Not bad but the entire damn thing being paintable is a mistake.

Also to estrogen the second paragraph sounds like you don't give a shit about the game's art style lol.

We really need more Pyro head replacements that look badass, and I think all styles are fine,
this is what Pyro head replacements should be and not anything that is random or cute.
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Foster%27s_Facade
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Last_Breath
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/HazMat_Headcase
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Triclops
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Winter_Wonderland_Wrap
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Mair_Mask
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Air_Raider
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Beast_from_Below
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Rugged_Respirator
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Blizzard_Breather
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Mishap_Mercenary
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Phobos_Filter
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Arthropod%27s_Aspect
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Firefly
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Airtight_Arsonist
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Masked_Loyalty

This is the shorter snout version of the air raider

This thing better jiggle and wiggle about if it gets added, or I will scream and cry very loud.

sid wilson drdhrhdrhaeehrhddr

Harry Warden from My Bloody Valentine but grey

air raider but you dont look like a bald man

PySnork

Snorks have infested the TF2 universe.

Why the long face lol

If every decision Valve made for the game was the right one then we wouldnt have the fucking Pomson mate

I believe your argument destroys itself the moment the moment you bring up objectivity of customization. You're not an authority on how the game should by stylized. Neither am I. The moment the developers decided paints were adequate for the game is the moment where your point became null because at that point it was deemed that these paints are a good addition.

It's crazy how many armchair artists believe the art direction of this game is a static entity. It blows my mind every time I read comments and I see people hold onto meaningless standards that don't even reflect the state of the game at any given point in time.

And no, I don't care if people paint their items x y z color. Why should anyone? If i personally thought australiums looked like garbage, because they are gaudy, would you be okay with me advocating for their removal?

mr. extra ram what if i want to express myself by completely changing the entire pyro's appearance to a png of a floating gilbert gottfried? using your logic that should be perfectly fine because it gives players more options and customisability

should i have the option to go completely against every notion of the game's art style to the point where i stick out like a mangled thumb simply because i feel i dont have enough neon colours on me?

if so, then why does any rule about cosmetics even matter? why dont we make a cosmetic that's just jerma's face stretched horizontally in photoshop that replaces the demoman's grenades?

if a paint region makes a cosmetic look piss ugly then that paint region shouldnt be on the cosmetic.

Not every cosmetic needs to be paintable. If it is paintable, the paint region doesn't need to cover such a massive part of the player model. There are plenty of ways to "express yourself" in game, without creating massive eyesores and forcing everybody else to look at them.

Pretty big difference between "expressing yourself (which you can already do by choosing cosmetics you like), and going against the base level art style of the game. You're yet to explain how it's ok for anybody to be able to colour the Pyros entire head lime green, aside from "they want to, you should just stop complaining and let them do it" (which is in itself very one sided)

Why should I need to install a mod just to maintain the artstyle of the game, and counteract the active decisions of another player who decides to violate that artstyle, rather than the other player changing the textures so that only THEY can see Pyro's entire head as lime green? It's the same as when people replace other textures or models with things they like, things that don't fit the style of the game. Rather than adding it into the game officially and forcing every other player to look at the thing they like, they just use a mod that lets only them see it.

I'm sorry but no, just because you genuinely do not like how people like to express themselves in this videogame, doesn't mean it should be a feature permanently removed from all cosmetics & removing any customisation options from the rest of the playerbase that's way more sensible with their paint options.

If this is really such a big issue that you feel like it's worth making a mountain out of this molehill, there's a way to mod the game that disables paint regions [tf2maps.net] that you can use to fix that.

Everyone likes to customise their appearance in this game for different reasons and that's totally fine, but removing a rather key feature from that customisation process, just because you don't like how there's some people that like the more abrasive colours, is just such a petty reason behind this very one-sided complaint.

mr magic look me dead in the eyes and tell me you see no problem with tf2 players being able to walk around with more neon colours than a deviantart oc

That logic can easily be reversed. "Don't impose your views on others" and "the paint region is perfectly fine" only a sentence after each other? I have no issue with people using paint on cosmetics, the issue is when the paint region covers an entire portion of a character model. I don't want to have to be staring at a lime green eyesore that contrasts so heavily with the rest of the game whenever I'm playing. You said we're not the only people playing the game, but you're not either. Just because you like the paint region doesn't mean everyone else does. If this was put in the game, you can guarantee that lots of people will paint it green or pink and turn Pyro's entire head that colour, something that objectively shouldn't be in TF2. Look at the base art of the game and tell me you genuinely believe that making a characters whole head lime green is appropriate for the game.

The paint region is perfectly fine. Don't impose your views of paint onto others. Just because you don't like it that doesn't mean others should not be allowed to paint it. You should be more considerate when dropping comments like these because you're not the only person playing this game.

in a perfect world, all the paint regions on cosmetics are fair and can't make your loadout look like LSD clown vomit, but sadly we do not live in that perfect world, so all we can do at the moment is politely ask workshoppers to please use paint regions conservatively

That’s like justifying a crime because someone else has done it in the past. We’re complaining about this one because then it’s one less option people have to make pyros entire head like green. If we could, we’d remove the massive paint regions from a lot of other cosmetics that are already in game.

there's like 25 full paint pyro heads in the game already, why would you even complain about that

i am begging you to remove the paint regions for the love of god this is a great cosmetic but please i dont want to see lime green and bright pink pyros

But it looks good so I’m still voting yes

Please don’t make it paintable

the air raider except its not piss ugly

man im so thankful for this real gas mask collection you've been working on. Its really my favorite part about pyro and its been sorely missing

squidwar