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{{quotation|'''A Shell of a Mann''' publicity blurb|Sure if you roll onto your back you ain’t getting up, but this shell’s gotta be good for stopping backstabbing spies…right?}}
 
{{quotation|'''A Shell of a Mann''' publicity blurb|Sure if you roll onto your back you ain’t getting up, but this shell’s gotta be good for stopping backstabbing spies…right?}}
  
'''A Shell of a Mann''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Engineer]]. It gives the Engineer the shell, plastron, and tail of a tortoise.
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'''A Shell of a Mann''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Engineer]]. It gives the Engineer the team-colored segmented shell on the back, light-yellow [[w:Turtle shell#Plastron|plastron]], and short green tail of a turtle.
  
 
{{Halloween restricted}}
 
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* This item, as well as the [[Dell in the Shell]], references [[Turtling]], a common strategy among newer Engineer players.
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* ''A shell of a man'' is a person who feels as though they lack purpose and direction in life.
** ''A shell of a man'' also refers someone who feels as though they lack purpose and direction in life.
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* This item references [[Turtling]], a strategy of defending a specific location with the intent of not pushing forward. Turtling usually associated with the Engineer class, which can use [[buildings]] to fortify a point of hold.  
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==

Revision as of 00:10, 12 March 2020

Sure if you roll onto your back you ain’t getting up, but this shell’s gotta be good for stopping backstabbing spies…right?
A Shell of a Mann publicity blurb

A Shell of a Mann is a community-created cosmetic item for the Engineer. It gives the Engineer the team-colored segmented shell on the back, light-yellow plastron, and short green tail of a turtle.

This item can only be worn around Halloween or during a Full Moon; at other times of the year, it does not appear in gameplay, unless the server has Halloween mode enabled. However, it can be equipped at any time and can still be viewed on the loadout screen even when it is not visible during games.

A Shell of a Mann was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Update history

October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress 2018)

  • A Shell of a Mann was added to the game.

Trivia

  • A shell of a man is a person who feels as though they lack purpose and direction in life.
  • This item references Turtling, a strategy of defending a specific location with the intent of not pushing forward. Turtling usually associated with the Engineer class, which can use buildings to fortify a point of hold.

Gallery

See also