As Quint passed the line of police officers and drew near the Mercedes, Vivienne looked up at him with outsized brown eyes. There was something about her that made him think she wasn't from Hawaii, more likely somewhere in Southeast Asia, maybe even Vietnam. She was, in a word, elegant."The above is from the Richard Hoyt novel, "Vivienne." It is one of my favorite novels and I have been meaning to get around to doing a sim representation of the title character.
Here's some basic info on Vivienne Lambert. In the novel, Vivienne is married to Colonel Del Lambert, an Army Intelligence office. She is an artist (she is seen in several scenes in the novel painting several works of art), has a brother and a sister (the sister looks pretty close, if not "more beautiful" than Vivienne) and lives on Tantilus Drive in Hawaii in 1968. Her name comes from the word
vivre, which means,
to live in French. I can't give any more away without spoiling the book. But if you are looking for something to read, I recommend the book. Never the less, I was trying my best to make a Sim that looked like she could be from Vietnam (don't know if I succeeded, so I'll let you be the judge).
Creating Vivienne was a bit of a challenge. Vivienne is Vietnamese, but when it comes to her she's described in two different sentences"
1. "Racially, she's basically a Malay, as are all women in Southeast Asia." 2. "You're looking at a little Chinese, a touch of Khmer, some Burmese." So, for a little bit of inspiration, I looked at a couple of pictures of Malay women, the woman on the cover of the book and watched "Full Metal Jacket" and paid attention to the three "major" women featured in the film to at least get an idea on smaller details about their nose, hair and skintone. One of the things I definately tried to avoid was to have any similarity to Lucy Liu (because my dad saw me read the book and he thought it was Lucy Liu on the cover. And as a result, after that moment, I only saw Lucy Liu as Vivienne). Needless to say, what came out is who I see Vivienne as.
I wish to extend my thanks to the Content Creators whose Work is being use for this Sim.:
Eye Color by LyricLee of
www.3dconsortium.comEyebrow, Blush, Eyeliner and Eye Shadow by
HelaeneLipstick by Sandy of
www.aroundthesims2.comIdolatry of Flesh Skintone by
Hysterical ParoxysmK Fashions 60s Chic 2 Dress by
K-030In-Game Hair by EA/Maxis
Requires
Base Game: The Sims 2
EP: University, NightLife, Pets, Open for Business, Seasons and Bon Voyage (I listed all of these just to make sure that the Sim runs, since I have all of these expansion packs installed and its hard to tell what is what for when I created the Sim)
Hope you enjoy the download.
