use a tightly fitting tshirt over glued on batting to cover it its so perfect why didnt I think of it before cut pieces of thin batting or flannel something like that and spray glue it on then take a tight fitting tt shirt one with a high neck line and maybe 3/4 sleeves if you are going part way down the arm like me and put it on the form them before you finish the ends of arms waist and neck off with wood pieces cut to fit tuck in the ends of shirt then screw capping pieces into inner support beam

I dont think that the paper mache method is any more involved then any of the other methods it just takes longer because of drying time