I love the new textures! The back of the neck on the original Maxis texture always bothered me and I love the approach you took in that area. What a range of colors!

Are you using your CAS screen in the photos?

Thank you so much! I am going to use her a one of my hair models for the Natural Redhead Project.

12/22/2007 - Downloading the mesh at the new Peggy Zone site is no longer a problem.


Try using Inspire's suggestion in post #13 or use another web brower other than Internet Explorer. I know Firefox and Safari work.

12/22/2007 - Downloading the mesh with IE is no longer a problem on the new Peggy Zone site.


I am a huge Firefox user so I never had any trouble downloading this hair at PeggySims2.  I tried using IE just now and got the same page of jibberish myself. I highly recommend trying Firefox.

I just used Safari on my Mac and downloaded it okay.  Sigh, I guess I will send Peggy a note. They had problems with the Special Gift in September but that got fixed after a few days.

Black, Chestnut Brown, Blonde, White and Four Red recolor/retextures of Peggy Zone (formerly Peggy Sims 2)
Free Male Ponytail. The style comes in toddler through elder ages and the elder color is the same as the other ages. As I worked with this mesh, I began to realize the potential it had for different looks. I decided to do a retexture of the hair pulled back on the head to give it more detail and depth of color. I modified a texture from
Alkaloid aand XPTL297 to fit this mesh. The bangs and ponytail are Peggy's original textures. Thanks to Peggy Zone for sharing this great mesh with us.

These recolors were done for the Natural Redhead Project to make more hairstyles available in the wonderful naturally occurring shades of red hair. The red recolors are available in four shades: auburn, copper, golden red and strawberry blonde. There is also a blue black, a rich shade of chestnut brown, blonde and an ice white. The recolors are all color binned as described while the white shade is binned custom. It may seem odd to put shades that range from rusty blonde to brown red in the red bin but the goal is to make the full spectrum of red shades available to genetic redheads.

Mesh Information: The mesh is available from Peggy Zone (formerly Peggy Sims 2 ) . The new site now requires a login to download free content.  The file to download is called peggysims2hairmesh0043_erer.zip. It is currently located in Free Downloads > Mesh > Hair Mesh  on page 11. The mesh has an id of FREE - ID: #03114. The uncompressed hair mesh file is called peggyhairmesh0042-male-070825-MESH.package.
These recolors may only be used in Sims distributed by 100% free sites. Do not distribute or include the mesh in any uploads! Link to Peggy Sims 2 and provide directions on where to find the mesh.

Learn more about why redheads are unique:
Red hair is a simple recessive
Intensity of hair color

FYI - the custom content in the photo's models are free downloads unless noted:

Skin: Two skins were used. The heavily freckled skin is a wonderful Oepu recolor by Goldbeere who added freckles!

The other skins is my favorite by JWilson5 Hairy Skins for Redheads, a modified Louis (SimScribbing) skin with AllenABQ body hair. The skin for the normal Maxis body type doesn't require any additional meshes, just download  the Norm-HairyRed-Barbie.rar file for hairy,   SKN-Norm-XhairyRed-Barbie.rar  for extra hairy and SKN-Norm-XXhairyRed-Barbie.rar for extreme hairy (Not to worry, only the males come with body hair ).

Eyes: Alkaloid's Freckle linked Eyes :  Sims created with these eyes also have a freckling on their noses!

Sweaters: The child and teen sweaters are from Rabid Angel's Weekend at the Lodge series at Sims Connection . The child sweaters are free but the teen sweaters are a premium download.

Eyebrows: by Rose Sims 2 on page 8 of Downloads > Makeup. The download file is RoseMmkeup_0045.zip

I pulled out the meshes and textures and put them in other objects that came with GL or the base game. I have attached a photo of the two dressers I extracted in my game installation that doesn't have Pets. I learned a lot about objects doing this. I still have a problem with the end table -- the square under it is very dark but only in the house. It looks fine if the end table is placed outside as you can see in the picture. I guess I will make inquires at MTS2 about it.

I am a big fan of mid-Twentieth Century design so I have been trying to extract some of the funky objects in Pets like the Atomic wall clock, rug, electronics and furniture. This is just for my personal use. I have Pets installed on an old computer with just TS2 so I have been getting the objects from there with SimPe and giving them my own unique guids.  I don't think the old computer could handle another expansion pack as it barely crawls with Pets. :sad4:

My extracted objects show up as custom content in the Buy mode catalog in "Pets" and "Sim Stories: Pets" and they seem to work. The problem is they don't show up in Buy mode for my other installation of the game with all the EPs except for Pets.

I have just done template recolors of objects prior to this so I am wondering if I am missing something. It is nice that the objects work in "Sim Stories: Pets" but I'd love to get them into my other installation of the game. If anyone has any suggestions, I will be willing to give them a try.

What a great style to have lots of natural shades to chose from!

Same here, your fabulous lot almost makes me almost want to install Pets! It is absolutely beautiful. I feel myself starting to waver.

Five red shades of XM Sim's fabulous long bouffant hair mesh 39 for all ages. Thanks to Flora and XM Sims for allowing us to recolor their meshes. I just had to make some red shades of it after I saw Kyriaw's glorious alpha edit of this hair style. Thank you, Kryiaw for such a great alpha edit!  Of course, I can't leave well enough alone,  I shortened the ribbon tail that draps over the shoulder as much as possible while leaving intact the ribbon that runs across the top of the head.

These recolors were done for the Natural Redhead Project to make more hairstyles available in the many beautiful naturally occurring shades of red hair.  The red recolors are available in five shades: auburn, dark copper, copper,  ginger and strawberry blonde. The recolors are color binned red. It may seem odd to put shades that range from rusty blonde to deep brown red in the red bin but the goal is to make the full spectrum of red shades available to genetic redheads.
 
This glamour style comes in toddler through elder. The elder hair comes in two shades: auburn and dark copper come with an ivory elder shade while copper,  ginger and strawberry blonde have a tawny salt and pepper elder shade.

Mesh Information: The mesh for these recolors is available here at XM Sims. It is currently on page 24 of Simmer Valley > Skins > Female Hair. The mesh download file is XMS_Flora_MeshHair039.zip.

Terms of UseThese recolors may only be used in Sims distributed by 100% free sites. Do not distribute or include the mesh in any uploads! Include a link to the [urlhttp://www.xmsims.com/sims2/ehtm/hair/hair24.htm[/url] so the mesh can be downloaded from the XM Sims website. The textures and alphas may be modified for recolors distributed from free sites. This is XM Sims' generous policy, please respect it.

Learn more about why redheads are unique:
Red hair is a simple recessive
Intensity of hair color

FYI - the custom content in the models are free downloads:
Eyes: the  freckle and eye set is from Alkaloid at MTS2 as is the freckle "blush" at InSim.

Skin: JWilson5's Hairy Skins for Redheads which is a modified Louis (SimScribbing) skin with AllenABQ body hair. The skin for the normal Maxis body type doesn't require any additional meshes, just download  the Norm-HairyRed-Barbie.rar file for hairy,   SKN-Norm-XhairyRed-Barbie.rar  for extra hairy and SKN-Norm-XXhairyRed-Barbie.rar for extreme hairy (Not to worry, only the males come with body hair ).

Outfits from MTS2: Three outfits by gilysse from her "As seen on. ..." series Michelle Pfeiffer's yellow striped silk cocktail dress, Kate Hudson's brown velvet mini and   Angela Lindvall's deliciously swirled, earth toned gown.  Also, the   Paris Hilton's golden silk brocade dress by Dhani, the   green suplice top and black skirt from an2da of SSalam Style and the Beige Striped Knitted Dress by leru.

Necklaces: : coin necklaces from Peggy Sims,   enamel necklace from Peggy Sims and jewel pendant from Rose Sims2  on Download > Accesories > page 9, upper left.

Eyeliner: eyeliner is the 0036 makeup file from page 6 of the Makeup section at RoseSims2. The eye shadow, also from Rose Sims 2, is from the 0042 makeup file on Makeup page 7. Blush is Helaene's Dior Firelight Blush which is listed in the Other section.

Great recolors. Nice job on the red!

It is great to have more wood flooring at a very sweet price! My favorites are the maple and beech.

Great job capturing those shades. They look so natural and I love the new textures.

An alpha edit in nine colors to add wispy bangs to the long ponytail mesh by Rose Sims2. The wispy bangs replace the long strands of hair that originally framed the face. I have edited Rose's original five colors and four of my recolors. Thank you, Rose, for allowing me to recolor and modify your textures.

Rose's Original Colors: The file MTS2_RoseSims2FreeHair0034_KaneoFringeORIGINAL_SET contains Rose's original colors with the wispy bangs alpha edit. The five colors, black, rose brown, blonde, platinum and a delicate wine red are color binned. The ponytail comes in child through elder. Rose's original colors don't have a toddler version and the elder versions use the non-elder shades. This is the only download with the black and blonde shades.

Recolors: There are also four recolors with the wispy bangs edit: a dark chestnut brown recolor and three red recolors in dark auburn, copper and ginger which are also color binned. The complete recolor set is in MTS2_RoseSims2FreeHair0034_KaneoFringeRECOLORS_ALL. The four recolors are also available as individual downloads. The recolored elder hair comes in two shades: the brown and auburn have a silver brown while the ginger and copper shades come with a silver beige. The recolors have a toddler version that uses the chin length Maxis hair style with bangs and has been colored to match the shades of the other ages.

Note: A slightly different version of the copper ponytail recolor was posted in the previous post "Three Copper Ponytails". The only difference between this version and the one in the previous post is that the ponytail elastic is different and the toddler hair has a more realistic copper shade.

The recolors were done for the
Natural Redhead Project to make more hairstyles available in the many beautiful naturally occurring shades of red hair.  The recolors are available without the alpha edit. It may seem odd to put shades that range from orange to deep brown red in the red bin but the goal is to make the full spectrum of red shades available to genetic redheads.


Mesh Information: The mesh comes with 5 colors at Rose Sims2 in Download > Hair.  It is currently on page 12. The file to download is rosehair_0034.zip The name of the unzipped mesh file is MESH_RoseHair_0084.package.

Terms of Use: These recolors may only be used in Sims distributed by 100% free sites. Do not distribute or include the mesh in any uploads! Link to the http://www.rosesims2.net and provide directions on how to locate the mesh in the Downloads > Hair.

Learn more about why redheads are unique:
Red hair is a simple recessive
Intensity of hair color

FYI - the custom content in the models are free downloads:
Freckles: the  freckle and eye set is from Alkaloid at MTS2 as is the freckle "blush" at InSim.

Skin: JWilson5's Hairy Skins for Redheads is a modified Louis (SimScribbing) skin with AllenABQ body hair. The skin for the normal Maxis body type doesn't require any additional meshes, just download  the Norm-HairyRed-Barbie.rar file for hairy,   SKN-Norm-XhairyRed-Barbie.rar  for extra hairy and SKN-Norm-XXhairyRed-Barbie.rar for extreme hairy (Not to worry, only the males come with body hair ).

Eyeliner: eyeliner is the 0036 makeup file from RoseSims2.

The moss green outfit is from Peggy Sims.

Last but not least, the textures used for the recolors ponytail elastic are from the amazing Elements Library created by SimSpore, a free resource available to all Simmers.

The models are wearing your red haired hairy male skin. I just love that skin.