Reply To: GW Takes Ghamak To Court!

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As an early adopter of (resin) 3d printing, I’ve followed Ghamak for a long time.
In the early days of expansion (as it became a group of sculptors working under a single banner) there was some controversy about (some of them) stealing other peoples parts and incorporating them into their own designs (which the main guy behind Ghamak denied for a long time, then finally admitted). So some people have always looked down on Ghamak a little bit.

Before the 3d printing market got totally saturated, he (the original sculptor) was knocking out some pretty decent GW-adjacent stuff. As the team expanded, quality control was “variable” at best. Sometimes it was very, very close to GW. Sometimes – and in more recent years especially – it was generic enough to see the influence but not be a direct copy.

But, tbh, there are plenty other  sculptors out there, creating “better” miniatures that are more “in the style” of GW.
Ghamak has been surpassed in sculpting quality a long time ago – at least, specifically, their 40k stuff – and their (40k style) miniatures feel almost dated these days (last time I looked, he appeared to have pivoted more towards 30k anyway?).

I’m surprised that, after all this time, GW have decided to go after one of the early sculptors who, although he has a large back catalogue of work, is now one of the least-GW-like-in-style sculptors out there.

I’d be both very surprised and very disappointed if GW win this particular case.
I’ve chipped in – even though I don’t particularly rate Ghamak’s models any more.
(there’s no need for a link, just Google “Ghamak GW” if you also want to join in)

It really does feel like GW know they haven’t got a case here, but are using litigation and the threat of trying to bankrupt someone through the courts in order to shut them down.

I’ve been done with GW for a long time now.
If I wasn’t, I think this would be the final nail for me.