Vintage Merryweather
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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 is modelled after a style of fireman's helmet used from the 19th century.
Painted variants
Main article: Paint Can
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| An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge | Color No. 216-190-216 | Peculiarly Drab Tincture | Aged Moustache Grey |
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| A Distinctive Lack of Hue | After Eight | Radigan Conagher Brown | Ye Olde Rustic Colour |
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| Muskelmannbraun | Mann Co. Orange | Australium Gold | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants |
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| Dark Salmon Injustice | Pink as Hell | A Deep Commitment to Purple | Noble Hatter's Violet |
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| A Color Similar to Slate | Zepheniah's Greed | Drably Olive | Indubitably Green |
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| The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime | A Mann's Mint | ||
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| Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) | Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) | Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) | Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) |
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| Team Spirit (RED) | Team Spirit (BLU) | Operator's Overalls (RED) | Operator's Overalls (BLU) |
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| The Value of Teamwork (RED) | The Value of Teamwork (BLU) | An Air of Debonair (RED) | An Air of Debonair (BLU) |
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| Cream Spirit (RED) | Cream Spirit (BLU) | Unpainted | |
Trivia
- Merryweather helmets were originally produced by the Merryweather company, a 19th-century British manufacturer of firefighting equipment.
- This is the second Pyro hat to be styled after a firefighter's helmet.
- The Merryweather was originally submitted as the Vintage Pyrolean and is labeled "pyrolean" in the game files, as a reference to the Vintage Tyrolean.
- The hat was originally going to be all gold, but it was changed due to the fact that it was too plain and bright.[1] With the addition of paint cans, you can indeed have an all-gold Merryweather.
- When this item is painted, the hat retains its gold bands, and the bulk of the hat (the black area) is replaced.
- The description of this hat refers to the Pyro as a man.
- Humorously, if you owned a Vintage Merryweather prior to the Polycount Update, it will now be named a "Vintage Vintage Merryweather". This has been dubbed a "double-vintage" by the community.
- Because the word "Vintage" is already in the name, the Merryweather is one of two hats whose Vintage versions display as "Vintage Vintage _____", the other being the Vintage Tyrolean.
- Using the distincive lack of hue paint can on this hat appears to leave no changes whatsoever, as the Vintage Merryweather's bulk area is already black.
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