You might guess by the title that, for once, I'm not about to fan one of my own creations!  I don't do "wow!" (I tend more to do "oh...") and I'm not fanning because my name is mentioned either (even if it may look like it), but because this lot is simply incredible and shows what can really be done in Sims 3 with some brilliant imagination.   And so, without further ado, let me introduce Cyclone Foundry to you - by Wolfspryte...

It's not all that easy to make something LOOK industrial in Sims 3, and I have opted out before now on buildings that were meant to be industrial, but somehow ended up looking pretty and simply overgrown and unkempt.  However, Wolfspryte has achieved it by making a top-notch foundry that is every bit foundry inside as well as out.

A cop-out I made in Sims 2 was to make an industrial building, but happily slap on the label 'conversion to residential' or "loft conversion".  It's a perfectly fine thing to do (and plenty of players liked it), but it IS opting out of hardcore industrial a little bit, because it puts the builder back into the comfort zone of using regular furniture and decor.  It also removes a little bit of fun for the player who would enjoy carrying out the conversion for themselves.  It can make a better building and more fun for the player NOT to opt out of a true industrial.

Wolfspryte has not opted out by any means.  Rust and smoke and girders and just about every iron-clad 'nasty' make this lot a true industrial artwork.  The whole appearance is unkempt and derelict on the outside, and resident Sims will surely be like trespassers in a thoroughly dangerous and unhealthy home.  Give them just enough money to move in, then make them work hard to earn enough to repair broken windows and make it habitable.  Alternatively, let those Sims live in dark corners like squatters who really shouldn't be there.  Whatever you do, players who love to give their Sims a real story will lnot be disappointed.

Enough of my waffle.  I urge you to go check out Cyclone Foundry and DO look at all the screens.  This has become my first-ever lot download for Sims 3, and I'm very happy to have it.