Meet my mini-me: Guardian writers get 3D-printed – in pictures

Oliver Wainwright in real life
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Oliver says of his statue: 'My flesh tones verge on the corpsey, and my blondish locks come out black'
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Lucy Mangan on the whole experience: 'This must be what Z-list celebrity feels like'
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

The result wasn't joyful either. Lucy says: 'My top has bled into my face – and I look like I'm covered in mould. Plus I look five months pregnant and slightly melted'
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Sophie Heawood tried to outwit the 3D printer with a wacky outfit ...
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... but then her family only recognised her from the clothes, not her 'sallow, dirty' face. She says: 'My plan is to get my little girl to pose for one every year – and line them up on the mantelpiece like Russian dolls'
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Stephen Moss hits the photobooth
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And this is his reaction: 'My self-image is of a saturnine figure: tall, athletic, dangerous. So who is this grey, shambling old bloke dressed like a dustman?'
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Stuart Heritage: 'I could make a nice stand-in for my nativity scene – the Three Wise Men could become the Two Wise Men and That Eyeless Bell-End Doing the Annoying Thing with His Face'
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Stuart: 'Even I want to punch myself in the face'
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