Abso-freakin-lutely-brilliant.

Got a couple idea's atm that would work best for the sniper i think, gotta get them to fit the design but I'll leave ya with this: Crank-powered-hydrolic-harpoon-gun.

current version:

A harpoon gun sounds pretty brilliant to me... it's different enough from the Huntsman yet can fire a very similar projectile. Can't wait to see what you do with it!

2nd day and only 7 pages back, sweet...

just some block in's:

That's one big frickin' harpoon.

Can the harpoon skewer multiple people to a wall? Say yes please....;)

A pirates life for me. Is it going to have a pirate telescope for a scope?

Originally Posted by re.wind

Can the harpoon skewer multiple people to a wall? Say yes please....;)

yes please;)

Originally Posted by DKK

A pirates life for me. Is it going to have a pirate telescope for a scope?

it is now!

wanted to throw up a few name idea's while they're fresh

Hell's Heart: level 64 Wailin' gun - note the spelling it's named not after the intended target but the sound the giant harpoon makes while flying through the air.

the Scurvy Longsword: this oversized cutlass causes it's victims to continue bleeding out when struck until they can heal or die.

was looking for some famouse Aussie Pirates to name the hat after, but according to google they've only got the software kind downunder. so the best I've got atm is Geoffrey's Rush... yeah I know....


re the harpoon, so I'm thinking it should be able to skewer at least two players at a time as long as the first one isn't the heavy. Spy and Scout are skinny enough to fit three. and then the rope and spool are detachable so it could work something like L4D's Smoker, dragging players away from cap points etc.

the Scurvy Scallawag for the cutlass, and the Corsairs Cranial Cap for the hat?

Haha, it looks like the sniper couldn't even carry the harpoon gun Slightly too bi i think. Still good progress.

It is a very good model, but I personally don't see how the theme relates to the sniper :O
Care to enlighten me?

just don't think of it as a primarily offensive weapon ;)

ups! layin out some more wippage, scope angle and compressed air tank aren't final. I found having the scope stright on top to be a little boring and the airtank was originally going to plug into the back of the main cylinder, but I kinda like it down under like this. second harpoon is an alternate spearhead idea



and yes now that I've uploaded it I can see the typo

i was just going to post

"MANN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNN NN!!!!!!!!!!"

but i read text under the picture

Two N's in Mann.co bro! edit: Nevermind, I fail at reading, twice

This idea is very out there, but the model is shaping up nicely.

Gonna texture this right away or move onto modeling one of the other items?

Geniouse!

Now we need a whale skin for the heavy (joke)

Personally I'd rather see the demoman having the pirate theme, but I guess it's okay witht he sniper too :p

I was gonna slap a couple dead whale icons on the side of the main cylinder ;)

haven't finished the model yet but I think I'll probably at least layout the base texture before I start the next stuff, that way I've got something to work with but I don't have to start over if the look is off.

still nautical, but less piratey I wipped up this hat and chops, turned the alt harpoon into a melee

sawed-off, or broken harpoon melee? It currently looks too long for the kukri animation.

I like the concept of the rapier falchion sword better.

I am liking the new hat with it.

thanks
there's definatley more of a direct literary reference going on with this version, the cutlass looks better for sure but I like the idea of the harpoon more I'll work on refining it and see if opinions change.

I would actually want to play the sniperclass with these!

Originally Posted by ScudzAlmighty

thanks
there's definatley more of a direct literary reference going on with this version, the cutlass looks better for sure but I like the idea of the harpoon more I'll work on refining it and see if opinions change.

You could go for something more along the line of a billhook.

anything I can do to help the advancement of a single-minded killing machine

so it's seems I can't go five minutes without shuffling names around, The sword - or harpoon - is now going to be Hells Heart (for stabbing at thee), and the harpoon gun will be the White Wailer (again for the sound it makes)