Hi everyone. UNFINISHED - This house picture that I saw on the Architectural Digest website really appealed to me, such a beautiful house. I decided to challenge myself to build it in Sims 4. First of all, I don't use MOO. Secondly, I only have more basic-level building skills. This has proven to be a much bigger challenge than I thought it would be, and I'm only a fraction of the way in. I particularly find rounded roofs (on the rotunda) and veranda railings difficult - they never sit in the right spot. My "front-on" angle seems to make the house front look all wonky. Does anyone have any hints they would like to share?(photo credit, once again, is Architectural Digest - architecturaldigest.com). https://i.imgur.com/v3G9lEP.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/ZBNxt2q.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/mOEHEjs.jpg

"Auroraskies;c-17865092" wrote:I think it looks very alike. It's a bit hard to see though for me, the pictures are small. Yeah I should have found a way to enlarge those before posting! They are quite small. "comicsforlife;c-17865107" wrote:its good Thank you. I just feel like I'm not quite "getting" it. Maybe I need to just walk away from it for a couple of days, then come back for another go. :)

I think it looks pretty good! The only thing I would do differently is add a roof over the front porch. You can always use three small pieces of roof around the white fence to make it look like one solid piece. Maybe also add a few windows on the end facing the camera if the floor plan allows it. You have matched literally everything else that I noticed to the picture, I bet the whole thing looks great!

@Clousinators - yes, windows on the end are definitely part of the plan, as they are on the original picture. :) I think you're right about the roof, this is one of my weakest skills. I wondered whether breaking it down into individual pieces in some places might help. I'll give that a go - thank you. There actually *is* a roof on the front porch, but I flattened it down because I was having a lot of problems placing that and the upper balcony fence at the same time. Doing the roof in pieces might help with this.

I always struggle with roofing, its something I've been trying to practice with more and I have found that using a bunch of small pieces sometimes helps get the look you're going for. I am excited to see this when its done, so make sure you post pics lol

You did a great job, don't doubt yourself. To me just a few details seem a bit 'off'. Still looks very nice, but I'm very detail-oriented when it comes to pictures.1) The main roof, you seem to have overlapped the sides on the center. It should be the other way around, the sides go under the center (like with the porch) That way you see the finishing on the edge of the top from the frontal view and it will give a nice detailing there.2) I think this one will be 'unfixable' but the balcony actually has a sloped roof, not a flat one. This may make it look wonky in your eyes. However, the only way you can fix this is with half hipped/gabled roofs, which do not align with rounded corners so I guess it's a toss-up between the sloped roof or the rounded balcony :'(3) The windows are blue, not white. If it were me, I'd settle for a less detailed window that still had the pop of blue, it will give the house some life. You could instead keep the white windows and add some blue curtains inside, that should also do the trick I think.Either way, kudos on the great job you did on it, I bet some landscaping around the house will make this look incredible! :)

Struggling with a challenge that I set for myself

queenlypeanuts
New Spectator
4 years ago
"Auroraskies;c-17865092" wrote:
I think it looks very alike. It's a bit hard to see though for me, the pictures are small.

Yeah I should have found a way to enlarge those before posting! They are quite small.

"comicsforlife;c-17865107" wrote:
its good

Thank you. I just feel like I'm not quite "getting" it. Maybe I need to just walk away from it for a couple of days, then come back for another go. :)
Clousinators
4 years ago
I think it looks pretty good! The only thing I would do differently is add a roof over the front porch. You can always use three small pieces of roof around the white fence to make it look like one solid piece.
Maybe also add a few windows on the end facing the camera if the floor plan allows it. You have matched literally everything else that I noticed to the picture, I bet the whole thing looks great!
queenlypeanuts
New Spectator
4 years ago
@Clousinators - yes, windows on the end are definitely part of the plan, as they are on the original picture. :)

I think you're right about the roof, this is one of my weakest skills. I wondered whether breaking it down into individual pieces in some places might help. I'll give that a go - thank you.

There actually *is* a roof on the front porch, but I flattened it down because I was having a lot of problems placing that and the upper balcony fence at the same time. Doing the roof in pieces might help with this.
Clousinators
4 years ago
I always struggle with roofing, its something I've been trying to practice with more and I have found that using a bunch of small pieces sometimes helps get the look you're going for. I am excited to see this when its done, so make sure you post pics lol
DeanXeL
4 years ago
You did a great job, don't doubt yourself. To me just a few details seem a bit 'off'. Still looks very nice, but I'm very detail-oriented when it comes to pictures.

1) The main roof, you seem to have overlapped the sides on the center. It should be the other way around, the sides go under the center (like with the porch) That way you see the finishing on the edge of the top from the frontal view and it will give a nice detailing there.
2) I think this one will be 'unfixable' but the balcony actually has a sloped roof, not a flat one. This may make it look wonky in your eyes. However, the only way you can fix this is with half hipped/gabled roofs, which do not align with rounded corners so I guess it's a toss-up between the sloped roof or the rounded balcony :'(
3) The windows are blue, not white. If it were me, I'd settle for a less detailed window that still had the pop of blue, it will give the house some life. You could instead keep the white windows and add some blue curtains inside, that should also do the trick I think.

Either way, kudos on the great job you did on it, I bet some landscaping around the house will make this look incredible! :)
Clousinators
4 years ago
Have you tried holding alt while adjusting the height so that it doesn't snap to the pre-determined heights? maybe making the roof touch just below the top of the fence will allow it to still show up with the roof
DeanXeL
4 years ago
@PriestessDreadful If you are not above using CC (maybe for yourself, not for uploading), you can always recolor the windows you are using now, it's very easy to do using GIMP and Sims4Studio :)

For the fence, you can try what clousinators said, but it won't fix it. The issue is that the wall of your roof overlaps the fence and makes the fence disappear. You will see that wall > fence always... even if they are different heights. Make your roof 1 tile wide instead of 2, then extend te eaves up until you reach the fence (shift + click and drag those eaves). Since the roof wall doesn't touch it, it won't disappear anymore ;)
DeanXeL
4 years ago
@PriestessDreadful that's why I said shift + click and drag, it will ONLY move them up, not down. Shift makes sure you only extend eaves on one side of the roof, not the other ;)
queenlypeanuts
New Spectator
4 years ago
Oh, I see. Thanks @DeanXeL - I think @Clousinators was trying to tell me something similar, but my brain skipped over the detail.

I will try that next.
Simmingal
Hero
4 years ago
It's very nice!

I would perhaps add some rooftrim or spandrels or both for the porches though which would make them bit more chunky

and perhaps lower the top roof on big dormer a little so its less tall (?)

aaand i believe some more landscaping would just make it more detailed

but other than that can't find anything to nitpick :smile: