Blighted Beak

Blighted Beak
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Basic Information
Worn by:	Medic
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Template:Dictionary/items/er error
Contributed by:	Template:Dictionary/steam ids/294249748 Cake Template:Dictionary/steam ids/228275620
Released:	Australian Christmas
Availability:	Craft, Drop, Purchase
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Paintable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Unusual
Loadout Stats
Blighted Beak 1 - 100

“

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The Blighted Beak is a community-created miscellaneous item for the Medic. It is a bird-like mask, styled directly after the primitive respirators historically worn by Template:W. The "Vibrio Cholerae" style gives the Beak a light leather appearance with black stitching. The eyes are made darker, and more empty as opposed to the glassy look of the Yersinia Pestis style.

Painted variants

Main article: Styles

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Yersinia Pestis

Single colors
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey
A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet
A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)
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

Update history

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• The Blighted Beak was added to the game

December 21, 2010 Patch

• This miscellaneous item is added to the Mann Co. Store, made craftable and included in random drops.

December 22, 2010 Patch

• This miscellaneous item is changed from a headwear slot item to a misc slot item.

March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)

• This miscellaneous item is updated with a creator submitted fix.

March 21, 2011 Patch

• This miscellaneous item is made paintable and the creator submitted fixes are correctly implemented.
• [Undocumented] Removed team colours.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• Added new style "Vibrio Cholerae".

Bugs

The Beak has clipping issues with Saxton Hale Mask, Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head, Berliner's Bucket Helm, Voodoo Juju, Halloween Masks, Spine-Chilling Skull, Humanitarian's Hachimaki and the Planeswalker Helm.

Trivia

• Beak masks, whilst finding popularity in mask parties, originated as a makeshift gas mask for Medieval Template:Ws during the Black Death. The beak was reputed to be filled with scented materials, such as posies, roses, carnations, mint, camphor, or even a vinegar-soaked sponge, as at the time it was believed that bad smells caused disease.
• The contributors of the Blighted Beak also created the Grimm Hatte, another Bubonic Plague themed hat.
  • In addition, the Blighted Beak and Grimm Hatte were submitted together through the Contribution page.
• The styles available for the Blighted Beak refer to two bacteria species that were prevalent at the time. The default style, "Template:W", is named after the bacteria responsible for the Bubonic Plague. The alternative style, "Template:W", is named after a bacteria responsible for causing cholera in humans.
• The Blighted Beak doesn't actually cover the Medic's mouth, defeating the purpose of what it's designed after.

Gallery

• Blighted Beak style 1.png

  Blighted Beak with Yersinia Pestis style (default).

• Blighted Beak style 2.png

  Blighted Beak with Vibrio Cholerae style.