Hey all.
I love my pyro so im gunna do some pyro stuff.

Item #1 "Distress caller"
flair gun replacement


Here are some quick silhouettes .

The idea with these is to go with more of a shotgun / rifle / launcher look.
The cylinders on 2 & 5 are meant to be extra flairs.

Item# 2
- slightly singed headband

Here is a quick concept

I've been wanting a headband for the pyro for some time now.

Item # 3
(coming soon)

I like that you're thinking outside the box in looking for a new flare gun instead of just a new shotgun. It's going to be a hard sell, but I'm interested in seeing how it goes.

Unfortunately, all those seem like shotgun replacements more than flare gun replacements.

Headband looks good.

I like the headband, reminds me a of Borderlands. I would, however agree with Karkasmolenklok that the distress caller does like too much like a shotgun, but seeing as how thats the point I guess it can't be helped.

I would go with design 5, the others look pretty blocky. Other than that, keep it up!

awesome headband, you should go with a overall Oriental theme, to fit said headband

Keep in mind that you need a theme. My best idea for you would be "rogue pyro", because it fits the headband nicely and kind of fits the distress caller. Then maybe you could make a flamethrower that fits the theme as well. Perhaps a burned and broken war machine looking thing.

I know that you're not supposed to include what they do, but just to give you an idea of what it would look like:

New flamethrower:
No compression blast
Can't light arrows
-25% ammo
+50% damage
+10% range of flamethrower

Originally Posted by Viceroy Bubbles

Keep in mind that you need a theme. My best idea for you would be "rogue pyro", because it fits the headband nicely and kind of fits the distress caller. Then maybe you could make a flamethrower that fits the theme as well. Perhaps a burned and broken war machine looking thing.

I know that you're not supposed to include what they do, but just to give you an idea of what it would look like:

New flamethrower:
No compression blast
Can't light arrows
-25% ammo
+50% damage
+10% range of flamethrower

what I see when I look at this is...

- help to your team
+100% spam

why are people making stats?
valve can just ignore anything stat based

this is an asthetics competition. your making models not ideas.

Reposted later in the thread

Double post

Originally Posted by infectedfury

>Naruto

Oh God no. Not in TF2. As much as it may be interesting, change it or remove the metal plate.

Goddamn it I didn't even think about Naruto.

Which was good because I prefer not to.

Originally Posted by Ikimono

>Naruto

Oh God no. Not in TF2. As much as it may be interesting, change it or remove the metal plate.

Only went with the metal plate to add a bit more visually to it.
I’m going to try out adding a badge or token to it.

I don't really have much of a problem with the metal plate. Kinda funny to watch people freak out over the naruto reference.

Though the scorch marks all over the headband give it enough character. Doesn't really need anything else.

my eyes moved from left to right so at first I thought it may have been a MGS nod, then I saw the plate and read the thread and only NOW does that show come to mind... can't unsee, and it was so damn cool before...

As much as I hate Naruto, I like that headband, try replacing the metal plate with an orange metal fire symbol, or a patch. Or just leave it as is, it's damn cool!

And a flare shotgun should be distinctly different from the shotgun.

Get rid of the metal plate on the headband and make it so one (or both???) of the loose ends on the headband is perpetually on fire then make it jigglebone.

That's probably as visual as a headband can get.

the head band is very cool, but like most above me please don't go with a metal plate a patch or just it straight on the headband would be much nicer.

going with the theme of "POST APOCALYPTIC PYRO"


here is an a concept for the Distress Call.

I rather liked the bandana going slightly across the pyro´s eye in the concept, but I don´t know if that´s possible.

The headband should be partly covering one of his eyes like in your concept art.

Personally, I'm kind of wishing you use #2 and do a shotgun replacement for it. I really like that look.

Registered just to start commenting on all these awesome submissions.

Infectedfury, have you ever heard of Dragon's Breath? Your designs look very shotgun-ish, but you want a flare gun replacement, so I thought I'd show you something that might inspire you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EePcpmWDNiI

RE: the headband, have you considered modeling it after Ryu's from Street Fighter? He already has a Hadouken taunt.



BTW 2 and 5 are my favorites.

I searched for "pyro headband" and this came up. Looks pretty great. Ryu would be proud.

Keep up the good work/get back to work.

Originally Posted by Viceroy Bubbles

Keep in mind that you need a theme. My best idea for you would be "rogue pyro", because it fits the headband nicely and kind of fits the distress caller. Then maybe you could make a flamethrower that fits the theme as well. Perhaps a burned and broken war machine looking thing.

I know that you're not supposed to include what they do, but just to give you an idea of what it would look like:

New flamethrower:
No compression blast
Can't light arrows
-25% ammo
+50% damage
+10% range of flamethrower

lol

you do realize that this is gonna pretty much render the spy useless.......right?

i love how everyone is trying to upgrade the pyro, soldier, sniper. But nobody cares about the spy class. The spy class has been rendered pretty much useless nowadays. There's been more than a dozen anti-spy weapons added to TF2. You have the Jarate which disables a spy's cloak, the flamethrower, flare gun, the tribal man's shiv which has the slow bleed effect, not to mention that the spy makes a big sound whenever he uncloaks.The Southern Hospitality which also has a slow bleed effect.

but sure, make the flamethrower even more spammable so that the spy becomes even less effective a class.