I will be making a Pirate Ship cake for my Nephews Birthday I want to make all the figures to go on this cake and I would like to use Modeling Chocolate and or Candy Clay does anyone have a suggestion or ideas as to what would be the best recipe or would fondant be better I live in Texas and will be traveling 130 miles with this cake also if you have a good Modeling Chocolate recipe would you please share.

Thank you
Molly

modeling chocolate, chocolate plastique or candy clay are are the same.
it can be stored at room temperature for sometime. I don't know about hot weather, maybe you can make your figurines out of a mixture of half gumpaste and half fondant.
here is a link for recipes:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/MODELING-CHOCOLATE-1230009

Fondant will hold up better than chocolate with this crazy hot weather we're having. Think about it...when you buy a candy bar, if you open it on the way home it's already soft from just a few minutes out in the heat (or at least that keeps happening to my kids, they're calling it chocolate soup). I think the same might happen with chocolate figures (although they do sound much yummier than fondant ones)

Thank You Texas_Rose
for all your input I think I will go with the fondant its 104 today and charmed
Thank you for the link to the recipes I may make some to see how it holds up in the heat

Molly