SSG 08 | Blue Spruce (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

Blue Spruce dresses the SSG 08 in calm forest tones, with mint parts set against a deeper blue-green body. In Field-Tested the solid paint starts to show its age at the edges, which gives the rifle a used field look. The colour scheme still reads clearly from the first-person view.

Item type: sniper rifle. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

Appearance in Field-Tested

The receiver and handguard are painted in a dark blue-green, while the barrel and muzzle brake stay dark grey. The scope tube, scope rings, pistol grip, cheek rest and butt pad are a pale mint green, which makes them stand out against the darker frame.

In Field-Tested the chips on the muzzle and scope become clearly visible, and wear appears on the handguard rail and stock corners. The mint grip and cheek rest pick up light scuffs. Large painted surfaces on the receiver still hold most of their colour, so the green scheme reads well in game.

Field-Tested wear: float 0.15–0.38

The float of SSG 08 | Blue Spruce ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Field-Tested quality covers 0.15–0.38 — 31% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

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

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

Price by quality

Taking Field-Tested as the baseline:

• Factory New — 29× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 2× dearer
• Well-Worn — about the same
• Battle-Scarred — about the same

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

Among 9 skins of the SSG 08 in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 6th by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Stickers in teal, mint, white or muted gold blend well with the flat green colour blocks. The dark receiver and handguard give light stickers a strong contrast. Bright red or purple stickers will clash with the calm moss scheme.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, because chips on the scope and muzzle grow quickly toward the worse end.
• Pattern does not matter here, since the finish is made of solid colour blocks.
• Souvenir copies come with fixed stickers, so check whether they suit the green scheme.
• Look at the scope and the muzzle brake in the inspect view, as these parts lose paint first.

Who the Field-Tested quality suits

• Players who want the green scheme with a lightly used look.
• Budget buyers who still want the colours to read clearly.
• Conclusion: a balanced everyday choice for this skin.