After I downloaded UntraditionalNerd’s minotaur, I felt a sudden need for a maze within which to hide him. 

It is a ROOM on the Gallery under BooV7227, with the tags #UntraditionalNerd, #Minotaur, #Mino, and #Maze.  It is cc-free, as it is just a shell, but go ahead and tick the custom content button on just in case.  The dead ends can be easily adjusted for bedroom/bathroom spaces, and while I built it underground it can be easily dropped above ground and the walls turned into that hedgy-fence for a fun garden maze instead. 

I built this on the 50×50 lot in Oasis Springs, but with a bit of tweaking it could fit on a smaller lot too.  There are also a few smaller Rooms uploaded alongside it for a build-your-own-maze option. 

***Note: There will be a gap in the top-center where my stairs are, because that was entirely closed off from the rest of the maze.  Oops.  Do what you will with it. 

If you cannot download from the Gallery, I posted a shot with the grid visible for easy re-creation. 😉  Enjoy! 

That I Do Believe I Love You

That looks WAY better than expected.

Jefani: “I had some Youth Potion left over, so I drank it.  Can’t let it go to waste right?  I feel great now!  Kind of like I’ve had too much coffee.  Or maybe it’s the anticipation, I’m not sure!” 

Derek: “Are you sure this is it?  No more fishing?  No more grafting?  No more rotten fridge-food?  I just eat this and we’re set?” 

Jefani: “As far as I understood it yes.  This is the big moment.”  She crosses her fingers and grins. 

Derek nods confidently.  “Let’s do this.” 

Hm, nothing.  Derek sighs, and heads for the sink to clean his plate.  “I don’t think it worked.  I don’t feel any differ–EEEEEAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!” 

WOO-FREAKIN-HOO!! 

o/  o/

Derek: “Jefani, I love you, and I know that you love me back.  I want to grow old with you, I want to see our children running around here screaming and making messes.  I want to be your husband.  Please say yes.” 

Jefani smiles.  “Yes, more than anything now, I want a life with you in it! 

… And speaking of children, I wouldn’t mind getting started on that one right now…” 

hey ! Can you create Medusa clothes and hair with snakes for sims 4 please ? thanks :3

untraditionalnerd:

booisnotaverb:

untraditionalnerd:

Hi! 

soo.. where should I start.. few days ago.. (yesterday maybe) I  was talking to OM about future projects and Medusa came up as a possible “big project” :3

I will be working on my Satyr first and then I may start working on Medusa :3

I don’t know if I will offer clothes but for sure I will offer a full body edit with some accessories 🙂 Hair include ofc. 

if you have any suggestion for this projects (or something else) my suggestion page is up 🙂

UN

I would love to see female and child versions of your minotaur and any of these new creations (well, the gorgon would be female by default, but basically a family set of each).  Oh man, now I’m scouring my memory for every greco-roman bipedal monster…  Not specific requests, but here are some awesome ideas: 

Cyclops: One Big Eye, mouth tusks (think WoW orcs), muscles similar to the Mino. 

Dryad/Greenman: Plantsim x10, slimmer, lithe, bark textures, twigs all over the body, hair with small fruits in it? 

Harpies/Sirens: backwards knees, wing-arms (with slight shimmer, less than Minohorns), bird heads?  [Also: Baby bird heads for the kids!!!] 

Satyr/Faun: shorter horns, goat ears, GOATBEARD. 

Water-Nymph/Merrow: webbed hands, flipper feet, fins on arms/legs, gills, shiny-scales skindetail, kelp-hair? 

huh wow soo first of all.. thank you a lot! there are a lot of ideas that I may use :3

OM and I talked quiet a bit about this and the list of possible projects was pretty long… 

So.. there is already the Satyr  (working on that right now), Medusa, the ram.. maybe a mermaid and lots more.

Even if I think it could be nice to have female/child versions of them ( Minotaur included) for now I have to say nope. for 2 reasons.

First is that there is not a female Minotaur and there is not a male Medusa. There are no kids. Even if I understand that could be interesting for story telling purpose or something else  I don’t feel the need to make them for now. It could happen but not now. I have so many ideas for so many projects that I prefer to focus on something new.

Second thing is that it’s not just a conversion. It’s like working from scratch because there is a different anatomy which means different proportions, details, textures and other things. It’s a really long process if I want to do it like I did Minotaur. It could not look like it’s a lot of work but I designed everything, I researched a lot and spent a lot of time testing and sketching.  For me it would not be a conversion but a whole new project because a bull is not a cow.  It may be small details for you but for me details are what makes my Minotaur special.  I would not be able to focus only on that because I have other projects to work on, hopefully a job soon (finger crossed), real life to deal with so it would mean work for weeks just to make a “conversion” . TBH I would need a team that works as I do. ppl that understand me. I have already ideas for Mino v3. There are things that could work better or that I’m not 100% happy with so I’m already thinking about that and listing what I could do. 

As I said I will take note of your suggestions because part of them are already in my list and some others are brilliant. The Cyclops and the Dryad are amazing ideas and I will seriously think about them. The conversions are a lot of work that I don’t feel like doing so I will put them at the end of my list for the reasons that I said.

TO add to this long answer I have to say that next week I will work on Minotaur to Human project. It may take no time or a really long time depending on how it goes. 

I’m sorry if I’m not giving you the answer that you wanted but this is what I can offer right now.

UN

Oh please don’t think that I believed any of that was easy.  You’ve done a ridiculous amount of work for the minotaur, and it really shows.  I understand completely that it’s essentially a brand new project, that’s why I said they weren’t requests per se. 

Should you ever get the chance, it would be wonderful to see family options for some of them at least.  But I understand if you never choose to do so. 

For your satyr, I was just adding a few thoughts.  For example, if he looks more human faced than goat, I’d still like to see a goaty beard on him.  XD  (Where is the first version btw >_> ?  …runs off to look for it…

*Also, I’m curious about your gorgon idea.  Would you give her a snake tail, would it animate as she moves?  Or would she be Medusa only from the waist up? 

hey ! Can you create Medusa clothes and hair with snakes for sims 4 please ? thanks :3

untraditionalnerd:

Hi! 

soo.. where should I start.. few days ago.. (yesterday maybe) I  was talking to OM about future projects and Medusa came up as a possible “big project” :3

I will be working on my Satyr first and then I may start working on Medusa :3

I don’t know if I will offer clothes but for sure I will offer a full body edit with some accessories 🙂 Hair include ofc. 

if you have any suggestion for this projects (or something else) my suggestion page is up 🙂

UN

I would love to see female and child versions of your minotaur and any of these new creations (well, the gorgon would be female by default, but basically a family set of each).  Oh man, now I’m scouring my memory for every greco-roman bipedal monster…  Not specific requests, but here are some awesome ideas: 

Cyclops: One Big Eye, mouth tusks (think WoW orcs), muscles similar to the Mino. 

Dryad/Greenman: Plantsim x10, slimmer, lithe, bark textures, twigs all over the body, hair with small fruits in it? 

Harpies/Sirens: backwards knees, wing-arms (with slight shimmer, less than Minohorns), bird heads?  [Also: Baby bird heads for the kids!!!] 

Satyr/Faun: shorter horns, goat ears, GOATBEARD. 

Water-Nymph/Merrow: webbed hands, flipper feet, fins on arms/legs, gills, shiny-scales skindetail, kelp-hair? 

I’m Glad I Got The Chance To Say…

And they both worked in the garden, slowly, slowly growing the plants they needed (and the veggies for her endless meals), researching everything they could about cultivation and grafting.  That Death Flower wasn’t nearly as hard to obtain as they had first thought, but it would take time. 

Finally, FINALLY, they had everything they needed! 

Jefani: To be honest, it looks rather pasty and unappetizing.  Does he really have to eat this?  At least he can’t taste anything…  I hope I mixed it right… 

If she messed this up, they would have to wait until Derek was lucky enough to catch a second Angelfish, and if that happened then Jefani was going to start fishing right beside him.  All of this stress had aged her quickly, and if all went well, Derek would return to young adulthood.  They cared a great deal for each other now, and she no longer remembered why she had rebuffed him so long ago.  But if this relationship were to continue, she would be labeled a cougar.  She wasn’t sure she liked the sound of that.  Whatever happened next, she wanted to be done with it. 

And As Far As I’m Concerned

Jefani: “Soooo… what would it take to get you to return my friend out there to life?” 

DEATH: ……… 

Well that was helpful.  Horrifying, but helpful. 

Putting that macabre affair behind them, Derek and Jefani set out to collect their strange ingredients.  Armed with firsthand instructions and a new outlook, Jefani began building her cooking skills.  It was going to take a great deal of talent and finesse to create the final product, and the more she cooked, the better she got.  Their fridge was so stuffed with food that (as Jefani was the only one who really ate) most of it was likely to rot before it was looked at again.

The Youth Potion was going to be the easiest ingredient by far.  As it turns out, it was a Red Llama product that can be ordered online.  Go figure. 

Derek went out back and fished every day, for hours upon hours.  Thank sylvan he loved fish!

That’s What Friends Are For

[MANY YEARS AGO…] 

Jefani: “Okay so, if that creepy book is legit, then it looks like we can resurrect your body!  But we need to collect a few things, and I don’t understand what some of them are.” 

Derek: “What kinds of things are we going to need?” 

Jefani: “Well to start, an Angelfish.  I know what that is, but it’s crafty and hard to catch.  And we’re going to need a… a Youth Potion, and… a Death Flower?  I don’t know about you, but I’ve never seen one of those at Home Depot.” 

Derek sighs.  “Thank you for trying, but I think I’m just going to go hide under the covers and hope oblivion takes me back…” 

Jefani: “No no, it’s okay, I have an idea!” 

Derek: “THIS!?  THIS was your big idea!?  To invite over the guy that skewered me!?” 

Jefani: “But it was in the book!” 

Derek: “THIS ISN’T LEVAR BURTON, THIS IS THE GRIM HARVESTER!” 

Jefani: “You know, this is why I didn’t want to marry you.” 

Derek: “GAAAAAH!  I’m going fishing.”  And he stormed off, a bright fiery red. 

…You Would Cry Too If It Happened To You.

Rosetta gets home just in time to hear her mother crying in the back yard.  As she runs around the corner to see what’s wrong, she’s stopped cold by the sight of an urn, and a fallen grandfather. 

“Buela!  Poppie!”  She runs to him, but it’s too late. 

This is one player that no one can cheat. 

Colby: “It’ll be okay babe, they’re in a better place.  And they’re together.  Neither of them would have wanted to be the one left behind.” 

Rosetta: …But I was left behind

Pepper returns home from the lab to find that she’d not only lost a friend, but two of them.  “I didn’t even get to say goodbye.” 

She hears a splash behind her and turns around. 

Colby: “What!?  It’s hot out.” 

Marietta: “Bobdammit Colby.” 

Rosetta: “I can’t even look at you right now Daddy.” 

…And I’ll Cry If I Want To…

Marietta: “So how do you play this game again?  I can never remember the rules.” 

Arturo: “Well if you play like your mother, then there are no rules.” 

Anna: “Psh.  I follow the rules!  The most important one being ‘win’.”  She throws a sideways wink at Mary. 

Marietta: “Mama you’re terrible.” 

A victory drink.  Guess who won? 

Anna: “Is it just me, or it is boiling out today?  I’m so thirsty.” 

Arturo: “Yeah me too; do you want to go for a swim?” 

Anna: “That sounds wonderful.” 

Arturo: “Okay, give me a minute to wash these.” 

Anna: “I’m going to hop in, I feel… strange…” 

Oh no!  Anna, couldn’t you have waited ONE DAY!?  And Arturo, you’re not looking too well yourself… 

It’s My Birthday…

Now that Arturo is home from work, they can have a quick birthday cake before Pepper has to leave.  She is not very happy, but she spent her vacation days on the family camping trip last month. 

Man, Rosetta is SO ready to blow those out and take The Spin! 

And the Jack family’s third generation is set to launch; Happy Birthday Rosetta Escalante-Jack! 

So while Rosetta runs out with a few friends for some birthday shopping, Anna and Arturo go outside to play a quick round of chess. 

Oh Anna you sly fox, that’s no way to win!  There are some things you shouldn’t cheat.  And some things you can’t…