Building a clay model

i build a clay mation model the other day and i found it a bit hard. i found building the body is hard because i trid everything such a a big ball to a long sausages in the end made a long box type of body. i then went on to make the head in my view is the easy bit because i rolled piece of clay in to a ball and then i put stuff on the face such as a mouth,eyes,hair and a beard.then i put a piece of wire in between the head and the body to stop the head falling of the body and to help move the head.i then went on to make two arms.making two arms was hard because i kept making them to thin or to thick so  i needed some help to make them.then i made a microphone which was easy to attach to one of the arms.then i ended making the clay model with making his feet. i got a idea for his feet from a a few birds such as a penguin so i made his feet flat and i attached them to the body.