AUG | Colony (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The skin keeps the same recognisable split between a sand-khaki body and a grey-black upper assembly. In Minimal Wear the paint is still almost whole, with only small marks that are hard to spot outside the inspect screen. For a finish this simple, the grade gives nearly the Factory New look at a lower cost.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The bullpup stock, the trigger guard area and the housing around the magazine well are painted a flat pale khaki with a slight sand tint. The vertical foregrip and the ribbed magazine are a light grey, while the barrel, muzzle device, top rail and scope stay dark grey to black.

Small specks of lost paint can appear on the sharpest edges, such as the butt and the trigger guard. The large khaki surfaces of the stock and housing remain intact. At normal viewing distance the rifle is practically indistinguishable from Factory New. The grey grip, magazine and dark upper parts still look clean.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of AUG | Colony is 0.06–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (11% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

AUG | Colony belongs to The Mirage Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Berlin 2019 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Boston 2018 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Mirage Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Mirage Souvenir Package

And 9 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 7.6× dearer
• Field-Tested — 29% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 31% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 1.6× cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

Among 9 skins of the AUG in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 3rd by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

The pale khaki body works well as a neutral base for stickers in olive, brown, black or muted gold. Placements on the flat side of the stock read best, while brighter colours stand out strongly against the sand tone.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float position within the wear grade, since a solid colour finish shows chips on the stock edges clearly.
• Inspect the butt, trigger guard and magazine well rim, as these lose paint first.
• Check whether the copy is a Souvenir, because Souvenir copies come with stickers already applied.
• Note any stickers or name tag, as they change the look of such a plain finish noticeably.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Sticker crafters who accept tiny edge marks.
• Practical choice for a clean AUG at a sensible cost.