Pic Spam! (and feeble excuses)

[fuzzyspork]

First off: I was laid up all last week due to a mystery illness / allergy / nano-aliens wrecking havoc on my immune system.  That's why I've not been seen around here for a while.  I think I managed to post to Twitter a few times in my fever-induced delirium, but anything even remotely cognitive wasn't happening.  Which is why I didn't get CRAP done towards my CreMo goals.  I've come to accept the fact that I'm just not going to win it this time around, but I'm still plugging away at it anyway!

Since I don't have anything to show for this "legacy" I keep saying I'm doing, and I swear it's not a myth!  Here's some random picspam from the legacy house...



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Here is what the house looks like now.  Still not exactly "palace" specs, and they probably have enough money for a major expansion at this point, but with THAT many people in the household I'm reluctant to make the house any bigger for fear of lagging.  It's not bad right now so I'll just deal with boring landscape and minimal furnishings...





Because just keeping track of all the kids is keeping me plenty occupied.  I don't have time to worry about esthetics!

The 6 PM spam just goes on forever.  I think after I unpaused here I got at least 2 Social Worker warnings as well.  Some of those homework stacks are approaching monument status.  Thank goodness it's the weekend.  D:





Anyway, here's the actual layout at the moment.  I'm trying to keep it as authentic as possible, while still trying to give the sims everything they need.  There's a refrigerator and stove inside right now, but that will change once I get the kitchen courtyard added.  There's also a basement that contains all the Aspiration Fodder I have to buy and the career rewards.  OH, speaking of career...





King Narmer did reach the top of his career (Criminal Mastermind) to fulfill his Lifetime Want.  Unfortunately I had to make him quit right away because I needed every hand on deck for raising these kids!  At one point Namer's sister even temporarily moved in to help out (since she was the one unmarried female in the 'hood who would not "try for baby" with him).





That is the reason there are TEN kids in the household.  I decided to let them (and ACR) dictate how many kids they each wanted to have.  I really didn't think that one through thoroughly enough.  e__e

And when I say "they" I mean the three wives.  Yes, three...




Esi is the Great Royal Wife (the queen) and she's boss of the household.  The other two are lesser wives (political arrangements) and will appear in the story as such.  Between the three of them, they managed to autonomously bring ten kids into the household.  And I've learned a great lesson: don't let all the wives live in the same house at the same time!  I'm going to have to work out some kind of compromise next generation, because raising all these kids has been my biggest challenge yet.

Speaking of the kids!  Here they are, in order of birth.  I was going to say who is the offspring of which mother, but maybe it will be more fun to let you all guess that.  Hah...








Nofret and Raneb are twins.



Despite Raneb being the first boy born, he is not the heir since he was not born to the Great Wife.













This is a girl, too.  If you are keeping count, that's 8 girls and only one boy so far.  And still no heir.  BUT...





FINALLY, the tenth child is the Great Royal Wife's first son!   I was sweating that one.  D:

Khufu is heir, so you'll be seeing plenty of him when it's time for this generation to be showcased in the story.  Don't worry about remembering who any of the other kids are, because only one or two of them will have parts to play later.

(By the way, the clothes and hair you see will likely NOT be what you see them wearing in the story.  I'm still making CC!)

(Also, nine out of ten of those kids got 8 neat points.  Hm.)

Now for a bunch of random pictures I pulled out of the storytelling folder...







That's Narmer's sister in the background helping with the homework.

























Esi is working on her LTW now.  :D

That's it that for now!   More from Egypt coming soon.  Hopefully.  :P

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EDIT:  I keep forgetting about this, but I've had a Tumblr account for a few months now, I've just never figured out what to DO with it.  I decided to use it for random Egyptian stuff I feel like posting but don't want to put here, and pics from my legacy.  Not that I'll be posting to it every day, I just wanted to alert the Tumblr masses to it's existence.

Comments

[w-sims.livejournal.com]

Wow, the amount of effort that must have gone in to planning this is unbelievable... but it all looks so good!

I don't know if you've seen this fridge over at MTS (http://modthesims.info/d/289069) but I'm just putting it out there as a substitute for the modern fridges you've got (it may not fit perfectly with the style, but may fit better!)

[joandsarah.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, you have exactly as many sims + cat as I do in my OWBC house, except two of my sims are servos and I can tell them to power down. Shame kids didn't come with an off button hey.

Great to see some picspam. :) Hope you feel better soon Fuzzy

[esmeiolanthe.livejournal.com]

The pictures look awesome -- looking forward to the actual product! :)

Feel better soon!

[penguingirl03.livejournal.com]

Holy cow that's a lot of sims in one house! Bravo for keeping up with them! I can't wait to see what happens to them all. :)

Sorry to hear that you've been sick. Glad you are feeling better though!

[holleyb76.livejournal.com]

I seriously don't know why some of you guys make things so hard on yourselves. So...Many...Kids!!!
I am looking forward to this so much Fuzzy!
I am glad you are feeling better too.

[katmiesterk8.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel better soon Fuzzy!

That is a lot of sims for one household!

Those pics look real good. :)

[animeangel1983.livejournal.com]

Too many kidlets!! But hey, gotta love the larger household hack huh? Most I've had on a lot was 16 (no pets though) and that was troublesome enough. My computer doesn't usually lag but it did then, like a ten tonne truck. Can't wait to see Chapter 1!!

[katee412.livejournal.com]

And now I'm even more excited for this!

[lauriempress.livejournal.com]

Ten, Pshaw, I think one house I play is at 25? Of course I can cheat there. ;) Keep having fun!

[dicreasy.livejournal.com]

Hello family! They're all lovely, even if they have been making you tear your hair out. I'm still really sorry that Esi made you wait so long for an heir. D: You'd think she'd know better given where she's from.

Edited to add: I don't know if you've seen these yet: http://www.theninthwavesims.com/2012/03/sims-2-world-adventures-earrings-for.html

The texture doesn't look that great on them, but I'm not sure if that's the graphics card or not. If not, you might be able to spruce them up a bit.

[biglenny.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's a lot of sims you have in the household! At least all of the kids have nice appearances, and I'm glad Esi finally has a boy. Congrats on that!

Get well soon!

[rosefyre.livejournal.com]

Mystery illness = totally valid excuse. If you are in the hospital, you get a free pass.

I have a policy that kids do homework as soon as they are home from school if their mood is good enough. If not, they do mood boosting stuff and then do homework. But that way I at least remember to do it.

Wow on so many girls! At least you have an heir, and all the kids are lovely!

Can't wait to see the rest of it!

[leilia.livejournal.com]

Yay I am glad you aren't dead. And the kidlets are cute. I think I've pegged Zahra's kids. The twins of course, Nefru and Nafre - I think.

The outfits are looking good and I will keep my eyes open.

*hugs*

[mrcfreaks54.livejournal.com]

Awww, these kiddos are so adorable :3 Lolol, but daaaamn >o> 10??? Man , in my sims game i can barely handle 3 (Maybe because My sims are in the closet Romance sims or something) ! Lol, I am really looking forward to this and If my simself ends up in this i shall be so happy xD

[mrcfreaks54.livejournal.com]

Sweet, I am looking forward to seeing me Egyptian-ized xD Lol, I am just way over the edge curious on what I'll look like and what not ^^;