Tec-9 | Groundwater (Factory New)

Skin overview

Tec-9 | Groundwater is a plain spray-paint finish: olive green over the receiver, barrel shroud and grip, with a sand-coloured magazine. In Factory New the paint is even and matte, and the two-tone split between green body and pale magazine reads cleanly from any angle.

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.

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

Appearance in Factory New

The receiver, the perforated barrel shroud and the grip are painted a solid olive green with a matte surface. The long magazine is a separate block of pale sand colour, which gives the pistol its main contrast. The muzzle and small controls such as the cocking knob stay dark, and there is no pattern or graphic anywhere on the gun. On worn copies the paint goes first from the edges of the shroud holes, the top of the receiver, the cocking knob and the bottom of the magazine.

The paint covers every part evenly, with no chips on the shroud or the magazine. Edges of the perforations look crisp and the matte surface is uniform. In game the pistol reads as a clean olive body with a bright tan magazine. Nothing on the model looks worn.

Factory New quality — float range 0.06–0.07

The whole float range of Tec-9 | Groundwater is 0.06–0.8; Factory New takes the 0.06–0.07 segment (1% 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 Italy Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Factory New quality, the others go like this:

• Minimal Wear — 24× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 48× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 48× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 48× cheaper

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

By price this skin is 5th of 8 skins Consumer Grade Tec-9 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Earthy tones, olive, brown, tan and matte black stickers fit the military colour scheme without breaking it. The flat sides of the receiver above the grip are the clearest spot for placement. A single bright sticker can work as an accent against the muted green.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float position within the wear range, since a solid finish shows every chip on the shroud and receiver top.
• Check the edges of the shroud perforations and the cocking knob, as they lose paint first.
• Inspect the magazine edges, because wear on the light tan block stands out more than on the green body.
• Check any applied stickers and name tag, as they change the look of such a plain finish noticeably.

Who should buy Factory New

• Players who want the cleanest olive and tan look on their Tec-9.
• Sticker crafters who need an even, unpatterned base.
• A neat choice for anyone who prefers a tidy finish.