14 DAY TRIAL // It's one thing to make a small figurine of the one you love, but another thing entirely to produce a full-size likeness of them. Especially when that likeness is made of one, single piece.
Samuel N. Bernier, a designer from Le FabShop, didn't go for the single-piece design, since there aren't any 3D printers that can make human-sized objects. Not any available to consumers anyhow.
Still, even though it took a whole bunch of different print sessions and a cumulative 500 hours of 3D printing, he eventually did what he set out to do: a 3D printed replica of his fiancée.
He visited a Shapify full-size human 3D scanning booth to get the data needed to build the model, then he used a MakerBot 3D printer to produce the parts.
It was a departure from his habit of making miniature models of himself, he admitted.
If you want to make a life-size replica of yourself or your loved one, you need to get a full body scan in a Shapify photo booth first. Make sure you don't wear black or reflective fabrics and that you're not wearing transparent objects like glasses. The instructions are on Instructables.
The final print can be multi-color or, like Bernier chose with his lover's 3D printed “ghost,” monochromatic.
