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If you were hoping to get into the 3D printing game to make D&D miniatures or Warhammer terrain, I've got good news – a new version of my favorite printer from the last few years is getting an upgrade.
Industry mainstay Elegoo has just teased the Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Combo, and more details will be available as of January 26, 2026. (You can sign up for info via Elegoo's store.) Although we don't have hard stats yet and the machine itself has been cunningly cast in shadow, it's possible to glean some tidbits if you break out the magnifying glass.
For starters, the shape of the machine seems very similar, or identical, to the Elegoo Centauri Carbon that impressed me so much when I reviewed it last year. Seeing as I've used this with reliable results for everything from scenery to a 3D version of the best board games since then (as you can see in my feature on what happened when I 3D printed my family a board game for Christmas), I can attest to its quality – so have high hopes for this sequel if it's basically "more of the same, only better." The main addition would be space for four reels of filament on the side rather than one, not to mention what I assume must be the multi-color filament feed. Seeing as the original Centauri Carbon still doesn't have that functionality, this is a welcome sight.
The original Centauri Carbon is sold out via Elegoo (which is normally the best source for offers on Elegoo machines, unsurprisingly), but you can still grab it for $299.98 at Amazon instead of $380 if you'd rather keep it simple for now.
How will that work? It's unclear for now. However, the filament feed is a lot smaller than the solutions I've seen elsewhere, barring newcomers like the Anycubic Kobra X (which you can check out direct from Anycubic). Because the size of previous feeds has been a complaint of mine for other multi-color printers I've used, I'm OK with that.
Equally, price is a total mystery at this point – but seeing as the original Centauri Carbon costs roughly $400 via Elegoo at its most expensive, I suspect it'll be in a similar ball park (though the Carbon 2 Combo is likely to be more expensive due to that multi-color functionality, so take that into consideration if you're setting aside any money for the machine). We'll just have to wait until January 26 to know for sure.
For more ideas of what you can print for, why not check out the best tabletop RPGs or the best card games?
