Vampires suck.....

I have spent two nights attempting to get past one section of this quest... get a guy past some vampires. He kept getting beaten and running away. I finally armed, armored and gave him food. It was fairly easy after that. Now I can do the Temple Trekking mini-game. I plan to see if I can get the undead lumberjack outfit so I can get a small bonus with woodcutting. Or there is always the Varrock Achievement Diary- medium level. I think that I have to do a quest in order to complete this... the rat catcher quest. There are always options and choices.

Wood Cutting Blues

Here I am. Cutting Magic trees again for money. I died again this morning doing the Troll Stronghold quest... I think that it is the second time I have died on that quest. I started it a long time ago and noticed it on my quest log. I hate to have unfinished quests listed in yellow. I figured that it would be a quick in and out. I have to stop thinking that way cause it only causes lost rune armor. I figured I was in a safe spot and went to meet the nutritional needs of little she. I came back just in time to see that I was dead. Ten magic tree runs and I can replace all that I have lost (again).

Mining 70

The adamnite ore is now mine. Now I am off to the mining guild to start collecting it. Then it is off to work on my smithing skills or perhaps a quest.

Coal trucks and open sky......

I think since it is vacation time it is time to just do some low level activities. Work on some skills that are fairly close to going up in level... like mining. I am about 35k from level 70. There are a few other skills that I have not used in a while that can be quickly brought up a level. I have finished the first part of the Varrock Achievement Dairy and just need to do a quest or two in order to start the second part. I got knocked off the other night in the City of the Dead. I guess it did not get its name for nothing.... My cat paid the ultimate price though. Gone but not forgotten. It is just such a pain to raise them from kittens. I think that it is part of the Varrock Achievement Diary anyways. Off to the coal trucks.... You can see my buddy in the background. He thinks he can take the coal from me but is learning a lesson in frustration instead.

Done

I think that this was the most frustrating quest that I have done yet. It was not really difficult but the time put in seemed long. It is over and I move on to the next thing. I was thinking about doing the two quests to open up the fishing colony so that I could fish monkfish. My friend has started on slayer and it sounds interesting. Perhaps a quest first.... it about gardening. How hard could that be?

Gone fishing....

Time to restock the food.... perhaps a few days of catching swordfish and tuna will mellow me out. Mellow.... calm..... looking at the little fishies.... just before I stab them with the harpoon. Makes me think of Ahab on the quarterdeck....


Drink and pass! he cried, handing the heavy charged flagon to the nearest seaman. The crew alone now drink. Round with it, round! Short draughts --long swallows, men; 'tis hot as Satan's hoof. So, so; it goes round excellently. It spiralizes in ye; forks out at the serpent-snapping eye. well done; almost drained. That way it went, this way it comes. Hand it me -- here's a hollow! Men, ye seem the years; so brimming life is gulped and gone.


Even digital fishing makes me thirsty... Since Ahab has been mentioned can one escape the great Ahab quote?


And later on in the Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale(Goraks); to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.


Revenge and your claw, Goraks, will be mine.....

Building pyramids in honor of our leaving.....

I had a student who started the pyramid project a while ago but he gave up on it and it was thrown away. I have started it again using Hirst Arts Sand Blasted Pyramid Mold #92 and Egyptian Pyramid Accessory Mold #96. The picture of the wall is wrong in its set up. I have since figured out the mistake and should have this wall glued together in a few days. I got to pour some more molds to finish the room. I quickly painted up a mummy and sarcophagus for a student the other day. It was my first time painting for a number of years and painting plaster. He seemed to think it came out pretty good. I think that I got to practice some more.

The project has started to interest some of the other students and I hope they will help to finish the Greek temple that was started last semester. It is really hard (at least for me) to get the smooth bricks to line up right. I need to step back and relax a little about that. It will look fine no matter what.

Farking Goraks

After all this time slaughtering goats in order to make a potion to cure the Fairy Queen... I made the potion and got back to the Queen and Farked up in giving it to her. After killing three or four Garaks a claw finally was to be had and I grabbed it. Then I was dead. I am still trying to calm down. Not only lost rune armor parts and a weapon but the claw too. The Dramen staff too. I am off to fish so I can exact my revenge. What can one do beyond pay the five dollars a month for the frustration. A cold and fickle mistress this.

Dice Tower

This is the start of a dice tower. There are two molds being used at this point, both from Hirst Arts. The walls are from the basic block mold (#40), the floor is from the floor tile mold (#2o1) and the arch is from the prison tower mold(#60). If you have not been to Bruce Hirst's site, you should. He is a great guy.

I remember when I bought the Egyptian pyramid and inner chamber mold, he gave me a call to make sure I got the type of pyramid blocks for the look I was going for. I mistakenly ordered the smooth blocks instead of the weathered. That was pretty cool for him to do that. I have bought several other molds since then and have never had a problem with his molds. Any problems that have happened were my or the student's fault. Mainly forgetting we have a mold poured and not scraping off the tops.

The next step in this project is to figure out the ramps inside the tower for the dice to roll down. I thought about using the stairs from the prison mold but figure that they will get worn down eventually. I think I am going to go with cardboard ramps with something secured on them to make the dice tumble. It has been an interesting project so far.

Herblore.... 57....

The goats are breathing easier now. Now I am off to finish the Fairy Tale Part II.