good idea?

i already know that the half life graphics arent the best. But i think that when u are in a ps, the beamheads should shape to eachother more instead of just having a little gap inbetween the 2 heads. sorta like it looks like in the show, so it looks like the beams are actually touching..ill try to make it as clear as i can...

O=beamhead
-=beamtrail
|=player


|------O O------|


) or ( = beamhead
-=beamtail
|=player


|------)(------|

then tell me/ us how to do this ...
sprites are 2D ... then would have to do it with >10 sprites ... this would drop FPS and look ugly

models would look uglier then it actually is

well ok the beams wouldnt have to curve like that...but atleast they could be closer

closer ... do you means the they are a lil bit inside of the other ??? instead of in front of the other ???