Tec-9 | Army Mesh (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Army Mesh is a green-and-brown net camouflage, and in Battle-Scarred it turns into a worn tool look with bare metal along the edges and faded paint on the flat areas. Because the float range of this skin ends before the deepest grades, the camo stays visible instead of disappearing entirely. It fits players who like a rugged, beaten-up Tec-9.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The whole pistol is sprayed in dark olive green with broad rust-brown and reddish bands, and a fine net texture from the mesh stencil runs over every surface. The perforated barrel shroud stays mostly dark, with olive mesh and brown patches around the holes, while the receiver carries the strongest mix of green and brown.

The shroud and muzzle are largely dark metal, the receiver edges and magazine base are worn through, and the grip shows scratched patches. The paint on the flat areas is faded and patchy, though the skin's float range stops before full stripping. In game the Tec-9 reads as rough and dark with traces of green and brown. The pattern is still identifiable on the magazine and grip.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.6

The whole float range of Tec-9 | Army Mesh is 0–0.6; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.6 segment (25% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

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

What it costs in each quality

Taking Battle-Scarred as the baseline:

• Factory New — 2.5× dearer
• Minimal Wear — about the same
• Field-Tested — about the same
• Well-Worn — about the same

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

Among 8 skins of the Tec-9 in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 4th by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Olive, khaki, brown and muted orange stickers continue the camouflage palette, while matte gold or black accents stand out without clashing. The receiver side above the trigger and the magazine are the most visible spots.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float in Field-Tested or Well-Worn keeps noticeably more paint on the shroud and muzzle.
• Look at the muzzle, the shroud holes and the magazine base in inspect, because these lose paint first.
• The pattern is a uniform mesh, so the pattern index barely changes the look and is not worth paying extra for.
• If it is a Souvenir copy, check which stickers it carries and how worn they are.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players who want the most rugged, dark version of this camo.
• Buyers on the smallest budget who just want any skin on the Tec-9.
• Conclusion: the roughest grade, kept readable by the limited float range.