Military Dress Uniforms

Adrean

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone is making any contemporary military dress uniforms for males and females. There are a lot of sci fi or historical ones in the store but when it comes to contemporary ones (such as the USMC dress blues or navy ones), they are basically non-existent. So maybe it's an opportunity to fill this vacuum of content?

Gordig

At least the USMC dress blues are protected by copyright, so any reproduction of them would have to be legally distinct, possibly to such a degree that they would no longer be desirable to buyers.

rcourtri_789f4b1c6b

As far as contemporary US military uniforms go, many of the elements (such as unit insignia and medals/ribbons) have trademark protections, so any PA and/or Daz would need to get permission from the relevant branch of service.  And if any Daz Studio user wanted to make commercial art using any sort of insignia or other design elements protected under US law, the individual user would need to get permission from the relevant branch of service.  In short, replica US military uniforms probably aren't commercially viable because of trademark protections, just like intellectual property from video games and film/television.

 

Adrean

Well, what about not using these elements but just creating material zones for those places for customization.

pwiecek

You'd still need to get permission or use entirely fictitious ones.

 

Adrean

Ficticious ones still sound good enough. The problem is their non-existence.

Drogo Nazhur

rcourtri_789f4b1c6b said:

As far as contemporary US military uniforms go, many of the elements (such as unit insignia and medals/ribbons) have trademark protections, so any PA and/or Daz would need to get permission from the relevant branch of service.  And if any Daz Studio user wanted to make commercial art using any sort of insignia or other design elements protected under US law, the individual user would need to get permission from the relevant branch of service.  In short, replica US military uniforms probably aren't commercially viable because of trademark protections, just like intellectual property from video games and film/television.

 

What about rank insignias? Are they also trademarked?

FSMCDesigns

Drogo Nazhur said:

rcourtri_789f4b1c6b said:

As far as contemporary US military uniforms go, many of the elements (such as unit insignia and medals/ribbons) have trademark protections, so any PA and/or Daz would need to get permission from the relevant branch of service.  And if any Daz Studio user wanted to make commercial art using any sort of insignia or other design elements protected under US law, the individual user would need to get permission from the relevant branch of service.  In short, replica US military uniforms probably aren't commercially viable because of trademark protections, just like intellectual property from video games and film/television.

 

What about rank insignias? Are they also trademarked?

Especially those. 

There are military dress uniforms at the normal 3D shops, but they are usually sold under a special editorial/academic license https://blog.turbosquid.com/turbosquid-3d-model-license/#Editorial-Usage

Sure is a nice admiral uniform though and at a good price, wonder if I could get it to work in DS https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-model-admiral-uniform/813680

and a Marine one https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-marine-corps-parade-uniform-model-1178470

rcourtri_789f4b1c6b

Drogo Nazhur said:

What about rank insignias? Are they also trademarked?

Yes, but somebody could probably get away with things like stripes/chevrons, or a general's/admiral's stars in a product.  They're rather generic geometric forms.  

The law is really intended to protect against the use of symbols/iconography of entire services (like the  USMC's Globe-and-Anchor), units (like the 82nd Airborne Division's patch), or decorations/citations (Purple Heart, Bronze Star, etc.).  This could mislead people with the appearance of an endorsement or affiliation.