THE MINPINS

I've just finished reading Roald Dah's 'The Minpins'. I was interested in this particular story because it's one I haven't heard of or read before. This was the last of Dahl's stories and was published after his death. It was illustrated by Patrick Benson, not the usual Quentin Blake!

As always, a very charming story filled with fantastical creatures like the Minpins themselves, who are tiny little people of the forest who live in the hollows of trees.

I instantly imagined these as tiny models in a smaller scale to the size I usually make. I think it would be important to get some photos that really show the scale of these - perhaps next to a REAL child?

But this book was also quite scary, mentioning terrifying beasts that live in the forest, such as the Terrible Bloodsucking Toothplucking Stonechuckling Spittler. I would like to do ALL THREE scenes for the brief about this book but I don't know how I would visualise the beasts in the book since they are never described physically as anything more than 'smoke' - A VERY CHALLENGING THING TO SCULPT.