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 insaniak wrote:
Or, just as (despite dire predictions to the contrary) desktop printers didn't kill the publishing industry, nothing will actually change.
At least not for a while.

That's actually a good example. Desktop printers did not 'kill the publishing industry', but the publishing industry has made significant changes.

Ebooks are a lot more common now than they used to be. In order to compete, publishers have been offering their books on platforms like the kindle.

Audiobooks are a lot more common now. They used to be very expensive and usually only available in abridged versions. Audible.com has made the audiobook accessible to everyone for an excellent price. I almost now only listen to books instead of reading them.

Other publishing industries, like newspapers, have completely changed their business model. Many newspapers are now going 'digital' only to cope with the changing market.

Given those changes, what's to say that in 20 years, GW does not sell you the 'pattern' for models so you can print them at your house. The costs of production would be significantly less for them, as they would only need to pay for the sculpt and the digitizing.

I am actually looking at this for an eagle warriors army, not casting the figures as thats bad kids mmmkay!

However as FW dont offer any Eagle warriors symbols and i am not freehanding some 50 marine shoulder pads, i am looking to cast up some shoulder pads with a sculpted symbol of the EW chapter.

Using a standard shoulder pad as a start i will make up say 5 designs then cast them, so i can make lots.

This is solely for my own army, not selling on seperately, so i believe this comes under conversion rather than re-casting.

This is the plan as buying shoulder pads for each marine would be crippling but as FW dont even offer transfers for the army, its my only option, bar sculpting some 50 individual shoulder pad logos!!

Rick_1138 wrote:
I am actually looking at this for an eagle warriors army, not casting the figures as thats bad kids mmmkay!

However as FW dont offer any Eagle warriors symbols and i am not freehanding some 50 marine shoulder pads, i am looking to cast up some shoulder pads with a sculpted symbol of the EW chapter.

Using a standard shoulder pad as a start i will make up say 5 designs then cast them, so i can make lots.

This is solely for my own army, not selling on seperately, so i believe this comes under conversion rather than re-casting.

This is the plan as buying shoulder pads for each marine would be crippling but as FW dont even offer transfers for the army, its my only option, bar sculpting some 50 individual shoulder pad logos!!

In this case you should be just fine from a legal perspective. You are creating a part that simply doesn't exist and isn't for sale in any location on the planet. This is no different than if you had cut up a piece of plasticard and glued it on.

It's not Illegal to recast anything in the United States. once you've purchased it and own it You can do whatever you want with it. It's nobodies business but yours. As long as its for your own personal use and as long as you don't try to sell them for profit which is Very Illegal and I'd advise strongly against Doing that.

Tiak wrote:
It's not Illegal to recast anything in the United States. once you've purchased it and own it You can do whatever you want with it. It's nobodies business but yours. As long as its for your own personal use and as long as you don't try to sell them for profit which is Very Illegal and I'd advise strongly against Doing that.

Not actually true, and also off-topic for the thread... as was covered earlier.