All That Glitters is Not Gold.... Beware the shark and his pearly whites my dear

I would like to do a project titled "All That Glitters…" based around infamous characters from history who fit Max Weber's Theory of Charisma. Leaders who rose to power, dictatorial or otherwise, through some form of fervent belief or worship often inexplicable by rational means. I intend to look up different power figures and research their backgrounds in order to make my final decisions of who to make the portraits of. I will make these images out of glittering sequins on a rich velvet background, thus, just like their ideas and promises, the people portrayed within image will appear attractive even though what it is actually depicting, the ruler and what they stood for, was not. I plan to make three or four of these portraits, depending on attainability of materials and cost... I'm not sure if I'll manage this or not, considering I have yet to find enough crystals to make even ONE portrait and it's already cost me more than I'd like... I suppose I'll have to find a way to manage. The people I have started looking up are Hitler, Jim Jones (the kool aid man), Stalin, Napoleon, Osama (whether he "exists" or not... Though personally I believe he does), L. Ron Hubbard, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, the Perons, and Musharraf. I believe I will most likely wind up doing portraits of Hitler, Jones, Napoleon, Stalin, or Osama though... I'd rather go with more obviously recognizable faces, ones the viewer will be able to place. 

For those who are unfamiliar with the theory mentioned above, here's a wiki-link. Granted wikipedia isn't always 100% accurate, however, I think in this case it's reliable enough. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Sociological_Theory/Max_Weber#The_Perception_of_Charisma

I need to do a bit more research and narrow it down more, as well as get more crystals to make the portraits from. I'm not using swarovski in the end, but I think the crystals I found to use instead look just as good. Or almost just as good.
Some artists whose work I have been or will be looking at for this are Vik Muniz, Mickalene Thomas, El Anatsui, and possibly Antoni Gaudi as well.