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* Merryweather helmets were originally produced by the Merryweather company, a 19th-century British manufacturer of firefighting equipment. | * Merryweather helmets were originally produced by the Merryweather company, a 19th-century British manufacturer of firefighting equipment. | ||
− | * The Merryweather was originally submitted as the "Vintage Pyrolean" (most likely a play on the [[Vintage Tyrolean]]'s name) and is labeled "pyrolean" in the game files | + | *The Merryweather was originally submitted as the "Vintage Pyrolean" (most likely a play on the [[Vintage Tyrolean]]'s name) and is labeled "pyrolean" in the game files. |
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* The initial design had the Vintage Merryweather entirely gold, but the author decided to change this due to it appearing too plain and bright.<ref name="polycount">[http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69164&page=11 TF2 hats and stuff (show off your TF2 stuff here) - Page 11 - Polycount Forum], retrieved 2010-10-25.</ref> | * The initial design had the Vintage Merryweather entirely gold, but the author decided to change this due to it appearing too plain and bright.<ref name="polycount">[http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69164&page=11 TF2 hats and stuff (show off your TF2 stuff here) - Page 11 - Polycount Forum], retrieved 2010-10-25.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 20:02, 16 November 2010
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The Vintage Merryweather is a community-created headwear item for the Pyro and was chosen by Valve to be released with the second wave of community-contributed content due to its outstanding quality. It appears as a black and gold Merryweather helmet, as used by 19th century fire brigades.
The description of this was written by ASpieboy.
Painted variants
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Trivia
- Merryweather helmets were originally produced by the Merryweather company, a 19th-century British manufacturer of firefighting equipment.
- The Merryweather was originally submitted as the "Vintage Pyrolean" (most likely a play on the Vintage Tyrolean's name) and is labeled "pyrolean" in the game files.
- The initial design had the Vintage Merryweather entirely gold, but the author decided to change this due to it appearing too plain and bright.[1]
References
- ↑ TF2 hats and stuff (show off your TF2 stuff here) - Page 11 - Polycount Forum, retrieved 2010-10-25.
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