Additions to Posebox Catalog

Goodbye_sun has finished eighteen poseboxes. Additions have been made to these categories:

Accessories, Action, Couples Carrying, Couples Lying, Couples Sitting-Kneeling, Couples Standing, Fighting, Kneel, Lay Furniture, Sit Floor, Sit Furniture, Stand, Stand Lean, Walk, Weapons.

A nice well-rounded batch of additions with the majority going into the Couples Categories.

Lachesis

Wow, Time Flies!

I can't believe this: two years ago today I posted this about starting the Posebox Catalog and why. I still remember the frustration of looking for that one particular pose.

For the anniversary of what has become one extremely large project, I want to thank everyone who has helped in any way in getting and keeping this catalog put together.

I also want to thank all the creators of the boxes who are still, even though The Sims 3 has been out for two years, doing new poseboxes.

Lachesis

Quickly Stopping By

I've spent some time this weekend working on the Posebox Catalog. I'll admit, I don't have everything tagged exactly the way I want it yet, the site isn't exactly the way I want it yet, but I made definite progress, and I hope to continue along that same line.

I have added a new catalog for instruments. There turned out to be many more of them than I'd originally thought.

Hopefully, next week will be back to storytelling as usual.

Something a little different, below is the Sim I'm presently messing around with in TS3. He's actually not too bad looking. I'm sure there are some people out there who can make a TS3 Sim look as good as a TS2 Sim, but I haven't been able to manage that, not that I've tried real hard either. But I am rather pleased with Gage and to my total amazement he was an EA created Sim to begin with that I just made a few changes to. Now, I'll admit straight up, I play the game pretty much vanilla. I've merely added custom skin defaults and a chest hair overlay, that's it for Non-EA cc and hacks. TS3 is used for playing - period.


Take care,
Lachesis

Posebox Catalog Now Has Official Site

Lachesis' PB Catalog is now online. Finally after months of trying to figure this out, with Goodbye_sun's ever generous support and help, it's finally far enough along to post.

This site is a baby at this time, and ugly as hell. There are no links to anything except the boxes. Links to tags and relevant sites will be added along the way. We have a handful of boxes yet to get ready to upload and we should then be caught up, but the creators are adding new boxes all the time.

Thank you everyone for the help and support, and I hope you all find this new catalog easier to use and more helpful than the last.

The present catalog will remain up for the next couple of months, once everyone is used to using the new one it will be removed.

Take care,
Lachesis

Posebox Reference List

Quick post to direct you all to Goodbye_sun's Posebox Reference List. It's a companion list, version one, to go with the catalog. It contains the names of the boxes, a picture of the box, link for the box and comments.

It will change as time goes along, and I'll let you know when it's updated.

Thank you Goodbye_sun. :)

Guardian's Key Update

Part 4, Cronus (III) posted. :)

It's my intention to step back and work on another project for a bit here. I may or may not make it with the next Wake the Dead this week as there is an involved set I need to put together for it. I don't like leaving everyone hanging, but I need to get myself caught up. I messed around last week trying to clear my creative brain from the mess it'd gotten into recently and realized I need to completely clear one project off my plate, so that's where I'm going.

Also, Drew has posted Pose box whimsy an interesting look at innovative ways to use pose boxes.

Thank you everyone for reading!

Take care,
Lachesis

Pose Box Update

I've just added a number of poses to sit, stand, lay, couple, and kneel catalogs.

Main Catalog Page

Thank you S.B. and Gayl, very much appreciated. :D

Guardian's Key Update & Misc.

I've recently realized that I'm not happy with the writing on Guardian's Key. And the more I've been writing on Wake the Dead, and the non-Sim story I'm working on, the more I realize just what it is I'm not happy with.

So I've gone back and pulled Guardian's Key out of the finished pile, put finishing Wake the Dead on hold and jumped back into the story. Starting with this update, you'll see more fleshing out of the characters. You'll finally get to see into the head of whichever character the update follows through point-of-view.

This is essentially Kerrin and Lessa's story. The quest belongs to Adrostos, but the story is theirs. You deserve to know how they feel, and finally I'm going to give that to you.

Hopefully, you'll like the new direction the writing is taking. The story has not changed it's still traveling toward its pre-destined end. Nothing can change what the Spirits and kader have planned.

Guardian's Key Savitri, Part II

Also I want to mention a new addition to my pose box links in the sidebar. xtinabobina has a catalog she's been putting together and will be providing poses that you may not find at our pose box catalog. Looking for something you can't find at the catalog? Check out hers here.

Really, They're Not Abandoned Sites

Added some in-game pictures to Lachesis' Presents for TS3, but not Sireta's Blog, just some fun happenings.

Added pose boxes to Stand, Sit, Lay, Kneel and Couples

And some TS2 fun - I really didn't know the dog could eat the homework. :) The girl in pink whose homework it is seems a little too happy.

Take care,
Lachesis

Pose Box Catalog Updated

New poses to all but weapons and couples.

Off to do something else productive. :D

Take care,
Lachesis

Hey Guys!

Just popping in very quickly to say:

New poses boxes every catalog but Weapons. Some nice new couple poses added. You know the drill.

Take care,
Lachesis

Finally New Pose Boxes Added

Hi Everybody!

Well, part of my break was to get caught up to some extent on the pose boxes. To that end, I've added a few tonight. Go to the usual place.

Also, a couple of other things:

A new catalog was added to take care of all those odds and ends that just do not belong in the other catalogs: Miscellaneous.

Next I want to extend my thanks to:

Synaptic Sims Lair for graciously allowing us to use her screen captures instead of having to take our own. Thank you and great work! For all your super hero and other great cc visit her site.

Also, I want to thank Meralgia for volunteering to help with the pose boxes. Thank you so much (last time, I promise ;D)

Take care,
Lachesis

CupofPoses Added

Cup of Poses added to catalog.

If anyone's interested, we've completed 53 boxes, however, that's only a little more than half of what's left and more are being added all the time.

Take care,
Lachesis

Finally New Pose Boxes!

Finally after almost a month, I've added:

RayE_Scape ShuYeHime Posebox
Amber Posebox 3 (the lover man)
CatdogII Sit Posebox
Ballet Box
Amber LifeTime Box4 v2

to the pose box catalog. Thankfully Goodbye_sun has her shit together much better than I do. :D There's at least one entry in every category.

Also, just a reminder, since more and more people are finding their way to this site. Goodbye_sun's been working off and on getting her face overlay pictures posted; she's adding to it all the time. I know I harp on this all the time (and I promise this will be my last time :D), but seriously, for any storyteller wanting to create that "how?" picture, face overlays are great. Yes, they take a little more effort than just posing and taking the picture, but if you all like Goodbye_sun's stories and the look, this is a big part of how she makes those stunning pictures of hers. I remember when I first read 100 Days, I sat with my mouth open a good portion of the time wondering how the hell she did what she did with Sims. Fortunately, I've been able to learn from her, and so can you.

The above picture was achieved with the right combination of pose box and face overlays. (Of course, the fact that with the right cc, this guy turned out really nice doesn't hurt. :D I want to see someone achieve this with TS3. LOL)

Oh, and her stories? They're 100 Days of Sorrow and her simfic50 work. I will state that if you're offended by homosexual themes, then the simfic50 work is not for you, beautifully written as it is. 100 Days is for anyone who loves a well-told vampire tale. :D

Take care,
Lachesis

Pose Box Update

First and foremost, thank you Phoenix for letting me pilfer your screens from Sim Haven. :D

Pose Boxes added are:

• Miya's Box
• C's Pose Box
• RayE-scape BJD Pose Box
• Pose Box v1.5 CatdogII
• 20090216-Posebox

And there was at least one pose for each of the catalogs.

Take care,
Lachesis

4 More Pose Boxes

Pose boxes added to all catalogs except Kneel.

Take care,
Lachesis

5 Poses Boxes Added to Catalog :)

Pose Boxes added to Stand, Sit, Couples, Kneel, & Weapon:

wuyi posebox 0903
wmgc posebox by catdogII
bingyue's box
RayE_boyslove posebox V2
Loli Box 2

The majority of the boxes were added to the Couples catalog.

Also, starting with this update, I've included a small thumbnail of the top of the box in the upper left-hand corner to make deciding which box it is a bit easier, I hope. :)

Just a bit of FYI, as of this update there are 38 pose boxes contained within the catalogs. If this sounds like a lot, remember, it's really only the tip of the iceberg. :p

Take care,
Lachesis

Pose Box Additions

Hey everybody, two new poses boxes have been added. The way to the link is here.

A couple reminders:

Goodbye_sun has an ongoing project with a face overlay catalog that clearly shows how face overlays work by themselves and in conjunction with each other. I highly recommend checking it out as it just makes your pictures so much more complete.




The same pose with a face overlay added can make a big difference in how your story will look in the long run. We spend a good deal of time writing and then simming them. A few minutes more to add a face overlay can make such a difference. :D

Lastly, Goodby_sun's Posing Sims at Garden of Shadows has links for everything, including the pose boxes themselves, that you can possibly ever need to tell a quality Sims2 story.

Take care,
Lachesis

Pose Box Labeling Error

Sorry everybody, I' made an error in naming one of the pose boxes I put up on April 3. I have every intention of correcting it and putting the proper name on the boxes, but that may take a day or two as I have something else I'm working on at the moment. I thought about taking it down because I didn't want to terribly confuse people, but since there is a picture of the box as well, I don't want to do that either.

So, the proper name of the box is: xixi posebox for quidiexi at the moment it's listed as posebox for quidiexi. This is one of the poses, just so you know which box.

More Pose Boxes

As usual, go here to get to the pose box link. :D Poses were added to Stand, Sit, Lay, Kneel and Couples.

I had help this time. Goodbye_sun graciously offered use of any test shots she'd taken of boxes that I hadn't had time to get to yet. You won't have any trouble telling which are hers and which are mine, I'm sure. Thank you Goodbye_sun, they were a tremendous help.

Take care,
Lachesis