New Arachnarok Spider by Minion Miniatures

Now, don't get me wrong, I think GW did the right thing in creating AoS. They simply should've let 8th edition alone. I mean, really. How difficult is it to release a second set of rules for 8th with each new model as they do for AoS? It's not a difficult bridge to gap either.

Let me see. Off the top of my head here, they could've written the AoS origin story to go something like, "After years and years of battling, Sigmar (having ascended to godhood) finally managed to stem the all-consuming tide of Chaos that would inevitably envelope the Old World by creating a multi-verse of worlds to draw and distract the attention of the Chaos gods. This greatly depleted his power and acts as a constant drain on him, so he is unable to stop the invasion of Chaos on all worlds. Therefore he has created a new sect of champions to seek out and fight these incursions of Choas throughout the multi-verse."

How difficult is that? The Old World is still in tact and available for people to play, and they can still have AoS introduced as a new game so that they can get new players interested in the game. It's a perfect starter, quick game, as well as a established, eventual, massed battle game for those players who's collections have grown to a degree that they want to use them all. It brings new players in and gives them a goal to keep buying product beyond a mere starting force. Personally, I would've loved something like that. It would've kept the world as I know it in tact, yet opened up the story, product line, and imaginative possibilities for me. I know a lot of people complained about the storyline not advancing, but that could've been done through the myriad of books they release.

But I digress.

Back on topic, I agree with you ryryak, after looking back at the legs, they do look like logs of driftwood. But somehow, they work for me on that particular model. Maybe it's the color of the drawing? I'm trying to imagine it in a Red, Navy or Purple and it doesn't make me think of driftwood as much. Whatever the case, I hope the sculpt actually looks like the drawing. The pose is very dynamic and menacing, and the Stinger and little "mouth leg" things look particularly nasty! I wouldn't want to go up against that! The one thing that bothers me is the hanging drummer in the middle of what I assume to be the "Catchweb Shrine". That might require a bit of innovation on my part.

I'm all for the model as imo it looks suitably different to the GW one from the Art.

The GW one is not designed to be posed rearing up and this spider imo look very different and not so much like an actual spider as the GW one(as someone said the legs look kind of like wood).

I don't see this as a direct knockoff or IP infringement in the same way I see some of those 'totally not space marines' helmets and guns which are direct copies.

Regarding 8th edition, 9th edition and Mantic....if GW had priced their regiments more reasonably and been less price gouging they could have stopped Mantic dead in their tracks.

The old GW head Kirby (who sucks more than the awesome Nintendo Kirby) once compared GW hobby afficianados to crack addicts implying they weren't price sensitive. Mantic thought different and made a successful business out of it. GW has the ability to mass produce Plastic kits and sell them at a reasonable price...they opted not to and lost market share accordingly.

Yes but lawyers and lawsuits don’t get you customers. I frankly don't care about IP and never will. Anyone that thinks to force others out of business is the way to attract customers have a long road ahead and need to rethink its business. I hope my grandchildren will live in a world without patent troll companies.

It it does looks like GW is on the right track with communicating with its customers again.

Sorry, this thread is going out of hand and I am responsible.

I do understand your perspective (I would guess you are a lawyer).  I am in IT and the best thing that happened is open source. And finally, Microsoft realised and since they moved in that direction the bleeding has stopped. Apple is an excellent example of customers satisfaction and not IP (I can switch to cheaper phone any time), and so is Samsung by totally copying Apple and of course the opposite.

Most of the IP laws are added amendments long after books, acting and music was invented. And like amendments are amended they can also be removed.

I would like to see GW lawyers bills for the period of 2010 and 2015 and cross them with sales. I wouldn't be surprised to find the more they sued, the less the earned.

Wonder what had happened if they had put that money into a community manager, rules team, faq mailing squad.

We are on a major break with 3d printing. If they don't realize this and change their business model, we might not have GW in 10 years. I would hate that...

The BS need to be sustainable from a customers perspective. We need to get value for our money. Its ok if they are the most expensive plastic ever. But then the customer satisfaction need to be justified by being the best company ever. I LOVE THIER TWITCH channel even though I don't play any of the games in it and we need more Duncan!

Recast is very different to what this company is doing with their own unique spider art and sculpt.

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that someone high up said they wanted 3d printing to get better so eventually GW could just sell designs for consumers to print on their own.

I think that even if you can get models cheaper somewhere, if you are enjoying working with and the experience of shopping at a certain location, then customers of this hobby will give them their loyalty. This is an expensive hobby and we all know it, yet we are more than willing to spend our money for that experience! If I am treated nice and as if my opinion matters, not rushed out the door and am offered every convenience to make my stay as pleasant as possible, then of course I will spend more money with that location than over some cheap second-hand website. I've done that PLENTY at my local GW store! They know me by name and I probably could've bought a brand new car off the assembly line with how much money I've spent with them. They're cool though and always welcoming. If they convert to a Warhammer Cafe there? Shoot. They'll get my money for sure!

That being said, I like different options. Do I have an A-rock? Yes. Do I have two? No. Because I don't want them identical. So this model holds great interest for me. Just that simple.