neorenny answered your post: What species and/or color...
aside from the obvious quiggles, i struggle with a lot of 4 legged neopets and also relic and snot is difficult to work with
(alt helmet: ornate silver helmet)
tried to combine four-legged and relic.
My biggest problem was finding a fitting background for a statue of someone who would have been celebrated. . .but if you block out the part they're standing on with a foreground it can be something different entirely. Like a stone Neopet--except we can't have those anymore.
If you keep it a statue you have to try and match the colors. . .but you could always make it some sort of possessed or magical statue--use glowing eyes of some sort or a shiny bit of jewelry or a sword. . .something special like that. If you don't keep it a statue, your biggest problem is finding a foreground that both matches your customization and covers the pedestal thing adequately.