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{{Hat infobox
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{{Item infobox
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| name            = Frenchman's Beret
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| type              = cosmetic
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| hat-image       = Frenchman'sberet.png
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| image             = Frenchman's Beret.png
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| hat-slot       = [[Head]]
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| team-colors       = yes
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| used-by         = [[Spy]]
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| used-by           = [[Spy]]
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| released       = [[May 20, 2010 Patch]]
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| equip-region      = hat
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| has-team-colors = Yes
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| contributed-by    = {{Steamid|76561197984476370}}<br>{{Steamid|76561198007105082}}
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| paint           = No
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| released           = {{Patch name|5|20|2010}}<br>([[Second Community Contribution Update]])
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| contributed-by  = {{steamid|76561197984476370|Daimao}}
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| availability      = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|crate29|crate90-strange|unusual}}
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| display-loadout-stats = yes
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| trade              = yes
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| neutral-attributes    = Because real espionage is an artform.
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| gift              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
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| paint             = yes
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| rename            = yes
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| numbered          = no
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| loadout            = yes
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  | item-kind        = Hat
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  | item-description = Because real espionage is an artform.
 
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{{Quotation|'''The Spy''' on true fine art|Clearly they were outclassed.|sound=Spy_cheers08.wav}}
 
  
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The '''Frenchman's Beret''' is an unlockable headwear item for the Spy. It was modelled after the style of the stereotypical artist's beret, hence the two paint brushes on the left side.
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{{Quotation|'''The Soldier''' expressing his love for Spy's fashion|Words cannot express how much I hate France right now!|sound=Soldier DominationSpy07.wav}}
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The '''Frenchman's Beret''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Spy]]. It is a team-colored artist's beret, with two miniature paint brushes criss-crossing on the left side.
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The item's description was written by [https://web.archive.org/web/20110624031834/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16714353&postcount=124 SoulDestroy] for the [[Hat Describing Contest]], and was slightly edited by Valve.
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== Painted variants ==
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{{Painted variants full|paintdiff=yes}}
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== Update history ==
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{{Update history|
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'''{{Patch name|5|20|2010}}''' ([[Second Community Contribution Update]])
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* The Frenchman's Beret was added to the game.
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'''{{Patch name|9|30|2010}}''' ([[Mann-Conomy Update]])
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* {{Undocumented}} Added a community-contributed description for the Frenchman's Beret.
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* {{Undocumented}} The Frenchman's Beret can now be uncrated with [[Unusual]] quality.
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'''{{Patch name|10|27|2010}}''' ([[Scream Fortress Update]])
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* {{Undocumented}} Added the Frenchman's Beret to the [[Mann Co. Store]].
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'''{{Patch name|12|2|2010}} #1'''
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* The Frenchman's Beret was made [[paintable]].
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'''{{Patch name|9|17|2014}}'''
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* Fixed incorrect bumpmap setting for the Frenchman's Beret.
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'''{{Patch name|2|11|2015}} #1'''
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* Added [[Strange]] quality.
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* Berets are worn by both men and women and are usually associated with France, although it is in fact rather specific only to the Pyrenees. It has also been occasionally a traditional or fashionable headgear in the Netherlands and Italy.
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* The signature "Daimao Art" can be seen on the alpha texture for the brushes.
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* This hat was submitted under the name of the "Bourgeois Beret" before Valve changed it to the "Frenchman's Beret."
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* It isn't proven who wrote the description, but a User called SoulDestroy said this: "Because deception is an art." some time before the release of the Beret. Valve could have changed it and implemented it in the game.
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== Gallery ==
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{{HatNav}}
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<gallery perrow="3">
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{{Spy Nav}}
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File:FrenchmansBeret Brushes AlphaTexture.png|The Frenchman's Beret brushes texture, showing the hidden signatures.
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</gallery>
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{{Second Community Update Nav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
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{{Spy Nav|state=collapsed}}

Latest revision as of 22:30, 30 April 2024

“
Words cannot express how much I hate France right now!
Click to listen
— The Soldier expressing his love for Spy's fashion
 ”

The Frenchman's Beret is a community-created cosmetic item for the Spy. It is a team-colored artist's beret, with two miniature paint brushes criss-crossing on the left side.

The item's description was written by SoulDestroy for the Hat Describing Contest, and was slightly edited by Valve.

Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can
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Due to how the textures are set up, painting the Frenchman's Beret with single color Paint Cans results in different colorization on the paint regions between teams.
Single colors
Painted Frenchman's Beret E6E6E6.png Painted Frenchman's Beret E6E6E6 BLU.png Painted Frenchman's Beret D8BED8.png Painted Frenchman's Beret D8BED8 BLU.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (RED) An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (BLU) Color No. 216-190-216 (RED) Color No. 216-190-216 (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret C5AF91.png Painted Frenchman's Beret C5AF91 BLU.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 7E7E7E.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 7E7E7E BLU.png
Peculiarly Drab Tincture (RED) Peculiarly Drab Tincture (BLU) Aged Moustache Grey (RED) Aged Moustache Grey (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret 141414.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 141414 BLU.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 2D2D24.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 2D2D24 BLU.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue (RED) A Distinctive Lack of Hue (BLU) After Eight (RED) After Eight (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret 694D3A.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 694D3A BLU.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 7C6C57.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 7C6C57 BLU.png
Radigan Conagher Brown (RED) Radigan Conagher Brown (BLU) Ye Olde Rustic Colour (RED) Ye Olde Rustic Colour (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret A57545.png Painted Frenchman's Beret A57545 BLU.png Painted Frenchman's Beret CF7336.png Painted Frenchman's Beret CF7336 BLU.png
Muskelmannbraun (RED) Muskelmannbraun (BLU) Mann Co. Orange (RED) Mann Co. Orange (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret E7B53B.png Painted Frenchman's Beret E7B53B BLU.png Painted Frenchman's Beret F0E68C.png Painted Frenchman's Beret F0E68C BLU.png
Australium Gold (RED) Australium Gold (BLU) The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (RED) The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret E9967A.png Painted Frenchman's Beret E9967A BLU.png Painted Frenchman's Beret FF69B4.png Painted Frenchman's Beret FF69B4 BLU.png
Dark Salmon Injustice (RED) Dark Salmon Injustice (BLU) Pink as Hell (RED) Pink as Hell (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret 7D4071.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 7D4071 BLU.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 51384A.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 51384A BLU.png
A Deep Commitment to Purple (RED) A Deep Commitment to Purple (BLU) Noble Hatter's Violet (RED) Noble Hatter's Violet (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret 2F4F4F.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 2F4F4F BLU.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 424F3B.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 424F3B BLU.png
A Color Similar to Slate (RED) A Color Similar to Slate (BLU) Zepheniah's Greed (RED) Zepheniah's Greed (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret 808000.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 808000 BLU.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 729E42.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 729E42 BLU.png
Drably Olive (RED) Drably Olive (BLU) Indubitably Green (RED) Indubitably Green (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret 32CD32.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 32CD32 BLU.png Painted Frenchman's Beret BCDDB3.png Painted Frenchman's Beret BCDDB3 BLU.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (RED) The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (BLU) A Mann's Mint (RED) A Mann's Mint (BLU)
Team colors
Painted Frenchman's Beret A89A8C.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 839FA3.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 3B1F23.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret B8383B.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 5885A2.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 483838.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret 803020.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 256D8D.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 654740.png Painted Frenchman's Beret 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Frenchman's Beret C36C2D.png Painted Frenchman's Beret B88035.png RED Frenchman's Beret.png BLU Frenchman's Beret.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

Update history

May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)
  • The Frenchman's Beret was added to the game.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for the Frenchman's Beret.
  • [Undocumented] The Frenchman's Beret can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

December 2, 2010 Patch #1

September 17, 2014 Patch

  • Fixed incorrect bumpmap setting for the Frenchman's Beret.

February 11, 2015 Patch #1

Trivia

  • The signature "Daimao Art" can be seen on the alpha texture for the brushes.

Gallery

  • The Frenchman's Beret brushes texture, showing the hidden signatures.

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Toolboxengineer cropped.png Second Community Contribution Update
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