Rail Spikes

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You know what yer dominatin' now? Bleedin'.
The Sniper on the spikes

The Rail Spikes are a community-created cosmetic item for the Pyro. It adds gold bands covered with steel spikes to the Pyro's neck, gloves and oxygen tank, as well as making the Pyro's default boots slightly larger. These spikes are similar to the ones that Dr. Rockso wears on the television series Metalocalypse.

The Rail Spikes were later contributed to the Steam Workshop, at Valve's request.

Painted variants

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

Update history

December 20, 2012 Patch #1 (Mecha Update)

  • The Rail Spikes were added to the game.

Bugs

  • In DirectX 8, the spike textures are replaced with fire textures.

Trivia

  • The item's description is a reference to a line spoken by Wheatley in Portal 2: "Had a bit of a brain wave. There I was, smashing some steel plates together, and I thought, 'yes, it's deadly. But what's missing? What's missing?' And I thought lots of sharp bits welded onto the flat bits."

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