The FreeTime "Broken-In" Desk Pooklet Expansion Set
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The FreeTime "Broken-In" Desk: Brisance to Fission Recolours
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The FreeTime "Broken-In" Desk: Grenade to Shrapnel Recolours
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The FreeTime "Broken-In" Desk: "No Cabinet" Grenade Recolour
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The FreeTime "Broken-In" Desk: Brisance Recolour in Three Styles
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The FreeTime "Broken-In" Desk: "No Cabinet" Explosive Recolour
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The FreeTime "Broken-In" Desk: "With Cabinet" Safety Fuse Desk with Brisance Drawer Front
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The FreeTime "Broken-In" Desk: "With Palette" Landmine Recolour

Purpose
To expand The FreeTime "Broken-In" Desk Recovery Project, based on Michelle's Pooklet textures in three different configurations. This set of recolours were previously released as part of Ye Olde Cooper's Merchant Guild Set for the Plumb Bob Keep Guild Wares 2 Contest.
The FreeTime "Broken-In" Desk is available from the Surfaces/Desk catalogue section for §70 each.

Contents
Of all the EA desks, the simple structure and separated cabinet allows this unit to be recoloured to look the most convincingly pre-modern (or post-modern). Sourced from eight of Michelle's Pacific Board textures, I have included a total of 32 Pooklet recolours for the drawer fronts and three configurations of the desk: "No Cabinet" (just the four-legged desk), "With Palette" (and T-Square), and "With Cabinet" (the original style). In addition, an invisible drawer front recolour supports the "No Cabinet" and "With Palette" recolours in which the cabinet itself is invisible. I would consider that the No Cabinet and With Palette models will provide the most effective antique look.

Invisible (drawer fronts only), Michelle Pacific Brisance, Michelle Pacific Depth Charge, Michelle Pacific Explosive, Michelle Pacific Fission, Michelle Pacific Grenade, Michelle Pacific Landmine, Michelle Pacific Safety Fuse, Michelle Pacific Shrapnel.

Technical Note
Although I was pleased with the results, the Broken-In Desk is cursed with one of EA's most non-linear and illogical texture maps (which is saying something). After much experimentation I developed a 42 step recolour procedure to bring some sense of sanity to the process.
Terms of Use
The "Broken-In" desk Pooklet recolours are based on Michelle's custom textures and out of respect for Michelle, please do not upload them to pay sites or TSR. However, you are welcome to include the recolours from this set in uploaded lots that are posted to free sites. Please include a credit and link to this page.
Additional Credits
GIMP 2, Microsoft Paint and Microsoft Photo Editor for graphics editing, file conversion, processing, sizing and titling
Jfade's Compressorizer for minimizing file size (all files are compressorized)
Milkshape 3D, Ultimate Unwrap3D Pro and UV Mapper Professional, for 3D modeling and mapping analysis
Numenor's AnyGameStarter, used for testing this project in several game environments
SimPE and CEP for Sims 2 recolour creation
This custom content if it is not clothing, may require a seperate download to work properly. This is available at Colour Enable Package (CEP) by Numenor.
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Uploaded: 29th Mar 2015 at 11:57 PM
Updated: 26th Sep 2016 at 4:22 AM - Minor change in text.
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