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Edit: If you'd like some recolours of the hair (minus blue-tips), you can find them here here (http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=49536).

Hi there! This is my first post at InSim, though I've been lurking a while n__n; *hopes all goes well* But to the point of this thread.

I've been working on creating a satisfactory Cae Sim for a few months now, basically since I started playing the Sims 2 - Cae being a character of mine from an original story/RP, that I've had for almost three years. I keep tweaking and trying to get him close as possible to my mental image of him, so I must have gone through at least five iterations before the current one.

Since I've spent so long on him, and I think that I've finally gotten reasonably close to what I want, I thought I'd try to share him with others too.




Cae the character was actually created for a fantasyish world setting, but I decided to make a modern version for Simming.

Character Bio:
He's a serious sort, who doesn't smile very much and generally prefers the company of books to humans.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/isilme/Sims%202/Cae_nolipstick2a.jpg)

...Unless you have chocolate. Then he goes all "n____n", at least until the sugar wears off.

He's a clean freak and tends to rearrange things and do housework when he's extremely stressed. But never ask him to cook for you, unless you're trying to get food poisoning to avoid work or class, or want your home to burn down.

Despite appearing rather cold, Cae cares deeply for the select few he's close to and is actually rather sentimental. He'd willingly bend over backwards to please them, and often has in the past. His extreme determination is both his strength and his biggest flaw.


On a slightly random note, the blue ends of his hair are natural, in the story he was made for. His mother had blue hair, and he kept his own long in her memory, when he discovered it turned blue when grown past a certain point. Not that he ever told anyone the reason.

Reference pictures:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/isilme/Sims%202/Cae_collage_ref-1.jpg)
All of the artwork pictured are my doodles.

Notes:
If you intend to breed him, I can't guarantee that the kids will turn out good looking, because I moved some of the features quite a bit off the base lines, so it's likely that Maxis will warp the faces quite strangely when combining it with another Sim's features. Although if you're playing him by his original character, it wouldn't be a problem anyway. >>; He'd probably be the uke in a relationship.

Custom Content by Me:
- Caeruleus Sim
- Hair texture and colour (my first attempt at it @_@; )

Custom Content by Others [INCLUDED]:
- Skin: Pixie Glow by Enayla  (http://www.modthesims2.com/creator/Enayla)
- Eyes: Crystal eyes by icedmango (http://www.modthesims2.com/creator/icedmango) (made default by Smooch (http://www.modthesims2.com/creator/Smooch))
- Eyebrows: helaene (http://www.helaene.com) – realistic brows – 1
- Eyeshadow: helaene (http://www.helaene.com) – 1225 shadow – beige  
- Eyeliner: by rose#smky009@163.com
- Blush:
   Rensim (http://rensim.com/)  – Triple Threat – Bronzed
Alkaloid  (http://www.modthesims2.com/creator/alkaloid) matte powder for the early spring skin
- “Costume makeup”:
   Teeth 02 by Mermaid Cove (http://www.mercosims2.com)
Hairline (http://tuuliaproductions.net/forum/index.php?topic=1432.0)  by Donna@EyeCandy
- “Glasses”:
   Natural short cut nails [light] by Ghanima Atreides  (http://www.modthesims2.com/creator/Ghanima+Atreides)
Nela_male by Joyle (http://www.modthesims2.com/creator/joyle) (necklace)

Custom Content by Others [NOT INCLUDED]:
- Hair: Mesh  (http://www.raonsims.com/item/detail.php?num=143&cat1=1&page=1&key=) by Raonjena (http://www.raonsims.com); you’ll need to register with the site to download it, but it's free to do so and download.
- Nail mesh: by Shadylady, found here –  http://forums.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=179574
- Necklace mesh: by aikea guinea can be downloaded from http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=205822
- Clothes: BlueSims (http://www.bluesims.de/page/4/om1.html)
- Eyes: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=230727 I used the darker blue from Set 2, I think. Not sure if you’ll need to download this, actually, but just in case.
- Lipstick: Rensim (http://rensim.com/) – Lipsticks – Golden Plum. Some of the screenshots were taken with Cae wearing this, so I listed it here in case anyone wanted to grab it.

A huge thank you to all the custom content creators, for all the amazing work!

Terms of Use:
- Please don't upload Cae, the hair or my art in the reference pic to any site under your name.
- You can alter him anyway you like, or breed him. But if you intend to upload the new Sim(s), please give the appropriate credit and provide a link back. I'd appreciate you letting me know too. No pay sites.
- If for some reason you'd like to recolour the texture for the hair for your personal use, feel free. But if you intend to upload it, please credit it to me and let me know, and link back. No pay sites.
- Credit for use in stories/movies/pictures is appreciated but not mandatory.
- If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a PM or ask here. : )

Beautiful work hon. :)

:happy8::happy8: Wow! He looks awesome! Thanks so much!!

Thank you, Carida! : )

And you're very much welcome, CrazyTulip! I'm just glad if others like him too :happy4:

Squee! Gorgeousness :D

Nice Job

thanks a lot, he is gorgeous

The pictures and the sim, are beautiful. I am sure this will go on the homepage.. This is great x

Nice sim! :D Thanks for sharing

Wow, he's gorgeous. Cool hair, you did this wonderfully.
Thank you so much.
Isa

Nice job! :icon_smi:

I been apart of this site for so long and never posted anything.. but this time I must... he's so handsome!! I must have him!!

Those are doodles? Oh my God, you are an amazing artist! I hope you are planning to do this professionally! The sim is awesome, but man, your art is glorious!

Very nice sim! And a funny name ;)

What a hunk!
Thanks.

//H

The sim is gorgeous and beyond that I love that you posted all the information about him. That makes him very special. And your drawings are awesome - do you have any web corner where I could see more?

wow..he's beautiful.  Thanks.

Thank you for this gorgeous guy. He looks awesome. You are a real artist, The pictures are good, too.

WOW!  He's gorgeous!

Thanks for sharing!

I'm in love with him, I have to have him! Thank you, he's soo gorgeous!

The sim is wonderful and you doodles are fabulous.  Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing.

Great sim! And I love the pics of him you've included. You're a great artist. :)

Neithan, for your first post it is a knock-out*
The photographs work is superb.
The Sim,
You have captured an expression of innocent
combined with détermination.
He truly is an awesome sim’

How cute is he...I think he's gorgeous. Thank you.

Thanks for sharing, he is a good looking sim, your art is pretty (and so is the retexture), here have some chocolate ^_^

You're very talented Neithan.
I love the line "What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you..."
I love this Sim and I have the perfect little lot for him to fill with books :)

Wow, so many replies o__o Thank you all very, very much! I didn't expect he'd get such a warm welcome. And I never expected to be featured, so thank you for that too! :love5:

oph3lia - *waves* XD Thanks again!

millisa - Thank you : ) I was so incredibly happy when Raonjena came up with that hair, and just had to try to edit it to fit Cae.

Vampchick - Wow, I'm really flattered that you posted, then! : o I'm glad you like him! Have fun : )

friendlyquark - I did put effort into them, but I don't consider them planned or big enough to be "real" art XD; I do hope to be able to make a career out of it. I've just recently graduated from university (though sadly in a totally unart related field), but I'm trying to look for graphic design/illustration work.

eliena - Thanks! Caeruleus is Latin for blue, usually used to describe sea or sky (or so the online dictionary I used claimed ), and in the original story, he's a water mage. He was born and spent his early years in a coastal city on a continent where blue hair occurs naturally in the population and the patron goddess of the city is associated with dolphins, hence the dolphin pendants in the drawings. His personality is sort of reflective of the sea's/water in general properties too - adaptable to whatever situation, as water changes to suit the container it fills, and a bit PMSy at times, like the changeable sea. >XD; Astrummanus is a mash up of the words for "star" and "hand".

Dinki - Thank you very much! I love my chara so much I can't stop blabbing about him XD; I have a deviantArt (http://www.aingeal.deviantart.com) page, but I rarely use it. My public Photobucket account (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v23/aingeal/) is much more updated.

Missaldith - Thanks! And thank you for the rose :)

platinum- Thank you! Although this does mean it'll be a tough act to follow, if I intend to upload anything else : D;

Gen0ism - You're welcome, and thank you! ...Chocolate *___*

oniongirl999 - Thank you : ) It's actually a line from Wicked Game by Chris Isaak. I love that song XD Ooh, that sounds good! Cae will be a happy little Sim there :)

kim, bgx, -Little-CJ-, xnymphetaminex, kathy, Happenstance, Blooplie, terlie, Sviva, debzi69, bre, andromeda - Thank you all!

He's hawt!  Thank you.

*grin* Glad you think so, keirra! And you're welcome :)

He's gorgeous :)!

Thanks, Stacey!

He's hot.Thank you for sharing him.

Babe if there is a real life version I will have one now and two too go
LOL
Thanks for the brilliant Simmy
I know a little Simmy who will enjoy his company
Who said good things do not come to those who wait

Hot :)

unicorngirl - You're welcome! I'm happy that people seem to like him : D

yero69 - If only I could make him real! XD You're welcome, and I hope you have fun playing them!

riom - Thanks :D

*waves* I've just been browsing your art... I love it, your characters are so beautiful. I love Isilme :D Hope you make more sims based on your art works, they'd be great for my fantasy neighbourhood :)

Thank you, oph3lia! I can't take credit for many of them, however, as many of the charas that I drew belong to friends - Isilme is mine, though XD I was actually plannng to work on her for my next Sim upload, although I'm not really satisfied with her yet so it will probably be a while more. It's really hard for me to find a free hair that's right for her ^^;

he's a very beautiful sim

You are very talented!

:smile:
I'm loving him!
Please,consider recoloring more hairs or... this ponytail in more colors! IT IS AMAZING!
thank you!
[]'s

baby_gurl_2006, wawayaya - Thanks very much! : )

cereja-chan - Glad you are : D I've actually just been colour binning a few recolours of the hair I did, and will be going to try them out in game soon, and to snap some pics of them. Hopefully I'll get them up by today.

Edit: They're up now- get them here (http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=49536)!

Neithan, do you have any idea of how much I lurv you? *lol*

thank you SO much ! love your work!

XD You're welcome! Have fun with the recolours.

Gorgeous!

Great mate for Isilme, thank you for both!!

Thank you, ell2023!

You're welcome verenaheu, and glad you like them both!

He's very nice :)

Thank you, chocolatedalek! Glad you think so :)

Wow! Caeruleus Astrummanus is now one amazing-looking Sim. You've done an excellent job, very excellent. Thank you so very much for sharing your work with us. I'm in awe of you.

I cannot wait to get back to my normal computer so that I can put this gorgeous guy in my game. He is incredible!

Congratulations...! Very beautiful sim!! (Nyx M. has a very good taste in male sims!!) ;) Thank you for sharing. :)

I love the artwork! And thank you for sharing him :)

Thankssss!!! he is gorgeoussssss great job! ;)

Wow, what a great sim. I love his looks. Thanks for uploading him. BTW, fantastic artwork! I'm interested in the story already!