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 ENOZONE wrote:
Me.

I think I see a difference between Aaron Dembski-Bowden and ENOZONE, don't you?

MARTINELECA wrote:
Well Bulgarian has nothing to do with greek.

As someone who's studied Koine Greek, yes it does. It is almost identical to Greek.

The alphabet anyway. I couldn't speak for the language.

MARTINELECA wrote:

 ENOZONE wrote:
Me.

I think I see a difference between Aaron Dembski-Bowden and ENOZONE, don't you?

Aaron Dembski-Bowden is a writer for Black Library.
He is a particularly popular one at that.
I know he's on the site I'm just fairly sure he uses a different username... I think.
That said I've been wrong before.

Mr. Bowden is on this site?

MARTINELECA wrote:
Well I am serious and really do have some great ideas.

Then you would be much better off taking those great ideas and rolling them into something new and different. You'll get much further as a writer if you write something new than if you just take someone else's setting, change the name, and plonk your own characters into it.

If your story requires the use of the 40K setting, than it's not a great new idea. It's a 40K story idea... which might still be great, but if it is, it will be great as a 40K story. As a different book just using 40K ideas, it's just a rip-off of 40K.

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Mr. Bowden is on this site?

Yeah... fairly sure.

 Testify wrote:
There are several fan-made 40k-based films around and in production. I know it doesn't fit your narrative but it's true.

You don't remember Damnatus, do you?

And there's no 'narrative'. There's a history of GW shutting these things down. The fact that the Lord Inquisitor is allowed to exist is amazing, and all of us (the creators included) were amazed when it was not killed by GW.

MARTINELECA wrote:
I like the warhammer universe but I think it needs more than a few twicks.
So if I were to merge real names, people,creatures, places, events... from Warhammer 40 000 with some of my ideas and decide to publish them
and possibly make money out of it, does GW have the authority to sue me for using some of their ideas and creatures for creating a new universe?

Before attempting to publish anything , go see a local and licensed lawyer. One that specializes in copy right and trademarks. Don't ask for legal advice on DakkaDakka. You'll get lots of posts, but no actual legal advice that will help you in a court of law.

Enjoy your holidays.

It's honestly way easier to come up with your own setting anyway...

Just....forget about 40k and create something of your own.

If you are any good then post some fiction of your own for us to judge.

You may make a real hash of it, or be a genius.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Testify wrote:
There are several fan-made 40k-based films around and in production. I know it doesn't fit your narrative but it's true.

You don't remember Damnatus, do you?

And there's no 'narrative'. There's a history of GW shutting these things down. The fact that the Lord Inquisitor is allowed to exist is amazing, and all of us (the creators included) were amazed when it was not killed by GW.

So...my point stands?

You can't knock me for saying that GW is pretty tolerant about their IP, then cite a fan film that they tolerate.

Except for the whole wreck of when they actually figured out how German copyright law figured into all of it, they went in and shut it down.

Didn't stop copies from 'leaking' onto the interwebs, but there you go.

I'm not exactly sure why you are trying to shoehorn the 40K universe into whatever it is you are working on (you didn't answer the question about what exactly you are trying to do, ie fiction, new game, etc).

The premise you provided sounds like it doesn't have anything to do with 40K (it actually puts me in mind of Star Wars for some reason, probably the use of a Chancellor taking power). Why does it have to be orks/orcs the human empire starts fighting with? Why is the premise dependent on Eldar/Tau/Necrons and specific 40K worlds when your premise doesn't mention any of those races or worlds? Your initial premise seems generic enough to where you can make up stuff instead of trying to incorporate existing IPs.

Also, keep in mind that the Tau Empire probably didn't exist in 3400, Necrons were still asleep, and the Eldar were too busy being hedonists to worry about humanity

Ok guys just so you know I am going to leave this project for now and focus on something else.
I hope I can count on all of your help once I start it up again.

Until then, may the Emperor be with you my brothers in arms!

 Testify wrote:
So...my point stands?

You can't knock me for saying that GW is pretty tolerant about their IP, then cite a fan film that they tolerate.

The point was that one film that they have allowed to continue production doesn't make them 'tolerant' of such things in light of their history of shutting down any fan work that they feel is profiting off their IP.

And going by the Damnatus example, and what happened to Dreamforge and his 'not-titans' ... the fact that they've allowed Lord Inquisitor to continue production in no way guarantees that they'll actually allow it to be released when it's finished.