Islands of Sunset Valley: Epilogue (Completed)

[Magz from Oz]

Firstly, thank you for the lovely compliment on my story.

Secondly, sorry Crystal, but I'm not posting Hugh Jackman in any of the incarnations I give him.  Yes, Alastair was/is Hugh with a different hairstyle, wardrobe and traits.  Hugh is my number one Sim I play with a number of different names.  His wife is always Audrey but also with a different name etc.  I made her in CAS out of one of the pre-made Sims there (I don't remember which one, it was too long ago).  Audrey was also Faith in this story so I made them cousins to explain the likeness.  I had a bit of fun with the Oedipus Complex because it fit the story.  As I previously stated, I studied psychology for many years and thought it was an interesting arc.

By the way, if you want a Hugh Jackman of your own to play, go into CAS and use the more detailed sliderbars to make the face you want.

The original Adam and Brandon in my failed dynasty did not look like the ones in these stories.  In these stories, Brandon is just Christopher Steel with different traits and hairstyle but the same clothes although with different patterns to them (well initially).  His current wardrobe is mostly vanilla Sims clothes but the patterns are either found here on the swap shop of re-colourised in CAS.  Brandon's hair is store and some of the clothes throughout the story were store also.

Brandon is sweet because that's the persona I gave him.  He could have been a total drongo if that was how I wanted him to be.  It's all in the writing.

So if you want a Brandon Arthur St-Clair-Crumplebottom-Baker sim to play, put Chris Steel in CAS and go for it.  (Oh and send him to the gym to bulk up his torso.)  However, I call dibbs on that name or any combinations of it (within reason).  Please don't post any story with a Chris Steel look-a-like with a Brandon similar name.  I'd be pretty miffed if you did.  Even if I don't use Brandon as the main character in future sequels, he'll be a secondary character for many of the stories I plan to write.

[Crystal]

Thanks Magz.

I understand you don't want to share Hugh Jackman.  I'm sorry if I offended you.  I just wish I was as talented as you and some of the others here on the forum at making Sims to look like real people. 

I found the twin option in CAS and played around with it a bit.  I decided not to twin Christopher Steel because you've already done that.

I know Brandon is so sweet because that is how you wrote him.  I just wanted to tell you that I really liked the character and I hope we see a lot more of him in your sequels. 

[Magz from Oz]

Sorry Crystal for coming down so hard on you.  I didn't mean to sound that harsh.  To make different characters, just grab one of those pre-made Sims in the bin and play around with the slider bars.  You'll be amazed how quickly you learn what each one does but I think there is a thread about how to use them in the Carl's guide.  If you have a good closeup of your intended subject, use the slider bars and turn them around to make sure you've got the angle of the cheek, chin, nose etc right.  Yes it does take hours to make a replica, but it's so worth it to have my very own Hugh Jackman to play with.

Thanks for your compliment about Brandon.  I wanted him to be likable and yes, you will see him in future sequels.