Negev | CaliCamo (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The CaliCamo finish turns the Negev into a sand-toned machinegun with layered brown spots and warm orange-red details. In Minimal Wear the busy camo hides small marks so well that the gun reads almost the same as a factory-fresh copy. It suits a buyer who wants a clean look and accepts a few barely visible specks on the edges.

Item type: machinegun. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The receiver and the top cover are covered in a mottled camo of pale sand, tan, mid-brown and dark brown blotches, with the rear sight area and carry details picked out in rusty orange-red. The barrel and the muzzle stay dark steel, which frames the light camo from the front.

Tiny specks may appear on the muzzle end and the sharpest edges of the top cover. The busy pattern hides them almost completely. At normal distance in game the gun looks the same as Factory New. The magazine panel, grip and stock remain clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Negev | CaliCamo is 0–0.6; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (13% 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

The skin’s collection is The Mirage Collection with 15 skins in total.

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

Among 6 skins of the Negev in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Stickers in sand, brown, olive or rusty orange blend with the camo and the orange-red accents. Matte or paper stickers on the receiver side keep the military look, while one bright contrast sticker can work as a single accent on the light base.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float in Field-Tested can look close to Minimal Wear on this busy camo.
• Look at the muzzle end, the top cover edges and the magazine corners, because these lose paint first.
• Note whether the listing is a Souvenir copy, as those come with stickers already applied.
• Check any applied stickers and name tag, since they change the look of the light camo.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Crafters, since the specks hide in the busy pattern.
• A sensible balance between appearance and cost.