Editing ChapterHouse Studios (section)

====Public Domain====

If no one holds the copyright to the model you're converting, no one can claim damages against you in court.  There aren't many models in the public domain, but if you do find one, do with it whatever you like - that's the whole point of it.

The significance of this is that, apparently, all historical items fall into the public domain. It's hard to explain why Flames of War, Warlord Games, Trumpeter, Tamiya and other all make Sherman tank models without suing the snot out of each other. This would in turn explain Games Workshop's move to rebrand the "Imperial Guard" and "Storm Troopers", both terms used by real world military units, to the more trademarkable "Astra Militarum" and "Tempestus Scions."