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{{Item infobox
 
{{Item infobox
| type              = misc
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| type              = cosmetic
 
| image              = Filamental.png
 
| image              = Filamental.png
 
| used-by            = [[Pyro]]
 
| used-by            = [[Pyro]]
| equip-region      = pyro_head_replacement
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| equip-region      = pyro head replacement
| contributed-by    = {{Backpack Item Link|76561197986737435|1648974328}}<br>{{Backpack Item Link|76561198000778598|1648890190}}
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| contributed-by    = {{Steamid|76561197986737435}}<br>{{Backpack Item Link|76561198000778598|1648890190}}
| released          = [[Robotic Boogaloo]]
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| released          = {{Patch name|5|17|2013}}<br>([[Robotic Boogaloo]])
| availability      = {{avail|crate58}}
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| availability      = {{avail|crate58|keyless-crate}}
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| trade              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
 
| paint              = yes
 
| paint              = yes
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| rename            = yes
 
| numbered          = no
 
| numbered          = no
| loadout            =  
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| loadout            = yes
   | level            = Level 1-100 Hat
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   | prefix          = The
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  | item-kind        = Mask
 
   | item-description = Is your Pyro made up of alternating current or direct current? Only your electrician knows for sure!
 
   | item-description = Is your Pyro made up of alternating current or direct current? Only your electrician knows for sure!
  | loadout-name    = The Filamental
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
{{Quotation|'''The Soldier''' on robotic apparitions|Oh no, that robot is a ghost!|sound=Soldier_robot_see_ghost03.wav}}
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{{Quotation|'''The Soldier''' on robotic apparitions|Oh no, that robot is a ghost!|sound=Soldier robot see ghost03.wav}}
  
The '''Filamental''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[miscellaneous item]] for the [[Pyro]]. It is a [[Self-illumination|glowing]] lightbulb, complete with a filament, that replaces the [[Pyro]]'s default mask. It is a robotized version of the [[Apparition's Aspect]].
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The '''Filamental''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Pyro]]. It is a robotic version of the [[Apparition's Aspect]]. It is a [[Self-illumination|glowing]] lightbulb, complete with a filament, that replaces the Pyro's default mask.
 
   
 
   
The Filamental was [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=132008302 contributed] to the [[Steam Workshop]] under the name "Figment Filament".
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The Filamental was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=132008302 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
  
 
== Painted variants ==
 
== Painted variants ==
{{Painted Variants}}
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{{Painted variants}}
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
'''{{Patch name|5|17|2013}}''' ([[Robotic Boogaloo]])
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'''{{Patch name|5|17|2013}} #1''' ([[Robotic Boogaloo]])
 
* The Filamental was added to the game.
 
* The Filamental was added to the game.
  
 
'''{{Patch name|9|16|2013}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|9|16|2013}}'''
 
* Fixed The Filamental displaying the burning material in DirectX8.
 
* Fixed The Filamental displaying the burning material in DirectX8.
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'''{{Patch name|7|7|2016}} #1''' ([[Meet Your Match Update]])
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* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
  
 
== Bugs ==
 
== Bugs ==
* This item appears with a burning texture when the game is played on DirectX8.
 
 
* Items such as the [[Sight for Sore Eyes]] and the [[Professor Speks]] occasionally render as invisible when worn with this item.
 
* Items such as the [[Sight for Sore Eyes]] and the [[Professor Speks]] occasionally render as invisible when worn with this item.
  
==Trivia==
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== Trivia ==
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* The item's name is a portmanteau of two words, the first being "filament" (the wire in the bulb) and the second being either "elemental" (fitting the Pyro's fire-based nature) or "mental" (which describes the Pyro's pyromania and insanity).
 
* The item's description references [[w:Clairol|Clairol]] hair product's advertising slogan "Only her hairdresser knows for sure."
 
* The item's description references [[w:Clairol|Clairol]] hair product's advertising slogan "Only her hairdresser knows for sure."
* The item's name is a portmanteau of the words "filament" and "mental".
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** It also references [[w:War of the currents|"War of the Currents"]], a series of events surrounding the introduction of competing electric power transmission systems ([[w:Alternating current|Alternating current]] and [[w:Direct current|Direct current]]) in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
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<gallery perrow="3">
File:Steamworkshop tf2 lightbulb thumb.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail image for the Filamental.
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File:Steamworkshop tf2 lightbulb thumb.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Filamental.
File:Steamworkshop webupload previewfile 132008302 preview.jpg|Promotional image featured on the Steam Workshop, for the Filamental.  
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
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* [[Apparition's Aspect]]
 
* [[Apparition's Aspect]]
  
{{RoboticBoogalooNav}}
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{{Robotic Boogaloo Nav}}
{{HatNav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
{{Pyro Nav}}
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{{Pyro Nav|state=collapsed}}
  
 
[[Category:Self-illuminated]]
 
[[Category:Self-illuminated]]

Latest revision as of 00:21, 26 May 2022

Oh no, that robot is a ghost!
The Soldier on robotic apparitions

The Filamental is a community-created cosmetic item for the Pyro. It is a robotic version of the Apparition's Aspect. It is a glowing lightbulb, complete with a filament, that replaces the Pyro's default mask.

The Filamental was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Painted variants

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Single colors
Painted Filamental E6E6E6.png Painted Filamental D8BED8.png Painted Filamental C5AF91.png Painted Filamental 7E7E7E.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
Painted Filamental 141414.png Painted Filamental 2D2D24.png Painted Filamental 694D3A.png Painted Filamental 7C6C57.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Filamental A57545.png Painted Filamental CF7336.png Painted Filamental E7B53B.png Painted Filamental F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Filamental E9967A.png Painted Filamental FF69B4.png Painted Filamental 7D4071.png Painted Filamental 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Filamental 2F4F4F.png Painted Filamental 424F3B.png Painted Filamental 808000.png Painted Filamental 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Filamental 32CD32.png Painted Filamental BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Filamental A89A8C.png Painted Filamental 839FA3.png Painted Filamental 3B1F23.png Painted Filamental 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Filamental B8383B.png Painted Filamental 5885A2.png Painted Filamental 483838.png Painted Filamental 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Filamental 803020.png Painted Filamental 256D8D.png Painted Filamental 654740.png Painted Filamental 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Filamental C36C2D.png Painted Filamental B88035.png Painted Filamental UNPAINTED.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted

Update history

May 17, 2013 Patch #1 (Robotic Boogaloo)

  • The Filamental was added to the game.

September 16, 2013 Patch

  • Fixed The Filamental displaying the burning material in DirectX8.

July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Bugs

Trivia

  • The item's name is a portmanteau of two words, the first being "filament" (the wire in the bulb) and the second being either "elemental" (fitting the Pyro's fire-based nature) or "mental" (which describes the Pyro's pyromania and insanity).
  • The item's description references Clairol hair product's advertising slogan "Only her hairdresser knows for sure."

Gallery

See also