Vlad Blackburn - Multiple products

Vlad Blackburn is a merchant on Second Life Marketplace who sells a variety of products, from accessories right through to vehicles. A couple of vehicles showed suspicious signs of video game originated models. Here's a list of our findings.

The product: Blackburns Flying Second Space Ships 01-02

The original: F-Zero GX Blue Falcon, produced by Nintendo. Model found on TF3dM.com

(top) Vlad's space ship (bottom) Nintendo's F-Zero's Blue Falcon

This was a very easy find for us. This model has been ripped from F-Zero GX, produced by Nintendo for the GameCube, and put up on TF3dM.com, which is  the most probably area in which Vlad found this model. Despite there being no writing or logos, the markings in the texture are the same and the texture has simply been tinted. 

This design is Copyrighted by Nintendo and will most likely be removed from Second Life if a DMCA is filed.

The product: Stealth F22 Raptor Trainer Scripted aircraft

The original: F-22A Raptor from H.A.W.X, by Ubisoft. Model found on TF3dM.com

(top)Vlad's F22 Trainer (bottom)H.A.W.X F-22A Raptor

Again, another H.A.W.X model from the same website we've listed before in this blog. You'll find that the marking, vents, and lines match up exactly to Vlad's "F22 Trainer". The over all texture quality, by color and clarity, is also equal of that to the H.A.W.X model.

It is without a doubt, 

Vlad Blackburn is a confirmed Mesh Thief