For my paper mache ground breaker this is how i start 

Not much to look at now but it gets better

First i take a 2x4 and cut in half and nailed it

to a piece of OSB Sheathing i had laying around

Plywood will work great to 

Then i used a tee pvc connetor and nailed it to the 2x4

i cut the lenght i needed for the shoulders and head 

and added a skull i had from last year

This is the side view i didn't want to make him straight 

so i cut it at an angle 

Here i cut to arms to get the shoulders to look right 

use some metal coat hanger and put it into the pvc pipe

then i wraped it in duck tap got to love some duck tape 

Here i added some poultry netting or as i call it chicken wire

to the body used zip ties to hold it to the top of the body

and stapels on the back and bottom to hold it in place

then i added my paper mache ribs and more zip ties and duck tape 

to hold it in place

Close up view of what i did 

Here i just added layers and layers of paper mache

then i just rolled up paper to make it thicker he was a little too 

skinny for me

Back view of what i did

After all the layers had dryed this is how he looks now

For the hands i took metal coat hanger and cut 

them to the length i needed for the hands after that

i just wraped them in paper and then added paper mache 

to them and had to let them dry 

Some other photos of the work i did

Now for all the detail work i just took paper towel

and using mache to bunch it up on my ground breaker

Close up all i used was paper towel instead of news paper 

to get the detail work i tryed to make it look like blood veins

Side view of the vein work i did