And here's my blockout of the bust. Going to go for more stylized anime face. Heart-shaped face and bigger eyes. Hair is placeholder for visualization.
I would recommend you to not model this as one object. Divide the model into its parts. Ahh... and make a blockout first, this will make it much easier.
A quick update with the blockout of the textures on my character, the weapon is on its way too and the baking for the normals and the AO is finally finished