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Locutus backside wire tubing details, clothing pins inserted into wire sockets provided secured fit. According to Star Trek lore, Borg was initiately portrayed as omnipotent cyborg race, capable of destroying entire civilizations, and procreate in-part by transforming captured populace via a time-consuming surgical process of integrating or replacing body organs or functions with hardware technology. Borg - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_%28Star_Trek%29
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Inset 1 : Side profile of Locutus head  borg implant, part was molded onto head, thus only required painting and dry-bush detailing. Original introduction of the Borg was a non-hierarchical collective entity, slow in deliberation, but unstoppable once their objective was established. Since Borg realized humans are more accustomed to social hierarchy stance, they captured Captain Picard and transformed him into a Borg to serve as intermediary, thus Locutus meaning in Latin akin to "one who liaison". Picard as Borg - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Picard_as_Locutus.jpg
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Rollover : Locutus came in 6 parts : 1) upper body and torsol, 2) two arms, 3) 2 legs, 4) head. other Borg character first appeared in Star Trek Next Generation Episodes, also incorporated into Star Trek movies, a single episode in Star Trek Enterprise, and multiple episodes in Star Trek Voyager. Only Star Trek Deep Space Nine did not have a dedicated Borg episode (Borg made cameo appearance in DS9 first episode). Star Trek: Voyager - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_trek_voyager
- Inset 2 : Locutus model depicted Picard appearance when Star Trek Enterprise rescue party initially boarded Borg vessel. After which, Borg incrementally added more hardware to Locutus in subsequent scenes (like additional head plating). After destroying the Federation fleet in Worf 359 battle in Star Trek TNG "Best of Both Worlds" espisodes, Borg captured and assimilated various Federation personnel, and also on nano technology or nanorobotics (Star Trek calls them Nanites). These small robots size of blood cells were reprogrammed by the Borg for assimilation process, thus a captured entity was virtually transformed instantly into a Borg without the time-consuming surgical process of hardware integration. Nanite - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanite
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It first Star Trek Next Generation movie, Borg was reintroduced as a hive collective with a hierarchical  queen controlling the collective. This altered original premise that Borg was a decentralized entity, but it gave Star Trek script writers a single nemesis for audience to focus their attention. In addition, original concept was to have Locutus character mapped out about 3 or 4 Star Trek TNG episodes to expand its character interplay.
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However, to preserve audience attention (and expectation of a nice begin-end to this Picard Borg abduction), Locutus was kept to 2 episodes. Nevertheless, Locutus character was worked into subsequent Star Trek TNG episodes and movies as Picard character regularly succumb to nightmares or flashbacks since he was the first human rescued from the Borg after assimiliation. Jean-Luc Picard - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Picard
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