The Many Masks of Ciem Kit

The Many Masks of Ciem Kit is a series of mask accessories that can be worn by Sims in The Sims 4, each one of them designed to allow Sims to dress as Ciem. Each method of putting a Ciem mask into the game has advantages and disadvantages.

Description
There are four methods provided for giving Candi her Ciem mask, each with advantages and drawbacks. The Dozerfleet Labs blog page goes into detail documenting the processes involved for making each method work in your game. Below is a summary:

Package contents

 * AmiSwiftCentipedeNoseDecal.png
 * CiemThumb.png
 * Gray Champion Innersuit.package
 * G1G2 Ciem - Feruga.package (recolor swatches for the G1G2 Spider-Man mask)
 * Ciem Balaclava.package
 * Lithobara Luchador Mask.package

Requirements
Only the balaclava mask recolor requires a DLC pack of any kind: Spooky Stuff. All others are base game-compatible.

The AmiSwift method requires that the items mentioned above for it be downloaded, and then used with a copy of her Iron Man and Spider-Man Civil War helmet mesh at The Sims Resource to create a new Ciem swatch.

This method can also produce a Feruga swatch for use in Sodality gameplay. The Gray Champion inner body suit makeup is especially useful for the Forfica Mk. II, as it allows for Candi to have that black fabric around her neck without having to add it with Photoshop every time.

A process is given for how to generate the swatch manually, since the simple recolor swatch must be imported into the file. A .package file of the recolor cannot be published as an automatic go-to recolor of her mesh, per her rules at The Sims Resource, so this process is mandatory. It requires Sims 4 Studio and a copy of an image editing program - such as Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.

Swatches are provided for recolors for the G1G2 mask. However, they will only work if G1G2's Spider-Man masks are installed.

Ciem eyes should be ovular, somewhat similar to the eyepieces worn by Mark "Invincible" Grayson in the series Invincible, but wider than a perfect circle in shape.

The AmiSwift and G1G2 methods both slightly triangulate her eyepieces. However, that triangulation is toned down in the AmiSwift version from the level of triangulation seen in the initial MCU Spider-Man mask design. G1G2's mask, however, is modeled after the Raimiverse Spider-Man mask. As such, there's no feasible way to make the eyes not have a triangular shape on par with those eyepieces on Tobey Maguire's mask. Therefore, G1G2's method produces the least accurate Ciem.

While requiring the most Photoshop effort after screenshots are taken in-game, the Balaclava and Luchadora methods have the advantage of being entirely based on base game content, and requiring no additional custom content interaction.

Development
Development of Ciem masks started in late 2014, as there was a desire to put Ciem in the game almost immediately. The Luchador method was the first method to be completed, as it gave Candi everything basic shape-related. Like most Sims 3 mods for her mask, however, it lacked a way to hide her ears and mouth. This meant heavy use of Photoshop tools to address this issue. The balacalva method was developed next, as a way to not have to worry about ear and mouth cover-up issues. However, the balaclava with Spooky Stuff also made it impossible to include the eye pieces and nose decal. AmiSwift's Iron Man and Spider-Man helmet mod came next. Due to how difficult it is to offer pre-assembled recolors of this due to her recoloring policies, however, this was seen as not entirely favorable. The more recolor-friendly G1G2 also had a Spider-Man mask. Unfortunately, this one would require heavy editing in Blender to change the eye piece shapes to look less like a Raimiverse Spider-Man mask.

Distribution
While developed from 2014 until 2019, the pack wasn't completed for distribution on Dozerfleet Labs until May of 2020.