How to avoid re-labeling a product (scatter materials)

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darkartminiatures

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Hi all.

I’m currently designing a basing pack incorporating resin parts (all of my own design) and I would also like to include some scatter materials but I don’t want to infringe on anyone’s I.P by re-labeling another’s product. *shivers* Does anyone know of a relevant company that sells an unbranded version of a scatter product? I’m after a supplier of modeling sand (medium grade/similar to gw’s) and slate (fine grade). I know I should put this in the trading section but I feel that this should be open for a general discussion since I’m not selling anything yet.

Have any other sellers of basing packs had this problem and how did they solve it?

What are your thoughts on re-labeling a product from one area of a market to the next?
(for example, If a company bought a suitable dry sand from a builders yard and then re-packed and sold it for modeling) Would this still be a no,no

I’ve been surfing the web for so long looking for possible suppliers that I’m starting to sink….

Any advice would be great!

Klaus
 
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Modderrhu

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Originally posted by darkartminiatures
What are your thoughts on re-labeling a product from one area of a market to the next?
(for example, If a company bought a suitable dry sand from a builders yard and then re-packed and sold it for modeling) Would this still be a no,no
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I\'d guess that this is fairly standard practise. It\'s not like GW make their own PVA glue, is it? The nice thing about GW\'s sand, is that it has a consistent grain size. A bag from a builder\'s yard will need to be sifted and sorted, and it is effetively this job that you\'d be charging your customers for. Also, plastic tubs are incredibly cheap when bought in bulk.
 
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darkartminiatures

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Yeah i do like the GW grain. I\'m not sure if they do use other companies or not for these kind of products. I\'m guessing they try to do as much in-house as possible to keep costs down...not sure really. Can anyone else clarify this?
 
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generulpoleaxe

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klaus, most large companies buy their product from other companies and pass it off as their own.

gw use some woodland scenics stuff, it turns out this woodland scenics stuff is actualy made by nock.

that\'s an example of two caompanies buying from another company and repackaging the products as their own (in differing quantities and prices.

do it mate, just get it at the right price. try getting in touch with javis (british company) they do flock etc, they prefer to deal with brick and mortar stores so don\'t tell them that you are aiming it at selling over the net (especialy ebay)
 
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darkartminiatures

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I see. Thanks Chris and Modderrhu. Now that i know i won\'t get my butted kicked i shall look into it. Its given me a brain ache for a while now.
 
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JakeSh

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For the slate I would just go to a garden shop and buy a few large chunks of it. Then apply a sledge hammer.
 
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Undave

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I got all my slate off the neighbours roof lollollol

Seriously though If you\'re up in Lancs then there are slate beds not too far away. It may be an idea to take a trip out there and pick up a few likely looking bits and then like Jake says HIT IT WITH A HAMMER
 
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demonherald

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rather than builders sand thaat can be a paint to dry etc have a look at bird and aquarium sands they both come in lots of grades and are cheap as chips bulk...

near here there is a carpet factory (mill) static grass is a by product of their process it gets caught in the machines ad is constantly cleaned and bagged you can get sackfulls of allsorts of colours for free from them..

other materials are dried twigs seed pods flower heads etc....all saleable at the right price....

The main thing to look out for is the cost of posting things like sand and slate can make it too costly for people.........
 
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darkartminiatures

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Aquarium sands eh? thats something i didn\'t think about. Worth investigating i reckon...cheers!

Thanks for all of your advice folks! You have all given me something to ponder over. :idea:
 
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