your room

where are you right now? (not exact location. ex: at a park)

would you consider yourself good at art?

who was your first kiss?

do you still sleep with stuffed animals?

what’s your favourite piece of clothing you own?

do you live in an urban, suburban, or rural area?

what’s your favourite store to shop at? (online or irl)

if you had to choose one POSITIVE word to describe yourself, what would it be?

do you collect anything?

what’s the last thing you ate?

if you go to therapy, do you like your therapist?

what’s one thing you want to buy, but don’t have the money or resources to get?

Who’s the first person you can think of?

how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real?

If you could revive one tv show that has been cancelled, what show would it be?

do you consider yourself a part of any alternative subculture? if so, which one(s)?

who was your childhood favourite music artist?

CDs or record players?

Do you believe in any conspiracy theories?

would you get back together with an ex if given the opportunity?

favourite kid’s show character?

is the person you call your best friend actually your best friend?

when you’re sad, do you prefer to listen to music to match your mood, or listen to happy music?

what’s the last outfit you wore?

do you have any online friends?

least favourite clothing style that is currently popular

how often do you do your laundry?

do you prefer silver or gold jewelry?

what’s your book/movie/tv guilty pleasure?

if you could change your hair however you want, how would you change it?

do you paint your nails?

what’s an uncommon/specific /obscure topic you’re interested in?

what’s the name of your first pet/what would you name your first pet if you had one?

what’s one feature you would change on tumblr?

what’s the most interesting item you own?

would you rather go on a date at a museum or a concert?

what’s one regret you have?

[finchfin]

If you’ve updated, I wouldn’t play the game until after the sims direct releases more info.

[luthsthings]

MOD USERS: Prepare for the Sims 4 Feb. 3/26 Update

There is a VERY HIGH CHANCE that the Feb. 3, 2026, Sims 4 game update will break your mods, especially anything touching relationship data. Maxis is extra-encouraging you to:

BACK UP YOUR SAVES

WAIT FOR MODDERS TO CLEAR/UPDATE

This is NOT something Maxis has previously gone this far out of their way to tell you. PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM.

Laundry List: Upcoming Bug Fixes - Jan 27, 2026

Welcome to the Laundry List, where we share the top community concerns that we’re currently investigating and hope to resolve.

[cowplant-snacks]

Time to back up and plan to play offline for a bit.

Happy Simming and Saving.

[modernlex]

In your townie makeover post I’m trying to figure out what some of the cc hairs are. What are the hairs on Alice Spencer-Kim, Liberty Lee, and Candy Behr?

Hey there! Very very sorry for the delay in getting to this, but hopefully better late than never

Alice - here

Liberty - here

Candy - answered here

[modernlex]

Hello, I came across your Evergreen Harbor post from 2023 and fell in love. Have you ever shared any of your builds?

Hey, sorry this took so long! Those are all builds I placed from the gallery, they're all listed under the cut of the posts but here they are all in one -

conifer station

community center - Sprucewood Square Center by katimilam

corner dining - Canal Corner Diner by gordanjohnson

eco mansion - Modern Pigulock Manor by melanieee_drake

grims quarry

community space - The Quarry Building V4 by mariei-lennie-joe

tiny homes - Rockridge Springs by greenjeenyt

family home - 3 Generations Family Home by simlicy

port promise

refurbished station - The Caboose Bar by lauraschev

container shops - Industrial Street by kamilaytb

abandoned factory - The Waterfront Reno by neurodislogical

secret home - Scrapyard by penglve28

[modernlex]

hi just a little message to tell you that I love the makeover you’ve done for all the sims and I only have one desire is to be able to play with it! 😍 Just a quick question, I saw that you did answer a month ago to follow the progress of your work, is there any new information?

hi, thanks so much! so i can finally say that the 'base look' phase has pretty much ended with the completion of my townie wip series (not counting the last couple worlds) and i'm now working on full lookbooks and cas details (traits, preferences, etc). unfortunately, i have to say that i'm still in quite the creative slump when it comes to my townie makeovers. but in some good news i've decided doing a summer holiday sized lookbook is too much for every sim, so i'll be going back to a regular 8 and if some have extra it's just a bonus. i did a poll about how people would want to download and the winner was by household, so i'm trying to find my inspiration again with those things in mind to hopefully be able to come back with some actual downloads. sorry to not have more exciting news!

[modernlex]

Hii, I'd love to know WCIF Rahmi Watson's hair? Your townie makeovers are so good! I'm currently working on making them over myself and I keep seeing your versions when I'm looking for inspiration. Everyone looks so good!

Hi, thank you so much! You can get her hair right here

[modernlex]

Summer Holiday

[modernlex]

16., 11., 8. & 25. for the ask game! <3

8. How do you build/design your sims’ homes?

i'm definitely not a talented nor confident builder, so usually i'm using house floor plans & pinterest to guide me when building from scratch, but mostly i tend to find a build on the gallery and change it up to my liking. i always start builds with the kitchen to set the overall vibe unless there's certain items i know i want to use for other rooms then i start there. if i'm building for a particular sim i might just hop around based on items that fit them and piece things together, but if it's just building for fun it usually goes kitchen -> living room -> bedrooms -> bathrooms -> extra rooms & outdoor spaces. first pass is major furniture and color scheme then a second pass for details (decor, clutter, etc).

11. What type of pack are you hoping they make next?

i'm really excited for the potential of bands this year, but honestly they could stop with new packs and i would be happy. what i really want is for them to clean bugs, give a couple more systems an overhaul, and then leave it alone lol.

16. How do you choose names for your sims?

i really like naming sims things that subtly represent their personality/vibe and where i think they'd be from especially for legacies, but sometimes i also just see them as a certain name or if i'm stuck i'll google for ideas until somethings sticks.

25. What is your favorite or most used skill?

i love the wellness skill for some reason! cooking is up there because every sim ends up building it, but with mods i love having them try new recipes. if gardening wasn't broken it would make the list, but alas.

[modernlex]

omg candy's hair is so perfect. would you mind sharing where you found it?

here ya go!

[solacewhim]

what’s the maximum you allow your cc folder to get to

5-10gb

15-20gb

25–35gb

40-50gb

55gb+

Voting ended onMay 23, 2025

[modernlex]

☆ pick a song for each letter of your url and then tag that many people

thank you for the tag @moonlitfalls

Move - beyonce (ft grace jones & tems)

Outside - ari lennox

Denial is a river - doechii

Euphoria - kendrick lamar

Replay - tems

No peace - sam smith & yebba

Love in the dark - adele

Elevate - nao

X-factor - ms. lauryn hill shh just let me have this

i tag @paische @amanda-plays @earthmoonz @simbugge @wrixie @slusul @cutietrait @alxandergoth @shawsimmer

[modernlex]

🌙 9 people i want to get to know better!

thank you for the tag @simbugge

• last song: pure/honey - beyonce 🍯🐝 (i learned some choreo in a dance class last night so it'll be playing a loop for awhile)

•favorite color: i can never really choose, but jewel tones have my heart and black is always there for me 🖤

• currently watching: charmed 🔮 (one of my ultimate nostalgia re-watch shows)

• currently reading: mistborn well of ascension 🌫️🌅

• sweet, savory, sour?: it changes depending on how i’m feeling but at the moment sweet because of trader joes salted caramel ice cream 🍮🍦

• relationship: currently engaged to my amazing partner of almost ten years 🥰

• current obsession: the album jupiter by nao - my fiance and i saw her in concert a couple weeks ago so i’m still relishing in that 🪐💖

• last google: okruee pigtails (accidentally deleted my yuki hair oops) 😅

• currently working on: starting another legacy challenge and planning for townie lookbooks 🫣

i tag @rasoyas @lonvely @beautifulsimswherearethey @greglunvik @orphyd @solargrove @spacebee @wolfxdreamersims @saltybluffs

[modernlex]

Modern Musings #3 - wrapping up the wips era + other ramblings

Oh hey, this could be long and incoherent so buckle in buckaroos!

With the my ultimate townie wip post finished and out there, that concludes step one of my save file journey. it may have taken me about a year and a half with lots of breaks because real life loves to get into the way of my favorite obsession, but i'm honestly quite excited to have made it this far. some of you may have been around long enough to know that this was in fact my third attempt at hitting every townie once, so i feel like i've achieved something monumental despite this being the tip of the save file iceberg lol.

since i finished up last week i've been doing lots of game maintenance - reorganized/cleared up my cc folders, updated my game & essential mods, finally installed relight, and started a fresh spreadsheet to create a new resources page that i hope to have up next month-ish. andddd i've also gotten the itch to start yet another legacy so i started working on my founder. not sure if it'll ever see the light of day, but i haven't touched live mode in over a year and i need some variety as a start working on individual townie lookbooks.

which brings me to lookbook format - i'm not sure how i want to approach it this time around. in previous attempts i've done 5 outfit lookbooks, with or without cc links and traits. i definitely plan on including links to keep the wcifs lower as a post, but i want to make it a little more interesting. i've been inspired by so many cool layouts on simblr recently and want to try coming up with something to showcase more about the sims, but i'm also considering doing regular lookbooks and separate 'character' posts to showcase likes/dislikes/etc so i'll have to think on it more. i'll probably be doing some polls to see which sims i'll post first so stay on the lookout for those or let me know in the comments.

until my next blab, thank you if you read this and thanks for being part of my silly little sims blog 🖤

[modernlex]

I love your townie makeovers! Which one is your favorite and least favorite you’ve done?

Hey there, thank you so much! Apologies in advance for this long winded response to what should be a simple question, lol.

It's kind of hard to say because there are soooooo many freaking sims and my level of satisfaction varies wildly from 'I'm obsessed and irrationally attached' to 'what were you thinking and did you even try". I don't think I could choose a single fave so here's my top 3 of each:

FAVORITES

Candy Behr - the color palette of the dress felt perfect for her and the hair is now exclusively hers in my game. for some sims my vision is just there along with the items to fulfill it and i've got lotsss of ideas for her full lookbook.

Don Lothario - the icon, the legend. his looks are actually mostly finished because it was just so easy to turn him into the chick magnet he's meant to be. there aren't enough outfit slots for all the looks i could give him.

Gemma Charm - not too sure why i love her so much, maybe just because she's recent lol. i did feel like i struggled with a lot of the occults - her included - but when i got there it felt right. i feel like filling out her wardrobe will be tough, but all in good time.

LEAST FAVORITES

Cassandra Goth -and honestly the whole goth fam but shhh i'm always intimidated because of how iconic she is and when i was doing willow creek i really didn't have a vision. nothing i tried really spoke to me so i knew i'd need to let her simmer more and revamp her later. since then a couple of cc sets have come out that screaaaam cassie so i'm actually itching to give her another try.

Faye Harris - there's a theme in these choices of not having the elusive *vision* of the sim. she's a prime example of a pattern that emerged through this process: if i'm not in a deep deep love with their hair the look is most likely not going come together the way i hope. nothing felt just right so i settled on something to keep progressing and imagine she'll be quite different after another pass.

Caleb Vatore - another icon, only i do have the vision.....just not the pieces that match said vision. he is suffering primarily from the injustice suffered by all masculine frame dressing sims in my game - a lack of quantity and variety in custom content. shopping will be in order through the lookbook round because it was a struggle all the way through for the mens.