Image:WH40k VindicatorMkII unpainted.jpg

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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Vehicles of the Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)
Description

This is a photograph of a Space Marine Vindicator model released by Forge World for the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop miniatures game. It is unpainted and the different plastic and resin parts are distinguishable.

Source

Sigismund assembled the miniature. The image itself was taken, edited and uploaded by User:Shrumster. The actual plastic and resin model kit is a Space Marine Vindicator MKII produced by Forge World and Games Workshop (who owns the copyright to the miniature design and thus retains copyright over the miniature in any derivative work created from it.)

Article

Vehicles of the Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)

Portion used

This is a photograph of the entire miniature.

Low resolution?

This is a low resolution photograph, but clear enough so that the details of the miniature can be clearly seen.

Purpose of use

To illustrate the appearance of the subject in the article in which it is described in, Vehicles of the Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000).

Replaceable?

Due to Games Workshop's intellectual property rules, no free image can ever be created that portrays any of the miniatures that Games Workshop has produced and released.

[edit] Fair Use Rationale

This image being linked here is of a sculpture, the copyright to which is the property of Forge World and Games Workshop. I (Shrumster) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: This image is being used for information purposes only and no equivalent free image can be created. It adds significantly to the article(s) linked to by displaying the subject of the article(s). It is believed that the use of this image on Wikipedia will have no impact on the commercial value of the image, the product displayed within the image, or any other works the image is currently used in. The use of this image on Wikipedia will have no impact on the commercial value of the miniature or any other works the miniature is currently used in.

The image is used in Vehicles of the Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000) to illustrate the subject of the miniature itself, the Forge World Space Marine Vindicator.

[edit] Licensing

This photograph is a derivative work of art based on a miniature created and copyrighted by Forge World and Games Workshop. As such, it is used on Wikipedia under Fair Use guidelines only (rationale above).

The photograph itself is released under the GFDL.

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current19:15, 21 February 2007640×557 (105 KB)Shrumster (Talk | contribs) (This is a photograph of a '''Space Marine Vindicator''' model released by Forge World for the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop miniatures game. It is unpainted painted and the different plastic and resin parts are distinguishable. ==Source== Photog)

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