M249 | Deep Relief (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

The finish pairs a dark olive frame with bright green contour panels, and from a distance the weapon still reads as a green M249 with a carved, layered drawing. Well-Worn copies show clear scuffing on the box edges and the stock, which breaks up the fine lines in places. The wear fits the rough, painted theme of the skin rather than fighting it.

Item type: machinegun. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

How the skin looks in Well-Worn

The barrel, receiver frame and small parts are kept in a dark olive-grey, which works as a frame for the coloured panels. The receiver side panels, the box magazine and the stock carry the main drawing: concentric contour lines in pale yellow, lime and deeper green that imitate stepped layers going inward, like a relief map.

Paint loss spreads from the box edges onto its flat sides, and the stock shows broad scuffed areas. The fine contour lines are broken in places and the dark base starts to show through the green layers. In game the box looks visibly worn, while the gradient from sand to green still comes through. The barrel and dark frame hide wear better than the bright panels.

Well-Worn quality — float range 0.38–0.45

The whole float range of M249 | Deep Relief is 0–1; Well-Worn takes the 0.38–0.45 segment (7% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

M249 | Deep Relief belongs to The Operation Broken Fang Collection, which holds 17 skins.

The source is Operation Broken Fang Case.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Well-Worn as the baseline:

• Factory New — 5.6× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 2.6× dearer
• Field-Tested — 47% dearer
• Battle-Scarred — 7% cheaper

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

By price this skin is 5th of 9 skins Mil-Spec Grade M249 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 2% cheaper than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, sand, olive and lime stickers echo the layered palette, while dark or black designs blend with the frame. Placing them on the receiver near the panels keeps the contour drawing on the box visible.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float position within the grade, since a low float in Field-Tested or Well-Worn noticeably reduces scratching on the box.
• Inspect the corners and edges of the magazine box first, as they are the most visible part in first-person view and wear earliest.
• Check the stock edges and receiver panels for paint loss on worn copies.
• Note any applied stickers or a name tag, and whether they suit the green palette.

Who should buy Well-Worn

• Budget buyers who still want the green layered pattern to read in game.
• Players who like a used, rough look on a machine gun.
• A cheap way to keep the colour scheme with visible scuffing.