Killer's Kabuto

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The Killer's Kabuto is a community-created cosmetic item for the Soldier. It is a team-colored kabuto helmet, with an elaborate gold maedate emblazoned displaying the Soldier's class icon.

The item's description was written by f3doraman for the Hat Describing Contest.

Painted variants

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

Update history

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)
  • The Killer's Kabuto was added to the game.

March 19, 2010 Patch

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • The Killer's Kabuto was made paintable.
  • [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for the Killer's Kabuto.
  • [Undocumented] The Killer's Kabuto can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.

October 6, 2010 Patch

  • The Killer's Kabuto paint mask was altered to paint the team-colored section of the helmet instead of the ornament and Soldier emblem at the front.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

December 2, 2010 Patch #1

  • The Killer's Kabuto's painting texture was improved.
    • The paint mask was enhanced and altered to tint the large metal plates with the specified paint color.

Trivia

  • Kabuto (兜) means helmet in Japanese; while it is a generic term for any sort of helmet, it specifically refers to samurai helmets in Western usage.
  • A maedate, or a front crest, was typically engraved with a family symbol, or a sculptural object representing an animal, mythical entity, or prayer.
  • The Killer's Kabuto makes an appearance on the promotional pictures of the Total War Master Collection, even though the item itself is not included in the bundle.