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January 30, 2022 at 3:35 pm #1712958

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I think the move towards ‘posed with options’ (which is deff the direction GW is going with the newer releases) has a lot to do with IP protection. You don’t find it much with historicals because…well…you can’t copyright that. But with copyrightable material like, for example, GW, the easier you make it to interchange pieces the more likely you are to find people who will try to take their IP. We can do that back and forth with how good/bad that idea is, but you notice that, again with GW mainly because they are so big, people are trying to limit what 3D printing is ‘allowed’ at official events. In that regard, you don’t really see much rules encouragement in some games for a need to kitbash. I’ll admit, it’s annoying when you have a mini then they release a new one with a new weapon that you thought should have been there the whole time as an option *cough* power sword on an ancient *cough*, but I found a sword hand to kit bash the one I have…just need to paint it now… In that regard, for me I tend to kitbash as a means of saving money these days; I have left over bits, so I’ll use them.