If Mongoose are getting out of the mini business how is it they purport to have an entirely new range of SST stuff coming out this summer including two new races?
Or am I missing something?
MkVII helmets are just beakies with the beak cut off and replaced with a grille. They bear vague similarities to Stormtrooper helmets some of which is probably intentional but at the end of the day it\'s different enough to be instantly recognisable as a Marine helmet and not a Starwars one.
You can claim plagiarism with loads of mini related stuff as well as stuff that has nothing whatsoever to do with minis. I finally got round to watching Equilibrium yesterday and the costuming parallels with the Matrix are glaringly obvious but it\'s still a valid film in it\'s own right and no lawsuits abounded there. Hell if you want to go down that road you might as well sue me as my coat is cut in exactly the same style.
Ever noticed how Rackham gobbos look remarkably similar to GW ones, what with the big noses? Starcraft and Warcraft are two of the most notorious computer games to pinch their inspiration from elsewhere, namely the Orcs and Zerg (this warhammer cost me 40k). GW came right round and got their own back with the ravener though. Genestealers are obviously based on Alien and Arbitrators ARE Judge Dread.
Lets not forget the entire industry wouldn\'t be where it is today without some heavy borrowing from Lord of the Rings. In turn Tolkien was inspired by Norse and Old English mythology which itself likely got it\'s ideas from some previous source.
I certainly agree about those Primarch models though. They are far too close to the bone. It amazes me how they can continue to produce them. If you are gouing to borrow someone elses ideas at least put your own slant on them.
Crap! Got to scarper, the Wachowski brothers\' lawyers have just shown up asking questions about my coat
