Drifting a bit away from the desert of the Mohave, the 12th Grave Stone MOC introduces somewhat of a new geography, a bog or swamp, with the Putrid Creek Mill. I was getting a bit bored from the traditional Wild West buildings, so I decided to introduce a creek and mill as a change to the Grave Stone collection.

Inspiration

Probably the oldest vision in my head of a swamp or landing is that of the Laffite's Landing from Disney's Pirates of the Carribean. Picturing the old man with pipe resting outside his shack provided the perfect inspiration for Putrid Creek Mill. Putrid Mill would replace the old man with a new Castle Skeleton, called Morty Perkins in the story.

The Story

Some believe that the waters of Grave Stone have long since dried up, but tell that to old Morty Perkins who fishes along Putrid Creek every early morning just before sunrise. Old Morty haunts Putrid Creek Mill, a dilapidating wooden mill that was build during the gold rush.

Not much is known about Putrid Creek and where its waters come from, but some say that it is a mysterious river that only appears at midnight during a full moon, its dark waters flowing from the canyon of the Shadow Mountains. There is a legend that a greedy band of miners found the burial cavern of an ancient Indian people in the Shadow Mountains and dared to desecrate the tomb by stealing some of the sacred objects found within. An ancient Indian curse was unlocked along with a grotto filled with water that flooded the cavern drowning most of the miners within. The water was cursed and is known to some as Putrid Water for no living thing can drink the poisoned water and survive. Legend also tells that the Putrid Water can be used to resurrect the dead, if the ancient Indian spirits are called.

The old mill stands at the end of Putrid Creek before the waters enter the underground caverns and grottos beneath Grave Stone. Old Morty Perkins knows the secrets of Putrid Creek and even knows how to venture upstream through the canyon to the source of the waters, but who knows what he dares catch in the dark waters near Putrid Creek Mill.

The Story Revealed

The source of the Putrid Water is mentioned as coming from the Shadow Mountains. The ancient Indian legend will be expanded in a future creation, the Haunted Mine. I had also planned to utilize an Indian Canoe in a future MOC as a great Wild West/Grave Stone impulse creation.

The MOC

Excellent. I'm loving all of these MOCs. And the little stories with them too...

M.

  LegoFranks said:

I'm loving all of these MOCs. And the little stories with them too...

Thanks LegoFranks. I'm glad you like them, as well as the Legend of Grave Stone.

That's again a great MOC, TheBrickster!

I really like it!

The house is looking very well deisgned. The pier and the landscape look great.

Since there are now new parts for water wheels: Why don't you change them (if you have this your MOC still built up)? Your water wheels look of course fine, too, but I think that with the new parts for the water wheel your MOC would even look better.

Very well done!

Klaus-Dieter

  Klaus-Dieter said:

Since there are now new parts for water wheels: Why don't you change them (if you have this your MOC still built up)? Your water wheels look of course fine, too, but I think that with the new parts for the water wheel your MOC would even look better.

Good point KD. If I still had this little creation built, I might consider your recommendation. I'm surprised no one mentioned the use of the old classic red wheel. Not too many of these still around (although I've probably got quite a few).

If I remember correctly, BrickMiner (you know his fantastic stuff) liked this creation a lot. In fact, I think it was one of his favorites from Grave Stone.

  TheBrickster said:

Good point KD. If I still had this little creation built, I might consider your recommendation.

It's a pity that you have no longer built it up. But I know that this is in the most cases not possible since you would need a lot of place to store your MOCs and a lot of money to buy another/new parts for new MOCs. So I always destroy my old MOC before I build a new one, too.

Do you then plan to design something similar to this your great MOC - but with the new waterwheels?

Klaus-Dieter

very great and coool