Hiatus

I am sorry to all of you waiting for my next lesson,

I am working on getting one of my sites active and this is taking longer than planned

I will try to get to lesson 3 soon It probably wont be as I had planned but I will touch on the basics for creating a chestnut/sorrel I was going to do 3 shade of the color for the lesson but will only be doing 1, I hope that I have not disappointed any of you.

If you would like to see the new site it is Here, I know that up until now I was just the girl who was teaching you how to simplify your horses coats. The new site is the SKA (Sims3 Kennel Association) I will be so to speak the Head of the Dog community I am working with both the SKC & the SKO(formerly HSR).

For all who have not found the SKA forum this was posted on it by the Owner of the SKC after it was emailed to her.

'looks like the SKA and possibly the Hidden Springs Registry might want to become sister sites with the SKC, and would like to talk to you. This would be great for all three sites and the community. Having a site based off the AKC standard (SKC), another for the United Kennel Club standard (HSR), and one to head the breed registries based on both would allow people from all sides of the community to find something that works best for them. If these sites became connected and could work together who knows how big and well organized this community could become.

Dogs would be registered with either the SKC or HSR depending on which standard they conformed to, and if the standards for the breed matched possibly both. Any dog of the breed could be registered in this way so casual breeders and kennels would not get left out. Owners whose dogs match the standard closely could then contact the dogs breed registry and apply for certification. Once a dog was accepted by the registry they would be added to the SKA's database for that breed. The quality of the dog and how closely it matched the breed standard would determine how far it's certification could go. Both hard core enthusiast and casual breeders would register with the SKC or HSR and then those who wanted could keep going up the ladder towards SKA certification. I really don't see any better way this community could go than with these sites working together as a team.

The 3 of us are still in talks about how to go about running the 3 sites as a team & yet still have them separate. I do think that whatever we decide in the end it will be the best idea for the Canine Community.

Also The Canine Community is lacking CC if any you are a Creator & would like to try your hand at Dog relatied Custom Content you can post your CC on the SKA forum or contact me through the Forum or email me at sims3kennelassociation@gmail.com

Lesson 2 True White

This is less a lesson because I want to teach you the ins & outs of creating a white horse & what a white horse is, & more because of my love for the color & how I get mad when I see a horse mislabeled white.

A true white horse is not a grey that has whitened with age its very different. a grey horse is born it's true color (bay, black, chestnut, palomino, buckskin........) & then as it ages turns white. A grey horse will have dark skin except under white markings. A white horse is born white the color never changes. White horses have pink skin, the eye color may very but is normally brown or hazel & can sometimes be blue although I believe that a blue eyed white is rare. Some of you may think I'm talking about albinos but there no albino in horses, any horse called a albino is in fact a mislabeled white. White or Dominant White horses can in fact have color similar to a extensive sabino but genetically they are White. For the Sims I would suggest that you keep Dominant White horses white as using the sabino patterned White may get a little messy when breding & so that you wont have problems getting a White registered.


please read on.....

Lesson 1 The Hoof

I have seen some horses in the Equus Sims Community with hooves that do not look realistic. There are two reasons for hooves on a Sims horse to be the wrong color.

1. The Person who created the horse didn't know what color is should be.
2. The Breeder didn't fix it.

I know not everyone who loves horses or plays the Sims knows what color the hoof should be & I would hope that a Breeder who sold a foal or horse to one who know the difference wouldn't be mad if this was fixed by the new owner so that the horse looks right. I would hope that every Breeder would fix the hoof color before selling a horse or foal to a new owner, but this isn't always the case. Equus Sims has been kind enough to make a fix for the "Hoof Cube" that's a result of a foal having the Hoof layer. I know not every simmer has this yet. But my point is the same if you use the Hoof Layer on your adult horses but you remove it from a foal you sell than I would hope that you would be okay with the new owner adding this layer back on to the horse after they install the horse or after the horse is fully grown.

And before someone says, "We have rule in this Community about Changing a Horses color!", I Know remember I to am a part of this community, I to fallow all the rules that each Stable has about changing colors but I feel that the Hoof should be edited by A the Breeder/Seller or B by the Buyer but only if the hoof needs it.

please read on....

Color List

 I had asked if anyone would like a how to for simple coat colors. Well this is where you can leave a comment stating what colors you would most like to see first. please keep in mind that some colors have different shades that are considered the same color, example Bay so if you say Bay please state which shade you are talking about. If you have a real life horse in mind & don't know exactly what shade or color it is or you would just like to know how to get a coat that looks like that please feel free to post the URL to the picture so I can take a look. I will be doing solid base coats first, NO white markings or patterns of any kind, I will touch on those later on I am just doing color like Black or Bay simple solid coats roan & silvers will be include as solid coals, so feel free to request them as well


also note that some color are harder to match with out heavy shading so the Sims version may look slightly different than the real thing.