As in Tomb Raider.  Robert Watson modeled this figure of Tomb Raider's Laura Croft (played by Angelina Jolie in the upcoming movie) in Anim8or.  He then used these photographs to make the texture of Angelina's face. 
Robert used tutorials on Tomwoof''s (Pang Sie Piau) web site http://www.geocities.com/siepiau/main2.htm as a guide.  Check it out, there's a log of good information on it.

Author: "Robert Watson"