Defstartrooper have you ever handsculpted a helmet or prop on the scale that EVO or SGB and the other artists have and have been recasted or are you arguing from the standpoint of a collector?
Have SGB or EVO spent months or years building up contacts searching for pieces, then spent tens of thousands and have been recast ?
I don't know and to be honest it's not relevent.
I'm not questioning the time and skill it takes to create something from scratch incase you missed it it's EVO and SGB and others saying that people who aquire and cast stuff from screen used items should not be afforded the same level of solidarity from fellow hobbiest simply because they didn't physically create the item to start with.
It's they that played the cast from screen used is theft card, well so is creating from scratch, it's IP theft.
If i electronically take money from a bank illegally it's theft, is it less of a theft than physically taking the money from a bank ? of course not.
Theft is theft no matter what process is involved.
Don't believe me ? well galaxy trading rings a big bell, fan sculpted trooper armor sold commercially shutdown by LFL, did LFL say hey it's cool it's not cast from screen used it's sculpted from scratch carry on ? er no.
Scratchbuilding and casting from screen used is theft bottom line it's all stealing from studios, the difference between those two and recasters is that recasters are stealing from everyone including the studio,scratchbuilders,and people who cast from original items they own.
I will say this i've yet to see anyone who casts from screen used stuff say that scratchbuilders have no right to complain if they get recast, but i've seen it plenty of times the other way round.
Personally i think both have a right to complain,both have investments in the items they produce, just different forms.
