FAMAS | Snake Song (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Snake Song is built on gold and green, and in Battle-Scarred those colours survive mostly as patches between worn areas. The snake's outline breaks up, and the carry handle, barrel end and magazine show heavy loss of paint. It suits buyers who want the motif at the lowest entry point and like a battered look.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The whole rifle is painted in a matte gold base, over which a green snake with detailed scales winds across the receiver, the carry handle and the stock. The stock holds the snake's head area with small red accents, while its body continues along the side of the receiver.

Large areas of the carry handle, muzzle, magazine and grip are worn down to metal. The snake breaks into fragments, and the outlines are mostly gone. The stock and the receiver sides keep the biggest surviving parts of the artwork. In game the rifle reads as a battered gold-green weapon rather than a detailed painting.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–1

The float of FAMAS | Snake Song ranges from 0 to 1; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–1 — 55% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

FAMAS | Snake Song belongs to The Arabesque Collection, which holds 17 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

Price by quality

Compared with the Battle-Scarred quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 11× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 3.4× dearer
• Field-Tested — 1.7× dearer
• Well-Worn — 1.5× dearer

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 6th of 10 skins Mil-Spec Grade FAMAS in this quality (the first being the dearest).

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Gold, green and dark olive stickers blend with the matte base and the snake's coils. Holo or gold-toned stickers on the receiver side echo the bright outline, while a small red accent can tie in with the details on the stock.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since the gold outline fades noticeably as wear grows.
• Inspect the top of the carry handle, the muzzle and the magazine base, as these lose paint first.
• Souvenir copies come with pre-applied stickers, so look at how they sit over the snake artwork.
• Look at any name tag and applied stickers to make sure they suit the gold-and-green finish.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget entry for players who want this design in their inventory.
• Fans of a heavily battered look on gold finishes.
• The lowest entry point if a worn look is acceptable.