Souvenir UMP-45 | Blaze (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This UMP-45 is recognisable by its hot orange front end and the dark red flame motif licking back toward the black rear of the gun. Because the skin's float range is very narrow, Minimal Wear copies stay close to the clean look. At most a few tiny marks appear on sharp edges, while the colour transition itself reads unchanged.

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

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

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The front of the receiver and the handguard with its side rails are painted bright orange-yellow over chrome, giving a glossy metallic tone. Toward the middle of the receiver the colour deepens into red, with darker maroon flame shapes outlined in orange running back toward the trigger area.

Minimal Wear copies can carry a few small specks on the muzzle end, the edges of the side rails and the front corners of the receiver. These marks are tiny and usually only visible when inspecting the weapon closely. At normal distance in game the skin looks practically the same as Factory New. The flame motif, the gradient and the rear of the gun remain clean.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.08

The whole float range of Souvenir UMP-45 | Blaze is 0–0.08; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.08 segment (12% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir UMP-45 | Blaze belongs to The Mirage Collection, which holds 15 skins.

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 UMP-45 in the Mil-Spec Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 3rd by price, counting from the dearest.

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.

Which stickers suit it

Stickers in orange, red, gold or black continue the fire theme without breaking the gradient. Placements on the black rear receiver keep the flame artwork on the front visible, while warm-toned stickers can sit closer to the handguard.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position, since the narrow range means the difference between grades is small and a low float mostly matters for collectors.
• Inspect the muzzle end and rail edges, as these are the first places where marks appear.
• Check whether the copy is a Souvenir version, since it comes with its own applied stickers.
• Look at any stickers or name tag already applied to the weapon.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want the same bright look in game without paying attention to tiny specks.
• Buyers looking for a budget entry into this skin that still reads as clean.
• Conclusion: practically the Factory New look for everyday play.