I finally built a cemetery for my Sims 

I think it’d be cool for each Bigwallet (or i guess just the Bigwallet’s that went on to do their own series) to have a small thing on each grave that represents the pack they played (pet/vet stuff for Katrina, a banana for Banana R, an autograph or starlight accolade for Lady II, etc)

I think you should have done a family crypt with the first two Bigwallets in it. That would have taken up space and looked awesome.

I wish we could have actual cemeteries in the sims, and better deaths plus funerals

Love this! I think the bigger graves need some sort of personalization based on their character. So Sebastian could get some flowers since he was into flower arranging, maybe Banana could get some seashells on her grave and so on. That would take it to the next level.

There is a graveyard mod on Mod the Sims by Simularity. Per the notes: "This lot trait will turn any generic lot into a proper graveyard perfect for all of your deceased Sims to move to as their final resting place... if they wish to rest that is! During the day, the graveyard will be populated with mourners paying their respects to lost loved ones. At night, the graveyard will be haunted by those whom have been lost. The lot trait may include a few more surprises as well. Read on... if you dare!."...

Love the idea of putting the initial in the middle. It looks so peaceful. Also it will be really amazing if the respective photo of the family members are put together with their grave

You should put an item on the burial site to relate what rags to riches season was for which bigwallet. That probably sounds so confusing lol. For example lady bigwallet the 2nd was the main person for the get famous lets play so she could have an award on her grave. Katrina was the main person for cats and dogs aswell as jungle adventures so she gets a treasure and a cat and dog statue. Sebastian was the main person for the seasons lets play so he can have a flower bouquet And so forth. That way the main characters for each series can stand out in some way.

Now you need to make a funeral home with the funeral mod 🖤⚰️ Sincerely someone who desperately wanted to be a funeral director/embalmer but never got the chance. So now she lives her dreams out in the sims.

Sims can step over half walls if they’re short enough! Like, you can actually place a half wall in front of a bathtub, and they can still get in

Looks great! Please add some flower vases and random items on some of the graves as if people have been coming and paying their respects :)

I'm relatively new to the sims youtube community, but the speed with which this guy became my favorite is baffling. He just seems like such a wholesome person all in all, and having watched most of his Bigwallet series, it's incredible how he went from "yeah, sure, pass out and pee on the ground, idc" to "omg, guys, let's build a cemetery for my dearly departed sims"

you could add some lights on the ground on the pathways maybe and then some more flowers around the gravestones?

I kind of think Lady 2 would have a much more elaborate grave. And also nowhere naar het family. Something where her fans can visit 😆

You should definitely put cowtrina in this graveyard lol

I'm in the middle of making a church in Moonlight Hollow right now, with a small cemetery, as Vlad's lot has arguably spooky surroundings. I wanted to add a small area for holding funerals, as I found out the other day you can eulogize sims with podiums (and i think a certain level of charisma).

6:12 is it me but did it go blank for a few seconds? it scared me for a second

Should put a monument to carol alto in the middle. Like a tomb of the unknown soldier kinda thing lol

Looking forward to the next Bigwallet appreciation day. It'll be a fun day out for all the (surviving) family members.

Hi Semaj and community! There are 2 mods out there that might be worth trying: happy haunts (graveyard mod) by Chipped Sim and the graveyard mod by Ravasheen. They even add the graveyard lot trait!

I like to put a grill in my cemeteries, so the family can hang out and have a lovely family moment together. I think I'll put half walls behind the tombstones with their picture. I hadn't thought about doing that.

I just want to thank James for making the effort of giving us videos in 2k, they are always so pleasant on the eyes 🥺

I love that the Seasons Bigwallets got the other special place, because they hold a special place in my heart. There was just something about Sebastian and Luna.

Check out cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana. They have what are called "coping graves" built above ground because the majority of New Orleans is built on reclaimed swampland below sea level.

I feel like in the (m/p)atriarch section you could do one little tomb for them both? There’s a name for that that is escaping me at the moment.

I can't get over how you always post videos right when I need them. I was literally just scrolling the gallery looking for a graveyard for my challenge when this popped up in my notifications Also that lot in Brindleton Bay is actually so perfect for a graveyard? Most people build them in Forgotten Hollow or even Glimmerbrook but this lot makes so much sense and it's so peaceful there, I love this build.

Beautiful and peaceful lot to visit and pay your respects! Especially love the “B” and pictures at each headstone

I'm feeling sad for no reason so I wanted to cheer myself up with James..and he's building a cemetery 😂 well it still made me feel better. Also did any else got a black screen from 6:09 to 6:13 or is it just me?

There is a live edit object from the pets DLC that is basically the thing you were building is front of the graves. Also there is other stuff from that DLC that would work great there as they are from pet cemetery on the Island you built this on.

Some vases of flowers at some of the headstones might be a nice touch. Show their loved ones still come round.

I don’t know why but seeing the gravestones made me miss all the generations. Can’t wait to see more! this cemetery go hard

I feel like i have just completed a project, that satisfying feeling to witness the projects being completed after years. Its also great to know that i've been watching all your videos for so long though i don't comment as much 😅 May the Bigwallets rest in peace now 💟

ATS4 has the BEST default replacement urns, caskets, flowers, grave markers, and just overall gorgeous add ons to your perfect cemetery. Also. (If you're into the realism) - I highly recommend the Mortem Mod. It replaces Grim with a Coroner, and then allows your Sims to plan and attend an actual funeral or ceremony to celebrate your Sim. Very nice job! I'm looking forward to seeing it when its complete with the photos and updates!

Such a lovely graveyard! Definitely a one the Bigwallets deserve! I love your videos so much and your personality just makes them so much better

I'm always amazed at how James mind works- this came together so awesomely. The idea to put a hill and make a B out of flowers was so clever . Using different styles of graves gave the whole place more depths and dynamics. It's great 😊

Beautiful cemetery and I love that you have a special spot for Lady and her partner the start of the whole family legacy. Love the B in the centre and all the landscaping. Really a special space to remember the wonderful Bigwallet family

This is awesome. I've been waiting for this. I'm glad to see that all the past generations of bigwallets and all future generations finally have a place where they can rest in peace.

I'm so glad you kept the B because it's my favorite part of this build! can't wait to visit it in the future during Let's Plays ❤

Those slabs on graves are known as ledgers (usually inside of churches) , but in graveyards, they are typically mortsafes. Providing grave robber prevention, which incidentally allows more inscriptions for commemoration.

you really never disappoint. i'm obsessed with the finish product i loved the gate idea ngl, but it looks good without it too 👌🏽

I’ve been watching the big wallet series from the beginning and I just saw the family pictures in the seasons let’s play and that made me want to see pictures of everyone from the series added somewhere so I love the idea of putting them by the gravestones. I was thinking they would make sense to be up in the wall of the restaurant by the other pictures that lady took but this makes a lot of sense.

chippedsim made a couple of good mods for this lot, ghastly ghosts allows some sims (usually occult) to see ghosts and interact with them

The build looks great! I'm just surprised you didn't put any of the vampire pack statues in it cause they're like, perfect for cemeteries, I've seen very similar ones in cemeteries I've visited.

I love what James did with this, although I personally would have placed the original Lady Bigwallet in the centre ( Maybe in the top and bottom of the B, or on either side of it ), so that she could have been surrounded by the family that she was the progenitor of 😁😁

The og Lady Bigwallet should have a crypt or mausoleum

You should add an easel by Lady's grave with her picture on it!

They are called "Coping Graves" and are made of a set of plaster-sealed stone, marble, or granite walls that seal off the coffin from pending water levels. Generally, coping graves remain uncovered, with the exception of gravel, and can be built to around 3 feet above the ground.

A beautiful build James. I especially like the idea about using custom content for their pictures. Thats such a great idea. I think a thing i'm gonna start doing as well is like a family tree on the wall. Take photos of each Sim and add them to a family tree wall in the house. I mean its a thing to have family photos but obviously with the sims its a bit harder but you can take selfies and photos so maybe thats a decent way to do a family album. Have a family wall.

i love this so much but i wish james used more stuff from romantic garden stuff pack because they have some statue items that have the same vibe as the hedge archway he used!

The raised graves are a nice touch

Yay finally! Please upload a video of you making the custom content for the signs/pictures. Would be cool if you added a few personal things to specific sims’ graves too

i honestly kinda love cemetery builds 👀

It turned out great! It’s nice to see the Bigwallets have a beautiful place for their headstones to rest. The whole time you were building this I thought there needs to be an easel; a place where people can come to paint since that’s how the financial part of the Bigwallet family actually began. 💜💜💜

Cemetery with a roundabout, that's very creative, reminds me of your Eco Lifestyle Bigwallet LP and it's also unique

Maybe it would be nice to add some candles and flowers, so it looks like people come here and look after the graves?

6:10 I thought my phone crashed but it was just the video 😂

The founding big wallets need a crypt!! It is essentially like a building type of grave !

Aww this makes me wish I still had my first legacy save! The family wasn’t NEARLY as large as the Bigwallets but I think it was around five generations? Maybe six? It started with the literal first sim I made when the game was released. Anyway, this is a lovely build and I’m glad the family has somewhere nice to visit now 💕

While they do have the pets cemetery there on that island, I figured it would be best to move Stroud out of his mansion up on the hill and place the cemetery up on his property where there are all kinds of headstones around.. That is where I have already built my cemetery.

When Jams gets an idea in his head he really gives it everything he has. That B is insane!

I love this idea!!! Maybe the main characters from each let’s play should be in the bigger graves so like lady bigwallet II, little bigwallet, bob bigwallet and Banana Bigwallet etc and then other family members in the smaller areas. Just a thought but I love this idea :)

In my friendgroup there's a running gag, about me always building cemereries in my games. Every game that let's me, will have a cemetery. Even my island in Animal Crossing. This is right up my alley.

I really love the big B in the middle. It fits perfectly. I would definitely download this lot.

I'm thinking about building an Italian cemetery on Tartosa, the difference between Italian ones and British/American ones is that in Italy they consist of multi-rows of concrete vaults where you place the dead, which you extract after 70 years to see whether they've turned to bones or not, if they are bones, they get moved to a different area of the cemetery where they're placed in a blank vault. As a third culture kid (British born, until the age of 10, then I moved to Italy) it would be nice to incorporate a little bit more stuff from my culture, and it would also be nice bcs it would then feel like a different country instead of it feeling like just one big country. 😀 (unfortunately I'm great at decorating, but my problem is that I'm terrible at building shells, I'm definitely a cas player 😅)

Is it me or there is a random black screen at one point? Still great vid!

The Sims really should put out a death expansion. Game play as Grim or a funeral home director; have funerary CAS items; more headstone and urn options; add caskets; have a cemetery lot type (Sims and pets); a funeral home lot type (could have some Get To Work retail integration selling caskets and urns); the ability to build a family mausoleum; choose burial, cremation, or green death options; integrate with the flower arrangement options from Seasons to create funeral wreaths (wreaths would be cool for Seasons, anyhow - missed op there); attending a funeral could reduce or remove the sad buff from a death... So many options!

The "raised" graves are the most common here In Brazil, when you go to big cemiterys. they are quite expensive, so it does fit the Bigwallet (they are the most common because when you can't afford one, they put you in a draw in a big wall, with a little plaque in front)

I love it wish people would make more cemeteries/graveyards like these!

I look forward to your updates and further organizing of this place as time goes. I gotta say, i know they're pixels and it's s game, but it's really moving that you made this for your legacy family. We've all grown to really love the Bigwallets!

I love that James just absolutely refuses to fully enclosed anything with a fence lol. It used to really bother me when I first started watching but now it's just like a nice little signature

You and Simsie both have done graveyards, what about a mausoleum? With the lovely cubbies for urns and little trinkets from loved ones. There's one, I can't recall the name of it, with lovely stained glass ceilings!

You could also have a sim take pictures of the other sims in the game and place them by their respective thombs.

YES! I’ve actually been weirdly excited for this video since you mentioned the idea 😂😅

Beautiful!!! The Bigwallets will be dying to get in!!!

I love my legacy cemetary, it has a little church, and a section for all the pets as well. Its probably one of my best builds tbh

The gate actually gave it more detail and an interesting look you should keep it. Every cemetery I've seen is always completely gated off to keep people away when they're not supposed to be there and they usually lock the gates at nights.

some of the mossy statues/marble items from romantic garden stuff would be perfect for this

Finally a place to visit on Bigwallet memory day!

That looks great. It would actually make a pretty wedding venue for important Bigwallet weddings as well ... 😊

You should add an Eternal Flame monument/memorial, like most cemeteries. As for trees, Evergreen trees, which symbolize being reborn/eternal life, should be placed. Use marble stone over the OG Bigwallets.

I often add the candles from eco lifestyle. I made the All soul's day as a holiday in my save, have my sims visit the cemetery when it's dark and it look sso nice with the candles. I always pretend that the sims puttthem there and light them.

At least where I am, cemeteries tend to be open, like a park, but graveyards will usually be gated and locked at sunset. Here it's not uncommon for families to actually have a picnic at the grave of their family members, and they're a safe, clean place for people to walk/jog. You wouldn't act the same way in a graveyard, though, they tend to be stricter.

I love this!! Now because you have so much space for more graves I think so of the big wallet family tree needs a bit of tidying up since there are still sims from the eco lifestyle rags to riches and there are the three brothers which should be long gone by now especially since Chaz Bigwallet is an elder and his father is still alive.

The picket fencing reminds me of colonial cemeteries you see a lot in the southern US. I'm thinking Savannah, Ga or New Orleans. Edit: As for the "B", those types of things always look pretty bad at ground level so don't feel bad about it!

RIP Bigwallets and congratulations on making RIP status after all this time🌻

you should look at some Israeli graveyards, here we don't have just tombstones on the ground, it's more expected that each person has a stone box thing on the ground that would have some engraved words and usually each family could ask for the groundskeeper to plant certain flowers on it or near it and even plant a tree behind it. in rural graveyards it's much more private and spaced out but for example Jerusalem's graveyards are very dense city like

You should put some flowers in pots on the graves

I love this idea for like any generational series. I need to make one for my Berry sims.

graveyard is immaculate!!! excellent work james! hear me out though - consider elevating and angling the circular plot in the middle, the B, then You can trim around it & add some dimension that you were trying to create with all the extra flowers. Some examples of this are the landscaping that you find in Disney world, Where they take advantage of a sloped area to create a landscape flower design usually of like Mickey's face or something...

You make everything look so easy. love watching your builds James you put so much thought into them. x

You should add the cow topiary thingy close to Chaz and Trenton’s graves when they go.

You could add the wishing well where the hedge arch is!! Would be some extra gameplay and makes sense on the lot!

I think the B turned out really great. It feels very big family cemetery.

I made a cemetery for my 100 baby challenge family on the lot near the volcano in Sulani. I made a special area in the middle for the Moms. I put something different that pertained to each child at their gravestones. One of the things that ended up being my favorite, is the mausoleum-like building that I put in the middle back. It had pictures of the Moms with the baby daddies and children. I took their pictures before they moved out. I had ceremonies when one would pass, and the family would place the stone and picture. We also had a Remembrance Day. I tried to make sure that I continually strengthened their connection to the physical world, so there were always a few ghosts of kids past to visit with. I also made sure there was a bathroom with potties in it, as the current family almost always had toddlers. I put a picnic table and BBQ in that area too, because we were usually there for a while, and you know how fussy kids can be.

I love the idea of having a small picture of each of them

I have been wanting you to do this for so long and today was the day although I was hoping would do a crypt or whatever its called which is a seperate building for the matriach and patriach but i absolutely love how you've done it especially the circle with the B. I can't wait for the custom sign and pictures

Each grave can be made larger if you use platforms. You can stack platforms

A long time ago I had a dream about a graveyard in this Sims kind of like this, but I was actually IN the game walking around, and it had a giant tree in the middle with a path around it, kind of like what you made.

In my country graves actually have those raised things. Every person has one or sometimes there is a family plot.

Yes please personalize the graveyard for us Nostaglia lovers of the bigwallet legacy! Also love the photo idea!

Yay, I've been waiting for this video 😊 it looks fabulous and I'm really pleased you kept the B in the middle 👏