Here's some pictures of my figurine that arrived a few days ago. Height is about 17cm. Printed in WSF. https://www.shapeways.com/model/164604/figurine__hana___17cm_ .html Overall quality is pretty good. Only minor issue is that she's missing a finger for some reason, so I guess I'll have to put some more volume there next time.
Nice and pretty I have never thought about printing large characters. In WSF it is affordable, and this allows smaller details to appear. Good job!
Thanks. You should check your model with smooth triangle rendering disabled, so you have all the flat faces visible (clear all smoothing groups, or whatever it's called under your app). That should give you a proper view of how smooth it will look when printed.