Inside Our Cape Town Studio: Meet the Printer Fleet

Every order that comes through Forge & Figures — from a single miniature to a batch of functional brackets — passes through one of four printers in our Cape Town studio. Here's what's actually running back there. (You can see the full lineup, specs included, on our printer fleet page.)

Three Creality Hi Combo units

These three printers form the backbone of our day-to-day production. Each is paired with a CFS (Creality Filament System) unit, which means they can switch between up to four filament colours or materials mid-print without anyone touching the machine. For multi-colour or multi-material miniatures and branded pieces, that used to mean manual filament swaps and paused prints — now it just happens automatically, mid-job.

One Creality K1 Max

When a commission is too large, too detailed, or needs a controlled thermal environment, it goes to the K1 Max. Its enclosed chamber holds a stable temperature throughout the print — essential for ABS and ASA runs, which warp badly if the chamber cools unevenly. At up to 600mm/s and a 300×300×300mm build volume, it's also our answer to oversized single-piece prints that would otherwise need to be split and glued.

Why multi-colour and multi-material matter more than it sounds

Multi-colour and multi-material printing isn't just a visual upgrade — it changes what's practical to make at all. A miniature with four filament colours used to mean four separate prints and careful assembly, or hours of hand-painting. With CFS across the whole fleet, colour and material become part of the print itself, which is a big part of why our turnaround on detailed pieces has stayed fast even as the work has gotten more ambitious.

Curious what your piece would look like?

If you've got a design in mind and you're wondering which machine it would run on — or whether multi-colour or multi-material makes sense for it — send us a WhatsApp. We're happy to talk through the practical side before you commit to anything.