the_acme_catalog | A Storefront Named Desire

A faded Southern Belle alone on a street of worn and empty shops

Way back in July, Plumb Bob Keep hosted a Summer Secret Santa, and my Santee was someone who enjoys Southern Gothic style. I had never even heard of it, so I sat down and watched “A Streetcar Named Desire” and then got to work (don't worry, I did a bit more research than that). Milerelay said I hit the nail on the head, so I thought I'd share with all of you (with Milerelay's permission).

I have two build sets, a set of decorative signs, a few wallpapers, and some default replacements for the Open/Closed sign. The three sets are all repository sets, I've included the meshes, and I will also include some notes and resources if people want to make other recolors to go with it. There's at least one set of recolors where you may need to prune.

The ten colors of the Faded Elegance palette

I settled on 10 colors for the general vibe, I've named it my Faded Elegance palette and the majority of the items below are in that palette. No, I did not come up with the names, although I love “swamp teal.” Also, all the recolors (and the DRs and walls) are compressorized.

Bourbon St. Set

First up, we have recolors of the appropriately named “Bourbon St. Shuttered Windows and Doors” by Shakeshaft at TSR. I have done 10 “clean” or “new” recolors, and also 10 worn recolors, that have seen some time go by. There are 21 meshes in the original set, and they are repositoried to the Single Shutter Window mesh. There is a second set available at TSR without the shutters that will use these colors as well. Meshes for the shuttered set included, of course.

Windows & Doors froom Shakeshaft's Bourbon St. Shuttered Windows and Doors

Bakery Build

Next, another large repositoried set, this one by Veranka, it's the “Bakery Build Set”. This also has 10 clean and 10 worn recolors, but it also comes with 10 window overlays with grease marker writing that you might see in a shop window. The majority of items are repositoried to the Bakery Build Master, and the window signs are recolored from the Window Poster 2 Tile mesh. All meshes included.

Victorian Shop Facades

If you were to go off the name of the set for these next ones, you might think I was way off base, but I know my town, at least, still has some of these style shop signs on Main St. This is another set from Shakeshaft, the “Victorian Shop Facade” set. 10 regular recolors, 10 worn recolors, and 60 shop name recolors, because I'm insane. No, there are 10 shop names, each one done in 6 different color combos, so that hopefully one should work for each of the various backgrounds. I have included all the sign meshes from this set, there's a link in the zip if you're curious about the rest.

Open/Closed Signs

Unfortunately, with this next set, you have to choose. There are 4 versions of a Default Replacement for the OFB Open/Closed Sign of War and Commerce for you. You can only use one at a time in your game, but hopefully they cover a range of store types.

Wallpapers

Finally, to properly cover all these new buildings, we have 10 recolors of my patented WeatherWorn™ Clapboard Siding. These didn't come out exactly the colors of the palette, but should harmonize nicely with those without everything looking the same.