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Hey guys,
Just a head-up for an object fix: Somehow the Eluvian mirror and my antique wall plate ended up with the same GUID, making only one or the other show up, and potentially crashing lots. I fixed the Eluvian and the recolours, so please redownload it if you have it:

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ETA
Please also redownload the Spencer/Spender candles. I fixed another GUID conflict with wallsconce1, and both wall sconces should be properly recolourable, now.

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Hopefully that'll be all for my fail for a while, hah.

Happy Lunar New Year! Here's a little gift for those who celebrate it. :D (and anyone else who may find use for it XP)

This is a changshan/changpao, the male equivalent of the qipao. This style of dress was introduced by the Manchu in China during the Qing Dynasty (around the 17th century), replacing the traditional hanfu as everyday attire by order of law. Nowadays they are mainly used as formal wear. There's already a lovely mesh for it around, but I wanted a more fitted version with wider sleeves because of reasons.

Just one caveat: Poses (from poseboxes) that have the sim cross their legs will look horrendous with this. I checked similar meshes (e.g. long dresses with splits/visible ankles) to try and fix it, but they all have this problem due to the way they're meshed. It's just a posebox thing though, all the normal EAxis animations -from tai chi to sofa jumping- should cause no problems.

All parts based on Maxis stuff save for Tenshii~Akari's hands, textures are my own.

Outfit Information
File name: yuxi-clothing-AMchangshan
Polycount: F4228 V3033.
Morphs: Yes.
Categories: Everyday, formal.
Hands: Tenshii's smoother hands, Maxis hands (optional).
Last updated: 24 January 2012 (small clipping boober at the calf).




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Optional: Maxis hands mesh.

And because one mesh fix a day keeps the holes away, I almost completely redid this outfit here to improve the animation, mapping and textures and add smoother hands. The difference isn't as drastic as the previous outfits, but it just looks neater and less sloppy.

yuxi-clothing-AMxioutfit1
( Cut for example picture. )

ETA: I fixed a lame floating vertex on the right hand of the Aldebaran outfit from the GoS Advent, so please redownload. Must have happened when I fixed the shoes. Gah, what am I like.

Just a heads-up: I am slowly revisiting all my clothing meshes to fix animation problems and add Tenshii's smooth hands.
If you have this outfit in your game, please delete and redownload it. Along with better hands and hole-fixing, I improved the black tux texture, replaced the ugly white waistcoat with just the plain shirt and slightly edited the black waistcoat. I even remade the morphs, but Milkshape acted up and wouldn't export them, alas.

( The outfit in question. )

Next are some trinkets for you. See them as a little Secret Santa gift. :D

First up are these masks from ACII. I extracted them from a mask stall extracted by Kativip, added shadows and retextured the little wooden stand (the stand in the picture still has the old texture, but you'll see). There are three items: The masks on the stand, the hanging ones on the wall, and the group of masks in the left corner. The mask in the middle is by Vitasims and not included.




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Next are these little red lanterns I extracted from some game environment. I don't even remember what it was called, but there you go. One for the wall, one for the ceiling and a table lamp. They give off soft light, not halogen-like sunbeams.




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Third are 6 pieces of Japanese art on a Maxis mesh ('Cantankerous Splatters') from Night Life. Most of these are from 16th-17th century artists and are now in possession of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.




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Fourth are some retextures of a Maxis mirror called 'Vision Mirror "Part Reflections"' (which my game says is base game? I've no idea D:). I liked the idea behind the frame, but the default textures are way too low-res, so I finally got off my arse to do something about it.

Moved here!

Lastly, history photography by Erwin Olaf (<3) on some underused painting meshes by OM at Avalon. These scenes are meant to emulate the style of the Dutch school, and were commissioned by Leiden University back in October to commemorate the Siege of Leiden. There are 9 pictures in total, and I also included 4 recolours of a pretty frame that came with another recolour by OM. The small frame is the master mesh, so don't delete that one.




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That'll be all from me for now. Happy Holidays!