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We had a very unfortunate incident where a freelance artist we hired utilized assets (wings) from the Artisan Guild.  We have the utmost respect for Artisan Guild and love their work, and we regret deeply that this happened under the RN Estudio name!  

We have pulled the two models where this occurred and we are re-sculpting them and they will be released again when completed.  This saddens us greatly as Andrea and Francesca are great examples for our art community and we understand that their work has now been used improperly several times recently.

RN Estudio is of course strongly against piracy of any type and will do our best to ensure something like this doesn't happen again.  We apologize to our Patrons who support us to create art, and to Patrons of Artisan Guild as well.  Though it is hard to police freelance artists we will try our best to make sure nothing like this happens again, as we are ultimately responsible.

We hope that our Patrons understand it was never, and will never be, our intent to use other people's art for our gain.  We will work very hard to bring you the best original sculpts we can in the coming months and we thank you for your continued support and patronage!

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Brandon Erga

Well worded response. Glad you guys were quick to look into it and rectify the situation as soon as it was brought to your attention. Also what is the inspiration for these models? An odd bunch for the Witcher contract set but I guess it is to replace the harpie. I’m also really excited for the giant cat with glasses! Haha I love it. And as always beautiful concept art!

Alberto Camargo Garcia

Hm... this seems to be a recurrent problem in Patreon right now. Maybe that freelance artist has also worked for Titan-Forge miniatures? Because those guys had the very same problem like a month ago or so...

is2scooby

Well worded post and situation well handled from my perspective.

Olivier Targez

Is it Kalzreg and the Azzali harpy queen ? I tried to download Kalzreg but the link seems down

Sebastian Dzik

I don't think anyone blames you. Same thing happened to Titan Forge. Honestly, I like this cat as a witchers target much more than I did harpy queen :D

Rigg Veda

Lovely miniatures 😍

Robert Maefs

I subscribe to both patreons so technically I am licensed for the kitbash content you accidentally distributed ;) All good though. Keep up the great work.

Jacob Stacey

Maybe it's time to start publicly releasing the names of the people who are stealing assets and passing them off as their own work. I understand it's not worth going after these people legally, in almost every country this is a crime when the artist is being paid. Their information would be public record if Artisan Guild decided to prosecute them, so having their reputation justifiably tarnished should be enough of a deterrent if they want to continue to make money from their work. It seems we're either dealing with a couple of people who are frequent contractors of the larger content studios, or it's a common practice among 3d artists that needs to be curbed immediately. Let's say that I spend the next year developing a great idea for a board game, put a call out for artists, and end up hiring one of these people who go on to use assets from a another creator and it ends up being sent to a manufacturer to have molds made and mass produced. I would technically still be held liable and could be sued by the original artist, since I hired that freelancer and made money off of their "work". Assimilation is not inspiration. Also, the cat is adorable.

estrus

Classy response! I'm so glad you addressed this quickly in a humble and mature fashion. I can now in good conscience support you both. Well done!

Maximilian Moll

good reaction. Is there any schedule for the rework?

Danil

It seems I missed the update of the May release :(