Hey zaneebaslave, this puppet would be awesome to animate. That's a really nice design. It kind of reminds me of Nofby's work - he'd probably like this too. But he hasn't been around here in forever.

zaneebaslave wrote:

What clay should I use to build my character for molding? Is there a preferred kind that people use?

A good type of clay would be Roma Plastilina. Here's where you can get it online: Click here

You just use rubbing alcohol and a stiff small brush to smooth out the details of it as you sculpt. Just make sure you get the medium density version, it's easier to smooth. But if you like really detailed sculpts and prefer a hard clay, get the firm.

Well, it's not near the love story nor as emotional as Shrek was. It might actually play of as a sort of... Anti-Shrek (Because I kindof hate shrek). I was planning this to actually be a bunch of short stories (like episodes of a TV show), where RedCap encounters something or someone that bothers him, and he naturally tries to snuff out it's meaningless life. However, the little Imp, who is desperately alone, becomes friends with everything that comes knocking on RedCap's door. It's more like Ren and Stimpy, where two contradicting personalities live under the same roof, and everything and everyone will have to face the consequences that occur.

Then again, this is just a concept. All I have is one drawing as of the moment. The story was mostly filler so that I could post the concept image. 

Well... um... ok.

This is all still very much in the concept stage right now. I am not rushing to work on puppets or scenes until I know exactly what I'm doing. As Father and Son said, it does seem a little too much like Shrek, story-wise. I will definitely have to tweak the story and everything.