Hello everyone,

now that we're on the subject of gingerbread, I'd like to share something else with you, the result of a true story that happened 3 days ago in my/our real family life.

As many of you know from other posts in the forum, I am married and have four daughters, each a pair of identical twins.
The two older ones were born in 2008, the two younger ones in 2013, so they are 15 and 10 years old respectively.

For my two younger ones, I treated them and myself to some fun and bought each of them a ready-made kit for a gingerbread house, plus a pack of "Smarties" and a bag of "Christmas gummy bears". Two days ago, the younger two had a shortened school day and I took the opportunity to start making the gingerbread houses with them. Clever mothers never leave the children unattended, otherwise the kitchen has to be completely renovated afterwards.

We were almost finished with the two houses when the two older ones came home from school, both 15 years old, as mentioned above, so pubescent young froleins ;-), sometimes more, sometimes less complicated and sometimes hard to bear. And what happened after they both saw the finished houses of the younger ones?

Heaven help me, I had to look into very long and disappointed faces, disappointment and sadness personified. The younger ones had gotten gingerbread houses and the two didn't???? How dare I do that. The two young Froleins, usually eager to be treated like young adults and taken seriously, almost burst into tears.

To cut a long story short, I took them both, quickly went to the supermarket with them and now we have four gingerbread houses here.

I took a few photos of all of them and put one together for you as a result. Is there a young at heart Frolein among you who needs a gingerbread house in his Zaby? Then make yourself a "Primitive Pentagonal Prism", check Texture Translucent, because the file, which is now available for download as well as with a hotlink below, is once again a PNG file, optimised as always. And don't forget to enter a value in the box behind Texture Translucent, I have set it to 50.



And now have fun, good luck in your own Christmas bakery,

divingA

Hello missy,

your estimate has also been registered.

Hello everyone,

just to be still clear: every user is free to try, one try per User i allowed.

I have also tried to make things a little easier for you. You have to count the prepared gifts that are inside the freely drawn red frame.

The Christmas tree on the left-hand side of the picture, together with its Christmas tree decorations and its iridescent red carpet pad, are NOT !!!! included.

The cupboard on the wall behind the tree, partially concealed by the tree, with its eye-catching and bluish oxidized fittings, on the other hand, is already part of the prepared gifts.

And now good luck to you all, here is the revised screenshot.

On December 24th, I will reveal the winner who came closest to the actual number.

The winner will be able to order 100 rays worth of clothing from my assortment for whomever they like, which will then be sent to the person named by the winner or the winner themselves in a timely manner.

Have fun, good luck with everything you do today,

divingA

Hello Dernhelm,

you're welcome and your estimate has been registered.

It was and still is a constant pleasure for me to design things, whether I can use them or not. I have already explained why this is the case at the beginning of this thread, I could just repeat myself now.

And it's also always a pleasure to share beautiful things with other community members. In any case, I see more sense in it and feel more joy than constantly talking negatively about RLC in general and ominous Gold Groups and their lack of access in particular.

Hello everyone, good morning,

The next door in the Advent calendar has to be opened. For today I've picked something different from my stash, something for outside, in the garden, Asian, or to be more precise, very Japanese in design, but it can also be used in other gardens.

Let me first say a few words about this special object, about Japanese stone lanterns. Stone lanterns have a long tradition in Japan. The oldest ones date back to the seventh century. Japanese lanterns are an indispensable element in Japanese garden design. They light the way through the garden to the temple or teahouse.

With a Japanese stone garden lantern, you can add an Asian accent to your garden. Made of natural stone, the garden lamps go very well with Asian water features and Asian sculptures and are suitable as decorative path lights and for illuminating the garden pond.

The stone lantern you get here today has been designed on the basis of the "Generic Box" prop. Made of a granite texture, with a shoji window that lets the light through and a Japanese symbol, this garden lamp is a great eye-catcher for the water ditches in your Zen garden. It makes sense to download all four propmaps today, as the different symbols on the lanterns represent the four seasons of spring, summer, fall and winter.

The Generic Box should be scaled to the dimensions 1.00 x 1.5 - 2.0 x 2.0. As always, these are optimized PNG files, so you certainly know what else to do, the value in the box for Texture Translucent should be good enough somewhere around 50. But as always, this depends on your backgrounds, whether they are light or dark. Here are the propmaps, as always first the images for download, below the hotlinks for direct use.



Have a nice weekend everyone, I'm going to bed soon to be well rested enough for the next night shift,

divingA

Diving your Advent Calendars are brilliant!

The time and work you put into them is much appreciated

Hello everyone, good morning,

As you rightly noticed, I'm home again. However, I should be brief today, because after I was relieved late from the early shift, which meant my shift lasted 30 minutes longer, I want to go to bed soon.

That's why I'll be brief now, what I have for you today are paving slabs for the garden, matching the first set of stone lanterns from the day before yesterday, because a) they're made of the same granite and b) they have the same Japanese symbols for the four seasons.

All four are more or less round, as round as the "Primitive Cylinder" prop allows. Because they were developed for this prop. All four are optimized JPG files, so all four can be used immediately and without much work. As always, here are the original prop maps, with the hotlink for direct use below each one.



The size you want to scale them to depends primarily on your use, but it's also a matter of your own taste.

Have a good start into a new week, stay healthy,

divingA

Hello, good morning everyone,

Today I finally have some real time again and can take the time to entertain you while I send you a few more little presents.

But today I'd like to start with the Advent calendar again. For one simple reason, today is St. Nicholas Day in Germany. On this day, it is customary in Germany for children, but also adults who are young at heart, to clean their shoes on the evening before December 6th and put them in front of the door and then find presents inside in the morning.

December 6, the saint's memorial day, is associated with many customs. Some were originally connected with the church's pericope order. The pericope of the parable of the entrusted talents Mt 25:14-30 EU was scheduled for December 6. The well-known custom of St. Nicholas asking the children whether they had been good and pious goes back to this parable.

The custom of filling shoes on the night of December 5-6 or similar is based on the legend of the three virgins who were given presents by St. Nicholas at night. Originally, St. Nicholas Day was also the day on which Christmas presents were given. In some countries, such as the Netherlands, it still is today. It was only as a result of the Reformation's rejection of the veneration of saints that the gift-giving was moved to Christmas in many countries, as Protestant theologians saw the gift-giving of St. Nicholas as an expression of the veneration of St. Nicholas. As a result, St. Nicholas was replaced by the Christ Child as the bringer of gifts in many places. This reciprocal relationship led to the development of the American custom of Santa Claus in the 19th century, which is now the dominant, mercantile reception of St. Nicholas worldwide.

So much in a nutshell, if you want to know much more about it, take a look here Nikolaus von Myra or here Saint Nicholas.

And what have I got for you in my sack today? First of all, two bags of jelly babies for St. Nicholas, because I can't let you go without something sweet to snack on.

The prop you need for this is the "Cushion" prop, which you scale down to about 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.6. The two propmaps for this are JPG files, so you don't need to do much else. Here are the propmaps, first the pictures as usual, below the hotlinks for direct use.



But that's not all. The actual theme of this year's Advent calendar is actually the Zen garden, so somewhere along the line Japan is also the theme.

Children's festival, Japan, the combination gave me a wild thought. Wild because it doesn't necessarily do justice to adults enjoying themselves in a game that is more or less based on sex and/or pornographic content. But since I'm not the only one for whom this basis has been replaced by completely different qualities, such as good conversations with nice friends, and for many others the topic of sex has faded into the background, I developed something that can justifiably be considered childish, but could certainly also be fun for one or two adults who are young at heart.

So here are five Koinoboris. If you don't know what that might be, click on the word itself and you'll get a pretty good explanation from Wikipedia.

To install the Koinoboris, you need the prop "Flag Waving", which you can leave as is or resize to your liking. Then position the flag where you want it. Be careful, the prop flag waving is a bit stubborn when decorating.

In the State tab, the word flag is used at the top of the tab in the box called "State", write it in the box.

Since all 5 files are PNG files, you have to check Texture Translucent again and write a value of around 80 depending on your backgrounds in the box behind it.

Here are the pictures for download, below the hotlinks:



Keep having fun, don't let anyone take it away from you, stay healthy,

divingA

Hello everyone,

even on the west coast, the new day is already almost 4 hours old, so it's high time to open another door in the advent calendar.

What I have for you today is also of Japanese origin, but you can't really tell because today I've brought you plates. And plates and other tableware are rarely country-specific in terms of design. Some of the plates I have designed could easily have been produced in other countries.

The fact that the plates I have designed for you are actually of Japanese origin can only be recognized from time to time by this or that motif, such as dragons, the leaves of the gingko tree or stylized flowering cherry branches.

So let's start with the first series of 7 plates, I have designed 14 in total, you will receive the other 7 tomorrow. All 14 are designed on the basis of the "Giant Plate" prop. What size you give your plates is ultimately up to you. As a small guideline, I'll just give you the size that I used to test my plates myself, which is 0.07 x 0.04 x 0.07. However, these are actually larger plates that are more suitable as place plates or as plates, almost serving plates for serving food.

Here are the first 7, as always first a preview image, then the hotlink for direct installation. All files are PNG files optimized to 512 x 512 pixels, but you don't need to check Texture Translucent. They are only PNG files in order to deliver good visual performance. If you want, you can also convert the images to JPGs to minimize the storage capacity, but the quality of the result will be reduced.



Stay healthy, everyone, and don't let anyone annoy you,

divingA

Hello everyone,

Today we already have the second Advent, according to the lithurgical calendar of Johann S. Bach the 26th Sunday after Trinitatis. Reason enough for me to listen to the cantata dedicated to this Sunday while I write to you. And this is exactly the music I need to slowly calm down and find my way back to a peaceful Christmas mood.

As Advent Sundays are something special, there should also be something special in the Advent calendar. Today I have two wardrobes for you again, made for the prop "Black Low Dresser". They are also in the classic Asian style, with dark burl wood and elaborately designed furniture fittings.

Here are both propmaps, both JPG files, optimized, as always first the pictures for download, then the hotlink.



Stay healthy, have a nice Sunday and remember to show your gratitude and appreciation every now and then, because there are many other donors in the forum besides me who do a lot for you,

divingA

Hello everyone,

Another day of Advent has dawned, for me about 11 hours ago, so I have to open the next door here too. Before I present you your gifts today, however, I would like to thank a dear friend for his support - I have him to thank for the very unusual frame for the two wall pictures. On the other hand, I would like to take a little time to explain the deep connection between these two gifts and Japanese culture.

The motif of one picture is the Tanchozuru - the Japanese crane - symbol of luck, love and longevity.



Here is the texture of the crane picture, which you can mount on the prop "Sign_01". It is a PNG file, so it has to be checked in the state tab "Texture Translucense", in the box behind it a value of around 100 makes sense. A reasonably sensible size for the sign prop would be 1.0 x 1,2 x 1,0 .

The image has a width of 1024 pixels, so there is also only the hotlink for direct installation for this image, or you can use the link to open the image in a new browser tab and then download it.



The motif of the other picture is the Japanese Koi Carp.



And here is the texture for the koi carp image, which was also made for the prop "Sign_01" and is also a PNG file. So "Texture Translucense" must be checked in the state tab, in the box behind it a value of around 100 makes sense. A reasonably sensible size for the sign prop would be 1.00 per each axis. This image also has a width of 1024 pixels, so there is also only the hotlink for direct installation for this image, or you can use the link to open the image in a new browser tab and then download it.



Stay healthy everyone, have a good time in peace and with lots of fun,

divingA