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Inspired by the Foil Bust of designer Dominic Wilcox, I set out to create an aluminum replica of my face. To change things up a little, I decided to d...
You will need: (x1) Aluminum foil roll (x1) 123D Catch (x1) Digital camera (x1) 3D modeling software (I used 3DS, but you can use something free like...
Sit very still and have someone take pictures all around your head, and then submit them to the 123D Catch online app. In some hours you should recei...
Open up your 3D editing software. Import your face STL from 123D Catch and close the mesh to make it a solid object by closing the mesh. Create a ne...
Before you can print your file, you need to make the STL water tight (i.e. remove the error points). I used NetFabb to repair all of the errors in th...
Print your STL file on your fancy Objet 3D printer (or similar). If you don't happen to have a fancy 3D printer, get someone else to do it for you.
Take some aluminum foil or other shape-keeping materials and press it into the mold starting from the lowest point (i.e. the tip of the nose). Continu...
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