Author: HappyMonsterScott
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Happy MonsterCast Episode 123: The Fens
“A Liquid Shroom Distillate, LSD, if you will.” – Buck The misfits follow up rumors of attack on Holler oldsters and arrive at Terrapin Corner. What are these strange humanoids from the fens? Characters: preacher Piety Jackson (Brendan), gouger Karl son of Karl (Frank), mountain magician Buck Grayson (Bob), bootleg distiller Booker Noe (Jung Soo),…
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Happy MonsterCast Episode 122: Aggressive Negotiations
“It will hasten their travel on the road to Hell.” – Piety The misfits are on a mission to find out why Fergus Dugan is producing so much more moonshine. Turns out, the answer is zombies. Characters: preacher Piety Jackson (Brendan), gouger Karl son of Karl (Frank), mountain magician Buck Grayson (Bob), bootleg distiller Booker…
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Happy MonsterCast Episode 121: Zombie Moonshiners
“I’m gonna poke a zombie.” – Karl The misfits are headed for Cherry Mountain to help notorious bootlegger Amos Mulholland with a rival with backing from the Big Boys. Characters: preacher Piety Jackson (Brendan), gouger Karl son of Karl (Frank), mountain magician Buck Grayson (Bob), bootleg distiller Booker Noe (Jung Soo), and itinerant crooner Old…
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Happy MonsterCast Episode 120: Mouther Attack!
“But I have the fear of the Lord on my side!” – Piety In this shorter episode, the misfits are ready to blow the Badin Mountain Tunnel, but a horde of wriggling mouthers have other ideas. Characters: preacher Piety Jackson (Brendan), gouger Karl son of Karl (Frank), mountain magician Buck Grayson (Bob), bootleg distiller Booker…
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Lego Construction Journal: Rivendell 4
Rivendell’s central section is taking shape! The tiling was definitely one of the hardest parts of this assembly, but I also really enjoyed the construction of the pillars in the center, and getting the pictures placed properly on the back of the set.
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Happy MonsterCast Episode 119: Rawhead and Bloody Bones
“Punching a ghost is on my bucket list.” – Karl The misfits have arrived at Badin Mountain and connected with Stormy Pickins, a demolitions expert. Hiding in the woods from the Big Boys, they have engaged in battle with Tommy Rawhead and Bloody Bones, the revenants of two dead miners. Characters: preacher Piety Jackson (Brendan),…
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Lego Construction Journal: Rivendell 3
Ten more bags down, and the central portion of Rivendell is just starting to take shape. I think my favorite element in this batch is the staircase leading to the upper gallery. According to the instructions, it doesn’t need studs because it has a handrail.
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Happy MonsterCast Episode 118: Wriggling Mouthers
This week on the Happy MonsterCast, the misfits head to Badin Mountain to sabotage a Big Boy’s construction project. Characters: preacher Piety Jackson (Brendan), gouger Karl son of Karl (Frank), mountain magician Buck Grayson (Bob), bootleg distiller Booker Noe (Jung Soo), and itinerant crooner Old Blue (Ron).
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Lego Construction Journal: Rivendell 2
Ten more bags of Rivendell complete, and the outside area with gazebo and waterfall is starting to take shape. I particularly love the detail of the waterfall, complete with a mix of white foam bricks and blue solid and translucent water.
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Lego Construction Journal: Rivendell
For Christmas, Joy decided to get me the Lego Lord of the Rings Rivendell set. With over 6100 pieces, I’m going to be building for a while, so I thought I’d do a little documentation of my work. The set comes in 50 bags, so I’m taking a picture bag by bag as I go,…