Warhammer YouTuber Pulls the Plug After 10 Years Amid Games Workshop Takedowns, Death Threats, and Doxxing Over 3D Printing Designs

A long-running Warhammer content creator has announced the end of their YouTube channel amid Games Workshop takedowns of their 3D printing designs, and burnout from dealing with online complaints and threats.

The Outer Circle, which is run by an Australian creator named “Macca,” has focused on commentary, lore analysts, and getting started guide videos mostly on Games Workshop’s Horus Heresy tabletop. For the uninitiated, Horus Heresy is the sci-fi tabletop wargame set in the 31st millennium, 10,000 years before the current Warhammer 40,000 setting. It revolves around the foundational Horus Heresy storyline, which sets up the Warhammer 40,000 universe as it is understood today.

For over a decade, The Outer Circle has released videos enthusing about the hobby, but also videos critical of Games Workshop's pricing, rules, and corporate policies. Things came to a head in recent months after The Outer Circle received DMCA takedowns of 3D printing designs of miniatures sold on a website called Cults 3D, which sparked …