5 Minute History: Titans Part 2

Soon after Mike’s association with Games Workshop ended John Richardson of Modesto, California and some other friends approached Games Workshop with a proposition. They asked GW for the right to reproduce Mike’s models and other new ones on a large scale production basis. GW agreed and gave them a license. They formed what we know of today as Forge World Models.

Mean while Tim Dupertuis, editor of ‘Inquisitor’ Magazine, approached GW and asked for the same rights and contract and got Mike to agree to work with him to refine and update the models. Tim formed a company called Armorcast, founded in 1995, still in existence today.

Armorcast produced:

Revised Eldar Knight Titan

Eldar Revenant Titan

Revised Eldar Phantom titan

Revised Eldar Tempest

Eldar Falcon

Revised Imperial Reaver Titan

Revised Imperial Warhound Titan

Imperial Super Detail Baneblade

Revised Imperial Baneblade /Shadowsword kit

Revised Imperial Baneblade

Revised Imperial Shadowsword

Tyranid Exocrine

Tyranid Haruspex

Tyranid Malefactor

Ork Great Gargant (pictured above)

Ork Battlewagon

Cannon of Khorne

Blood Cauldron of Khorne

Adeptus Mechanicus Symbol

Chaos Symbol

Armor cast Unreleased/Limited Release

Titan Chaos Tail

Titan Chaos Spikes and symbols

Ork Tank

So the companies which received copyright licenses from GW were, in order of appearance, Mike Biasi Studios, Epicast, Forge World Models, Armorcast. Each of these four manufacturers were located within 4 hours of each other in Northern California, USA. 

In Part 3, our final piece of titan history, we will look at some of the more recent history including some independent builders who were shut down by GW for Copyright infringement.