I have ceased and desisted from purchasing Age of Sigmar as keeping up with 3 Games Workshop Games was putting me into I.P. (infinite Poverty).

For fucks sake he ripped files directly from total war and did sell pre-supported files on his patreon.

Ok before watching as far as i am aware, the guy getting sued was ripping models directly out of one of the Warhammer AoS games, GW sent a cease and desist letter, he ignored it and continued and now is getting raked over the coals in court and in debt from legal fees.

I'm no GW fan, but this an open and shut case of IP theft that EmanG was profiting from...handsomely. GW sent multiple cease and desists. He ignored them and kept profiting. It took a lawsuit to get the guy's attention and he has now settled. I have heard zero indication GW was attempting to make an example of the guy either. As far as I can tell the lawsuit only happened because there was no other way to get him to stop. I don't think the terms of the settlement are public, but the gofundme seems to imply that the $45,000 he wants from that would cover his legal fees and the settlement amount and based on other sources it sounds like he was making over $5,000 monthly from this! I hate to say this, but based on publicly available facts I'm... (can't believe I'm saying it) 100% on GW's side on this.

I mean, whatever the red line in terms of IP protection is, it was crossed here; It's literally stealing the exact models of a video game and monetizing their distribution. Then he ignored them before they escalated the issue. Nvmd the fact that he earns big time off of it. If they come after anyone who made facsimilies or proxies, that's a different issue

Im so thankful you put this out. As a 3d printer, I saw this guy crossing the line and knowingly doing so. He cried wolf, expecting sympathy and has gotten it somewhat, however this was theft. ETA: He also alledgedly was selling printed models for 2/3s the price GW was for the models he ripped on Etsy.

The start of this rant reminds me of my uni days I studied product design and day one my lecture brought out an envelope and said there’s a £100 in it and if during the three years with me you come up with something completely new that doesn’t currently exist or have any similar sort of product it’s yours. That envelope is still at his desk all these years later because it’s now so hard to actually make something new that isn’t inspired or related to something that already exists

Remember seeing these years ago, printed a few myself as a big fan of TW: Warhammer. There's little to no money lost to GW as these were mainly Old World models that cant be bought for what was until recently an unsupported game. Unless I'm wrong and GW now have Kholek Suneater models available to buy? And I never paid for these as they were free unsupported on cults. If you've ever used a 3d Printer you'll be able to support models.

I mean, they literally copied the 8-pointed Chaos symbol from Michael Moorcock

I'm pretty sure Creative Assembly could have sued as well since he reverse engineered videogame assets they created, used them improperly outside of the game environment and even charge for them. They went easy by staying out of it in my opinion, or else he would face Creative Assembly-Sega-Games Workshop combined.

What irks me is the fact chaos could be nuked from all GW properties if but one man files a CnD with GW, and Disney would do a pretty big number on the Nids doing the same. The issue with chaos isn't that it's a ripoff, its very name and iconography are 1:1 copies, a bizarre holdout from that period in the 80s where they'd straight up steal stuff.

You're dead right in that it's entirely GWs right to go after someone who has used 3d models that come directly from one of their digital games insofar as the models were made by artists working with their IP. My concern though is where does it stop? These models in the case were made using their direct digital works - that's really hard to deny - but is GW going to stop there? What about completely original models that resemble their IP but have not been sourced from digital works they can lay claim to? So if something looks a bit like a futuristic rank and file human soldier with a bit of a WW1 aesthetic like a gas mask and helmet? Or a metal robot skeleton with a bit of an ancient Egyptian aesthetic? Entirely original models just with the flavour of GW's intellectual property... because their reputation for greed and a desire make the entire hobby about feeding their shareholders makes me worry this is a dangerous situation potentially for anyone making models for 3d printing. It's fair for them to take this guy to court, but where will they stop? I don't really want to hazard a guess, but erring on the side of greed has been their MO for a long time now.

When did Griffith get 8 nipples in Beserk?

Thanks for the shout out, I am following this case closely.

He could have offered to print anything via his patreon. Then that would have been classed as a separate service away from his 3D model sharing side.

I'd heard about this case, but didn't know he'd ignored an initial C&D. What a fool.

I think the best thing GW could do to make sure that people are buying from them and not other sources is to A) release the models they know people are waiting to buy (old world fractions for example) so we CAN buy things from GW, B) concider lowering their prices a bit, and C) releasing some models that dont have that many parts. Not everyone is good at, or enjoy, putting that much time and effort even before gettiing to paint the miniatures. Good video! This is the first video of this that I thought was objective. I agree on what you say. GW has acted according to the law, but as you said they might have overreacted.

Can I just say that intro kicked arse?

As far as I'm aware I don't recall emperor text to speech receiving any legal documents from GW. I do remember the creator stopped when GW was sending letters to animators to recruit them. I believe that in general emperor text to speech would have been safe covered under satire.

I don't know if more has come out about Emperor TTS behind the scenes, all I remember hearing was Alfa shut it down of his own accord, not from threats made by GW. He did it in fear of GW coming at him, his team and his family, not that they actively were coming at them.

I would love a video of this case and compare it to the company they took to court years ago and tried copyright words like pauldrons. I think it was chapter house?

Interesting Video Northern Exile, a lot going on here. On the surface, sure EmanG was rash in how he went about this, and ignoring the legal notices is always an expensive mistake to make, but I am also struck by what he did and why its a huge threat to GW. I hadnt considered ripping the 3D models from games and using them to create STL's to print, but by God, think of the implications. I also think of other implications. GW used its legal might to utterly crush Warhammer fan animations on You tube. Then they started doing their own locked behind the Warhammer + paywall. The result has been the destruction of what was a thriving scene to be replaced by a frankly anemic rate of animations coming from GW. But because of the work involved in making animations and how its something very talented individuals do, GW was able to crush "unauthorised" animations. When it comes to Total War Warhammer, many of the computer models, especialy for lord and heros, havent been produced by GW in best part of 20 years, and many of the other units, especially the "rare" and "special" choices, were always sold with a "rules tax" making those models cost far more in proportion to similar models in terms of size and materials. The prospect of 3D printers getting hold of models of all of that material and being able to make it themselves outside of GW control: its an existential threat. However, when they went after animators, only the animators had the material GW wanted blocked and removed, or the ability to make it. EmanG had 900 patreon subsribers, that means there are already 900 people out there with these files, absolute minimum. All ONE of them has to do is get a VPN and dump the files on somewhere GW cannot do sod all about, like PIRATE BAY, and GW is screwed for all time being able to maintain total commercial control, whether its their IP or not. In the wake of female custodes debacle, AOS 4 looks to be flopping, worries also about Space Marine 2, GW is already facing heavy hits from pissing its consumers off while it continues to drive prices upwards and makes plans to keep everyone spinning on the Fomo machine. They are becoming very vulnerable to consumer rebellion, and a full on war with the 3D printers, when often they are providing what GW themselves will not at prices people can afford, or a variety of choice far beyond what GW themselves could ever offer, could end up being a very costly thing, that far from making GW more secure, will just highlight their vulnerablities and motivate more and more people to sock em where it hurts. GW should stop messing about and get its products on the 3D printing market properly, get ahead of and lead the change, secure its own future. Or the day will come that, no matter how wonderful their designs or how good the quality of the plastic, GW will find itself as suddenly irrelevant as previous market giants like Blockbusters have in the past. I dont think the war is worth it, but its up to GW, if its determined to have it, will have to pay the price.

Luckily, i saw the minis, thought 'those won't last' and downloaded the minis i wanted

Im surprised GW is only going after him, if you know the key phrase you can find scans of most legit grimdark sculpts. I guess once GW find out they are going to be very busy.

from my understanding when i first heard the story he was giving the stl files for minis that were no longer being made for free then it came out that he was ripping the modals from the total war game and effectively selling them. so yeah when i learned that part yes he was stealing at that point

I understand GW actions but they are just delaying the inevitable. Let's just say that this guy's biggest mistake was not being Chinese. 😉

So hypothetically if someone were to make scratchbuild building videos on KZfaq and the models they were building looked a lot like models from Warhammer, keeping in mind that these models are not being sold, it just free videos on KZfaq which might be considered a tutorial on how to make wargaming models out of trash and crafts supplies. Would GW be able to legally tell them to stop or take them to court? I occasionally see scratchbuilding tutorials for ork vehicles so I just wondered.

I am fully on GW's side with this one, cut & dry. As one who buys prints off of Etsy often, I commonly came across Eman's products, and every time I saw them, I knew that his days were numbered. Other brands & people such as StationForge, Atlan Forge, Papsikels, Ghamak, Archvillain Games, or Gear Guts, they all know how to play the game. You can tell what their models are with reference to Warhammer, but they are still uniquely their models. Eman's just look straight out of Total War, right down to the iconography of the chaos gods, which is the most damning evidence against him. It was awesome to have actual decent looking Skaven ratgunners & warpthrowers while it lasted, but this was inevitable. I'm only surprised it took GW this long to make a hit against him.

I'll be contrarian and try to steel man EmanG. I don't see the problem here, at the end of the day this doesn't effect GW anymore than "Aztec lizard warrior" or "Demon worshipping warrior" on Cults3D does. 1. It doesn't effect Total War Warhammer because you can't play it without the computer game and it plays entirely differently than a tabletop game. 2. It doesn't effect model sales anymore than any other proxy or look alike because while yes, it is recognizably "Warhammer" the model lines look significantly different from the video game models. If you brought the 3D printed models to a tournament any organizer or player who has more than a few years experience would instantly recognize them as not GW models and instead as 3D prints.

I understand your criticisms, and I think _most_ of them are fair. A lot of people are making assumptions that I lied and misconstrued things, but I didn't. I followed what my attorney recommended to say. Even now, many are accusing me of lying and I have no clue what they think the lie is. I wasn't seeking a payday to cash in on controversy. I was out of options, as the only alternative was total bankruptcy. I've already spoken to a separate bankruptcy attorney about this, and at my age, that's a financial death sentence. Still, thank you for your coverage, as its more balanced than most.

Only found your channel the other night and I love it. I find myself getting angry cos I totally disagree with what you are saying, then in the next breath agreeing with you. A good sign of a well balanced argument. A direct rip off of polygons I can get, guilty, but targeting sculptors modelling a 'very similar' models from scratch is a whole different ball game. GW have failed many times on this front and they can go do one for trying to stifle other peoples creativity. I am a massive fan of 3d printing and to me it is a huge part of my hobby, I print, I paint, I put it on a shelf to gather dust and annoy the wife. I haven't bought a physical model in about 5 or 6 years and have a digital pile of shame I cant get through in my life time. I can however print 100 orcs for the same amount of money as a box of 20 from GW and be able to give each one the exact heads hands or weapons I want. I really believe GW are on a losing battle trying to fight the independent sculptor and home printer. Ten quid for 30-50 models, 10-20 pence per print, even if you factor in £150 for a decent mid range printer you are saving money after 1 army. There are so many other games and model creators out there, I've not bought any GW products other than a couple of pots of paint in years, and I dont think I will.

I am not familiar with this case but work with copyright (music). IF someone is making money on the infrigement it is a crystal clear case. I do think one should warn first and offer a peaceful sollution but if they keep selling it is no go.

I remember coming across those warhammer STLs a while ago and thought they were suspiciously close to the 3d models in total war warhammer.

He begins pleading with them saying I wont do it again I'll sign anything AFTER gw gave him ample opportunity to stop his shit he didn't he ignored them so he now has the consequences. doesn't matter how much money GW has or how much they make he fucked around and is now finding out. and if they do back down then the next clown will expect the exact same and they will have shown precedence in backing down so the courts would use this case as reference. also you reference TTS a few times GW i don't think went after him i think he went down a different road when they opened their own studio.

They never once went after TTS. He reciveved no letters from GW. He used their change in legal wording when they launched their Animation channel and added Video/Animation to their IP protections to kick up a fuss. A number of creators contacted GW and asked what it meant for their videos and their channels, the vast majority of which were "You're fine, you're covered under fair use". The only one I know that did receive letters was the guy behind "Astartes" who he himself admitted, was sailing close to the sun, creating something within the 40k universe with the serial numbers filed off and was grateful to GW for letting him finish the project before he joined them. Alfa was rumoured to be getting tired of doing TTS and used this as an excuse to pivot away from the show without pissing off his fanbase and managing to play the victim (his Patreon donations actually increased after he stopped). Unfortunately, while suing this guy feels harsh, this is the internet. If it was a case of "They shut him down" then all that will happen is the next person calls him a chump, and continues to do it themselves. Yes its brutal on him, but yeah, they're making an example and to be honest, even after this, it's probably not gonna stop so screw it, these people deserve everything they get for ignoring the warnings and he evidently ignored MANY of them.

So he was making 3D models of sprites from a video game and not even pirating GW miniatures? Ie: selling something they don't even sell themselves?

I walked away from GW when they went after the brick-and-mortar stores, they have screwed their player base over for far too long, I myself hope they go the way of the Dodo bird.

" Choose your enemies well " - Klingon Art of War

Didnt he know that only GW is allowed to jack from other franchises?...

Imma just reupload EmanGs files on cults, they can get fucked and idc about their lawsuits, they don't scare me.

7k a month gives around 4-5 month drop for him. GW are going for him as he was not remorseful and knew full well what he was doing was wrong, he kept going when the c&d orders were sent to him, it is also very important to protect their IPs. They are probably making him sting because he has said about going for different IPs, and is again showing that he does not care about copyright law.

I still haven't forgiven them for alfabusa or chapter house

I have left GW since leviathan. This company is just evil and greedy. No matter how great their product is, its not an excuse to treat clients and fans like they do. I will never give them even one more penny.

Another well thought out and balanced piece. Thank you Northern Exile

Replace 3D prints with 'consultation',, your thoughts ?

This is about the only time I'll ever take GW's side because this was blatant IP theft. Creative Assembly is usually pretty lenient in using their models that their artists make to make add-on mods and stuff for their games using their assets and code (Total War: Three Kingdoms had a crazy modding scene where people did this all the time and made some impressive stuff), but I'm surprised that they didn't go after him for this, too. It's also super disrespectful to the 3D artists who put in the work on them, especially since most of them in the TW franchise are still active and making products. They put their models up on display on their ArtStation accounts and stuff, so I view this as just another form of art theft. I hate it because it's guys like that that draw the attention to people like the Proxy makers and actively make them a bigger target than they already are. I get the whole printing OOP models for personal use and maybe sharing them with friends or people who ask for them, but there comes a time when you have to consider if what you're doing could potentially affect other people in your sphere NOT actively committing IP theft, too. He should definitely get sued, but I would say that they should go for the amount that he made off of the Patreon. That, to me, is fair-ish. The legal fees are his own fault for ignoring the letters and what was essentially the chance to walk away with his pockets intact. I have zero idea why GW has such an issue with fan animations or works in general since it's been proven with franchises like Star Wars - which was sustained for DECADES on a vibrant community that pumps out insane fan works, films, stories, and animations and still is even today and is actively supported by Lucasfilms (not Disney, since it was Lucasfilms that came to SWTheory's defense on the Vader fan film, for reference) - that it can literally keep your franchise alive and leads to a strong community that loves and supports your IP and creates a pool of new ideas that you can pull from for material. They just have to take a page from Lucasfilm's book and put out a working guideline like they have where they lay out the do's and don'ts of fan works, like you can't use copyrighted music, reuse parts of the actual films without transforming them in some way, make money off of the projects, and a handful of other basic restrictions. They'd still retain control over their IP without being psychotic. But that makes actual sense, so of course they won't.

I have to agree with you. I do agree you need to protect your IP fair but as you say they are out to set an example, all they are doing is making this guy a martyr. This reminds me of what Nintendo did to that guy in Canada where he cracked and done something so you could download games for the switch, the guy went to jail for a few years and he need to give Nintendo 20% of his Gross wage of any job he gets for life( from what I have heard) its scary crap what big corps can do to people.

If GW does not legally defend their IP they are creating a legal precedent that others can use to do the same. It's an important principle that businesses are obliged to use to - particularly those that are founded on creative/design output.

I stopped buying warhammer a long time ago when they increased the prices last year and I'm from Australia where we already pay way more than people in the UK and US

unfortunately, i can't argue against GW's response. having things on Patreon, and saying 'it's fair use because they're also on cults for free' is illegal. there needs to be a harsh lesson. such a lesson is in the works it seems.

I was on GW’s side from the start in this one. Double so now I learn he ignored the cease and desist letters.

Problem is if you don’t protect your ip you can lose it

Yeah, but, those Total War: Warhammer III models are awesome, so it's your civic duty to print them 🙂

In the video you say GW lifted from other works to make what they created. You need to put those they live sun glasses on.

If you have trademarks/copyrights you HAVE to enforce IP theft or you will lose your rights to your own IP.. 7k a month for 'some time' - 30k settlement seems pretty fuckin reasonable, in theory they could claim back ALL the money that he made

end of the day GW just needs to go out of business it is a morally bankrupt company that over the years have proven that they hate the fans and wish we will just leave

Supports are super simple to add, one button click..he's got no leg to stand on in court

You went. On and read about the accusatory documentation.And filing if you really are about properly presenting both sides.I would expect that you would follow up this video with a review of the following document

Down with the KZfaq God's, thumbs up for north! Lol

GW is the ultimate greedy company that screws it's "fans" so hard it's absurd. Not simply the mark-up on cheap platic models, just look at recent rules changes that made a TON of legitimately bought GW product utterly WORTHLESS, thousands of pounds worth straight down the crapper! I feel you're morally and ethically OBLIGATED to steal these evil scum into bankruptcy.

Nice video, i found it very interesting.👌

This guy just moved on to another IP. He’s now selling Helldivers 2 models.

Have all you assets under some one else and keep going be just like gw

Almost certainly IP theft, but, I mean... hopefully someone's got the files backed up somewhere for research purposes

Relocate your operations to a jurisdiction where GW get told to pound sand and carry on. Simple as.

A very important element that was left out of the consideration is how transformative was emang’s work. Didn’t saw the models. Did he made them different enough to justify fair use? If not, then this is 100% diserved

100%

The problem with IP in general. Is any idea unique? Not really. We borrow from our past and present. GW did not invent Orcs. GW did not invent Gundam. GW did not invent demons. GW Tanks and weapons are modeled after existing tanks and weapons. GW took these ideas, gave them a zany name and called it IP. Also this gets away from IP and into monopolistic practices.

30K is a tiny amount, it won't bankrupt anybody, unpleasant, but not life ruining in the long term. It's an open and shut case... guy's been an idiot, it's clear infrindgement and ignoring the C&Ds forced GWs hand into legal action. The point for GW is to been seen to take action, so others don't think it's OK to do similar. You must actively protect your IP, copyrights etc. or lose your rights to them. If you let infrindgement just get away with it and ignore it, then you are, by default, accepting the IP is in the public domain and, as such, not actually IP anymore. Where plagiarism starts and 'influence' or 'inspiration' end is a grey area. All creatives have their influences... but that isn't stealing, so the 'what-about'-ism counter-arguments holds little water. This defo was IP theft, but cheaper for all to settle out of court that keep paying lawyers.

Unfortunately in this case I can’t say GW is wrong in this case. Emang made exact copies, and I am surprised they let it go on this long. He knew he could get in trouble, but ignored it because of money, so is it wrong they ignore his crying.

This is an open and shut case. GW is well within their rights to do this. I personally have a problem with GW when they go after content creators. Especially those that bring thousands of people into the lore/hobby.

Lol. Gw is on a clock here and it's too late. I have some 40k and AoS armies completely 3d scanned in high quality not to mention oop oldhammer minis I can print ad infinitum for pennies. Box of gore-gruntas costs right now 67.5 euros I can print that full box for 2 euros and you won't see the difference (when painted) . What I'm getting at is that 3d scanners will take them down not 3d printers. They became so affordable that they are getting into price levels of consumer 3d printers. In two to four years you will have readily available affordable scanners that will scan your minis flawlessly. I wonder how they will stop that? 3d scanning uses method called photogrammetry which is basically taking a ton of pictures of the object from all angles and making it into 3d model. Are they going to forbid taking pictures of your own models? I don't think so. You don't even need a scanner really because there is a software that turns high res video footage from your phone into 3d models (not suitable for minis yet but it's getting there fast). I live in a country in which law allows me to have copies of things that I own but not to sell them. I also don't play Gw games anymore. I've switched to OPR and never looked back although for me it's still 40k/AoS but without the bad parts (rules). Sorry for my English as it is not my first language and lack of text editing because I'm typing on a phone during my work hours (printers and scanners won't pay for themselves) ;)

$30,000? GW went east on him.

This guy just learnt his actions have consequences. He had a chance to stop and he didnt. This is on him 100%

Trademarks are okay. Intellectual Property is an idiotic concept that makes everything needlessly worse.

I am more of the IF you stop making X after xyz time it becomes OPENDOMAIN in ANY form

While this is clearly justified, the frustration comes from the knowledge that GW will never address the fact they have created the environment where people want to do this, want to buy from other sources.

North completely agree with your comment, yes they should protect their stuff but to put a man into financial ruin is just pathetic. They acting like an enforcer but then also a bully.

just for their pricing fuck gw this guy should be left alone

GW deffinatly in the right to defend thier ip. But all the hate they are getting is 100% deserved, they have done so much wrong they don't get a gold star for being right about something. And like north said, GW dosnt need to ruin a man's life because of this, teach him a lesson and move on

I’m against IP and patent laws. They are not moral laws. It’s subjective philosophically if they are good or bad for our society. They are used mostly against creativity. The governments do have the right to take any patent from you and say national security and IP laws are used by conglomerates to have further control on profit and cultural creation. DEI and ESG are an example how IPs can be used for social engineering.School made you think working with others is cheating when it’s cooperation. If someone doesn’t agree that’s okay but one must accept laws are not about good versus evil. Most laws are not there to do moral good.

I don’t like GW’s business practices nor do I like how the company is staffed by people who hate me so when I see that a Chinese company is selling copies of their model kits, literally the plastic sprues for 1/3 of the price, I’m overjoyed at purchasing that and that GW doesn’t get my money 😂

You dont need to have any special skills to use auto supports on a slicer program. Thus your comment about his support beeing central is totaly biased.

Games workshop; regardless of everyone’s preferences or hatred for them, have the right to defend their rights to intellectual property, I didn’t realise at first they sent multiple cease and desists, but now I do know that, it makes it clear, GW are right to do this, it sucks but it was; IMO, the guys own fault for either not understanding the situation they could possibly get into.

Giving it away for free undercuts Games Workshop sales of their product so he will be liable for damages.

I have looked at his models and it's theft.

Griffith and Fulgrim are the same? Bit of a stretch no? Well, I didn't think so. Anyway, GW has a right to, but it's the borderline hypocrisy and heavy-handedness of it that looks bad on them. I mean this is the company that tried to trademark pauldrons after all! Also, could someone explain to me why making a model based on something from a computer game is bad when you don't make said model yourself? There is pleatly of places selling close to but not quite models players can use. Also anyone remember the time WD mag showed you how to make a Baneblade out of cardboard? To me, this sounds like just hating a penny rolling out the door.

He replicated images from a game. Yes, illegal. But he didn't make another computer game, if anything he enhanced the environment they work in by making it more accessible. They should employ him not attack him

As far as I'm aware, 40kTTS never got a cease and desist. Bruva just didn't want to do it anymore and used the excuse that they MIGHT shut them down to just stop doing it

I don't buy anything from Games Wokeshop so moot point to me.

He ignored their request to stop so they ignored his request stop the legal action. I don’t see GW in the wrong on this. Maybe they were too harsh but since he ignored them it’s asking for it, Also I believe im the interview he said it was 30k per.

Games workshop has throughout the years attacked and bullied anybody. They felt threatened them. She's the front companies out of business. They from other people into the ground. This is their company policy so if anybody does anything they think is threatening them they will do everything in their power to destroy them

Biit confused here, you mention that GW should just get the 30k, take the win and leave, but the lawsuit was to get the maximum $30k, so is that not what they have done? Based on the numbers of 900 x $8 per month for 2 years he would have made $172,800 so could easily cover the $30k (I would imagine that his subscribers were not at this level for the full 2 years, so he probably made a lot less than this), but again if the max they could claim is $30k, how have they put him in financial ruin. I assume there is more to this that was maybe not covered in the video, but based on the details provided I fail to see the criticism of GW for not just taking the $30k when it sounds like that's all they got. If there were massive legal fee's from him fighting it, then again he has been stupid in not just taking the hit in the first place, but I don't see how you can blame GW for that if it was his decision to fight it. As for the rest I agree, GW have the right as any creator does, to go after those who rip their stuff and try to profit off it in the way he did. There are plenty of 3D modeler's who create similar products that can be used as proxies without them being an exact copy and GW can't touch them as far as I understand. The line that GW crossed previously was when they tried to shut down the KZfaq creators who were helping marketing GW IP for them, going after those individuals made no sense to me.

I won't argue about GW's prices being insane, they absolutely have the right to protect their IP. I could see them turning a blind eye to those who create pieces that go to enhance the models people buy from GW. But when you literally copy the property owned by the company, that is a problem

I don't like what this guy did as it's a D**k move and a giant middle finger to who owns the originals. However... he did it to GW. One of the few companys who did so much vilainouse stuff that they deserve to be classified as such. And every action that hurts the vilain is atleast somewhat heroic.

From what I found these are not something like a shaven band. These are the higher price tag models. Skarbrand, belakor, keepers of secrets, great unclean ones, and angron. It sucks that gw bankrupted this guy. But he fucked up simple as. Gw gave the chance and the fact people are asking for them on reddit doesn't look good either so fafo applies here.

Games workshop want to hurt 3d printing because its showing you how lazy and awful the current team actually is a guy literally taking files from a game and making them with a 3d printer and they look great and add characters GW is too lazy and too greedy to give to players I honestly dont get how they can cry when they have killed off old world so none of the things he sells would be applicable in the current age of sigmar games

I have only bought 3 products from GW since they told us we can’t play in store anymore back in the late 2000’s this just reinforces why I shouldn’t buy anything from GW in the future.

Yeah, no matter what you think of GW as a company they have a legal right to do this. If the guy is literally ripping the 3d files from a licensed game then offering those for print that is illegal. This is not just a person creating their own "look alike" models for print this is presented as a case of using models created by another entity and legally owned by that entity.

GW tried to copyright the words Space Marine & Warhammer years ago and failed. That shows how power hungry they are.