Blighted Beak
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| Basic Information | |
| Worn by: | Medic |
| Slot: | Cosmetic |
| Equip region: | Face |
| Contributed by: | Pie_Savvy Raccoon Trash Queen |
| Released: | December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas) |
| Availability: | Craft, Drop, Purchase, Uncrate #6, Uncrate #77 or Uncrate (Unusual) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Paintable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
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 Blighted Beak |
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| “ | Gesundheit!
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— The Medic
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The Blighted Beak is a community-created cosmetic item for the Medic. It is a bird-like mask styled directly after the primitive respirators historically worn by plague physicians.
This cosmetic item has two styles. The "Vibrio Cholerae" style gives the hat a light leather appearance with black stitching while the lenses are made darker and more empty, as opposed to the glassy look of the default "Yersinia Pestis" style. Paint is also applied differently, either to the base of the beak or the lenses, depending on the style.
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 | |
Main article: Styles
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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 | ||
| Team colors | |||
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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 | |
Styles
Main article: Styles
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| Yersinia Pestis | Vibrio Cholerae | |||||||||
Update history
December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
- The Blighted Beak was added to the game.
- The Blighted Beak was added to the Mann Co. Store, made craftable and included in random drops.
- The Blighted Beak was changed from a headwear slot item to a misc slot item.
March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)
- The Blighted Beak was updated with a creator submitted fix.
- The Blighted Beak was made paintable and the creator submitted fixes are correctly implemented.
- [Undocumented] Removed team colors.
May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)
- Added style "Vibrio Cholerae".
- [Undocumented] The Blighted Beak no longer falls off on death.
Trivia
- Beak masks, whilst finding popularity in mask parties, originated as primitive gas masks for Medieval plague doctors during the Black Death. The beak was reputed to be filled with scented materials, such as posies, roses, carnations, mint, camphor, ambergris, cloves, myrrh, or even a vinegar-soaked sponge, as at the time it was believed that "bad air" caused disease. Sometimes the materials which got filled inside the beak worked as a "filter", causing the doctors to have a smaller risk to be infected. Because of that the so called miasma theory of disease got popular back then. In fact, malaria receives its name from Medieval Italian for "bad air". But considering that medicinal science back then was so very lacking, it still mostly resulted in their deaths.
- The styles available for the Blighted Beak refer to two bacteria species that were prevalent at the time. The default style, "Yersinia pestis", is named after the bacteria responsible for all 3 variants of The Black Death. The alternative style, "Vibrio cholerae", is named after a bacteria responsible for causing cholera in humans.
- Three Blighted Beaks can be found in one of RED's spawn rooms on Rottenburg in a glass case.
Gallery
The former BLU team skin.
Concept art of the Blighted Beak.
Concept art of the Blighted Beak.
See also
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