"L'Empress du feu" - Fireplace
I present my first full fireplace, that has not been salvaged or recoloured from other Sims 4 fireplaces!
I have spent months working on this - starting with a free 3D model I found online, which I needed to turn into a proper fireplace to use in The Sims 4.
After much trial and tribulation, I finally finished it to a standard I want to release it to the world!
There are four different coloured surrounds, with mahogany inlay, and four different tile options - with a total of 16 swatches.
Here's a look at the different swatches, tiles, and how the fire lights up:
The main one - far left - is my favourite, and I gave it a burr walnut mantle, whereas the others just use the same wood as the surround.
I have always wanted a Victorian fireplace with tiles - but found it hard to find a flat image of tiles to insert. So there could have been WAY MORE; but I settled on just four.
This is quite small, so fits in really nice little spaces if you don't have much room for a fireplace - like a bedroom, bathroom, or that weird space under the stairs.
How does one name a fireplace? Well, last night it came to me "L'Empress du feu" - "The Empress of fire"!
I felt like the decoration was in a French Empire style, so took my inspiration from there!
I am so in love with this fireplace, and so proud of myself for sticking to it. All the work I've been doing in Blender has really contributed to bits I've worked on, on this fireplace.
A special thanks to Lili's Palace for help with figuring out making a Normal map, and everyone in the Sims History discord for the support and various answers I've looked for this whole time I've worked on this.
