Physical Bases And Appearances, just asking for opnions Options

This might belong in two threads, or it may have been covered. But if it's been covered I haven't found anything on it. After looking around websites and such I was just wondering about two rarely-mentioned things concerning Servitors.

One: When you use a physical base for a creation, just WHAT do you typically use as a base? A ring? A jar? A doll? A crystal?

Two: Serivtor appearances can range from huge dragons to humanlike things to blobs of gel-ish stuff from what I've heard . What do you usually use as a 'shell'? Or do you even use one in simpler cases?

There are no right or wrong answers to them, I know. But I after reading so much on how to make thoughtforms those two things have my curiosity.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Hope this info ends up useful to some one other than just me.

This post has been edited by Dasao: Dec 24 2007, 09:43 PM

Thanks both of you this really cleared things up. As far as bases go, I had this idea that might be nice, especially for a long-term creation.
A charm bracelet, with a crystal of some sort as the 'base' and the surrounding charms could be like attributes to it, or represent them at least. A book for something to help gather information, a shield for a guardian and such.