Games Workshop (not related to the victum* [sic] thread)
Tim Dunn
The logo and cover art are directly lifted from 40K. Like whoever said on
the victum* thread, GW does some really nice artwork. I just wonder if this
is plagurism or not.
Tim
Prince Of Darkness
As far as i know the Bolt Thrower cover art is legal, i think that it has been
licensed from GW, but (bound to get a flame or two) the music sucks in a big
way, unless you like really REALLY thrashy shit, you can't understand a
thing they say, or play, the guitar work is crap, and all the music is in fact
total bullshit, my opinion, flame me if you like, i won't listen....
BTW, i am a Metallica/Megadeth fan, Bolt Thrower are really ad in comparison, if
you hate thrash that is!
-Chris
Grant R. Davis
I saw the art on the cover of GURPS Ultra Tech on one of my roommate's CD
covers (something called 'Damage Control', I think). The artist's credit was
in both the book and the CD.
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Paul Jason Clegg
I haven't seen it personally, but I saw it mentioned in White Dwarfs. The
cover art, and even the concepts behind the lyrics are from the Warhammer
type of setting. They had the support and approval of Games Workshop to do
so. Apparently, Games Workshop has bought up a studio to record artists on
a new "Warhammer" label. GW is definitely diversifying, just as TSR did
with it plethora of books, trading cards, etc.
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S Burr
>In article <1991Nov11.0...@ecst.csuchico.edu> td...@ecst.csuchico.edu (Tim Dunn) writes:
>>Has anyone seen a new CD out by a group calling themselves, "Bolt Thrower?"
>>The logo and cover art are directly lifted from 40K. Like whoever said on
>>the victum* thread, GW does some really nice artwork. I just wonder if this
>>is plagurism or not.
>>
>>Tim
>I haven't seen it personally, but I saw it mentioned in White Dwarfs. The
>cover art, and even the concepts behind the lyrics are from the Warhammer
>type of setting. They had the support and approval of Games Workshop to do
>so. Apparently, Games Workshop has bought up a studio to record artists on
>a new "Warhammer" label. GW is definitely diversifying, just as TSR did
>with it plethora of books, trading cards, etc.
>
This album is about a year old. The album was Bolt Thrower's second
album (don't listen to the first (In battle There is no Law), unles
you want to get *very* bad headaches :-) ), and was called "Realms of
Chaos". This is also the name of a GW suppliment for the WHFB/WHFR/40K
series. Bolt Thrower are now on their Third album, and they have
dropped all connections to GW, even the art work is different (even if
it is based on the same sort of idea of the art work on the front
cover of WHFB). The album's called War Master.
Simon
Walter Milliken
>I saw the art on the cover of GURPS Ultra Tech on one of my roommate's CD
>covers (something called 'Damage Control', I think). The artist's credit was
>in both the book and the CD.
A lot of SJG's cover art is purchased as some sort of secondary rights
-- for example, the cover art for GURPS Humanx and GURPS Aliens both
came from book covers by Michael Whelan for Alan Dean Foster books
(Nor Crystal Tears and With Friends Like These...). Only a few of the
covers that I know of were commissioned specifically by SJG (I think
GURPS Cyberpunk and GURPS Supers both were original pieces).
---Walter
UD13...@ndsuvm1.bitnet
"Bolt Thrower?"
"Realm of Chaos" or "Warmaster" album?
Either way, seen it, got it, heard it, and now can safely ignore it.
Yes, the art and concepts were all licensed off by Games Workshop.
Since, if you can trust White Dwarf (iffy concept most months) their private
record label is finally set up, we can expect more great art attached to
mediocre thrash. You can get "RoC," at least, off the Relativity/Earache
label.
For those of you who want to know what it sounds like, and don't have
easy access to a cement grinder, it could be a bit tough. Best bet is to
scour the used magazine rack at your comic/games center for White Dwarf
#95 (I think), which had an actual flexi-disc by Sabbat on it, called
"Blood for the Blood God." Musically, it wasn't much different, but it
had the far more interesting plus of actually giving you lyrics that
mentioned Games Workshop/Old World themes and/or characters, unlike
Bolt Thrower's generic doom'n'gloom. For example, Khorne the Blood God
himself comes on for a nice rap section three-quarters the way through
the song, making him the only RPG deity I know of with an actual pop
history. Perhaps our friends in Britain can fill us in on how the GW-
related songs-cum-bands are going. Us, heck, we're stuck in North Dakota,
a place where BOTH Vanilla Ice and the Charlie Daniel's Band have closed
concerts due to slow ticket sales. If we can't get that culture, just
think what it's like in other fields.
--The Orb
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