I've been in a rut lately, so I decided it was time to break out one of my old theme ideas and make some characters for it. AND I AM SO GLAD I DID.
The theme is the whole dark circus thing. It's so much fun. XD My goal is to have a group of characters all in the same traveling circus.
Some of the characters I've been making so far are EPIC.
First, there's Phillip and his female companion are SKELETON HORSES. One of the characters is a Gypsy and she necromanced them to life.
Then are a pair of Siamese twins in the freak show. They are one person with two heads. But only one head is alive/conscience at a time, so they are sort of like split personalities of each other. It is completely random when they alternate. Because of this, they have never met or even talked to each other in their entire life. They only know what others tell them.
THEN comes my favorite so far. His name is Remmy. He's a vantriliquist(sp?) dummy. But HE serves as the vantriliquist for his host. If a person were to pick him up (and he wasn't already attached), he would take over and control the person, making them a mindless drone. He makes it look as his host is the vantriliquist, but it's really all him.

Aren't they cool? 8D

ALSO. I need some help. I'm making a list. WHat are some people commonly found in a circus? I can't think of anything. XD I also need names. So far I have
Phillip and (female name?) the horses
(female name?) the half lion lion tamer
(female name?) the gypsy
Lucy the clown
Maxine the firebreather
Madeline and Damien the vampire ringmasters
Remmy the dummy and his host Ben
Jackie and Jamie the Siamese twins
(female name?), (male name?), and (female name?) the acrobats. They're triplets.
(female name?) the contortionist
(male name?) the stuntman
(male name?) the sword swallower/knife thrower

Yeah. I need lots of names. XD And I need some guys in there! Any suggestions on what I should make next?