mouse :3

feels like there's a missed opportunity for a pinky and the brain reference.

i hope this is a halloween themed

I'm glad you're cheesed with the item

Honestly I much prefer this over the Medimedes dove head, because the Medimedes' "bird face" is *too* cartooney for my tastes and too small and sits on top of a giant "neck". While on this cosmetic and on the Hundkopf the proportions are better.

[Addendum] I suspect the people who feel this rat head is "too realistic" (without being able to put a finger on it why) have a problem with the "Fancy" style rather than the "Albino" style?

The Albino style with the red and pupil-less eyes looks IMO properly evil and uncanny for Halloween. (As even an albino rat has pupils IRL.)

But the white-and-brown-furred rat head with the realistic shiny black eyes looks far more "realistic" and, I admit, threw me off at first, too. It well-designed, don't get me wrong, but it looks... too much like a normal rat? I guess?

As a Medic main and biologist, I love this.

I must admit I *can* see why other people would think this is too detailed/too realistic, compared to the other more cartoony animal heads (esp. the Medimedes head) already in-game. The rat head is kind of cartoonish too, honestly, it's not like it's photorealistic, but... I can see what they mean.

On the other hand, when I compare this to Scout's "Horrific Head of Hare" head replacement, it's honestly not that different?
Soldier's "Freedom Feathers" eagle head (2013) is a bit more simplified, but Soldier's "Poopy Doe" chimp head and "War Dog" bulldog head (2021) are both quite detailed, shaded, facial flexed.
Medic's "Hundkopf" head replacement has about the same level of detail to the rat, too.

And given that it will be most likely Halloween-/Full-Moon-restricted anyway like other animal heads and full headmodel replacements (and Halloween items for i.e. the Pyro have gone to even more bizarre places!), I say go for it.

Infinitely less soulful than the medimedes

This is because his head is a rat now

The shape is too realistic. It also doesnt look like medic anymore.

Shred this rat with the kitchen sink garbage disposal unit

this is fun

like less wrinkly and i think it would be better in tone with the artstyle

maybe a rat pet cosmetic would had worked better but if this wasn't less detailed and halloween restricted of course, I think it would be an okay addition to animal heads. At least this makes some sense

Is this it? Is this the giant rat that makes all of the rules?

I get to be a little creature and scurry around? Splendid!

He's the giant rat that makes all of the rules~!