A discerning fan has spotted an unofficial design in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, something that would be illegal to use in official tabletop play.
As spotted by Royta15 and posted on Reddit, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 uses a design from a third-party conversion kit. It's a regalia associated with the Thousand Sons of the Chaos Space Marines, but not one that Games Workshop is selling.
Saber Interactive has revealed in the past that they scanned every miniature they needed for Space Marine 2, which probably means that someone at the studio enjoys this particular third-party design. The thing is, Games Workshop has historically been very stringent about the use of third-party models, you can't even use non-GW products at official Warhammer tabletop games.
It's hard to imagine that a company that's so protective over its intellectual property like Games Workshop would be pleased to find a third-party design in the most successful Warhammer game on Steam ever.
It's not the first time third-party modifications have slipped through the cracks and appeared in officially licensed products. It'll be interesting to see if the design remains in Space Marine 2, or ends up being...
