(Christmas shopping – done!) A basic 95-cm 3D printed portrait in white or black will cost you 800,000 VND (about $32 USD), while additional reprints are 150,000 VND (about $7). Within 7 days, you’ll receive your 3D printed portrait, along with the 3D file so that you can print as many copies as you’d like. Stop by Michelano 3D and you’ll be scanned with white light scanning technology. Located in Ho Chi Minh City, the new service will scan and print a 3D portrait of you that’s classier and more classical than a typical 3D printed selfie. A Vietnamese company called Michelano 3D is making it possible for anyone to easily create a bust of themselves – through 3D scanning and printing, of course. If you’re concerned that you’ll never be important enough for a bronzed statue of your head and shoulders to grace someone’s hallowed hallway, worry no more. Usually carved from stone or cast in metal, these imposing-looking quarter-statues generally signal: “Look at me! I’m distinguished! I’ve done important things! Be thankful for my existence!”
Is there anything that signals importance more than a bust? In schools and universities, in government buildings and museums, you’ll find rooms or hallways lined with the head-and-shoulders sculptural portraits of important people who have gone before: former presidents and other governmental officials, former headmasters and principals, etc.
