Leman Russ? Really? *facepalm*

[White Tiger88]

So then the stance most of you would take to replicas of GW minatures would be against such a thing? I was looking at producing Titans and other large items, possibly produce troops if i could pull it off, but if many people are gonna scream at me for copying and report me then I might as well stop before I begin.

I would Report you in a heart beat since i prefer not to be sold crap quality recasts.

On a side note Leman russ tanks are based off WW2 French heavy tank looks.......Its pretty funny once you see the match up lol!

[JxKxR]

So then the stance most of you would take to replicas of GW minatures would be against such a thing? I was looking at producing Titans and other large items, possibly produce troops if i could pull it off, but if many people are gonna scream at me for copying and report me then I might as well stop before I begin.

That is against the law.

[Wolfshade]

I would be very surprised if the tanks, gun designs, equipment (especially for guard) did not look like existing things.

At one point I thought that it was ok, under "fair use" to cast your own peices for "personal" use, but that is not strictly the case under UK law, obviously there maybe some local differences.

There is a difference between a scratch build and casting. I have built a scratch built warhound before now, which looks similiar to the lucius pattern but is neither a direct copy nor am I trying pass it off as a ForgeWorld beasty.

[Col.Gravis]

Yuck, horrible Russ, and certainly illegal.

Nice idea for personal use to create wrecked tanks though. Hmmm.

[Deadlift]

Here is the reply I got from GW.

Hello Joseph,

Thanks for the email, we have passed this issue on to our legal team to investigate.

Thank you for the notification of this issue.

Kind Regards,
Scott Edwards.

I don't mind people making a few bits and bobs for themselves. But some poor sod could end up with a ****ty Christmas present bought by some parent thinking their getting a bargain.

[fuzzbuket]

considering a NIB or on sprue russ on ebay is like a fiver i cant see how hes ever going to make money :/

[Wolfshade]

Maybe he is on to something 40k paper weights...

[alshrive]

i have just had the same e-mailing advising they have sent it over to their legal department.

[White Tiger88]

Here is the reply I got from GW.

Hello Joseph,

Thanks for the email, we have passed this issue on to our legal team to investigate.

Thank you for the notification of this issue.

Kind Regards,
Scott Edwards.

I don't mind people making a few bits and bobs for themselves. But some poor sod could end up with a ****ty Christmas present bought by some parent thinking their getting a bargain.

I reported them a fair while back...the guy just deletes his user name and makes a new one.