Between the Light and the Darknes ~~~Chapter 34 - The End~~~

[steelguy]

Yay! It's survived. (So far)
And... are you kidding me? Great shot, but that was censored? He's side on, you can hardly even see his butt. And yet, not a few pictures before that - Shirras practically mooning us. Okay she has underwear, but it's pretty skimpy and .. .ahem. *blush*

I don't know if the pink undies work though. Can you paste in a strategically placed pot plant or something?

[Astral Faery]

Oh, you like that shot, do you, lol?  Eventually, this chapter will make it to my blog - complete and uncensored.

I don't care for the pink undies, either, but it's just a temporary fix.  My hubby is much better at photoshopping than I am, and I'll have him see if he can do something for it (but he won't have a chance til Wed. or so).  In the meantime, I reloaded the naughty picture through Imageshack, although I suspect it stands a fair chance of being removed again.  We'll see.  A potted plant wouldn't work, though, because I would have to put in the middle of the bed.

[mpb4l1fe]

I...I...I'm speechless.

LOL, great job Astral!

[Sam the T-man]

Well, it's still there for the moment. I can't believe that got censored. I've got a full-on pic of Andy's bare backside on there and it's not been deleted. And I agree about the pics of Shirra beforehand, wonder if they'd be deleted if she wasn't wearing any knickers? (panties I think you call them)

Oh well. Glad it's working for now at least. Oh! Something I've been meaning to ask, about the positions you used - do you have Woohoo Anywhere, or are you using different ways to pose them? I wasn't gonna download it because I don't take those kind of shots that you see on the adult site, but if it just means getting those kind of positions (without showing anything), then I may have to bite the bullet.

[Astral Faery]

Thanks, mpb!

Sadie - yeah, who knows what the deal is.  My second or so chapter has a naked bum in it, too, and it's still there.  Go figure.  Panties - or in Shirra's case, a thong.  I really was trying to avoid having her rear end pointing to the camera, but it was the only angle I liked for that scene.  Oh well.  Sometimes you have to live with the limitations of sim pics.

Actually, in this chapter they aren't woohooing at all.  I don't have that hack, but it might be handy.  I use posing hacks and animation paintings to get most of my shots.  I used Paul's Reaction Tester (overlay option) to get a couple in previous chapters.  Sometimes it's so hard to figure out just what I want and even harder to find an animation that will get close.

[mattitje]

LoL, I don't think ppl (even underage children) are schocked of a naked bum

[Sam the T-man]

I think underage children just find it funny - I know I used to :lol: Here in Blighty we had/have these TV adverts by Kleenex shown before the watershed (9pm (or 10pm?)). You didn't know what it was for at first, you just got monochrome footage of different people's bare behinds, with the slogan at the end: "Love your bum" :lol:

@Ari: Yeah, I get it now, realised when I started studying your pics :angel: I'll have to think about this one... I might be able to get away without downloading it, depends what I can come up with on the animations. The face overlays are gonna be invaluable in that instance, as you've plainly found already And you can probably guess who I'd be using it for... :angel: But yeah, I know exactly what you mean about thinking how you'll portray a scene. I've chickened out so far with some of them, but high time I pulled out my finger out and had a good think - there's one already that I thought I couldn't do, but in fact is very possible. I'm understanding the need to think out of the box more than ever now.

Anyway, I'd better shut up before I hijack your thread again :angel:

[Astral Faery]

LOL - Love your bum.

The face overlays are a huge help.  The only thing I don't like is that they're too animated, but that's because that's the way sims make their facial expressions - over exaggerated.  But it still gives you lots of options that weren't available before.

I'm not an expert or anything, but if you need posing help I might be able to offer a tip or two.  Perhaps not, depending on what you're looking for.  What hacks are you using (if you don't mind my asking)?

[Sam the T-man]

I know, we chuckled when we first saw that :lol:

About the face overlays, I'm always using neutral to soften the expressions (a tip given by the creator of the mod). Sometimes part lips or eyes closed, depending what I'm going for. Ripp looks so cute with that sad-neutral combo I give him sometimes :love2:

Aw, that's very nice of you! What hacks? Apart from the posing box, let's see - there's Aikea's paintings, although they don't work (right) for any sim below adult. Since most of my work seems to be with teens at the minute, it's been a combo of JD's boxes (all of them); the CAS, accessory and conversation paintings (can't remember who made them); there's this other black box that's like an augmented version of the reaction tester (includes some other goodies); Squinge's hula hack still works... I think that's it. Phew!

.. damn, I just remembered - I was hoping to get one teen posed in a "curled up dead" pose, but the only time I've seen that is on Aikea's paintings... Okay, the idea was to get these guys as though one was sleeping on the other's chest. I was gonna catch one in the "demo play dead" that you get with pets, and position him on top of the other. I'll have to find another way to do that now, I think.. :scratch:

That's not 'til later, anyway. I'm gonna have enough fun with this next chapter :smt120

[Astral Faery]

Aw, heck, Sadie.  It sounds like you're already more on the level than I am.  A difficult picture to get, to be sure.  I forgot that many of the animations don't work correctly with ages less than adult.  Have you tried that particular pose with a teen?  Depending on what angle you're shooting, or how close up, maybe you could age them into adults for that series of pics and then back to teens after.  If you're not shooting directly in the face, you might be able to create the illusion that they're teens, especially since that's what your audience thinks they are.  And the way you edit your pictures, you may be able to pull it off.  Other than that, I reall don't know.

[Sam the T-man]

.... Hang on a sec. I wonder if aging them - well, one of them, at least - to independent teen will make it work? I know you can get an adult romantic hug that way.

I've not tried that particular pose, but I've tried others. The teen does something completely different from the pose you were aiming for ¬_¬ I'll try out the IT theory anyway, here's hoping *walks off crossing fingers*

[Astral Faery]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, as well.  Let me know how it goes.

[Glamily]

Hiya! I only just found this story and luv it to pieces!!! I luv Ileeya! she is soo pretty. do u remember where u got ur CC for her from? also where did u get shirras things like her clothes and stuff, one last question (i ask a lot...) where did u get ur things like the blood puddles and how that dude hangs on the wall? anyways luv ur story heaps! u've got me stuck on the edge of a cliff.

[Astral Faery]

Thank you rosegurl, and welcome!  That's a lot of questions, lol!  

Ileeya's hair can be found from XMSims

As far as Shirra's stuff - can you be more specific?  Her clothes and hairstyles come from all over, and I don't remember where they're from.  I can check for you the next time I load up my game, but that's not going to be for quite awhile - perhaps a couple of weeks.  What, in particular, were you looking for?

And having the boys pinned to the wall...well, you don't mind if I keep my secrets, do you?

[YHsims2003]

jeezus, Shirra is seriously a crazy b*tch!
What is Tim going to do?.....i say stab Shirra's baby maker and run!! agh.
Brilliant update!