So, I've wanted for SOOOO Long to have a playable Orc character...Within the past few days, I got sick of searching (And only coming up to find like...One female orc, I think...) So, I decided to try my hand at my own!...I'm actually quiet pleased. This is, By no means a final version. This is, to say, Just a bit of a tease of what I'm working on...Hoping I can maybe get some interest sparked about Orcs...((Because I do love them so...))

Anywho, Credits to Beos and Marvine for Making the BodyBuilder set, Then to Montoto_Sk For making the Bear BodyBuilder ((Which I just drool a bit over everytime I play...Man I LOVE that creation.))

This is just a basic Recolor right now really...Till My Tablet starts to like me again...As well as Photoshop...((Using Gimp is such a pain compared to Photoshop..Well..Since I know everything in photoshop..-Sigh.-))

But anywho. I took the BearBody Builder Showerproof, and Recolored it, and enlarged/re-hued the nipples. I think I MIGHT Have attempted to darken the finger/toe nails...But I had to redo that like 3 times, Can't remember if I did it in this one...

First time Uploading ANYTHING...Ever...So...I think it was said the new Body Shop Packages meshes with it...If not, I've got the Clean Installer File list up.

Soon to come -

Different Orcish tones.

Orcish_Green - The basic Orc Green, The one on this sim, basically, But It will become more detailed, till soon it's no longer just a recolor. =3
Orcish_GreenWoof - I will be making Hairy Version of each tone. These I will wait till I have Tablet access to do. That, or till I can get my friends shirt off for textures. Rawr. x3
Orcish_Light/Woof - Will be a Yellow-Green Version
Orcish_Dark/Woof - It will either be a dark, foresty green, or a Dark Green-Blue

I thought about Meshing my own body shape...But...I feel the Bear Body Builder really has the form covered. The Face is the main thing on this sim. I tried to closely copy a picture I took of an Orc from The Elder Scroll: Oblivion, Since I absolutely LOVE Their orcs. I'll most likely go in and try and add some texture to the face later on..((Again, once I have tablet access...-Sigh.))

Anywho. Hope You guys Enjoy!

Also... If anyone could explain why Whenever I take a picture In-game Using the camera function and Pressing "c"...Why It takes pictures, but...Only saves them Into two files in my Storytelling folder, it saves them as "Screenshot" and "Snapshot" Repeatedly saving pictures over the same file...Thus why the picture is so small...-Sigh.-

And come on! Let's get some Orcish Rep! There's got to be SOME IN the community, if only a small group that would love orcs to walk aside their elves!

Okay...So, Something happened this morning...And...I've gotten the sudden will to try my hand more in-depthly with what I'll call "Simcrafting"...

My Objective: Create a Half-Orc Sim



Now...I know I could just slap on some green sim, and call him and orc...But No, No, No...I don't want that...What I want, is more crafted to look along the lines of...Dare I say, The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Orcs.

Now...My first Idea on how I thought about going about this was to use Marvine & Beosboxboy's BodyBuilder suite. But...Something doesn't feel right about simply an increased frame. Orc's have a different muscle make-up than humans. From reading, and just pure guessing. I'm assuming I will have to work along the lines of the Maxis' standard skeleton. Let's note, I've really got little to no practice in this field, but trust me, I'm fast to pick up, and learn. Just need...Steps in the right Direction. Anywho... What i'm actually requesting is, possibly help and information, perhaps even assistance if the need comes to it on Making multiple parts to create a Sim Half-Orc.

The Parts
A. (Confused on)The Body Structure.
I've done a few clothing editing tutorials, but none which edited other than what the clothing hid. I was going to try the Body shaping tutorials at MTS2...But, sadly, all that's there is "FF" on that page...-Sigh.- So now, what I'd like to do, if figure out how exactly Beos/Marvine pulled together a structured body, which was easily reuseable to create more clothing. I need to know what files are what, who to export where, and so on. Anything easily accessible via tutorials I won't ask to be posted here. I'm really trying to seek uncommon information which isn't likely to be found.

B. (Easy, Can do myself.) Creating Custom Skintone, Eyes, and other textures.
This. As I said...I can generally do myself. I've plenty skilled at graphic's design via Photoshop, and the like. This one's no problem. It's just possible mapping problems that I may run into in the future.

C. (The Hardest for last.) Custom Orcish Facial Structure.
This one's the one which is most likely going to kill me. The Orcish facial make-up is different on compared to the Maxis' standard human face. I've seen very few, if any successful, mods which can actually pull off a good looking facial modification. The orcs in the picture are what I'd like to go for. -Sigh.- Man this is gonna be hard.

But anyway. This is what I wanna try and make my project, most likely my one and only...Hopefully SOMEONE Out there likes Orcs. =3...I mean...We've got Elves...Squid people...Dragonkin, Lizards, cats...But no Orcs!