Hornblower
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| Basic Information | |||||
| Worn by: | Soldier | ||||
| Slot: | Cosmetic | ||||
| Equip region: | Coat (Soldier) | ||||
| Contributed by: | 🌸ゾ🌸 | ||||
| Released: | July 10, 2013 Patch (Summer Event 2013) |
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| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #64 or Unlocked Cosmetic Crate (Unique and Strange) | ||||
| Tradable: | Yes | ||||
| Giftable: | Yes | ||||
| Craftable: | Yes | ||||
| Paintable: | Yes | ||||
| Nameable: | Yes | ||||
| Craft No.?: | Yes | ||||
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 The Hornblower |
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| “ | Forward!
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— The Soldier leading a naval attack
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The Hornblower is a community-created cosmetic item for the Soldier. It opens the Soldier's coat and adds a darker team-colored jacket underneath with buttons and gold trims, as well as adding several accessories to his default attire, which includes a large gold buckle to his belt and gold trims to the main body of the coat and sleeves.
The Hornblower was contributed to the Steam Workshop.
Painted variants
Main article: Paint Can
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| An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (RED) | An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (BLU) | Color No. 216-190-216 (RED) | Color No. 216-190-216 (BLU) |
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| Peculiarly Drab Tincture (RED) | Peculiarly Drab Tincture (BLU) | Aged Moustache Grey (RED) | Aged Moustache Grey (BLU) |
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| A Distinctive Lack of Hue (RED) | A Distinctive Lack of Hue (BLU) | After Eight (RED) | After Eight (BLU) |
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| Radigan Conagher Brown (RED) | Radigan Conagher Brown (BLU) | Ye Olde Rustic Colour (RED) | Ye Olde Rustic Colour (BLU) |
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| Muskelmannbraun (RED) | Muskelmannbraun (BLU) | Mann Co. Orange (RED) | Mann Co. Orange (BLU) |
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| Australium Gold (RED) | Australium Gold (BLU) | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (RED) | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (BLU) |
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| Dark Salmon Injustice (RED) | Dark Salmon Injustice (BLU) | Pink as Hell (RED) | Pink as Hell (BLU) |
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| A Deep Commitment to Purple (RED) | A Deep Commitment to Purple (BLU) | Noble Hatter's Violet (RED) | Noble Hatter's Violet (BLU) |
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| A Color Similar to Slate (RED) | A Color Similar to Slate (BLU) | Zepheniah's Greed (RED) | Zepheniah's Greed (BLU) |
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| Drably Olive (RED) | Drably Olive (BLU) | Indubitably Green (RED) | Indubitably Green (BLU) |
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| 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) |
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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 (RED) | Unpainted (BLU) |
Update history
July 10, 2013 Patch (Summer Event 2013)
- The Hornblower was added to the game.
- [Undocumented] Added the Hornblower to the Mann Co. Store.
- [Undocumented] Updated the item type of Hornblower.
July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
Trivia
- The item's name refers to a fictional character, Horatio Hornblower, in a series of books by C. S. Forester, eventually depicting his fight in the Napoleonic Wars.
- The description also references Horatio Nelson, a flag officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, with the description mistaking the two characters (Hornblower was based in part on Nelson).
- This item resembles the coat worn by City Watch Officers in Dishonored.
Gallery
Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Hornblower.
A City Watch Officer in Dishonored wearing a similar coat to Hornblower.
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