Warhammer 40,000 cosplay maker receives Cease and Desist from Games Workshop for copyright infringement 

Popular online content creator and cosplay prop maker Galactic Armory has received a Cease and Desist from Warhammer owner Games Workshop for copyright infringement. 

The popular YouTuber has made a living recreating cosplay props for sci-fi IPs such as Halo, Star Wars and Warhammer 40K. Over the years, Galactic Armory has sold a number of props of helmets, weapons and other items in completed or semi-completed forms as well as STL files for fans to 3D print. 

Galactic Armory receives C&D over Warhammer 40,000 props

In an announcement on YouTube, Aaron from Galactic Armory revealed that Games Workshop sent a Cease and Desist takedown notice to the creator following the announcement of the Lieutenant Titus’ Mark X Helmet Bundle. 

“We thought we’d be okay based on the fact that they’re not really doing cosplay stuff,” the YouTuber explained. “Until, like, 2 days after the cease and desist came down.”

The creator explained that the team behind Galactic Armory will no longer be making any Warhammer-themed items in accordance with the Cease and Desist letter. Additionally, every item they’ve made in the past has been scrubbed from their online store, although some files may exist elsewhere on the internet. 

“We ended up having to take down like 26 different uh designs of helmets, weapons, uh some armour sets, all sorts of different stuff,” they said. “And we’ve cancelled all future plans involving the 40k IP.”

The YouTuber expressed disappointment at Games Workshop’s decision simply due to the massive community events the team had started based on their Warhammer prop designs. 

“Way back when we did the helmet contest and over 300 people submitted photos of their finished Warhammer custom helmets that they all made themselves,” the YouTuber said. “And so I felt really good about being able to put those files out there for people.”

“And now they get to make helmets and armor from one of their favorite universes at home,” they continued. “And it’s always one of my favorite things to go out and see some of our helmet files in the wild or see some armor files out there that somebody used to make something really awesome.”

While some fans have expressed anger towards Games Workshop’s decision, Galactic Armory doesn’t hold any ill will against the Warhammer IP owners. 

“I want to just make sure or make it clear that I have no ill will towards GW for this,” they explained. “They are well within their right, of course, to ask us to do this. It’s their IP. They came up with all the Space Marines that we love, all the chaplains, they came up with it all. We just kind of filled a void that they weren’t really doing.”