Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27511601-20170107190552/@comment-4010415-20170107192333

1. Plagiarism is a term for writing, not stealing models.

2. It's actually not wholly unknown that the RWBY crew bought some models in volumes 1 and 2. In fact, Monty bought models for the Paladin in volume 2 and (I think?) the giant robot in the Black Trailer. Plus, Poser Pro also has a library of free-to-use models you can download.

It's entirely possible that they bought and downloaded models from legal sources, and the people who made those MMD models also used those same legal sources.

3. That Weiss one is not an exact match by a longshot.

Ruby's boots look similar to Amy's boots, but it may not be a ripped model. To be honest, some of the outfit designs Monty used for characters are based on actual existing clothing to make things easier for cosplayers, so if Amy's boots are similar to actual existing boots, that could be one reason.


 * Sun's shoes - actual existing shoes


 * Weiss' SnowPea dress - actual existing dress, with slight differences


 * Blake's pants in her Intruder outfit - actual existing pants


 * Neptune's jacket - an actual existing jacket

Probably other examples, for the sake of cosplayers, same reason he included pockets and pouches on the characters' outfits as often as possible.

4. The faces... are generic anime faces. To be honest, probably easier to mimic MMD's general style of turning anime style into 3D than to find a unique way to do it.

5. I've been in the fandom since the Yellow Trailer got put on Youtube, and I never saw anything about people accusing them of stealing models or Rooster Teeth throwing around legal threats until now.