I just started the most most crazy fun of Skyrim ever.  After installing it on my pc and adding a ton of mods for visuals and gameplay enhancement and plugging in my Xbox360 controller, Skyrim is an incredibly dangerous place to walk around and my sneak skill, I'm a dark elf Necromancer, is climbing quickly.  I have one mod that lets you choose a different opening scenario as an alternative to the 20 minute Helgan tutorial mode intro.  But my first quest took my about five hours to complete because I went with the scenario in which I was a necromancer in a secret location.  When you're level one and all you have are a couple of level one destruction spells and a Dwarven dagger, sneaking around Blackreach which is infested with all manner of Falmer, Dwarven contstructs, sprites and giants is not exactly an ideal situation.  But it was an incredibly cool change from just walking into something and hacking at it with my sword which is my usual inelegant play style.  

So once I get out of Blackreach, I have to go *really* far to my next location and there's not a lot of stuff along the way, but thanks to two other mods which add an actual civil war raging across the land and more random region appropriate creature encounters, I was able to witness at least three skirmishes, a herd of deer that all but trampled me as they ran from wolves and a coven of black mages destroying everyone in their territory that they didn't think should be there.  It's insane and I'm loving every minute of it.  I'll probably post screens at some point.  In the meantime, under the cut, you'll find my current mod list.  Mods without links, I just got tired of hunting links, but they're easy enough to find.

 .. but I am using them.  Say hello to Misanthropy.

 

After:

This is what I've been doing for *days* now.  I *love* Generations and I'm really warming up to Sims 3 now.  I'm still playing around trying to figure out the technicalities of snapping off decent screen shots and for the life of me I can't figure out why the hell my sims actually look *better* in CAS then they do in the game now, but I'm working it out.  Meanwhile, have some pic spam.  Say hi to Michael Brand.  He's the oldest son in the Brand family and he lives in Banyan Bend.  Dude.  I *love* the shit out of this 'hood.  Link below.  There *will* be more Banyan Bend shots.  Just not right now.  The only editing I did to this pic was to size it down and sharpen it a tiny bit.  The fucking scenery in this 'hood is pure lust.

 Banyan Bend + DDefender's lighting mod = love.



Edited to Add:

7 AM, baby.  This is looking west toward the swampy area (which is *literally* the wrong side of the tracks) from the business building.  Click for unedited full size.

So.. I'm reinstalling the Sims 3 and the expansion packs.

Again.

Because, deep down, I actually hate myself.

Fuck you and your apartments and downtown hoods, EA. 

OMG! I found that Sim!  He was Mousey's, his name is Philippe.. here:  http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=19.msg435760#msg435760

Now I can go be happy.

Tara Nolan's twin brother, Aaron is a genius and he wants everyone to recognize that fact.  He is very quick to point out your flawed logic, errors in thinking and lower IQ.  That makes him a bit of an asshole to the people who don't really know him, but he doesn't care what they think; he's not a big fan of people.  The people that do know him and care about him, tend to overlook his smugness and arrogance though god knows why.  As an effect, or cause, of Aaron's superior intellect, he is mentally unbalanced, having several diagnosed disorders for which he is being treated and constantly observed.  He has a lengthy history of hospital stays.  (And by hospital, I mean nut house).  He also sees things the average person can't which, if he mentions them, are usually dismissed as hallucinations.  He doesn't mention them, anymore. 

Aaron and his alter personality, Patrick, are geeks of the highest order.  They love all things scientific and will obsess endlessly over unsolvable riddles and mysteries.  He graduated four years ahead of his class and has degrees in genetics and psychology.  

*Note: Originally posted on GoS as Patrick, he's been tweaked to fix his eye socket shape.

( The Kind of Human Wreckage That You Love.... )

 
Anguish is the middle Corvinus boy.  He loves classic American muscle cars and restoring/repairing them.  He also loves classic rock and Godzilla.  He's a bit oblivious to things like women, manners, that kind of thing which is why he named his business Cracker Motors.  He was the class clown and still shows those tendencies at the dinner table which has earned him the pretty much daily chore of doing the dinner dishes.  He has a lot more going on in his head than people realize or give him credit for.  Anguish is a down to earth, basic, vanilla kind of guy.  He's one of the good guys but people always seem to be surprised when they realize just how good of a person he truly is.  He would give anyone less fortunate than him the shirt off his back or his last dollar and he never covets anything anyone else has that he doesn't. 

*Note: Anguish and his brothers make pretty babies.  Tweaked to fix eye socket shape.

( Oh, No, There Goes Tokyo.... )

Viktor is my good boy. As a matter of fact, before his makeover, I had grown bored with him. He just wasn't inspiring. Not so much now. Viktor is the boy who will do anything for the object of his affection. He's the youngest of the Black Brothers.

*Caution:  Viktor has had *one* passable child and she wasn't passable until she hit adult hood.  That was before his last revision.  I've toned down his more genetically destructive features so the babies stand more of a chance aesthetically, so I'm not entirely sure how his babies will turn out now.  If you breed him (or Mikhail), I would suggest you do it with a Sim who hasn't had extensive work done with the sliders and who's features are symmetrical and not extreme.  The major offender is his brow and eyebrow slant though I've toned it down a bit. 

( If You Want My Body.... )

The guy responsible for the quotes in this post.  The graphic under the cut is a work in progress sucks but it *was* taken in game.



Morose is shy, funny and incredibly creative.  He's an artist, a musician and especially a free thinker.  Unfortunately, that level of creativity comes at a price and Morose is also Bi-Polar.  He battles mood swings and depression daily, becoming hyper sexual when he's manic and withdrawn and sullen, even suicidal, when he crashes.  He's extremely open minded and never judges others.  Morose is a very humble individual and, like his brothers, Sorrow and Anguish, very down to earth.  He works at a tattoo parlor during the week and on Wednesday nights, he can be found performing at Tramps' Open Mic Night.  He's a bit of a celebrity around town but has no desire to be famous or even well known.  It's enough for him that the locals recognize him.

( Do I Make You Randy? )