Corvus Belli, the Spanish firm behind the miniature wargames Infinity and Warcrow, has recently opened a new programme to give fans who want to make Infinity or Warcrow videos, and even fan animations, unprecedented access to all the media assets they could possibly dream of - including full color 3D models of its newest miniatures. It's a markedly different strategy from industry heavyweight Games Workshop, which keeps a tight lid on information about upcoming releases, and has a standing ban against any kind of fan-made animation.Despite the sometimes tumultuous relationship between GW and its fans, there's no shortage of content creators making painting tutorials, lore explainers, battle reports, tactics guides, and for Warhammer 40k - and Corvus Belli is hoping to promote a similar level of enthusiasm from its fandom. The Corvus Creator Nest is a new incubator programme designed to support content creators who want to cover Infinity or Warcrow, whether they're experienced players or just discovering the games for the first time, veteran video makers or only getting started.There's practical support available, including equipment loans and tuition. For the recently released Next Wave Infinity sub-faction, CB has handed over a treasure trove of lore, game rules, art, model photographs, and most impressive of all, full color 3D scans of every miniature in the release."If you know how to use Blender, or Unreal, or any 3D program, Corvus Belli is sharing with you the assets to make 3D animation", says Carlos 'Bostria' Llauger, a game designer and one of the company's main spokespeople. He adds: "Games Workshop won't allow you even to dream about this in the following four decades".
There are understandable - if not necessarily relatable - reasons why GW plays hardball with its IP. Received wisdom has it that a firm which doesn't protect its IP aggressively will have a hard time taking truly egregious plagiarists to court. But cracking down on fan animations means giving up on a big source of influence: no-one is working on the next generation of influential fan animations, such as If The Emperor Had a Text To Speech Device, the Helsreach adaptation, or Astartes.So the appeal for CB is obvious - if talented fan creators start making original Infinity animations, they could raise the profile of the game massively. All that's needed is for the fans to rig up the 3D models they've been given, and create something original with them.That is the question for CB, of course, since 3D animation is by far the trickiest form of content creation. The creators in the Corvus Creator Nest have put the other assets they received for Next Wave to good use, and as soon as pre-orders opened there were lore videos, rules breakdowns, and painting videos good to go. The enthusiasm is definitely there - but it may take some nerds with very particular skills before the plans for Infinity fan animations come to fruition.
I don't really need animations of ghost in the shell but ugly and mexican.
>>96829344I bet you watch that flash gitz faggotry
>>96829054Pretty smart move for them. GW keeps burning all their built up goodwill, you'd be a stupid little clownboy if you didn't take advantage of it.
I'm sure the existing cadre of hardcore, motivated Infinity animators were chomping at the bit to move away from their old homemade assets and onto shiny new toys. Any day now we will see GW fall - once Warmahordes MK3 comes out, their time is UP.
>>96829057>reasons why GW plays hardball with its IP. Received wisdom has it that a firm which doesn't protect its IP aggressively will have a hard time taking truly egregious plagiarists to courtnonsense
>>96829054Finally we will have Yuriko Oda and Shinobu porn
If this was a huge money maker then more companies, not just GW, would be doing it. CB might see it as free advertising but it seems more like desperation. >can't sell you IP>give it away for free
>>96829054Post the mega.
>>96829382No, that's not even like ghost in the shell at all.
>>96829054Is Paradise Lost out yet?
>>96829441You don't see GW to fall to see others rise up. Rising tides and all that.
>>96829999Meant for >>96829585
>>96829054What is the status for the anime they previewed over a year ago. It looked good
>>96829057>influential fan animations, such as If The Emperor Had a Text To Speech Device, the Helsreach adaptation, or Astartes.> or AstartesDidn't the guy who made Astartes start working for GW directly on Warhammer+ animations? Now that I think about it, he worked on that Secret Level episode too, no?
>>96830081They threatened to sue him unless he agreed to pass the project to Warhammer TV.
>>96829054All the 3 Infinity guys will be really happy
Honestly pathetic. People make 40k animations because GW created a lore that people love, they make animations because they love the universe and want to make 40k content. CB is trying to force it to happen. It isn't natural. It isn't organic. You can't force culture or fandom. This isn't going to work. They just want anyone to make animations for their wargame no one plays so they can eek out some bit of cultural relevance, so they can sell models. This is literal begging. It reeks of desperation.
>>96831856>CB is trying to force it to happen. It isn't natural. It isn't organic.Giving out free assets is now forcing unnatural creations into existence, you heard it here first folks.
I hate you and I hope you die. Now I'm gonna give you free advertising, you capitalist sons of bitches.
>>96831865Yes the fandom is very much artificial if they're going to try to influence people into doing work for them.this isn't being made out of genuine love or fandom, it's being done because CB is begging people to
>>96832027>artificial fandom!lmaoHe keeps digging the hole, folks!
Should just make a video game. Then they can rip the models for use in animations like the BattleTech guys do.
>>96831865Listsn I prefer my GW nerds are grassfed and free range.
>>96832112>grassfeeding paypigsWaste of grass, when you can feed them pure shit.
>>96832057>>96831865Found 2 of the 5 people on the planet playing Troonfinity
>>968324171 if you consider the strong possibility it's a samefag or some CB marketing intern
>>96832417Why do warhammer players accuse other games of being played by troons? Are they just burying their head in the sand and ignoring the massive tranny fanbase surrounding their beloved product? Is it projecting? Legitimately curious.
>>96832447Stupid argument. Troons play all wargames because at the end of the day troons are just dweeb men, and dweeb men have varied tastes in nerd hobbies. What sets apart 40k from troonery is the aesthetic and philosophy of the universe, which is absolutely white traditionalist and right wing. Troonfinity on the other hand has a troon-coded anime aesthetic and leftist-coded worship of their Muslim inspired faction, depicting them as the oppressed underdog in their upcoming cartoon
>>96832417My local meta alone has more infinityfags, piggo. Eat your poop-models.
>>96829054I mean, they do need all of the help they can get. My shop got some Infinity in on day 1 of opening up. 15 years later when the shitty economy caused us to close, we still had all of it.
they want people to 3d print or what? hope they don't go under, so few mini games left.
>>96832531uh huh
>>96832531>What sets apart 40k from troonery is the aesthetic and philosophy of the universe, which is absolutely white traditionalist and right wing.Lad? Your media-literacy?
>>96832708That nonsense is just a post rationalisation made up by nu-GW fans who are too onions cuckold to support fascism, masculinity, Christianity and traditionalism
>>96829054why are all competitors to GW so boring, bland, retarded, and shit? "look at us we are not GW" ok? then who the fuck are you and why should I care.
>>96829054when you are small and inconsequential as a brand you do whatever it takes to gain traction and any publicity is good publicity
>>96829441People have been saying that GW is "burning their goodwill" since the first messageboards appeared on the internet back in the 90s.
>>96829054Okay but the real question: are they making multipart plastic kits yet?
>>96832531>What sets apart 40k from troonery is the aesthetic and philosophy of the universe, which is absolutely white traditionalist and right wing.LITERACY LACKER! LOL! LITERACY LACKER! LMAO! LITERACY LACKER! LOL!LITERACY LACKER! LMAO! LITERACY LACKER! LOL! LITERACY LACKER! LMAO!
I was so hyped for the new edition of infinity and they raped UsAradnia
>>96829054sophotect porn
>>96833250Death of the author. If (and I already know for a fact you're wrong about this) the original lore writers didn't want to promote right wing philosophy in their story, they should've been more competent story tellers
>>96833567>Death of the author.Phrase of the midwit.
>>96833567That's not what Death of the Author even means, retard. And it's wholly unrelated to the original claim. You dumb clown.
