I love this site- I am so excited to share this with my daughter!

[Darmatage]

And I love that I had to pass a dino spelling text to register .
Clearly a community that cares!

I teach maquette modeling  at Boston colleges, For those looking  for an excellent introductory book, I suggest:

Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay: Tools and Techniques for Sculpting Realistic Figures Paperback – April 29, 2008
by Katherine Dewey
http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Lifelike-Figures-Polymer-Clay/dp/0823015033/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413228589&sr=1-1&keywords=character+clay+sculpting

[fabricious]

Welcome to the forum! I've only been here for a bit and I know exactly what you mean! Now I'm curious, as a fellow modeler, to see your maquettes, though!

[Alexxitator]

Welcome!
Interestingly your link gave me a suggestion for http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/65296802/Fantasy-Creatures-in-Clay/Product.html (on play it was cheaper than Amazon) that I bought without hesitation :-)

[tyrantqueen]

Creature Sculpt by Emily Coleman is a good one, although it's not for kids.

http://www.emilysculpts.com/fantasycreaturesinclay/

Lots of good information about creating armatures, especially.

Btw, can we see some of the stuff you've made?

[laticauda]

And I love that I had to pass a dino spelling text to register .
Clearly a community that cares!

I teach maquette modeling  at Boston colleges, For those looking  for an excellent introductory book, I suggest:

Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay: Tools and Techniques for Sculpting Realistic Figures Paperback – April 29, 2008
by Katherine Dewey
http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Lifelike-Figures-Polymer-Clay/dp/0823015033/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413228589&sr=1-1&keywords=character+clay+sculpting

Welcome, and that is a very cool thing to teach!