Talos: sigh I wish I could sculpt in clay and cast aluminum wire/foam rubber puppets, but alas, I am puppet impaired. I have tried my hand at sculpy, in fact, you'll laugh at this but I used to make a bunch of body parts with sculpy, video capture that part, cut/paste those images into a photopaint image to create goolish creatures. Then I thought man if I could make these parts in 3d then I could drop the video grab method, then the rest is history. If you can get a hold of Organica, it's a start. Organica is where I make the body parts for my creatures. It's a metaballs modeler so when you add 2 or more shapes together, they goop onto each other like they were covered with a thick paste. It's a snap to use, a little primative (it's first version and I don't hold my breath for a new version) and not too expensive. Davo