k - total newbie to molding and sculpture here. Not a newbie to crafts, and I've played with the plaster covered gauze you can get at Wallyworld and craft stores. I've wanted to do this for years - I just REALLY don't want to hop into this without enough info and waste hours doing the wrong thing.

I can see putting the plastic on, covering the hair, etc. I can see putting the plaster strips on and letting them dry. I can see cutting the thing off carefully and getting it put back together as a whole.

Do I have to have a specific kind of plaster bandage? Or is the 'dip in hot water' stuff from the craft store good enough?

Am I putting plaster inside that to make it more solid, and using that as my positive? It doesn't sound like it would give a very accurate map of the face that way. But maybe it doesn't need to be THAT accurate? But the more accurate the better.

Or am I filling it up with plaster, getting the inside shape and cutting off the original? That worries me about getting the ears right, and about it drying evenly inside.

I need a creative project anyway, and a full head positive would open a lot of options for many different craft interests.