Skrzat

Though this is still work in progress i thought i'd show it here.
i worked more on the shading and render. Getting closer...
rough concept drawings at the bottom of the page.

Backstory:

If you look up a “skrzat” at wikipedia or some enclypedia, it would probally tell you it's a creature of human body with bird arms and legs, from polish folklore.
It lives on farms helping out the peasants by takeing care of the animals.
But he is a stopper little creature aswell. If the folks on the farm didn't bring him presents and food offerings he would bring unfortune to them.
So basically something like a gnome or other little house imps.
For my skrzat, I thought of this ancient war between gnomes and skrzats, of whom to help out the humans and gain recognition and foods.
This poor fella stands back on a table in an abandoned old mucky farm. He's been keep prisoner (-or personal pet of the gnome king) of the gnomes for centuries. They cut of his legs so he wouldn't escape easily.
Lastly he escaped and are now back at his old farm, to find it empty...