In the Full Metal Alchemist world, would it not work to use the ingredients of a body to just make the body then bind the soul with a tattoo like the blood
Ed finds Al's body HD (with half ending song) - YouTube
This 'Full Metal Alchemist' Alphonse Elric Cosplay Must Have Cost an Arm and a Leg - Bell of Lost Souls
Alphonse see's his BODY! (FMAB Ep 38-39 Reaction) - YouTube
Fullmetal Alchemist: Edward Elric / Characters - TV Tropes