The thought process behind the puppet is that he is a puppet made by an ancient civilisation and over time has gained a soul which was full of hate, as you look into the creatures backstory you see that he mercilessly slaughtered people but this was to be his downfall since it caused his joints to stop working and seize up.
As with the mansion the points are split into numbers
1.for this i looked into number of eyes to give an unsettling feel since i don't want people to sympathise with this thing and i looked into a major fear of a friend of mine which is spiders so i am using spiders as a reference to my design.
2. I decided to look into kankuro's puppet from naruto which is a well known design. The thing i love about the head of this thing is that although it has three eyes it feels menacing but not always threatening in appearance. the jaw is exactly what i imagine for my character but i think only one row of teeth will make him more threatening in my final design. The arms feel very clockwork and pieced together which is how i see the civilisation that created this, that being they design very advanced things but at a unrealistic time period to build these things.
3. Colour is the deciding factor, i like the off putting colour of the eyes since it makes you fell like the thing isn't from this world. Another element i like is that neither of them have legs which like kankuro's puppet means they stand in different ways which is more menacing than using normal legs
4.The sharpness and the ornamental appearance of this mandalorian makes me think of making the puppet seem decorated since it feels like a rank of authority or belief system when you see something like this. that may be how i interpret it but it seems very prominent with religions/ancient civilisations.
5.Egyptians are a major part of the research for me due to them fitting the appearance and ideals i am feeling for the civilisation. The point of interest here is the headdress and the gold colouring since it feels regal and feels that that person is dominate. the idea of the puppet is to show power but also feel you with fear.
6.Gilding is connected to the gold colouring since it makes the piece feel like it was designed for greater things than murder and gets you intrigued with it's backstory and the worlds backstory.
7. Now since this thing is stationary i decided to look into marble statues since they feel sort of common place but would feel out of place in a rundown mansion. the idea of combining the gold and marble gives a classic appearance of the egyptians which is what i want.
Thought the pic isn't great quality these are the concepts i narrowed down to and decided on the top left.
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