What is the procedure to obtain a 3D face dataset? Can anyone suggest a good 3D face dataset?
I don't personally know of a good one to vouch for, but on face-rec.org/databases/
at least, isn't the "GavabDB: face database" free?

see:
http://gavab.escet.urjc.es/recursos_en.html

has 3 (apparently free) downloads:
Brief description: GavabDB is a 3D face database. It contains 549 three-dimensional images of facial surfaces. These meshes correspond to 61 different individuals (45 male and 16 female) having 9 images for each person. The total of the individuals are Caucasian and their age is between 18 and 40 years old. Each image is given by a mesh of connected 3D points of the facial surface without texture. The database provides systematic variations with respect to the pose and the facial expression. In particular, the 9 images corresponding to each individual are: 2 frontal views with neutral expression, 2 x-rotated views (±30º, looking up and looking down respectively) with neutral expression, 2 y-rotated views (±90º, left and right profiles respectively) with neutral expression and 3 frontal gesture images (laugh, smile and a random gesture chosen by the user, respectively). 

Note:
Those publications that use this signature date must reference the following work: A.B. Moreno y A.Sanchez. GavabDB: A 3D Face Database. Proc. 2nd COST Workshop on Biometrics on the Internet: Fundamentals, Advances and Applications, C. Garcia et al (eds): Proc. 2nd COST Workshop on Biometrics on the Internet: Fundamentals, Advances and Applications, Ed. Univ. Vigo, pp. 77-82, 2004

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CD1_faces1-20.zip (38 MB; .zip)

CD2_faces21-40.zip (39 MB; .zip)

CD3_faces41-61.zip (38 MB; .zip)