Development of Idea

First things first. I am going to change the chestplate idea with the regulator in it to some other form that still controls its health and needs powering up to do so. What I don't like about the chestplate idea is that its quite similar to Iron Man and I want my idea to be something original not something out of a comic book just altered slightly so that instead of man its an animal. So I will get to work on designing that and put up another post soon.

In regards to the creature/animal, I was initially going to go with some sort of turtle but now I'm not so sure. Going to the Zoo today I got to see a lot of animals and how they react to things and how they express themselves as well as their emotions. While turtles are cool - saw them today swimming around just doing there thing, they aren't so much an animal that you can really feel something for from first glimpse unless you alter it and take a different approach by making the turtle into some sort of cartoon like turtle and sort of humanize it so it looks cute, however I am not so keen on this sort of idea. Todays visit to the zoo has made me realize I'd much prefer to keep it as somewhat realistic as I can so that whatever this creature or animal is, the audience can relate to it easy enough and I can create some sort of bond between them early on rather than having them try and understand what this fake creature is and what not.

The animal I am interested in looking at now is the Red Panda. I had a good watch of them today at the Zoo and what I liked is how they quite liked human attention. When I got to the enclosure it came running up, sort of like a bit of a greet. It's also small and fuzzy which is pretty much the equation for cute. So it would be a good fit to my project, likes and would want human attention and then when healthy they are quite interesting to watch, running around letting curiousity get the better of them. So that is where I am at now, I may look at making some sort of hybrid animal to make it a little more interesting but if I do this I don't want to go overboard. Minimal alterations and additions I think would be the best way to go so that I don't get an awkward or confused response.