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Sweet jesus, all of these are literally pure gold.

hi guys, sorry i will reply to you all at a later day, i just wanted you guys that have followed me for the last 3 years and new comers something........

this is what i made 3 years ago when this blog was young



and this is in the big Waaagh on page 70



look closer lol

OMG did you get credit for it or they just steal it?

It's awesome that you are immortalised but come on!

Didn't you base yours off the one in Space Marine anyways?

Although yeah, the resemblance is uncanny.

Bloody hell I thought it was the same one Ask for royalties at least some free models LOL or maybe you will get a visit from their lawyers for future plagiarism a new one even for GW

Anvildude wrote:
Didn't you base yours off the one in Space Marine anyways?

Errrrrrr no


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 lone dirty dog wrote:
Bloody hell I thought it was the same one Ask for royalties at least some free models LOL or maybe you will get a visit from their lawyers for future plagiarism a new one even for GW

i'm going to ring them tomorrow, i don't want to be a dick about it all

Looks like a little more than a coincidence... please let us know what they reply.

Haha, send them a C&D

Seriously though, that is unbelievable - it means that someone at GW reads the forums

Dude, that's F*ed up. Leave it to GW.

I also second the "let us know what happens"

Oh my goodness, that's awesome, and cruel of them to give you no credit!

Please let us know how they reply.

Yes I cant wait to see GW explain this one through their lawyers, you have to let us know what they come back with

Oh wow. Yeah. Now that I've refreshed myself on what the Minelayer looked like (which is what was in the game, as well)...

Mayhaps you can contact Chapterhouse or their attourneys and give them something else that they'll be able to use in the ongoing lawsuit?

Lazy, lazy photoshop monkeys!

I mean seriously. How can you call yourself an artist and then turn around and do that?! It's not just lazy, it's not just immoral and borderline illegal (as, I'm sure would be argued, they're not claiming anything with the actual photo or model and thus it counts as a 'new form of expression') but as someone who's pursuing a career in the arts myself, I wouldn't be capable of so blatantly copying someone else's work like that. Maybe if my bosses came to me and were all "We need a big 2-page spread of an Ork aerial armada by tuesday! And it can't all be fightas and bommas- we need bigger stuff in there too!", and it was Saturday night, sure, maybe I'd do an internet trawl for inspiration. But if I was going to just copy a design wholecloth like that, I'd at least contact the original artist and ask.

Woah thats crazy.



Great compliment for you, but i'll bet you're not too happy.

Email sent to GW head office, we will see what the say in a couple of days

Whilst I am sure you are feeling a little p'd off and cheated it is quite an honour.

A lot of people base their conversions on GW art, now GW artists are basing their work on your conversions.

Well.. that is quite.. unusual. Defiantly curious what they say. Congrats for being published?

 Bangbangboom wrote:
Whilst I am sure you are feeling a little p'd off and cheated it is quite an honour.

A lot of people base their conversions on GW art, now GW artists are basing their work on your conversions.

don't get me wrong mate, this is ace and i'm trying not to be a dick about it


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 Rogue Wolves wrote:
Well.. that is quite.. unusual. Defiantly curious what they say. Congrats for being published?

yep me tooooooooo

You should be a Dick about it. I'm sure they'll claim you stole their idea. I doubt they'll answer you unless you contact them with a lawyer. If they really think you have a case, they'll broadly put you under a restraining order of some sort or threaten you with litigation.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
You should be a Dick about it. I'm sure they'll claim you stole their idea. I doubt they'll answer you unless you contact them with a lawyer. If they really think you have a case, they'll broadly put you under a restraining order of some sort or threaten you with litigation.

hahahahahahaha i have been told to be nice about it, i have also been told to let GW "Do the Right thing" it is very clear what has happened and lets see if GW do do the right thing, there is a lot of people watching this see as GW are the first to clamp down on people copying there stuff lol

we will see

Bit confused, which book is this in?

 SJM wrote:
Bit confused, which book is this in?

the Red Waaagh on page 70

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Sanctus-Reach-The-Red-Waaagh

Your work is incredible. It looks better than Forge World stuff. As far as GW ripping off your intellectual property, they wouldnt hesitate to be a jerk to you if the situation was reversed. I wouldnt feel bad.

I also cant believe you built a freakin ork battleship!

Again, and IANAL, I don't think you'd have any case here. At least, not without them also having a case against anybody who's scratch-built a Wazzdakka or a Thunderhawk or a Deathleaper or whatever.

That's an 'original' painting, based on your model. The painting, no matter what the subject matter in it looks like or was inspired by or whatever, is legally Games Workshop's (or whoever painted it- we've already seen that they're not the best with writing contracts for independents).

it's not about weather or not he has a "case" in the court of public opinion when a company like GW uses the brilliant work of a hobbyist without so much as a nod, they look even more derivative and self serving than they already appear to many of us.
It is very poor form indeed.

Anvildude wrote:
Again, and IANAL, I don't think you'd have any case here. At least, not without them also having a case against anybody who's scratch-built a Wazzdakka or a Thunderhawk or a Deathleaper or whatever.

That's an 'original' painting, based on your model. The painting, no matter what the subject matter in it looks like or was inspired by or whatever, is legally Games Workshop's (or whoever painted it- we've already seen that they're not the best with writing contracts for independents).

Well, it's quite possible they will get away with it since is is, as you say, a painting. The interesting thing though is that the posing of every single detail is identical. So the "based" on is a little to loose. And since they have used a photo to paint from there is case history of people taking such things to court and winning. Depends on the country where if would be tried.

Also, it is customary as people say to give credit and in commercial work also to pay a standard fee for using someone's material, also depending on country.

The last thing is that in the case of Games Workshop vs Chapterhouse Studios, that we are following in another thread, GW claimed that likeness was enough to be a crime. An example was the Mycetic spore thingie... it was a fussy blobb in the corner of the picture and that was enough according to them. Now the case has been very much of a nosebleed for them sofar. But still, that is their view. It would be nice if they held to their own standards and ideas.

So can we get some pitchforks and torches?

 granander wrote:

Anvildude wrote:
Again, and IANAL, I don't think you'd have any case here. At least, not without them also having a case against anybody who's scratch-built a Wazzdakka or a Thunderhawk or a Deathleaper or whatever.

That's an 'original' painting, based on your model. The painting, no matter what the subject matter in it looks like or was inspired by or whatever, is legally Games Workshop's (or whoever painted it- we've already seen that they're not the best with writing contracts for independents).

Well, it's quite possible they will get away with it since is is, as you say, a painting. The interesting thing though is that the posing of every single detail is identical. So the "based" on is a little to loose. And since they have used a photo to paint from there is case history of people taking such things to court and winning. Depends on the country where if would be tried.

Also, it is customary as people say to give credit and in commercial work also to pay a standard fee for using someone's material, also depending on country.

The last thing is that in the case of Games Workshop vs Chapterhouse Studios, that we are following in another thread, GW claimed that likeness was enough to be a crime. An example was the Mycetic spore thingie... it was a fussy blobb in the corner of the picture and that was enough according to them. Now the case has been very much of a nosebleed for them sofar. But still, that is their view. It would be nice if they held to their own standards and ideas.

very well said

Ahh I see, tbh I think its awesome, I'd be over the moon if something I created made it into a official book!

However, that said credit should given somewhere for the use of your model.