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How to Edit Poses to fit Fat Sims

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UPDATE: 25/07/25: I have had at least 3 hits from ChatGPT on this blog. If this is a result from one of you running this through ChatGPT to summarise it - DO NOT RUN ANY OF THIS BLOG THROUGH AI. I explain things at length to ensure CLARITY OF INSTRUCTION. If you screw up your project because you let your misinformation robot friend summarise the thing I spent HOURS writing, don't come crying to me asking for further help. And don't ask your misinformation robot friend for help either - READ THE DAMN TUTORIAL.  This is a very simple mini-guide on how to edit a pose to fit fat Sims better. This could be for a personal edit of someone else's lookbook. Maybe you use custom body presets and want to edit poses to work with those better. This could also help for if you want to edit poses to fit better with pregnant Sims as well. This is ideally designed for people who've never made a pose before and who want to personally edit a pose / pose pack to fit their fat Sims. I...

How to Make a Pose: From Start to Finish

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This is a step-by-step guide to how I make my poses. A lot of the in-depth tutorials are videos, I don't really like video tutorials and I prefer written ones so I'm writing one. This will teach you how to make a pose that is compatible with either Andrew's Pose Player or the one that comes with WickedWhims/WonderfulWhims. There is also a guide for how to make pose packs clear and easy to use, tips for posing expressions, and tips on how to make alts of your poses to make them fit fat Sims better.  Contents: (Use CTRL + F) 1. Ripping your Sim using the SimRipper 2. Importing the custom rig into Blender 3. Posing the Armature / Rig: The Basics 4. Posing the Armature / Rig: Step by Step 5. Inserting the pose into a Pose Pack 6. Tips, Common Issues and Fixes 7. Tips for Posing Expressions YOU WILL NEED:  Blender (Download this one specifically, 2.79 since it's what I'll be using.) SimRipper (We'll use this to rip a Sim from your game to pose with.) Sims 4 Studio ...