More Skyrim Bits And Pieces (Tapestries, T-Shirts And Pictures)
Please find a collection of thirty-three tapestries featuring various motifs connected to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim series available as pictures for your Sims 3 game.
They use a mesh with many thanks by TheNinthWave so you do not need any stuff packs for this to work – it’s all base game friendly.
Please also find a collection of seven T-shirts which will fit Teen, Young Adult and Adults.
All items are recolourable, but the logos aren’t.
Please also find a collection of six poster pictures available as pictures for your Sims 3 game.
The poster pictures use a mesh with many thanks by Yarona at Sims Modeli, so you do not need any stuff packs for this to work – it’s all base game friendly.
To use, download, unzip, and drop the contained folder into your The Sims 3\mods\packages folder and they should show up.
Enjoy!
Christmas, Yuletide, Snowflake Day, Whatever You Want To Call It
Lonely Island was created and owned by Rflong7/13, but was taken over by some undead Simmies for a bit of peace and quiet after involuntary resurrection from Ivy Hill Graveyard. It includes some others escaping from their own ‘life issues’, and is a sanctuary for the much maligned Butterfly of Doom and many other misunderstood species of Sims nature.
As evening falls over Lonely Island, a statutory meeting of the Wotchyamacaulit – the ruling council of the island and its dependencies – is in full swing. Let us enter and marvel at the uplifting sight of the democratic process in action.
‘…so I charge ye all to hear that I denounce thee Shrove Winterbottom as a witch, who has cavorted with her imps in diabolical orgies on the last Sabbeth and suckled them from her witch’s teat, therefore I ask for the courts permission to use the instruments at my disposal in order to find the witch’s mark upon her!’
‘Ms Farber, I must rule you are out of order with the chair and the agreed order of business of the Wotchyamacaulit.’
‘Ah come on, Klammis Idchai – ah, sorry, Madame Speaker! This session needed a bit of pepping up. Besides, I’ve got a whole new set of dungeon equipment and no one to try it out on!’
‘Madame Speaker, may I please propose a motion before the Thingymabob…’
‘Beowulf’s pants – it’s the Wotchyamacaulit, Cloverstardropper!’
‘Indeed Rowan! How many times do we have to remind you, you giglet?’
‘Ahem, as I was trying to say before I was so rudely interrupted by the joint last places of the 2012 Miss Suntan contest over here, I wish to propose a ban on the drinking of coffee before a session of the Wotchyamacaulit in order to ensure Haily doesn’t have any more of her little turns.’
‘Gordon Bennett! For the last time Switch, we are not going to pass a law making Sprite the only drink it is legal to buy, sell or import to this island just so you can get it cheaper from the shop!’
‘Oh pffft and buttwings! Just ‘cus it makes you livormorts parp like a brass band, Elysia!’
‘It makes everyone blow off, kid – you’re about the only person on the island whose stomach can stomach the stuff. I tried it before jumping into the swimming pool below the Gnubb Club – I ended up knowing exactly how Donald Campbell’s boat Bluebird K7 felt on the Coniston Water.’
‘Diggory, really!’
‘Oh, sorry Felicity, my dear.’
‘People, please! Can we have some order? We have an important agenda to get through before the close, and we haven’t the time to be deviating…’
‘I agree, Mr Chair. Let’s all do it back at my house!’
‘Ms Farber, please, restrain yourself!’
‘Only if there’s nothing on the telly.’
‘I’m giving you one last warning, before…’
‘Mr Speaker, Madame Speaker; if it please you, there is a matter of the greatest urgency which I prithee implore you on the behalf of myself and my sisters to bring to the notice of the chamber.’
‘No, no, a hundred times no. We’ve already discussed this in private, and I do not think it in the interests of the chamber that the matter be put before it.’
‘Very well, sir, you leave me with no choice – I denounce thee Shrove Winterbottom, vile harlot and strumpet as a witch, who did on the last Sabbeth day at dusk take part in blood rituals and did spoil cheeses and milk of her neighbours after the devil in the form of a brood mare had shod her!‘
‘Hey, are you telling me I was right? I only said that because this whole meeting today has been a trip to the planet snooze!’
‘No Haily, Willow’s simply using the old Witchcraft Act of this island to her advantage. If two members of the Wotchyamacaulit denounce another as a witch in the same session, all activities of the chamber must be suspended indefinitely until the accused is brought to trial, unless they both agree to withdraw it; which – no pun intended – I will guess is dependent on Willow getting to put her real motion before the chamber, am I right.’
‘Alright, alright, if it stops the entire of Lonely Island governance from grinding to a halt, we will hear your motion in return for the withdrawal by both yourself Ms Tyneham and Ms Farber from denouncing Ms Winterbottom as a witch – agreed?’
‘Let it be so.’
‘Ms Farber?’
‘Grrrrrrrr – oh, alright – but you owe me an ice cream!’
‘Why did we ever agree to chair this asylum, Klammis! Okay people, the amended motion is the withdrawal of the denunciation on Ms Winterbottom, and the renumeration to Ms Farber of one ice cream to be phased in with effect from the close of this session. Are we all agreed – and for plumbob’s sake say “Aye!” ‘
‘AYE!’
‘AYE!’
‘Ms Tyneham, you have the floor.’
‘Thank you. Mr Speaker, Madame Speaker, esteamed and honourable members of the Wotchyamacaulit of Lonely Island and its dependencies. After meticulous research by my sisters and I, looking back into ancient records and prophecies, it is my belief that we are in danger of some form of cataclysmic change befalling us soon that it is most circumspect that we prepare for with all haste.’
‘Ah pur-leeez! Not those old end-of-the-world ancient prophecies crap! Put it this way, they’ve been predicting an earthquake on this island for hundreds of years, and nothing…’
‘Mmmmr Sppppeeaaakeeer, aaaabooouuut thaaaaat eaaaarthquaaaaake thaaaat’s neeever gooooinnng tooooo haaaaaapeeeen…’
Part 2 To Follow
Linda Kindt: Artist, Blogger, Cosplayer, Gamer – Hyvää syntymäpäivää!
Please find a collection of 42 poster pictures, 11 frescos and 18 murals available as pictures for your Sims 3 game.
The poster pictures use a mesh with many thanks by Yarona at Sims Modeli, the frescos use a mesh by Dyokabb at Sims Angels and the wall sized murals use a mesh which comes once again with many thanks from Helen-Sims, so you do not need any stuff packs for this to work – it’s all base game friendly.
To use, download, unzip, and drop the contained folder into your The Sims 3\mods\packages folder and they should show up.
Enjoy!
Linda Kindt aka Isriana aka Iribel is a Finnish literature student, who in her spare time produces wonderful artwork.
In line with her other interests in cosplay and computer games, she also does hilarious cartoons poking fun at games and gamers, particularly the Elder Scrolls series, that truly deserve a wider audience – so if you are a Skyrim player, spread the word!
Here’s an example.
This was you as well the first time you encountered foxes in Skyrim, eh? – and bet you still risk your life recklessly to defend any foxes you see in danger from being killed by big bully bears and trolls (quite right too)!
Linda does artwork commissions as well, so if you would like any of ther wonderful pieces gracing your walls in real life, get in touch with her at her Deviantart accounts and help a poor student to fund her way through university and the next Skyrim add-on!
Oh, and…
Hyvää syntymäpäivää!
Happy D B Cooper Weekend!
A collection of five T-shirts featuring various motifs connected with the mysterious Dan Cooper, aka D B Cooper.
Will fit Teen, Young Adult and Adults.
All items are recolourable, but the logos aren’t.
As there’s no Teen Male hooded top with the basic pack, there’s a Teen Male Tracksuit top instead.
Please also find a collection of ten poster pictures for your Sims 3 game.
The poster pictures use a mesh with many thanks by Yarona at Sims Modeli, so you do not need any stuff packs for this to work – it’s all base game friendly.
To use, download, unzip, and drop the contained folder into your The Sims 3\mods\packages folder and they should show up.
Enjoy!
Happy D B Cooper Weekend!
Dan Cooper aka D B Cooper remains one of the United States of America’s greatest unsolved mysteries and a favourite of conspiracy theorists.
On Thanksgiving Eve, 24th November 1971, a Boeing 727 flying from Portland to Seattle was hijacked by a man dressed in business attire claiming that he had a bomb in his briefcase and demanding $200 000, four parachutes, and for the jet to be given enough fuel to reach Mexico City. Despite hijacking the jet, he insisted on paying for the drinks he bought during the flight.
All passengers were released at Seattle and the jet flew on with only Cooper and the crew on board. It was assumed that Cooper was going to make the crew jump and fly the jet himself.
Instead he jumped from the back of the plane, less than half an hour after take off, taking the money, the briefcase and three of the parachutes. Despite the jet being followed by two USAF Delta Dart fighters and a converted Shooting Star, no one saw Cooper jump out – it was a pitch black stormy night.
Although the FBI concluded Cooper jumped to his certain death, to this day no trace of Cooper has ever been found, only a small bundle of the money in a local river under suspicious circumstances many years later – suggesting it was possibly planted to give the impression Cooper had not survived the jump.
Despite an array of suspects the case remains unsolved, the only hijacker in history that ‘got away with it.’
Some believe Cooper may have had reasons other than financial for the hijacking, the most outrageous being he was a CIA operative gone ‘rogue’ who committed the act as a parting shot to his former employers who frequently paid ‘freedom fighters’ in enemy states to conduct hijackings for political ends.
Whatever the truth, Cooper’s actions led to the creation of the Cooper Vane device in aircraft to prevent exit doors from being openable whilst in flight, and also the town of Ariel in Cowlitz County, Washington (near to where Cooper had jumped) still holds an annual convention to the D B Cooper mystery on the weekend following Thanksgiving.
Electric Light Orchestra, Move And Wizzard
A collection of nine T-shirts featuring various motifs from the artwork of the Brummie three-in-one band over the years.
Will fit Teen, Young Adult and Adults.
All items are recolourable, but the logos aren’t.
Please also find a collection of Twelve poster pictures available as pictures for your Sims 3 game.
The poster pictures use a mesh with many thanks by Yarona at Sims Modeli, so you do not need any stuff packs for this to work – it’s all base game friendly.
To use, download, unzip, and drop the contained folder into your The Sims 3\mods\packages folder and they should show up.
Enjoy!
The Move was a psychedelic band that launched two equally successful side projects – the art rock Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and the glam rock Wizzard.
ELO outlasted both the parent and the other side project to be one of the world’s biggest selling bands of all time.
It Bites (‘Calling All The Heroes’ And ‘Cartoon Graveyard’)
A collection of seven T-shirts featuring various motifs from their artwork over the years.
Will fit Teen, Young Adult and Adults.
All items are recolourable, but the logos aren’t.
Please also find a collection of eight poster pictures and six murals available as pictures for your Sims 3 game.
The poster pictures use a mesh with many thanks by Yarona at Sims Modeli and the wall sized murals use a mesh which comes once again with many thanks from Helen-Sims, so you do not need any stuff packs for this to work – it’s all base game friendly.
To use, download, unzip, and drop the contained folder into your The Sims 3\mods\packages folder and they should show up.
Enjoy!
It Bites are one of the odder stories of pop music history, but what else could anyone expect from a band formed in Egremont, Cumbria: famous for the Crab Fair where the world ‘gurning’ championships are held for whoever can pull the ugliest face.
The band consisted of a hippy, a punk, a progressive rock fan and pretty boy guitar maestro Francis Dunnery who wanted to be mainstream pop stars. Despite their second single ‘Calling All The Heroes’ being a major hit in June 1986, they didn’t have strong enough follow up songs, and their punky-prog (or ‘pronk’) with 80s funk soup was too much for many to take.
Further singles like ‘Kiss Like Judas’ saw the band creep in a more hard rock direction, until by 1989’s album ‘Eat Me In St Louis’ they were the darlings of not only Kerrang! magazine but the rock section of ITV’s The Chart Show, the most important UK music show at that time.
The band also gained attention because of a musical instrument Francis Dunnery had invented called a Tapboard, made from strapping two stringed guitar necks together and ‘tapping’ the strings, producing a novel staccato medieval sound. The instrument was later adopted by some in the jazz-fusion enthusiast community.
But despite being a popular support act and the singles ‘Still Too Young To Remember’ and ‘Sister Sarah’ receiving heavy play on MTV, nowhere did these translate into record sales. The machismo element of the hard rock and prog rock fan world never ‘forgave’ them for ‘Calling All The Heroes’ – a ‘girls’ song, even though Dunnery was much in demand as a session musician for rock icons Yes and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin (Dunnery was later offered the post of replacing the departing Phil Collins in Genesis, only for Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks to change their minds).
Frustration at their inability to be accepted, in-fighting led to Dunnery going solo as well as becoming a farmer in the USA, and the band dissolved.
In 2003, the band tried to reform, but with Dunnery based in the USA and the others in Cumbria, it was little more than a hobby band. After three years of going nowhere, the others sacked Dunnery (much to their remaining fans dismay) and replaced him with John Mitchell – not only a diehard It Bites fan since childhood, but a multi-instrumentalist, record producer and sound engineer. This proved crucial in giving the band’s music a more solid structure.
(There was also some amusement at Mitchell’s similarity in looks to Jean Jacques Burnel, sparking mischievous music festival rumours it was the Stranglers lead singer under a pseudonym!)
The predictions that any lingering chance the band had of success vanished with sacking Dunnery were refuted in staggering fashion, as their new album ‘The Tall Ships’ (2010) made them the new toast of the prog-rock world that had disowned them two decades previously. The follow up ‘Map Of The Past’ (2012) became the first It Bites record to mainstream chart in the UK for 21 years and was pipped only by Rush’s ‘Clockwork Angels’ for Classic Rock‘s Prog Album Of The Year.
The single ‘Cartoon Graveyard’ from ‘Map Of The Past’ will be released on 9th December 2012.
Madness (The Nutty Boys)
A collection of four T-shirts featuring various motifs from their artwork over the years.
Will fit Teen, Young Adult and Adults.
All items are recolourable, but the logos aren’t.
Please also find a collection of five poster pictures available as pictures for your Sims 3 game.
The poster pictures use a mesh with many thanks by Yarona at Sims Modeli, so you do not need any stuff packs for this to work – it’s all base game friendly.
To use, download, unzip, and drop the contained folder into your The Sims 3\mods\packages folder and they should show up.
Enjoy!
Message For Everyone In The Path Of The ‘Frankenstorm’
Good luck.
The Jam (Plus Paul Weller’s ‘Whaam!’ Guitar And A Mod Scooter)
A collection of eleven T-shirts and a set of hooded tops featuring various motifs from the Jam’s artwork over the years.
Will fit Teen, Young Adult and Adults.
All items are recolourable, but the logos aren’t.
As there’s no Teen Male hooded top with the basic pack, there’s a Teen Male Tracksuit top instead.
Please also find a collection of ten poster pictures for your Sims 3 game, using a mesh with many thanks by Yarona at Sims Modeli, so you do not need any stuff packs for this to work – it’s all base game friendly.
Please also find enclosed a scooter ‘Modded’ with Union Jack livery – you will need the Sims 3 Fast Lane stuff pack for this to work.
Finally, please find an electric guitar redone with the Roy Lichtenstein ‘Whaam!’ design on it (as used on one of Paul Weller’s Rickenbackers), you will need the Design And High Tech stuff pack (called High End Loft in the US and elsewhere) for this to work. This can be recoloured except for the design and the neck.
To use, download, unzip, and drop the contained folder into your The Sims 3\mods\packages folder and they should show up.
Enjoy!
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