Games Workshop Disqualified my Golden Demon Entry

Today I am talking about my #warhammerfest2023 experience and about the fact that one of my Golden Demon entries got disqualified.
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[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😘😘😘 Can't wait for the next round of beers 😁!!! ps: I love the pizza guy, but I'm obviously biased 😅

[@SlyLilFoxo]

Considering GW have literally sold joke models, one of which actually being a cook, I think the mini may not have been 'too goofy' but they might have thought that a man with an Italian flag, making pizza, might have had the potential to come off as derogatory? Clearly it's not, it's a fun little model and I'm sure it'd be well appreciated, but I've a feeling that it being a bit stereotypical may have made them iffy on rating it properly. I personally love the model. It's well painted too, I really love the oven mitt.

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

Hmm, can't be pissing of the customer base can we? Oh, hang on.........

[@jackrylebonclaw7270]

This was my first thought too; snowflake syndrome. Let's suck all the fun out of the world because someone MIGHT get offended! Though I'm not sure what's worse; that or GW genuinely being so draconian and anal about staying 'within the brand' that they just outright nuke anything that isn't grimdark.

[@DivinityOfBLaze]

You're right, italians are derogatory towards pizza making

[@mattheweves5177]

Remember when warhammer 40k was famed for it's satire........

[@JasonM69]

Pepperidge farm remembers.

[@tobiasschwabe1670]

if i think of 40k its all satire right now

[@Hcaz1113]

It's like when the director of starship troopers was all "no I was making fun of the government you're not supposed to like them!"

[@acledfloyd]

Obi-Wan Sherlock Clousseau remembers

[@mattheweves5177]

@@JasonM69 it's an older meme sir, but it checks out. I was about to clear them.

[@adammotter]

As an Iron Hands player and pizza lover, I totally appreciate that mini!!

[@BarcelPL]

I always wondered what is more valued at Golden Demon: - Display of painting prowess (brush control, supreme highlights, etc) - Overall effect (display, pose, color palette) Because after seeing finalists and winners - I have no clue.

[@mattheweves5177]

You'd think for finalists and up you'd get some basic feedback with second and third placings getting more detailed feedback etc

[@Evilminiature]

@@mattheweves5177 They used to do so. But for whatever reason they stoped.

[@artic78]

The Slayer Sword winner has a large variety of meticulously painted differing textures, along side a strong theme/story being told in the pose, basing and framing. Similar for the US Slayer Sword, almost flawless execution across various textures, strong theme.

[@Khasidon]

It's painting.

[@voxthesergal]

You have to follow the 'Eavy Metal style almost flawlessly. I've seen AMAZING pieces that never made more than finalist, and winners or contenders who barely scratched half the quality some put down. (Lets be real here, one of the Golden Demon finalists for the duel category back during LVO was a bunch of the gobbos on the hopping squig chasing down a peasant..)

[@dezzyschannel3078]

"Rejected for not respecting warhammer intellectual property" meanwhile GW has a lore character named: Inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau. It's always been goofy since the start

[@Bonesawisready926]

To be fair, I think that dude has been decanonized. But yeah, I always chuckle when GW pretends to care about IP law.

[@MiniRokys]

I will not lie, I read "Obiwan Shreklock"

[@purplefood1]

@@Bonesawisready926 I mean they stole basically all of Dune and renamed some of it, Arbites are literally Judge Dredd ripoffs shit they even have a planet named Metalica

[@jeffw7382]

and the most of the setting is ripped off from of IPs

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

They used to do this as far back as the 90s. I still have my metal Chaos Santa minis.

[@BarokaiRein]

There are no booths because people running GW are completely out of touch. They think that if there is a face you can put on GW, it's somehow a threat to them. This is why painting tutorials went the way of onlyhands, artists aren't credited, and so on. They're complete idiots who don't understand that youtubers who used to work for them keep making them money. Duncan's videos sell GW models, everyone with at least 2 brain cells can tell you as much, and they're doing it as free advertisement.

[@BSJDynasty]

They are correct though. Duncan, Peachy, Louise, all doing their own thing and Duncan for example is a direct competitor to gw now with his paints. Also happened back in the day with game designers etc.

[@Morrodin182]

@@BSJDynasty They are wrong though as Duncan, Peachy and Louise all keep generating money for GW. Aren't they the ones saying: We are a miniature company first? Yes, not being part of GW allows them to create competing products like paints but in the bigger scheme they help grow the hobby and what is better? 100% of 1 pizza or 66% of 2 pizza's?* *If both pizza's are equally yummy >.>

[@Autechltd]

Not sure if it shows, but apparently a lot of ex-hasbro execs moved into GW during around 8th edition, at least on the EU side of the business.

[@WilliamHatton0]

@@chad4858 Sure they can do what they want but those that left have grown the overall industry increasing the potential market for GW. As it said, "A rising tide lifts all boats" and GW with the biggest "boat" stands to gain most from a larger industry. And while short term people leaving has small inconveniences for GW but the long term really the policy just hurts them.

[@nadinabbott3991]

@@Autechltd yes, yes it does

[@thewilltheway]

I mean to play devils advocate: There is a hard rule about using the iconography of real world institutions. It probably wasn't disqualified for being a meme, it was probably because of the Italian flag.

[@artsoulnorth]

Congratulations for getting a finalist pin on your pieces. It was nice to meet you briefly 😊

[@Zumikito]

At the end of the day the most fun activity at Warhammer Fest was chatting with the hobbyists from our amazing community!

[@kuraiakarui8815]

It was great to talk to you mate! After speaking with you about advice on my SOB bases, I have removed the red tufts and just kept the green forest look like you suggested. I have also painted more highlights on the face of my Morvenn Vahl to bring the main attention. It looks so much better after your advice, thanks for that! Keep doing what you're doing!

[@PrayerstotheDiceGods]

It was a genuin pleasure to meet you at Warhammer Fest, and you really are as nice in person as you are in your videos. After our discussion about feedback on videos, this one is great, the Rimming joke landed well.

[@dmssp1988]

1:55 .. it's not because of that .. GW wants at all costs to prevent the creation of others Duncan Rhodes for example.. therefore, more and more they will be a "faceless" brand

[@ml6158]

I mean they are all over youtube...

[@veryblocky]

Why do you think this is the case, what’s the problem with Duncan?

[@aubreyray4348]

​​@@veryblockyt's not a problem with Duncan himself, both sides (GW and Duncan) have said that his parting from the company was on pretty good terms. The issue is that, due to his popularity among fans/customers, when he left to pursue his own goals and created an independent line of paints and tools, those who were more fans of Duncan than GW started to pur hase HIS products over theirs.

[@little_hunt3r]

@@aubreyray4348 I mean that's also in part to the fact that Duncan's paints don't use archaic bottles and aren't shit. Typical corporation, no innovation when you can keep failing.

[@mattlisch8952]

This reminds me of an incident back in like 2012 or 2013, when I was working at the Golden Demon jury myself (being an Ex GW employee). We used to have three judges back then. We all decided on putting a certain piece in second place in the open category. It was a beautiful piece by, as it turned out later, a French lady. That piece was a large tiered wedding cake, topped by a Stone Troll couple who were just married. It was beautifully crafted and painted, with hilarious detail such as the Troll „wife“ still munching on a piece of cake she had grabbed from the cake while climbing it. All judges loved that entry, but we got stopped by the IP wardens and it was disqualified instead. I had to explain that to the creator afterwards, which was really heartbreaking. But yeah, there are no Troll weddings in the Warhammer universe, and neither are there Techmarine pizzaioli. Fair enough 😊

[@artic78]

Shame, Open should be Open, i've seen GD entries of Space Marines painting Epic marines not get disqualified, is mini painting more likely than pizza?

[@mattlisch8952]

@@artic78 Well, frankly yes it is. Painting is part of „the hobby“, while weddings and crafting pizza is not. It‘s a fine line though.

[@raistlarn]

@@artic78 Was the Space Marine and Blood Angel, because the arts is kinda what they do on their down time...other than partaking in actual blood.

[@ThisisCitrus]

Games Workshop disqualifying anyone for disrespect OR IP infringement is ironic. What a dumpster company.

[@johnoneill3654]

It's laughable how little self awareness they have, or perhaps they don't care how hypocritical they are. Could be either 🤷 I bet there will still be people defending them in the comments though.

[@felixzbloch]

Ay I made it to the video! It was so nice talking to you in line. It's a true shame that your entry was disqualified. I have to say that I was super excited to see your models in person. It's like "hey I know this one from Insta".

[@MartinPowderly]

They should have a category called "Whimsy". It's like the Eurovision - nobody seriously expects a good song but it's fun to watch and maybe... just maybe... we'll all root for an underdog of sorts and just enjoy each other more. It's only a game. Loved the pizza guy. You need a Deliveroo daemon now 😈

[@jmaccsarmiesofmiddleearth]

90s GW woulda loved the Pizza man

[@lessteel9426]

Was about to comment the same thing

[@mh4383]

Simon, I met you with my son on the Saturday afternoon session. You were very generous with your time and really interested in talking about the hobby. Top guy and much respect-your videos are super examples of advanced painting techniques made easier (and intetesting). Don't know why I thought you were Spanish but you set me right 😂 Greetings from Ireland.👍

[@E45l4y]

As an italian, i laughed hard when i saw the meme mini, i love it xD But i see why got disqualified, would have won hands down, no one can withstand the power of a pizza

[@That1greykight0666]

You would think that a company who hands out rewards for painted models would allow some creativity even if it was for a gag

[@jorgeclarkson4639]

They do, just not for stupid entries lol

[@realname8362]

I think there was a good amount of creativity on display, pretty disrespectful of the other contestants to claim otherwise.

[@That1greykight0666]

@@jorgeclarkson4639 but why not have an entire reward art is art no matter how stupid the fact someone took time to paint and create their own mini for a game they love its ridiculous that you wouldn't make it an actual reward for it on top of that saying it's disrespectful to the game and it's characters shows alot about the company

[@tinyfishhobby3138]

Three finalist pins is “disappointing”?? Most Warhammer painters would be over the moon at that kind of recognition at Golden Demon.

[@ScytheNoire]

"Full ballsack"?? Well, now there is going to be some 12 year-old who starts using that phrase with his parents. "Jees Mom, don't go full ballsack."

[@cuauhtemocricardoorlandosa2188]

All the goody PPs use that phrase

[@notmenotme614]

I went full ballsack with my geography homework tonight

[@neilburns3121]

As an Italian, I am outraged. That's a slayer sword quality Iron Father if I've ever seen one!

[@robertbullen5769]

Hi Zumikito. Just wanted to say that I’ve been enjoying your content a lot since returning to mini painting after something like a 20 year break!! I love your style of education mixed with chat and quality silliness and I’m really pleased you’re producing this quality and type of content. If I ever bump in to you in the UK I promise to speak at a reasonable speed. Cheerio.

[@piratehookerss]

I always forget the midwinter mini’s guy’s name is Guy, so when I hear “I saw the midwinter minis guy” I pause for a second

[@Mooglepies]

It was great seeing you and meeting you briefly - I heard yours and Marco's very distinctive voices before you appeared in front of us as if by magic in the Golden Daemon area. I only felt confident enough to paint Sons of the Phoenix because of your tips and tutorials on painting white armour so thanks so much again for those. Glad you had a mostly fun time here in the UK and sorry we speak too fast!

[@dalaxbro38]

It is wild that this got disqualified when at the Chicago Adepticon there was a cupcake titan with whip cream and a cherry on top holding a Dairy Queen spoon that had no issues and was one of my personal favorite entries. I feel like a guy with pizza is way less of a divergence from their IP

[@FerreusVir]

The best quote about the Fest I've read was: "I had low expectations for Warhammer Fest and GW still disappointed me."

[@derseb8739]

I like your conversion of feirros and the gobbo / nurgling display looks great Hope you win the sword next time

[@gdonaldson26]

Honestly, They probably heard you referring to queues as "lines", and decided that's just not cricket old chap, so they disqualified you out of principle, and quite right too! 😄

[@spacedock873]

I didn't go (not that into warhammer) but the general impression from people who did seems to be lots of queues (NOT lines - it was in the UK!) to see not much content. GW appears to be notorious for the opaque way that Golden Demon competitions are judged so entering appears to be a shot in the dark. Having said that I can see why they would disqualify an entry that takes the p*$$ out of their hallowed IP. Outside of the competition I love that piece and bet many others do too. What is this hobby about in the end? Multinational companies trying to maintain a stranglehold on what people do with their IP or people with paint and little plastic figures enjoying themselves? Nuts to the competition - stop stressing yourself and have fun!👍😁

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

They should just add a category for "funsies" tbh. No big prizes or anything, just "yeah, these don't really fit, *but* they're awesome, and we liked them, so here they are!"

[@PFCDickSimmons]

From everything I heard this year I feel like I'd much prefer going to Adepticon over Warhammer Fest.

[@johnfarscape]

That sucks getting your entry disqualified. . The worst thing that happened to us was after not being able to play a tourney in over a year due to covid, we travelled to Nottingham for Warhammer World for a tourney, my mates imperial guard army was about 5 years worth of painting and converting to make a stunning city fighting, police style army, all his Chiamras were converted to wheeled vehicles to fit the theme. Sadly they had decided to crack down on 3rd party or 3d printed parts being used so banned his entire army despite the only 3d printed parts being the wheels, everything else was pure GW. He was so pissed he decided to drive straight home, 10 hour round trip driving for nothing, he quit the hobby after that. . Same thing happened with an army I had commissioned painted for someone else, It was Chaos Knights, It was Khorne themed so I had made chainaxes to replace all the Chainswords on all the wardogs and the Rampager, he had to snap them all off to be allowed to play and then he was told his army wasn't wisysig so was disqualified. . He just plays stock armies now, Seems a shame when GW treat their fans like poop.

[@cuauhtemocricardoorlandosa2188]

i mean its kinda expected but it does not matter. you still got one of the best meme-minis :) i gotta do something like that. thanks for the inspiration :)

[@Almightyrastus]

For me, and this is something that I have been saying for a fair few years now, the fun has left GW. The humour is gone from just about everywhere other than Blood Bowl. 40k used to have so much humour in it, it was silly, satirical, and more than a little odd in places. Now it is all super serious all war all the time. Entries that poke fun at things, or are born of memes that have grown up because of mispronunciation of names or outlandish goings on that people have just stated taking the piss out of should be welcomed, why so serious...?

[@thekkidd3d]

Another great video. That Nurgle taunt is awesome. Glad you had a good time meeting viewers at least. (Savage_Ork_Guy said much the same in her video about it, and she only had to drive a couple hours to a free flat. ) Hopefully I'll get to go to one of these and thank you personally for the Airbrush you won me from Emil @ Squidmar! (Thanks again! ) As for the killer Iron Chef 'Zza Lord, you would think GW would have an entry just for the lighter side of things. Or at least a space to display some of the more humorous ones... Thanks again for the great content, keep it up; I'll keep watching.

[@TheBasicBrush]

It was really nice to meet you. I met you with James so maybe it was the Scottish accent 🤣 you are taller than a TV screen suggests :p

[@Zumikito]

cheers! Many people actually said that they didn't expect me to be this tall 😂

[@MiniQuest64]

Talking to fast? I knew it was Sam instantly! :D

[@TheBasicBrush]

@@MiniQuest64 bite me 🤣

[@the_arcanum]

@@Zumikito IKR ? What's up with you, Guy and Maverick being so tall ? Is that a secret club ? An alien conspiracy ? Can you even fold your pinkie ? ^ ^

[@DarioPattarini]

What a surprise to see my face in your video 😅. Was a pleasure to meet again after Nottingham, and to chat together. Agree with you that 3 days were too much time given the available activities, and queues a real nightmare

[@hobbithubby5076]

Guys become a bit of a pariah since his split with Penny. It’s not surprising he wasn’t invited to the after party.

[@deviantknight7009]

Their corporate BS and global audience dream is why I run metal models back from GW used to love fans. Especially the Juan Diaz models. I can imagine 10th nerfing or removing more forgeworld models

[@jakub_paints6775]

Som rád že som sa mohol s tebou a ostatnými na feste pozdraviť, aj keď sa tam skoro nedalo pohnúť 😄

[@Zumikito]

jestli poletíš i příště, můžeme to nějak spojit :)

[@jakub_paints6775]

@@Zumikito to by bolo super, budem v kontakte keď na to dôjde

[@Wijkert]

The shots of the cabinets turned out great! Would love to see more of this footage.

[@Xaiderach]

As Italian, i approve of Iron Father Ferros making pizza for his battle brothers

[@fiole666]

The joke is not the miniature, it's this company. This is very sad for them

[@DJRockford83]

Not that i paint to golden Daemon standard but the only thing that stood out as "wrong" with the duel one is it appears that the goblin isn't looking at or oriented towards his intended target.

[@somethingbatty950]

A thing I've heard noted a few times about "duel" entries is that there needs to be physical interaction between the combatants - ie they should actually touch in some way, not just be two guys pointing at each other. With how inconsistant the judges are, it's a hard call to make, though. Also, I absolutely love your Pizzaris!

[@Zumikito]

I would love it if it was the case, but last year there was a winning piece where a terminator was pointing his stormbolter at a charging tyranid and in the same manner there was bronze this year that was shooting eldar at a chaos space marine (both are amazing and from the same guy btw)

[@Bodkin_Ye_Pointy]

The English talk fast. I married an Aussie woman with Italian parents. Try keeping up with Italians in full flight. In the mean time, Hatty from Mid Winter Minis had her entry turned down. She had turned a great unclean one into Mr Boogedy which unfortunately trod on the toes of IP for a movie. Some times the decisions they make are risk averse.

[@dennisstark9764]

I understand the dissapointment when being judged for some artistic work and not once did I see Art being rated as I thought it should be. Doesnt matter my work or someone elses being the object of judgement and this is particulary true on Conventions ive been. So dont too sad, this Hobby and the work you put in there shouldnt be for Jurys, but mainly for youreself and people who like and enjoy it😉

[@motherreaper7287]

"Not respecting Warhammer Intellectual Property", I beg to differ, any intellect these people had has long since soured and died somewhere and its corpse was picked over by anything desperate enough to take interest.

[@foreverfornever1124]

Nice! Three finalist pins!! Well if anything this shows you that you are doing something right when it comes to judging. Its no demons but to have all 3 qualified serious entries awarded, that counts for something. I guess now you know where you stand and hopefully it gets you more pumped to go all ball sack on your next entries

[@QDIGS06]

That pizza marine is actually very clever. It is kind of disappointing to see that the Golden Demon supports only run in the mill artists.

[@nrais76]

From my understanding, they are no longer crediting designers and artists, so maybe there weren't any this year because showcasing them would be acknowledging them. I hope I heard wrong.

[@mikewhitaker2880]

any potential leaks my arse.. the ONLY leaks we will get from GW is the possibility of another price hike or that a portion of their product will no longer be sold/made...

[@DigininjaRobin]

Being new to the hobby I had big expectations for the Fest but only came for one day to try it out and I'm so glad I didn't do more. Like you, I saw everything I could be bothered queueing for but I didn't have any fans to chat to so gave up and went home late afternoon. I expected so much more, lots of small activities, booths, instant entertainment rather than queuing for hours. Unless they announce big changes I won't bother again next year.

[@DigininjaRobin]

And love your chef and duel, definitely two of the better entries I've seen.

[@cosmo8400]

Mate that pizza joke mini is great, I laughed so hard when I saw it. Its a wicked minature GGs for thinking of it and making it.

[@3reshKigal]

I liked the duel you made, it was fun and better than at least one of the winners.

[@lordllewellynofdarkdelight2613]

I heard that a Blood Angels Champlin reported your entry. He suspected a pineappleless pizza.

[@ScoshHammer]

Laughed so hard when the Pizza Marine popped onto the screen, well done :D

[@joshelguapo5563]

I feel that, I play some video games where I talk to british people and that manchester accent man, plus I just moved to Virginia and some of these backcountry folk I just can't comprehend sometimes.

[@christopheraaron1255]

There were a couple of times someone placed with entries that referred to Blackadder...

[@RisingApe]

Was great to hang out, cheers for the shout out

[@LuukeFX]

Totally unrelated, but I noticed your use of this Ikea thingy in the back for brushes and tools, excellent idea :D

[@mastodonseven]

Almost like it was made to hang things on

[@CanadianHunter69]

May I ask...whats a bigger award. A finalist pin or a commended entry card? I heard of finalist pins before. My 40k painting goal is to enter Canadian comps like Canadian GD.

[@Zumikito]

If you get a finalist pin with your entry, you made the first cut. If you got a commended entry card, you made the second card (so it's better). That means that all the commended entries received the pins as well and are in a final selection between the Golden Demon winners.

[@CanadianHunter69]

@@Zumikito sick bro, good to know, good luck next year

[@GravesAlec]

The Italian pizza concept is genius In my opinion, not surprising GW lacks a sense of humour.

[@carlstanford7607]

No designers are because of the same reason as the only hands decision. They don’t want the public getting to know them and then seeing them leave because of the horrific way GW treat their talented staff

[@clinch4402]

Mistake including the Italian flag I think. Otherwise yeah I can't see why it'd be not fun to include it.

[@LiliaArmoury]

wait gw actually care about respecting the setting, they give the space wolves a free pass every other day to break the setting (any other chapter did to the inquisition and grey knights what they did and that chapter would be excommunicated and be the target of every other space marine chapter's weapons in the segmentum

[@darko-man8549]

GW doesn't want faces behind designers. They make the reasoning due to bullying of Matt Ward, but deep down it is mainly because they are worried about people jumping ship

[@StevesPaintBrush]

Congrats on the pins you did win, shame about your pizza dude! Getting a few minutes to chat to you was one of my highlights; you were super friendly and kind so thank you!

[@benjaminargus9563]

Your a legend dude is live to meet you just my aussie accent would make conversation hard if a pom is difficult to handle

[@journeyinpaint]

I've said it in other videos, but I fully agree that if I wasn't in a tournament, I wouldn't have had a clue what to do for most of the time there.

[@Jackalos1]

Clearly, GW need to add a meme category to Golden Demon

[@KrisPaintsMinis]

It was a pleasure meeting you at warhammer fest! I found all your miniatures in the cabinets and they looked amazing 👏 Pizza marine should have won the gold!

[@christopherjakel1049]

That oven mitt on the joke entry 😂

[@andrewcalvert4854]

Spotted you at one point but you looked pretty busy. With you on fest, we queued the 40k demo for 2 hours before giving up (we mathed that we'd still have another 1 hour 30 minutes to go).

[@doshutokeshi3877]

I'm with you man. I had an entry kicked out back in 92 for the same reasons. No sense of humour hasn't changed. Lol

[@liveanotheranime3526]

video title starts at @6:08. That model that got disqualified was hilarious though! Love it! Whoever judged were obviously grumps who didn’t get their 6 shots of expresso that morning.

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

GW seem to constantly make a rod for their own back with rules and regulations that sometimes are so strict there is simply no room for manoeuvre on the hobbyists' part. 'Disrespecting the IP' is a ludicrous reason to DQ someone. What if they decided to DQ someone's youngster for this vague reasoning. If I were the dad of some poor kid who's in tears after his 30hr piece got bumped out of competition, they would be in a world of hurt. Disgraceful and uncharitable behaviour yet again from GW as a company sh^ting from on high on it's customer base. I live in Manchester and was at the GW branch on Friday but I steered clear of the car crash that was the crass money-maker-cash-grab across the city. I have read and seen a lot posts post event and felt ratified I didn't pony up my hard earned to get in and join some truly massive queues (as we say in England). Keep up the great content!

[@JakeDogg-RIP]

From what I’ve seen about wh fest, was it seemed like so many ppl enjoyed meeting creators, I think GW should invite more creators and make that part of the fest, like it would be best if they would pay them too, but we all know they won’t do that😅

[@themainman2827]

Golden Demon needs a "Dont be so Serious" category.

[@johnbruce4004]

Sense of fun commercially removed, sadly. Like the others. Interesting report. Some good some not so much. Sorry for your friends.

[@travis8106]

Its kinda gross that something so awesome got met with such a cold response. "Disrespecting the IP?" Jesus Christ, it's not like an art competition for the Queen or something.

[@Tigerfibel]

that iron father is incredible.

[@notmenotme614]

You have to pause and admire the attention to detail on the pizza. It even has oregano.

[@enr1l]

I am italian and i love the pizzaris techmarine.... and i play iron hands so i love even more!

[@RollModeIs]

Spotted you walking around but didnt want to disturb you 😅 next time ill just jump in haha.

[@cyberash3000]

When it was gamesday you COULD talk to the game designers and authors

[@beersandbacon]

Holy shit, that meme pizza marine is amazing 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@drognagnan]

As an italian, i found the pizza-marine really hilarious ❤ GW takes itself too seriously, how boring

[@illium492]

Oh GW bein GW?! who would have saw that comin. But it's ok, keep throwing them money

[@dansteinhardt8746]

I need that tool rack you got behind you with all the attachments!!!!! do you have a link by chance??

[@Zumikito]

Can't recall the name, but it's from IKEA...Skadis I think?

[@breakupgoogle4584]

It seems In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future... there is no Pizza. Damn, that is grim.

[@AzaMinis]

Full Ballsack reference. Goodie PP spotted

[@markbauby7442]

"Or as normal people call them. Lines" YES

[@ThyartisDanny]

Fuck me, I think GW lost their funny bone. That pizza chef was top tier.

[@daniellof453]

So it's not just me finding the term "rimming" slightly fun without context 😅

[@Wigalot]

You aren't the only one. Another guy got his Thunderbirds inspired Titans disqualified for not following GWs IP. Even though they used all GW parts and the only thing that could be loosely related to the Thunderbirds IP was the colour the titans were painted (blue, green, red and yellow) and the fact they had 1, 2, 3 and 4 stenciled on.... which aren't IP infringements anyway. Total madness.

[@travis8106]

I literally know nothing about anybody who works for GW, which is wierd, because usually when I love something this much I know a bit more about the creators. I know Kentaro Miura for creating Berserk. Hidetaka Miyazaki for creating Dark Souls. John Romero and Carmack from Doom. Instead of anybody from GW being the face of the company, the true faces of GW are you guys. Squidmar, Baldermort, Luetin, and of course, you as well. Time and time again I see friction between what I see as the faces of the company, and the company itself, and its very odd. Keep up the great work, the entire community has your backs.

[@allenforbes8108]

They just don't have a popular meme award, bc if they did have a comedy award somethings that shouldn't see the light of day in current society would then be cannon.

[@patinho5589]

Your duel is very well painted. Just not dynamic maybe with the mono pose battle for skull pass goblin being the main protagonist .. really well painted though.

[@Gam3Therapy]

Bruh, there was a literal ice cream Knight at USA Adepticon....