#just want to try my own take on it

If you haven’t figured it out yet I love designing cosmetics/skins. And I saw medieval beekeepers and I had to do a few quick designs for Pyro. 

Also I’m currently undecided on whether the bees would be restricted to pyrovision or not. 

(Keep reading for cleaner and more detailed notes as I know my hand writing can get a bit messy)

The fuel canister on Pyro’s back should be replaced by a large beehive roughly the same size as their base canister. The two types of shapes for this replacement can be seen in the 3rd image.

The nozzle of the flamethrower here has the iconic black and yellow stripes of the fuzzy friends. The tank of the weapon has been replaced by another beehive this design is semi locked in as it has to be a smaller variety of hives for the flamethrower. 

In the bottom right of the 1st and 2nd image those are a few alternative designs for bee smokers that would replace the incendiary grenades. Originally I was thinking of bee plushies, but bee smokers felt more fitting. 

Currently I can’t think of any unique abilities this would have. There is a possibility of the gun weapon slot (secondary if I recall) potentially also being one of the bee smokers. Where you could throw the smoker and upon colliding with another object or person a smoke cloud erupts designed to impair/lower enemy vision. Another alternative could be a honey bomb which would just be a reskin of the gas passer. These are all maybes though as I would need to do more research/planning.

This is more a side note, but I’ve been thinking about also doing a plague doctor Medic concept and then a scuba diver set for Pyro (like the old bulky fishbowl looking ones). For the scuba diver concept the flamethrower would blow bubbles at the enemies and slow them down. The secondary would be a net and the melee would either be a hook, anchor or something else sea themed. I don’t know when I’d be able to draw them though sadly.