Souvenir AK-47 | Frontside Misty (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Frontside Misty is the AK-47 in arctic cyan and white swirls over a dark base, and in Battle-Scarred that scheme turns rough and patchy. Large scratched areas break up the ornament, and bare metal shows through on the most exposed parts. It is the cheapest way to get this colour combination, with a deliberately worn look.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

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

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The receiver is painted bright cyan with dark inserts and white swirling ornament, and cyan lines also run along the rear sight area and the top of the barrel. The handguard and gas tube are dark charcoal covered with large white curls outlined in black.

Large areas of the magazine and receiver are worn down to bare metal, and the ornament is broken up across most of the rifle. The cyan survives in patches, and the white curls on the stock and handguard are heavily scratched. Only the flatter middle sections keep fragments of the original pattern. In game the rifle reads as rough and battered, with the palette hinted at rather than shown.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.87

The float of Souvenir AK-47 | Frontside Misty ranges from 0.02 to 0.87; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.87 — 49% 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

The skin’s collection is The Shadow Collection with 16 skins in total.

It drops from Shadow Case (on sale since Sep 15, 2015).

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Stickers in cyan, white, silver or holo-blue tones blend naturally with the arctic palette. Black and white designs work well on the dark handguard and stock without breaking the swirl ornament. Placements along the receiver suit bolder accents, while warm colours such as red or orange create a strong deliberate contrast.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since copies at the clean end of a range look noticeably better.
• Inspect the magazine curve and the receiver edges first, as they are the first places where this finish loses paint.
• Look at the screenshot or in-game preview of the stock, where scratches on the white curls are easy to miss in a small image.
• Review applied stickers and any name tag, as they change the look and may not suit the cyan and white scheme.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players looking for the cheapest entry into this finish.
• Those who prefer a rough, battle-worn look over a clean one.
• Conclusion: a budget pick for a deliberately battered rifle.