sculpting a life size person with plaster! please help!

I am trying to sculpt a life size person kneeling down . I have a few months to do this and money isnt an extremley limiting factor.
I have read about using plaster bandages to do this . How effective is this really and how can I do it?
If I am trying to emulat ethe work of Segal , is it too laborious to try using plaster bandages at home?
Any advice as to this method or any other ways of constructing a life size person would be very much appreciated!
it doesnt have to be extremely resilient - I want it to be displayed inside.
Thank you so much for any help guys!

I use burlap sacks and cut them into strips... they last forever !! much better than the pricey plaster strips

sculpting and lifecasting are two entirely different things.

which are you doing?

if you are lifecasting, come out of the prehistoric era and use modern materials for god's sake. there are silicone materials (ie: BODY DOUBLE, which is archival) designed explicitly for the purpose of taking impressions off the human body.

if you don't want to use silicone, then how about alginate? ALJA SAFE is excellent for making temporary molds off the human body too. But they are good for one (possibly two) castings before they rip.

I have used both; prefer the BODY DOUBLE because it sticks to itself; never shrinks or dries out; can cast many different media into the mold; and it is archival.