"Marley was dead..."

[Athos]

"...it came on through the heavy door, and passed into the room before his eyes. Upon its coming in, the dying flame leaped up, as though it cried, ``I know him! Marley's Ghost!'' and fell again.

The same face: the very same. Marley in his pigtail, usual waistcoat, tights, and boots; the tassels on the latter bristling, like his pigtail, and his coat-skirts, and the hair upon his head. The chain he drew was clasped about his middle. It was long, and wound about him like a tail; and it was made (for Scrooge observed it closely) of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel..."

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos/Vi...tmascarol1d.jpg

The whole ghostly gallery:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=156986

Steve

[SuvieD]

Good capture of a classic. I like that Scrooge is a wrinkly and grumpy looking old man.

All the needed details are there like the clock and you have made a nice looking chair also.

[El Bucanero]

It is nice, but why in the Pirate Forum??

[Berry Syedow]

It is nice, but why in the Pirate Forum??

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[Mister Phes]

There's another thread for it somewhere else. You'll just have to invent some Pirate connotations for it till I can be bothered sorting it out!

[Athos]

I imagine it was posted, by me, in the former omnibus historical forum and when the forums were split, this one was sent the wrong way...

Steve

[Mister Phes]

As far as I can remember there were two. I think at the time I let one go to the History and Adventurer forum and the other found its way here.

[Captain Ironhook]

Is not this marley that ghost from that scrooge story told of christmas time?

[oo7]

Is not this marley that ghost from that scrooge story told of christmas time?

Yep, Jacob Marly is Ebeniezer Scroog's dead co-worker in "A Christmas Carol" by Carles Dickens, a very good book. (And I'm Jewish)

[Mister Phes]

You shouldn't need to be Jewish to appreciate fine literature Mr Oo7! That story is a classic and given there have been several main stream movies based on the story its hard to be familiar with the story. That's if you live in a country that gives you exposure to that kind of thing, if not then I probably should stop writing...

[Captain Ironhook]

Is not this marley that ghost from that scrooge story told of christmas time?

Yep, Jacob Marly is Ebeniezer Scroog's dead co-worker in "A Christmas Carol" by Carles Dickens, a very good book. (And I'm Jewish)

Is this the story of Scrog being visited by the three ghosts where they take him through a journey of his life and he wakes up the next day as a fresh man?

[Mister Phes]

Yes, this is the story of Ebeniezer Scrooge who is visted by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. I remember watching the Disney version over and over and over when I was a wee lad. I think that's where the character Scrooge McDuck originated from.

Does anyone else think Jacob Marley would make a good pirate name?

[Captain Ironhook]

What do you mean by Disney version as I recognise Disney as the one who made all those cartoon fairy tails and this story is by no means a fairy tail from my understanding of them.

Isn't Marley the name of a signer who was from the caribbean?

[El Bucanero]

You mean Bob Marley?

[Mister Phes]

Bob Marley was the Rastafarian reggae artist! Maybe that's why I associate the name "Marley" with Pirates being that they both existed in the Caribbean in some point in history.

He looks very happy indeed..

[john cleese]

thats because he's high.

[Mister Phes]

Mr Steampunk himself calls out!

Has anyone done a custom pirate/Rastafarian mini-figure with dreadlocks? Did Jo Jo do one?