How to create a player statue block

I am trying to create a placeable statue block that is pretty much the same height as the player. I've been working on this for hours and have not gotten close to getting what I want. 
I am using Blockbench to create this block and everything appears good, however in MCreator, it doesn't help at all to see it as a missing texture file in game. 
What am I doing wrong? 
And before you say it, yes I know blocks are meant to be 16x16, and yes I know they're only supposed to be 1x1x1 to 3x3x3. Please provide actual advice because I don't want to waste any more time.