I Don't Like the Hero's Tail, So Hair's the Deal

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Ever since God said "let there be light", humans and hair have co-existed together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Witcher promo items for TF2 attacked.

It's no secret to people who have kept up with me that my biggest gripe with the Hero's Tail is how it's basically overly detailed for a TF2 hat, or TF2 hair. It literally looks as though they took Geralt's hair off his model, re-positioned and scaled it a little to fit Scout's tiny head, and called it done. I just do not like it. However, a lot of people do like it or are indifferent to it. Some people even say that it was the only option they had that matched what they wanted - that there were not enough hair options around to change that. (By extension - pun fully intended - the Brutal Bouffant is a very overused hair model due to how it's long hair. It's not modeled very well, not textured very well, it doesn't have any bones, and it looks like a banana when you paint it yellow.)

Today's journal is not only a downwards spiral into using more TF2 bases for your OCs, but an offering of alternate hairdos - not only Scout hair, but everybody's hair. I basically sat down, scoured the TF2/SFM/GMod workshop, Gamebanana, mods.tf, the Emporium, and TF2Mods for a bunch of wigs to slap onto your OC do not steal's head. I also looked outside of the TF2 spectrum for some other wigs to slap onto your characters. 

Now, as for the Hero's Tail itself: you can keep using it. By all means, I could tell people to stop using it - that's ultimately my opinion. I can't exercise authority over anybody no matter how much I dislike what they're doing (unless it's illegal). Simply because I don't like it (and probably never will) or don't encourage the use of it (also probably will never do this unless it's under freedom of choice), doesn't mean it's a mandatory warrant for you to stop using it. If you feel like it fits better than any of the hair provided, then keep doing what you're doing. 

The closest thing on this list to the Hero's Tail is the Lara Locks. It is by no means perfect and it will require you to move the bangs a little forward or down because it's meant to not fit heads, but it does come with a ponytail. If you are inept with Blender magic like I am because I ragequit on the cube, then with some clever rescaling you could use only the ponytail while using different bangs:



This is part of learning how to recycle assets into different purposes. For more exercises with that, check out the Honey Toast Challenge.
Here's some personal examples of wigs I've utilized in various ways, whether straight or with some tricks and turns:

   

  

1st Row L>R: Lara's Locks, Teenage Dream, Miku's short pigtails.
2nd Row L>R: Teenage Dream rotated + Master's Yellow Belt. Teenage Dream on proper, but with 2nd one as hairbun.
3rd Row L>R: Meatball Head; reskin on the buns, pigtails moved up, tiara clipped behind forehead. Meatball Head + Brutal Bouffant bangs. Lara Locks + Meatball Head. Miku's long hair.

This list will be updated regularly with whatever I manage to find that’s downloadable. Most of these will need to be hexed, see this for how2do. Give these items an upvote too on the workshop if you like 'em. Feel free to help contribute to the list! 

LAST UPDATE: December 23, 2017. Happy Holidays!

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NeoPhoenixKnight's avatar

The character model on the first row in the middle. Where did you get that Model?