I’m looking into having a life-size 3D toy army soldier printed for a Veterans Day fundraiser. I don’t know where to start and am looking for costs to see if it’s something worth pursuing. Similar to image below. Can anyone tell me if this is possible / affordable?
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I doubt it, if you’re looking for cost your best bet would probably to shape it with styrofoam and go from there covering it with a resin. Spit balling I would say $300 would be your low end if you can find someone to print it cheaply with thin walls but probably would cost quite a bit more than that. Would be neat though best of luck!
Printing a life sized statue is possible but it will be either difficult or expensive or both. Once you pass a certain size it does not become cost effective to print in my opinion unless you have a large format FDM printer. I have also seen an FDM printer modified to print 10ft sections. Search for “printing an elephant” on YouTube. What I do is take a 3D model and slice it to be cut on my CNC machine, glue the layers together, sculpt it, hard coat it in resin, and then prime and paint it. I sculpt statues for Disney and Universal theme parks. In my experience this is the most reliable, cost effective way to go about it. I use 3D printing to create a maquette or for complex elements of the statue. I have printed full sized heads for statues of real people but sculpted the bodies. Hope this helps. If you just want to hire someone to scupt it, contact me.
Hi we can help but life size will take a while and abit expensive. Give me a call, maybe I can offer some advice. Www.stonepatchdesign.com
