Have the Neighbours Been Gossiping?

 

As stated before, Willow likes to have a party or two. Unfortunately for some Sims, they turn up to the party but never leave. However, are the ones that do get away, gossiping to the neighbours?

Since Willow moved in to Glimmerbrook, half the neighbourhood has disappeared. This, I imagine, would give cause for concern to anyone living in this magical neck of the woods. Questions should be asked and investigations made.

Fortunately for Willow, in The Sims franchise, we do not have the police knocking on the door asking around for these missing Sims. Of course Willow wouldn't be able to place their gravestones in her garden as ornaments and trophies of her shenanigans as the presence of these would give Willow away.

This is probably why one neighbour, who obviously drew the short straw, calls to see Willow to find out what is going on.

As usual, Willow is friendly and invites the poor neighbour in, even offering him freshly made Pufferfish Nigiri.

One would beg the question, how long can this go on for?

Here's a snippet of Part 9 of The Glimmerbrook Witch:

Click here to watch the full episode on my channel on YouTube!

- Minicart

We Got 5 This Time.....

As I mentioned in my previous post, a witch's job is not just to cast spells and brew potions but the garnering of items to create those potions is a must.

In this episode we see Willow continuing her quest for magical items such as crystals, plants and frogs. Experimenting with the cauldron allows her to find new potions and thereby gain more knowledge in her magical endeavours. As she gains more knowledge and experience, she becomes stronger magically.

All of this takes time, energy and a lot of work and as they say, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, or in this case, makes Willow a dull witch. So playtime is a must for busy witches and inviting a few friends and neighbours around for dinner is something that Willow does on a regular basis.

Her speciality is preparing Pufferfish Nigiri for her guests who seem to tuck in quite enthusiastically. Unfortunately for the guests, the quality of the dish is poor but they still eat it. Maybe they don't want to offend the host or maybe they're just stupid. After all, they continue eating even when they see other Sims around them dropping dead all over the kitchen floor.

Here's a snippet of Part 8 of The Glimmerbrook Witch:

Click here to watch the full episode on my channel on YouTube!

- Minicart

Country Cottage

I have been watching a few "stop motion" Sims 4 builds on YouTube and was really impressed with what I saw.  The stop motion style of building is a lot easier to watch than a speed build and extremely artistic.  I didn't realise however the amount of work that is put into them.

I started watching some tutorials, again on YouTube and after "umming" and "erring" for a few weeks, decided to give it a go myself.

With speed builds, you have to video the build as you build it.  However, with stop motion builds, you create the building first then you take it apart piece by piece and as you do so, you take a photo.  As you move from one part of the build to another, you record a video.  Then you piece everything together in your chosen video editor, pictures first (putting in the last picture you took first and ending up with the first last) and then add the videos to where they are supposed to go, remembering to reverse them.  Basically, you are working back to front.  So the last item you take from your build will become the first photo/item in your video, building as you go.

All of this sounds very confusing but once you get started and get your head around it all, it's quite easy but very time consuming.

It took me two weeks to build this little cottage, take the photos and videos and piece it all together to make a stop motion video.  You may or may not be pleased to know that I didn't use any custom content in this build, so that it is more "user friendly", so to speak.

I am very pleased with how the cottage turned out and I think my first go at making this type of video came out pretty good - for a beginner!  I did make a few mistakes on the way but I think I've learned from those.

I really enjoyed building this cottage, even though it took me a long time but I am pleased with the end result.  I will be doing more but of course, this may take a little while.

Here's a small snippet of my stop motion video:

Click here to watch the full video on my YouTube channel!

- Minicart