Cool.  

I understand why paysites need the money: to pay for the server that is hosting their site and contents.

However, I'm the kind of person that uses stuff strictly from freesites because they are free.  There's a difference between asking for donations to keep a site going (sometimes, the donation is through either paypal or the opening of a CafePress site with T-shirts and coffee mugs for sale) and having to pay for a monthly subscription.  The difference is choice.

But I do believe this is a "Fair-Use" law in the U.S.  I don't know much about it though.  I do know know this: If someone makes a machinima short with their game, as long as they are not making money off of it, they're not liable for copyright charges.  I know that Rooster Teeth sales items that are "Red vs. Blue" related (namely, popular quotes printed on T-shirts), but they do not feature any of the actual characters of images of the characters from their series.

Of course, it's always going to be debated.  There'll never be a solid end to it, that is unless the mods of the board delete this post and any other posts about it.  That's probably the only way that this topic is ever going to stop being discussed.

Cool beans.  

Thanks Kathy.  

Thanks.  The funny thing is that I submitted these to ModTheSims2.com, and I got rejected.  One of the reasons listed was "Barely correct likeness".

Well, I'm currently trying to create a new style of fan fiction, a machinima comic book fan fiction series (basically a comic book in PDF format made with the use of "The Sims 2", set within the new "Battlestar Galactica" universe).  I created two sims for a couple of the scenes with "The Sims 2" for a test comic for my series.  The following Sims are of the characters Laura Roslin, President of the 12 Colonies (played by Mary McDonnell) and Anastasia Dualla, an officer on the Galactica (played by Kandyse McClure).  I apologize for the lack of a Galactica green Petty Officer outfit or a Colonial Fleet blue uniform.  It's just that clothes aren't really something that I am good at.  I hope you all enjoy them nonetheless.

Included in:
Kandyse McClure Sim:
Skin- June Skin (Credited to Louis) by Helaene
Eyes- by 3DConsortium
Hair- by Ladiewhspr
Eyelashes- Ingame by Maxis
Lipstick- I can't remember, but I do believe it came from MTS2.
Outfit- Ingame by Maxis

Mary McDonnell Sim:
Skin-  0103 Skin - Light by Helaene
Eyes- by 3DConsortium
Hair- by Janna at Sims Connection
Lipstick- 901 lips - kissable by Helaene
Full-Face Makeup- Multi-wearable Maxis Wrinkles by Berg
Outfit- Ingame by Maxis

Thank you Ashtaroth.  I'll make the alteration for the Sim (however, I will be sticking with the following Sim in the picture when it comes to the test comic of my machinima comic book fan fiction series.  I've already finished taking the pictures using this Sim for the dream sequence and I would hate to have to go back and reshoot those shots again).  But the alteration will be made for the Sim for the downloadable version.

This will be the final version.  I've decided to stick with the hair I went with in the beginning because I posted pictures of the Sim over at a BSG Fan BBoard and users commented on how dead-on the hair of the Sim was.  So, this is will be the final version of the Sim (there is always the possibility of doing a 2.0 version later on).  This will be the Sim featured in the test comic for my BSG-related machinima comic book fan fiction series I'm working on and will be made available sometime soon.

If there is anything else anyone would like to contribute, by all means do so.

I thank everyone who were willing to help out.  I owe you all big time.  

It's no problem.  I actually like the hair I originally was using from the previous pictures.  I think that is the closest that I could ever find to what Mary's hair is like in real life (if its not like that in RL, it's been like that in both "Battlestar Galactica" and "Dances with Wolves").  

Here's a new picture with the updates xnymphetaminex suggested.  I must admit, I like the lipstick I went with for the Sim, but the hair you suggested definately doesn't seem to fitt the Sim IMO.  Of course, the opinion is to the gallery.

The picture was taken within Bodyshop.  Don't have a lot of time to load the game.  The lipstick used is Helaene 901 Kissable.

No problem.  All constructive feedback is welcome.  I'll try to make the changes and include the pictures soon.  It may take some time, because I am a little bogged down by my school work and whatnot.

I've been looking for Battlestar stuff forever! So I'm glad to see this thread.
Your Dualla looks especially good. I'm not so sure about Roslin, though... she's pretty difficult to capture. Myabe I'll take a stab at her if you'd like the help?

First off, I'm glad you like the Dualla sim (the funny thing is, the Sim did not start its life as a Dualla Sim, just as a misc. sim I was toying around with).  Well, I'm mainly working off of feedback and the episodes I have that feature the character of Roslin.  To be honest, at this point, I think that is the best and the most close likeness I can get to the actress.  But if you want to help, please let me know in what way you mean and we'll see where things go from there.

Do you have sims for the other characters as well? The Baltar on MTS2 is pretty good.

I have both the Baltar and Six from MTS2, the Jamie Bamber (I think it was either from the exchange or MTS2), a Starbuck (from the Exchange) and the Boomer (Exchange).  A user at the Ragnar Anchorage BBoard liked how both the Roslin and Dualla Sims looked and told me he was hoping I would do Adama and Tigh next (though I wouldn't mind doing them, I think Adama would be the most difficult to do due to how the skin on EJO's face is.  I think that would be difficult to correctly simulate).

Both the Roslin and Dualla Sim are going to be used in a test comic I'm working on for a fan fic series I'm trying to get off the ground (the comic is mainly consisting of screencaps from various episodes and has two {possibly three} sequences that use "The Sims 2").  I'm also trying to make a couple of Cylon Centurion variations and am hoping to find any other users that have made Centurion or Centurion-like Sims for "The Sims 2" but do not require any content above NightLife (I have only University and NightLife EPs.  No plans on purchasing OFB).  A lot of work going into it.  But I do hope to make both the Roslin and Dualla Sim characters available for download.

Here is a new updated picture with the changes.  If I make the face any wider, it'd be to the end of the selectable option on width.  I did two clicks on the nose width to make it smaller.  I think everything is as spot on as possible.  Of course, I could be wrong about that.  Just let me know what you guys think, any other changes that should be made, etc.  I forgot to thank you guys for giving me the necessary feedback.  Thank you very much.  

Okay, widen the face a little bit more and nostral width smaller.  Got it.  

Here's a new picture in-game from the CAS family creation program.

Also, I've included a picture of another BSG Sim I'm working on, one of Kandyse McClure, who plays Dualla on the show.  I started this Sim a while ago, but I have never put it up online for download because I was still trying to get the right skintone for her (the one I selected for it is the one I think best fits the Sim.  I can't remember the name of the skintone, but I do feel it actually matchs the actress's skintone).  You don't have to comment on the Dualla sim, I'm just posting it as sort of an added bonus.