I obviously agree but it's also awesome that people way smarter than me have already designed these things and uploaded them for everyone!
If there's a seam, it will need to be filled and sanded. How much depends on the print. See below for further on that.
After the setback with the Bondo curing so damn fast, I haven't gone back to the idol with the wood filler I bought yet. Should be doing that tomorrow. I'll report back on that then.
I had the idea of the theater room stuff then checked how much it would cost to have the campus library print them - essentially $250/roll. I obviously opted for $20/roll and a $200 printer. With my first roll 95% gone and my second at 80%, I'm WAY ahead already. Either that or I'd have to pick and choose what I really wanted printed. Now if something pops into my head, like a lens hood (which would cost me 12 grams of filament putting it at a staggering $0.24!), I figure why not? For reference, I could print 96 of them for the price of one from Canon!
No worries. I have the thread watched so I get an alert whenever anyone posts in here.
I can't remember how I came across that but I promise I wasn't looking for marital aids (which are on there...
). Or a corn dog holder. Hell, I don't even have a shower rod to mount it to. 
Everything except the soap dispenser base has simply been downloaded. The base I designed in AutoCAD, exported as an .stl file opened in my "slicer" program (that's what generates the code that tells the printer what to do with each layer) then... again see below.
After the slicer... slices, you can either send it straight from the computer to the printer or, what I'm doing, save it onto a Micro SD card. My printer came with an 8Gb card and a USB adapter so it's a breeze to plug it in, save and eject the card, pop it into the printer and hit go.
If you're anything like me, it's in that box.I'm not sure why I didn't think of this sooner but to precisely remove some of the Bondo, I should probably break out my Dremel.
Provided I can find the damn thing. I haven't used it since we moved (almost 7 years) and have no clue where it's hiding.
The sad part is younger, naive me thought the idol was going to be a simple, two piece print. It would match up great, a little smoothing at the seam, prime, paint and on the shelf. Done in a few days. Granted, I haven't worked on it very much (time-wise) but it's a lot more hands-on than I was expecting, especially with the corners that lifted. Oh, well. Had to learn how to do all this eventually, right?
More like Totally Botched.
In theory, a quality 3D scanner could do that. My huge reservation is that you're trying to make a copy that's roughly eight times (double width, double length and double height) larger than the original. The structure might be strong enough printed out of ABS but the original body is a much thinner, more flexible kind of plastic. I do t think PLA or ABS would be the right material.
I hit it with a second coat and haven't even been downstairs to look at it yet. Pretty sure it should be dry by now!
I see your Schwartz is as big as mine.
Claw in rock.
