Help Unwrapping a Curved model

[The chaser]

I'm not a UV map pro (in fact I'm quite lame) but you could try unwrapping the model all as a whole:

The suitor has all his model unwrapped in a single island, except for the hands and chains, which take up lots of space: Try unwrapping it as a single island (with it's seams, of course) as it usually gives me a good result.