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dannyboy58
Rising Traveler
3 months ago

Lestat and Estate

I created my version of Lestat, Louie, Armand, Claudia and Daniel Molloy (still a mortal) 2024. Claudia is a teen vamp so going to and from school can be iffy. 

I converted the Old Ravenwood Estate to fit them by reworking that huge bathroom on the first floor into a study where they all seem to gather. I removed the "broken" floor decals but left all the other wear and tear. I changed a thing or two here and there like rearranging the master as to add two coffins, I also added a coffin into each of the other two bedrooms for Claudia and Armand. Daniel is in the old coffin room. I added a bed instead and knocked out the wall between the coffin room and the baby's' old room so Daniel could have a private place to write.

I added a karaoke machine (the big one) to the front room so Lestat could practice his singing. The others come to listen and dance. 

When Lestat and Louis climb into the coffin to woohoo, it looks so much like the show.

I created their vampire "face" so that when they change, the clothes stay the same and just the face becomes a vampire. I thought that Lestat wouldn't care what he was wearing to feed so, any "hunting suit" was out.

With the GET FAMOUS pack, you get costumes. One of the costumes is a French Emperor outfit in four color variations complete with wig. As their PARTY outfit, I gave the boy vamps one of those (Lestat baby blue, Louie in red, Armand in black and Claudia in the female gown version in pink). All of Claudias clothes are pink and youthful to help with the idea that she is still a teen and not a grown up.

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    dannyboy58
    Rising Traveler
    3 months ago

    Thanks. So much has changed, I feel a little lost. It's good to see that you're still here. I got so disappointed with the bugs and QC and general disappointment that I just gave up. But I actually play more (I identify as a builder) now. With Lestat and friends and the Venture Brothers cartoon I created. They can be fun to play.

  • That sounds awesome! Great idea to use the Ravenwood Estate for their home. I made a Claudia and Louis several years ago and meant to finish them and Lestat but got distracted by other things. But now you've inspired me to look them up again. 😊

    Also...welcome back!

  • Those sound so awesome, Danny. I will definitely be looking them up to see the faces you made for them. (I'm with you on making sure my vamps only change their face, not their clothes, when they switch back and forth.) May I ask why you have Claudia as a teen; is it because you've not read the book (the one that started the whole 'Lestat series' off? If so, you should really read the book, it's great. Plus, that first book gives you some great background on Lestat and really sets the entire series up for when Lestat, himself, takes over the narration.  There's some serious He said, He said, between the first two books, as well as a great foundation between the differing points of view between the two men/vampires. 

    Out of the entire series (of which I've read the first 11, as well as the Pandora and Vittorio books), my two absolute favorites are the 3rd and 5th books: Queen of the Damned and Memnoch the Devil. I love Queen of the Damned because that's the book where 
    Anne writes her version of the origins of vampires. Memnoch, as well, is her version (as it relates to her 'Lestat universe' at least) of who the Devil is and what his personal purpose is in the grand scheme of life and death, as well as what Heaven and Hell are. I found both reads absolutely fascinating (many times). 

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    dannyboy58
    Rising Traveler
    3 months ago

    I really am enjoying the new WISE trait. My Sim Daniel Molloy will contemplate life and find Armand and wax wise to him and walk away. Then Armand gets really sad. 🤣

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    dannyboy58
    Rising Traveler
    3 months ago

    It can be difficult to get their personalities to match the TV show characters, but every once and a while they get it perfectly correct. Lestat seems to know he's in charge. Louis now has the "FEELS GUILTY" vampire weakness. Claudia is NOSEY and discovers things about people and posts that info online which gets views. Armand always seems to be watching Lestat and Louie. Weird!

    Let me know when yours are done. I'd like to see them.

    Thanks for the welcome.

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    dannyboy58
    Rising Traveler
    3 months ago

    I have read all the books, but it has been a while and should probably reread them soon.

    I made Claudia a teen because the first time around, I made her a blond, white child but she couldn't be a vampire and those parts in the TV show are great moments to watch. So, this version (labeled 2024) is based more on the TV shows version. I tried to dress Claudia in "young" looking teen clothes (think of her on stage in that ridiculous dress performing). My sim Claudia seems to be drawn to Louie oddly enough without my prompting. I have the big karaoke machine so Lestat can improve his singing skills. He will also serenade Louie without being prompted. I love the autonomous things they do that fit my story. 

    In the books, I really liked Aaron Lightner, but they combined him and Michael Curry into one character in Mayfair witches, Ciprien Grieve. I hate that. Both were, IMO, important in their own way. Didn't Lestat become friends with Aaron after he tried killing himself in the dessert?

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