Hey ROUNDandHEAVY, I didn't get to see your images and would really like to see your tutorial so would you mind reposting them?
I must have lost those images
What I like to call Copy & Paste is working strictly with the image you have by copying, pasting and distorting the single image. This can work really well if your subject has relativly even hues and contrast. This will fail the easiest if your suject has patterned clothing that betrays the expansion but it automatically solves the problem of matching the color and contrast.