Glock-18 | Fade (Factory New)

Skin overview

Glock-18 | Fade is a Restricted pistol finish for the terrorist side, with transparent paints airbrushed over a chrome base on the slide. The colour runs from warm gold at the muzzle through pink and red to blue and violet at the rear serrations, while the grey polymer frame stays plain. In Factory New the gradient is unbroken and the chrome gives the slide an even, glossy sheen.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Anodized Airbrushed: a coloured coating with an airbrushed design on top; the coating holds while the design fades with wear.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The finish covers the slide only: gold and amber at the muzzle face shift into pink and red along the middle and end in blue and violet over the rear serrations. Under the transparent paint the chrome base shows through, so the colours look glossy and slightly metallic. The frame, grip with its stippled texture, trigger guard and magazine baseplate stay in a plain dark grey, while the slide stop picks up a red accent. How much of each colour falls on the slide differs from copy to copy. On worn copies the paint wears first on the muzzle face, the top and lower edges of the slide and the raised ridges of the serrations, where bare chrome starts to show.

The slide shows an uninterrupted gradient with no visible marks on the edges or serrations. The chrome base reflects evenly across all three colour zones. In game the pistol looks exactly like the inspect image. Copies near the top of the range can carry tiny specks on the muzzle face that are only visible up close.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The float of Glock-18 | Fade ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 88% 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

Glock-18 | Fade belongs to The Assault Collection, which holds 7 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

Among 18 skins of the Glock-18 in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin is the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Holographic and foil stickers in gold, pink or violet echo the gradient on the slide. Placing them on the grey frame keeps the colour blend clear, and a single accent near the rear serrations ties into the blue end of the fade.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at how the colours are spread along the slide, since the share of gold, pink and violet varies between copies.
• Check the muzzle face and the top edge of the slide on the inspect screen for scuffs.
• Compare the float to the range, as Minimal Wear sits in a very narrow band and the gap from Factory New is small.
• Make sure any applied stickers and name tag suit your taste, because they cannot be removed without being scraped off.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the gradient with no marks at all.
• Players who inspect the pistol often and notice small details on the slide.
• The grade for those who want the cleanest version of the finish.