Games Workshop Tries to Crack Down on Internet Sales

heirodule writes "In this messageboard posting internet retailer The warstore says he was contacted by Games Workshop, maker of miniature wargames such as Warhammer 40,000 and the Lord of the Rings Battle Game. GW will be refusing to distribute their product to retailers who sell over the internet after July 1. That's bad enough, but they cited the problem of IP violations (like people posting pictures of their products?) as part of the rationale. The claim is that for GW, this has nothing to do with internet sales offering discounts (yeah, right) but with the 'experience' that GW wants customers to have (of coming into their own stores and getting a hard sell)." The nearest Game Workshop store to me is a 1 hour, 10 minute drive, according to their store locator. The Usenet thread may be of interest.

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Metal Miniatures (shamefully OT)

[Anixamander]

Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction here...I am an avid player of Risk 2210, and would like to replace the commanders with metal miniatures. I have been unable to find anything suitable, but I'm not sure I am looking in the right place. Also, I would prefer not to do assembly/painting myself. Are there places where you can pay folks to paint these things? Any help before I get modded into oblivion would be appreciated.