...And torso surmounted by head. Already it's apparent that the head is too short for the torso. This became more obvious when I started working out how big to make the eyes and mouth. And combined with the warping and distortion (not obvious in this picture) I was becoming pretty dissatisfied with this first version of the head by now.

Over following weeks successive layers of papier mache were applied over the torso surface and the bevelled collar. The collar warped and distorted quite a bit, and was fixed essentially by folding paper over and over to fill up the holes and hollows until it started to look the right shape. This paid off actually, making the collar quite a strong part of the costume with so many paper layers.