Hey! I have been struggling with trying to make windows lately, and needed to do something else to take my mind off it for a while.
I am a huge fan of mid century design – architecture, interior design, furniture and art. I find it completely awesome and intriguing. One of my favourite sofas of the time is the Bantam sofa. Which is way too expensive for me to have in my own house, so I can now live vicariously through my sims!
Included in this set is a 3 seater, loveseat and armchair, plus a set of matching cushions.
I have several recolours on the way so check back soon!
Full disclosure: I toyed with uploading these, because I’m not 100% happy with them. Being a n00b at meshing still, they’re not without their faults, such things as mapping (the left outside arm is a bit screwy – I don’t know how to fix it, hah), texture (due to the tufting on the back (which is non negotiable – part of the mesh ;) ) the texture is a little stretched over the front. It doesn’t look BAD, just a bit different to the rest), and poly count issues (the 3 seater is around the same or slightly higher poly count than the Zecutime base game sofa). But, I have worked on them for a while now, so here they are anyway!
Note for those who wish to recolour this set.
Thanks to HugeLunatic and gayle_afcb from the amazing Sims2Artists, this set utilises repository. Now because I am kindof backwards and started with the 3 seater, that is the master object. You must have that in your game for the recolours to show up for the 2 and 1 seater, and use this file as the mesh of which to base your recolours off. The cushions are separate.
I strongly advise against putting patterns on this sofa. I have tried it. Because of the screwy mapping (my fault, soz) the patterns have a tendency to look a bit weird. But I’ll leave that for you to find out ;) Anything with large patterns or grains is gonna look weird.. I am sorry! I prefer plain textures myself, so my recolours will all be pretty plain. Feel free to give recolouring a go though, the map should be pretty easy to follow (and the base texture is pretty plain), and if anyone needs a photoshop file for the shadows or whatever, give me a yell.
Finally, I want to thank and dedicate this set to JH and JN for their generous donations to awesims! I really, really appreciate your support – THANK YOU!
SORRY FOR THE NOVEL-LENGTH DESCRIPTION, GUYS!
Oh yeah, everything is base game compatible.
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There has been 34 comments so far
Rachael says:
Sarah I love you. You shouldn’t have told be to check your site because now I’m gonna HAVE to download them! Thank you :)
macthekat says:
Thank you Sarah for another amazing object – that sofa is so stylish! And you figured out repository finally – congratulations *runs of with the mesh and hides it*
Michele says:
Fantastic! Thank you Sarah, this will be my new “favorite” :)
karaskaras says:
Nice sofa set
Thank you
Holly says:
What a beautiful set!! Thank you so much!
I’ll have to check back for the recolors.
DiscoNinja says:
love this! i think you are a mind reader as this also one of my favorite mid-century items. :)
alexpilgrim says:
Looks great! Mid-century is also my favorite style, never have enough of it in my game.
Thanks! :)
blackberry says:
Another wonderfully ‘awesim’ creation from you :) Thank you so much!
pikkon says:
thanks sarah! :) *clicks ads* <3333
jenny says:
sarah, this is gorgeous!!!!
dsreds says:
This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing with us!
Nanette mrspottsmom says:
OK Sarah, you realize you’re just raising the bar for yourself by doing these awesome meshes…we’re just going to expect more and more from you!! (snapping whip sound) now get to work!! :)
KimGM says:
Looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing with us! :)
flamingo57 says:
I think this is just beautiful! I love the clean lines. Can’t wait to see recolors!
magnoliae says:
These are so great! I also love this style, I think I’ll wait for your recolors and then maybe try my hand at recoloring.
Angel says:
Wow, this is lovely. Fantastic work, thank you so much! :)
p.s. I love your previews too :).
Silvia says:
Just love that sofa – gorgeous job Sarah ! Thank you so much for sharing and can´t wait to see recolors for that set ! *hyper*
Spinni says:
Wonderful! You inspire me greatly :3 Is learning to mesh hard? I’m tempted to try it, but I’m weary given that Sims3 is coming out soon…
Sarah says:
Hey! Thanks for your lovely comment :)
Its not super easy learning how to model 3D, but its worth sticking at. They’ll be able to import meshes into Sims 3 soon enough, I’m sure, so it’s worth getting the practice in now :)
Thanks to everyone as well for your comments, it is so encouraging!
Rida says:
This is absolutely beautiful! Thank you!
Katija says:
Thank you, I absolutely love this sofa.
CrazyTulip/Petra says:
I am a huge fan of your recolors so thanks for all you do! This sofa is absolutely gorgeous so a must-have of course! I am off to download the recolors too but wanted to say thanks!
Hug, Petra
lirunchik says:
Wonderful creation, you’re improving a lot! Love your style, thanks a bunch for sharing!!!
~Marina
Jonesi says:
Gorgeous mesh!
Amaris says:
I can’t believe you only recently started meshing… this is fantastic! :)
miral says:
Sarah,the new set is just beautiful and very classy :)) Thank you.
bubbajoe62 says:
I love to surf downloads and most of what I see is either too spindly or too chunky. You have an excellent sense of proportion. This sofa is absolutely fabulous and I am using it it in my next shared lot. I am going to force myself to learn to mesh this summer and I hope I have a fraction of your talent. Please let’s see more in the future!
Sarah says:
Awesome! I can’t wait to see your lot :)
lpvinyl21 says:
Thank you Sarah for this amazing set!
yams says:
Hi there! I just wanted to say that this set is AMAZING. I love it. I was also wondering if I could possibly snag the shadows file from you. I’m just starting my object recoloring journey, and I can use all the help I can get hehe. Thanks in advance, and I love your work :D
CeriseNoire says:
Aweome sofa thanks a lot !
Chica says:
Lovely set! Thank you very much for sharing!
Jane says:
Beautiful set! Thank you so much for sharing it with us
TashM says:
Lovely N Thanks For Sharing =).
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