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| hat-slot = [[Head]]
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| type              = cosmetic
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| used-by = [[Sniper]]
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| image              = Shooter's Sola Topi.png
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| hat-image = Solatopi.png
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| used-by           = [[Sniper]]
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| has-team-colors =  
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| equip-region      = hat
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| released = [[March 18, 2010 Patch]]
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| contributed-by    = {{Steamid|76561197972500686}}
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| contributed-by = [http://steamcommunity.com/id/amouro Amouro]
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| released           = {{Patch name|3|18|2010}}<br>([[First Community Contribution Update]])
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| display-loadout-stats = yes
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| availability      = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|crate13|unusual|keyless-crate-unusual}}
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| neutral-attributes =Perfect for exploring the outback and the inside of people's heads.
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| trade              = yes
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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        = Helmet
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  | item-description = Perfect for exploring the outback and the inside of people's heads.
 
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{{Quotation|'''The Sniper'''|I'm great. You're dead. I think we're done here.|sound=Sniper_revenge13.wav}}
 
  
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The '''Shooter's Sola Topi''' is a [[headwear]] item for the [[Sniper]] and was chosen by Valve to be released with the [[March 18, 2010 Patch|first wave]] of [[Contribution page|community-contributed]] content due to its outstanding quality. It appears as a rounded pith helmet.
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{{Quotation|'''The Sniper''' to his dead exploring buddy|I'm great. You're dead. I think we're done here.|sound=Sniper revenge13.wav}}
  
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==Trivia==
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The '''Shooter's Sola Topi''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Sniper]]. It is a rounded beige [[w:Pith helmet|pith helmet]] with a white sash, as well as a thin brown belt tied around the brim of the hat.
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* Better known as the pith helmet, the sola topi was introduced by the British colonial military in the late 19th Century.  Popular amongst Westerners in tropical climates for its light weight, relative hardiness and its ability to cast shade, the hat was traditionally made from "pith": a type of Indian swamp plant.
 
  
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* This hat is a reference to the Sniper's former life as a hunter of dangerous game.
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The item's description was written by [https://web.archive.org/web/20110624024329/http://forums.steampowered.com:80/forums/showpost.php?p=16690574&postcount=5 G.I.R.] for the [[Hat Describing Contest]].
  
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* This may also be a reference to [http://godammit.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/van-pelt.jpg Van Pelt] from the movie [[Wikipedia: Jumanji (film)|Jumanji]], an English hunter of almost anything, including people.
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The Shooter's Sola Topi was later [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=85224180 contributed] to the Steam Workshop, at [[Valve]]'s request.
  
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* When painted the grey strip's color is changed to whichever color paint used.  The rest of the hat's beige area remains the same.
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== Painted variants ==
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{{Painted variants}}
  
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* The hat description was written by [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1411326 G.I.R.].
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== Update history ==
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'''{{Patch name|3|18|2010}}''' ([[First Community Contribution Update]])
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* The Shooter's Sola Topi was added to the game.
  
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'''{{Patch name|3|19|2010}}'''
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* The Shooter's Sola Topi was made [[Crafting|craftable]].
  
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{{HatNav}}
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'''{{Patch name|9|30|2010}}''' ([[Mann-Conomy Update]])
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* The Shooter's Sola Topi was made [[Paint Can|paintable]].
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{{Sniper Nav}}
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* {{Undocumented}} Added a community-contributed description for the Shooter's Sola Topi.
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* {{Undocumented}} The Shooter's Sola Topi can now be uncrated with [[Unusual]] quality.
  
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'''{{Patch name|12|2|2010}} #1'''
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* The Shooter's Sola Topi's painting texture was improved.
  
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[[Category:Hats]]
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'''{{Patch name|7|7|2016}} #1''' ([[Meet Your Match Update]])
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* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
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== Trivia ==
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* The [[w:Pith helmet|sola topi]] or pith helmet was introduced by the British colonial military in the late 19th century. It is popular amongst Westerners in tropical climates for its light weight, relative hardiness and its ability to cast shade and keep bugs out of one's hair. The hat was traditionally made from [[w:Pith|pith]], a type of tissue from the stems of vascular plants, which became its namesake.
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** "Sola Topi" directly translates to "Shrub hat".
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery perrow="3">
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File:Steamworkshop tf2 pith thumb.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Shooter's Sola Topi.
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</gallery>
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== See also ==
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* [[Shooter's Tin Topi]]
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{{First Community Update Nav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
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{{Sniper Nav|state=collapsed}}

Latest revision as of 19:31, 1 November 2022

“
I'm great. You're dead. I think we're done here.
Click to listen
— The Sniper to his dead exploring buddy
 ”

The Shooter's Sola Topi is a community-created cosmetic item for the Sniper. It is a rounded beige pith helmet with a white sash, as well as a thin brown belt tied around the brim of the hat.

The item's description was written by G.I.R. for the Hat Describing Contest.

The Shooter's Sola Topi was later contributed to the Steam Workshop, at Valve's request.

Painted variants

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

Update history

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)

  • The Shooter's Sola Topi was added to the game.

March 19, 2010 Patch

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • The Shooter's Sola Topi was made paintable.
  • [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for the Shooter's Sola Topi.
  • [Undocumented] The Shooter's Sola Topi can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.

December 2, 2010 Patch #1

  • The Shooter's Sola Topi's painting texture was improved.

July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Trivia

  • The sola topi or pith helmet was introduced by the British colonial military in the late 19th century. It is popular amongst Westerners in tropical climates for its light weight, relative hardiness and its ability to cast shade and keep bugs out of one's hair. The hat was traditionally made from pith, a type of tissue from the stems of vascular plants, which became its namesake.
    • "Sola Topi" directly translates to "Shrub hat".

Gallery

  • Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Shooter's Sola Topi.

See also

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