Ok, last World of Warcraft post for awhile.  I swear!  About this time last year, there was a new service offered FigurePrints that was of interest to a lot of World of Warcraft players.  The concept is to create custom-made 3D statues of your WoW character.  The process is pretty simple: you “dress” your in-game character in the clothing, armor, and weapons you possess, then log out of the game.  The way your character is outfitted is loaded automatically to the World of Warcraft Armory site.  You go to the FigurePrints website and load a 3D model of your character into the site from the Armory data.  Then you chose from a variety of poses, pick a base type for your character to stand on, and submit it.  A month or so later, they make your character into a 3D statue.

The FigurePrints people use rapid prototyping machines to create your character, from very thin slices, layered on on top of another.  The material is a plaster-like powder that’s bonded and sealed.  They hand finish each character, place it in a protective dome and send it out to you.

The final product isn’t cheap at $129.95 (I got it cheaper before a recent price increase), but the figures are so popular that they have a lottery every month to determine who will be allowed to buy one.  Overall, I’m pretty happy with my statue of my warlock Seraxa, seen above.

If you are a WoW player, you can try out a demo of the process.  If you decide you want one, sign up for an account and enter yourself into the monthly drawing.  Good luck!