KFC and Colonel Sanders, indirectly referenced by this item (all names changed) are trademarks of KFC corporation (AKA NOT ME).

But go get some anyway, because the pyro can testify "Mph mfingpher mphickn phud!*
*It's finger-licking good

So to install this hat for test viewing, place everything in this folder into your steam/steamapps/<username>/team fortress 2/tf folder, all in the same directories.
so if you don't have "models" and "materials" folders yet, just copy these into the tf folder
if you do have those folders, create folders needed to replicate the directory system in this folder.

model is it's own entity right now, not replacing another hat, so:
to view:
start tf2, start server with + button
set the map to item_test
once the map loads, spawn as a pyro (be blue if you want to kill the pyro bot that will spawn)
open the console (~ key, the squiggly at the top left of keyboard, if you've never used it before you need to enable it in options > keyboard > advenced)
type and enter "testitem" (without quotes)
check "pyro" box and hit add button for headgear, then select "brain_dip" from the menu
hit ok, add item, etc
a red pyro should spawn with the hat, and you should be wearing it, too. try your taunts to see how it looks, kill the pyro if you want.



The Brain Dipper's Bucket

Log:
forgotten dates in february- got idea, made original model, made original red texture, started trying to compile
3/06/11-first successful test (and started writing this log)
later on 3/06/11- updated red texture, made blue team txture (now teams have team-specific textures)
3/17/11- prepared for initial release