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Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Games Workshop are being cunts again? What a surprise? Asserting that you have a trademark on a term almost as old as science fiction?

http://www.popehat.com/2012/12/14/some-people-call-me-the-space-marine-and-get-threatened-by-games-workshop/

Fuck you, Games Workshop.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 15:00

If you don't move to protect a trade mark, you might lose it so it makes comemrcial sense to aggressively attack this sort of thing.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Except: they don't have a trademark for fiction. They also would have great difficulty registering a trademark. Due to all the millions of uses of 'space marine' in science fiction. They are just throwing their weight around. Because they're cunts.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 23:22

They can be a right clump of bastards, it has to be said. I remember the hoo-hah about them forcing their trade customers into agreements not to sell on eBay and thinking they were cunts then. Beautiful, sexy cunts.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 23:49

Treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen.

I only buy them second hand so Apple don't see a penny anyway.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Zardoz wrote:

Treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen.

I only buy them second hand so Apple don't see a penny anyway.

But you loved Steve Jobs!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:21

Nah, I'm a Woz man. :luv:

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 18:45

They've just flobbed out this gop.

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Games Workshop owns and protects many valuable trademarks in a number of territories and classes across the world. For example, 'Warhammer' and 'Space Marine' are registered trademarks in a number of classes and territories. In some other territories and classes they are unregistered trademarks protected by commercial use. Whenever we are informed of, or otherwise discover, a commercially available product whose title is or uses a Games Workshop trademark without our consent, we have no choice but to take reasonable action. We would be failing in our duty to our shareholders if we did not protect our property.

To be clear, Games Workshop has never claimed to own words or phrases such as 'warhammer' or 'space marine' as regards their general use in everyday life, for example within a body of prose. By illustration, although Games Workshop clearly owns many registered trademarks for the Warhammer brand, we do not claim to own the word 'warhammer' in common use as a hand weapon.

Trademarks as opposed to use of a word in prose or everyday language are two very different things. Games Workshop is always vigilant in protecting the former, but never makes any claim to owning the latter.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Feb 09, 2013 13:51

hnnnnghhh

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/W ... SQUAD.html

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Skills

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2013 21:51

Needs more ink washes.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:42

Reading Ahriman: Exile by John French. Really good, hard to put down.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2013 17:12

HNNGH! http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/A ... LOKEN.html

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:53

I'm more impressed with these tbh:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catal ... stid=53636

Oh a new Herald of Nurgle too!

Morte · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:16

The Nurglings are sooo cute...I want one.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2013 13:42

Would anyone be interested in buying my Dark Vengeance box off me? I've literally opened it up and looked at all the sprues.

Just can't see me having time to paint it all, I'm stacked out with stuff that I want to build/paint already.

£45 delivered (UK), if no one bites this week it's getting chucked on eBay.

Hugh · **Posted:** Thu Feb 28, 2013 14:46

Have any of you taken a figure into the bath with you, instead of a rubber ducky?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Feb 28, 2013 14:59

Figure?!

They're gaming miniatures!

That's it, I'm gone.

Hugh · **Posted:** Thu Feb 28, 2013 15:07

Games Workshop say figure. So put that in your bath and soak it.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catal ... id=1456429

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Feb 28, 2013 15:08

And they are lead, so would sink.

Hugh · **Posted:** Thu Feb 28, 2013 15:12

Dimrill, soaping up his Nurgling.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Hugh wrote:

Have any of you taken a figure into the bath with you, instead of a rubber ducky?

I take one of these

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Feb 28, 2013 17:23

Heh, reminds me of Ponyo. :luv:

Slightly Green · **Joined:** 26th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 2069

hmm anyone seen Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie?

looks awful, can't wait to see it! :DD

Dimrill · **Posted:** Tue Mar 05, 2013 17:09

I did! It is indeed awful.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 05, 2013 17:48

Plus Ultramarines are fannies.

Proper fannies.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

I liked the Space Wolves. They were rock.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 05, 2013 21:52

Yes.

They're the dogs.

Ahahahhaaahaaaahaaaahhaaaahaaa

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 17:34

*slow clap* Oh well done Forgeworld. They're ticketing the annual Forgeworld open day now. £7.50 just to get in and buy their ltd edition open day models. They obviously weren't making enough money from the hundreds of people who turn up every year. So fucking annoyed at that.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

My God! A GW subsidiary acting like greedy twats?!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 20:19

Only buy old metal. :metul:

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Mar 07, 2013 15:48

Erebus is a right cunt.

Slightly Green · **Joined:** 26th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 2069

Zardoz wrote:

Erebus is a right cunt.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

The first guy to turn to chaos? He was the guy who turned Horus wasn't he?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Mar 07, 2013 16:56

Yeah

Upset with him

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

killing Argel Tal :'(

Then poofing off from his death match against Kharn. Fucking sod.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 18:35

Seven new videogame deals signed, more to come.

Quote:

Slitherine which has penned an agreement to produce a strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, development of which is already underway.

Quote:

It also has new titles coming from studios Rodeo and Full Control, and Sega studio Creative Assembly became another licensee late last year.

Cyanide is working on another Blood Bowl game, and Nomad Games has signed up to produce a game based on Talisman.

Most of those partners - save for save for Danish Full Control and French Cyanide - are, like the miniatures and RPG specialist, based in the UK.

But the company now wants even more licensees in games and is now willing to dig into its vast history of boardgames and strategy creations and use them on digital platforms.

It also means the Games Workshop brands will be available in a mix of video games business models.

A statement from the firm sent to MCV said: "Games Workshop has an enormous library of exciting IP. A new world of gaming is opening up and we are happy to talk with anyone with a sound business model and a good idea. The good idea is pretty important."

But the firm said it's now being more flexible: "The days of monolithic Warhammer or Warhammer 40,000 licenses on all platforms are behind us.

Wanted:
a) Epic RPS where I can field titans.
b) Elite like game where I can play as a Rogue Trader
c) Hive-building sim city alike.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 23:39

Sigvald is brilliant so far.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 23:39

Sexy nutcase.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 13:08

Sigvald was excellent. Made a nice change from all the 40k books too.

Are there any more of his stories available?

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 16:39

He wrut Warrior Priest and Orion: The Vaults of Winter. Read neither, so can't recommend.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 23:35

A good answer but I meant are there any more tales of Sigvad?

I'm guessing not.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 23:40

No. Or at least, not yet.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 15:29

I wonder if it'll be me or you that bumps this thread onto the 100th page?

Maybe the ruinous powers will reverse the flow of time though, or give us skill.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 15:32

Read a couple of the short stories from Ignorant Armies last night, I half remembered the one with the sexy gardener and the boy who sucked the cock flower and was found dead in a thorny bush. Lovely stuff.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 15:50

Zardoz wrote:

I wonder if it'll be me or you that bumps this thread onto the 100th page?

Maybe the ruinous powers will reverse the flow of time though, or give us skill.

It will be DavPaz, the Skillmaster that is.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 16:17

Mr Dave wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

I wonder if it'll be me or you that bumps this thread onto the 100th page?

Maybe the ruinous powers will reverse the flow of time though, or give us skill.

It will be DavPaz, the Skillmaster that is.

Ha! You're forgetting my recent form on the Bits N Bobs threads... Never fear, I'll be here.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Mar 28, 2013 16:48

Mechanicum, at last.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I need to get better at taking photos.

Right - Draggin:

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draggin 1.jpg

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draggin 2.jpg

Old Ral Partha stereotypical fantasy lady (20mm scale, IIRC):

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ral partha lady.jpg

Some not yet finished Citadel skellies:

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skellies.jpg

Will finish those off tonight. Need shields, bases need finishing and some more shading. And the rusk ink needs toning down.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Christ they look horrid in zoom - macro isn't kind to my brushwork.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Mar 29, 2013 19:29

Lovely drogin. Beautifully smooth blending on the mane.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Mar 29, 2013 20:37

Yeah nice blending.

Very nice dragon model that.

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