Original statues
Concept to shelf. We sculpt, print and finish a piece that has never existed, in the scale you want it.
- Concept & silhouette study
- Digital sculpt
- Limited runs available
Custom shop · Printing since 2021
We print
monsters.
You keep them.
Dystopian Forge builds one-off statues, busts and dioramas — resin printed, cleaned and pinned by hand, then painted until they stop looking printed. No mass production. No catalogue. Just your piece, on our bench.
- At the paint bench
- 20 yrs
- Printing since
- 2021
- Every piece
- 1 of 1
- Hand painted
- 100%
Painting20 yrsPrintingSince 2021FinishBy hand
Original statuesCharacter bustsLit dioramasTabletop warbands1:1 wearable propsKit restorationCustom plinthsOriginal statuesCharacter bustsLit dioramasTabletop warbands1:1 wearable propsKit restorationCustom plinths
What we build
Four kinds of
commission
If your idea does not fit any of these, send it anyway. Most of the work we are proudest of started as a question about whether something was possible.
Fan builds
Your favourite character, built at display scale with the detail the source material never had room for.
- Reference-matched
- Busts & full figures
- Custom plinths
Dioramas
Multi-figure scenes with practical lighting, water effects and bases built as part of the story.
- Practical LEDs
- Water & atmosphere
- Display cases sourced
Props & restoration
Wearable 1:1 pieces built to survive a convention, and old kits brought back from the box they arrived in.
- Impact-tolerant prints
- Re-sculpt & re-pin
- Colour matching
The process
Bench to
doorstep
Four stages, with a checkpoint at the end of each one. Nothing moves forward until you have signed off on what came before it.
Full process →- 01
Brief
You send references, scale and a deadline. We come back with a plan, a fixed quote and an honest timeline.
- 02
Sculpt
Digital sculpt or kitbash, reviewed with turntable renders before a single millilitre of resin is used.
- 03
Print & prep
Resin printed in sections, then cleaned, cured, seam-sanded, pinned and primed by hand.
- 04
Paint & ship
Airbrush, oils and pigments, sealed and photographed, then crated in custom foam and tracked to your door.
Inside the forge
A small shop,
on purpose
Resin printers, a spray booth and a paint bench. We could take on more work by outsourcing the finish — we do not, because the finish is the part you actually look at.
The printers arrived in 2021. The painting behind them goes back 20 years — miniatures, whole armies, canvas — which is the half of this that takes longer to learn.
About the studio →Commissions
Tell us what you want built
We take on a limited number of commissions each month so every piece gets the bench time it needs. Send a reference, a scale and a deadline — you will hear back within two working days.
Currently booking · Typical lead time 5–11 weeks depending on scale and finish