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:
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.
Willow has learned quite a bit over the last couple of episodes and if you missed parts 4, 5 and 6, you can catch them over on my YouTube Channel.
Once you have learned a spell, you can cast it at any time provided you are not overloaded with charge. Of course Willow can discharge either by casting another spell or "by accident", which is quite dramatic. Lightening bolts fly from her whole body electrocuting her and she falls to the ground, blackened by the experience.
Potions are a different matter. You need ingredients to make potions. It's all very well learning how to make them but if you don't have the ingredients, you're basically stuffed.
Crystals, plants and insects are used in the creation of these potions and they can be found all over the world. Of course you can grow your own plants and also buy them, along with crystals, from the shop in the Magic Realm. Crystals can also be dug up from the little rocks laying around and insects can be caught from Granite Falls. Fish can be caught by fishing or by buying from the fish stall and frogs can be caught from the little logs in various locations in the world. There are however many different frogs to be caught and one that Willow needs remains illusive.
She has a striped dirt frog and a spotted dirt frog but in this episode she needs a dirt frog. Will she find one?
Here is a clip of Episode 7 of The Glimmerbrook Witch:
