Normally, skins play around with the external attributes of a gun. They flirt with geometry, adapt to shapes, or simply divide the weapon into parts. But some skins reveal a “rich inner world.” Enjoy this selection of transparent skins from CS.MONEY
M4A4 X-Ray
Let’s start with some genuine classics among skins. M4A4 X-Ray appeared in the game back in December 2013 as part of the eSports 2013 Winter case. The skin comes in two variations, with or without a frag counter. Despite its impressive age and rarity, the skin has a very reasonable price. M4A4 X-Ray Minimal Wear can be purchased for around 15 bucks!
The idea behind the skin is quite obvious. X-rays have been used for a hundred years in medicine and other industries and have even found a place in cryptography! The image of M4A4 X-Ray is like an X-ray picture of a gun. You can see the bullets in the magazine, the trigger, and the barrel, as well as other insides. Eye-catching.
Glock-18 Clear Polymer
Strenson, the creator of Glock-18 Clear Polymer skin, didn’t bother with X-rays. Instead, he decided to make the hull transparent. This plan had only one flaw: in CS:GO, guns are empty inside, so everything had to be drawn on the surface.
Glock-18 Clear Polymer is a masterpiece. It really looks like the author replaced the bottom part of the gun with a transparent polymer. But it’s an illusion! Another thing hard to believe would be the price of this beauty. A Glock-18 Clear Polymer Minimal Wear skin costs less than two bucks.
SG 553 Phantom
SG 553 Phantom isn’t exactly a transparent skin. Its exterior creates only a vague sense of transparency. There are several elements that work for this. First of all, the shadows from the bullets on the magazine. And note the nice notches on the forearm and buttstock, along with a small element on the sight. Combined, this creates a kind of ghostly, even phantomatic gun.
The skin appeared in the game along with the Spectrum 2 case. SG 553 Phantom has a relatively low price: it can be purchased for less than a dollar! An analogous specimen with a frag counter is about three times more expensive.
MAC-10 Pipe Down
MAC-10 Pipe Down differs from previous skins in its approach to the depiction of internals. Instead of trying to show what’s inside the gun, the artist decided to think of what could fit there. For example, a tangled red pipe. A strange yet curious choice.
Interestingly, the pattern of this skin changes as the float grows. The paint peels off the outer parts, the flap stock, and magazine, but remains intact on the “inner” pipes. You can get it for a modest two dollars or even less. A StatTrak copy technology will cost three times as much.
UMP-45 Exposure
The last skin in today’s selection. UMP-45 Exposure combined the ideas of an X-ray image and fictional stuffing. Instead of pipes, the artist put bones inside! Apparently, he was in a hurry in the process, because some of the bones broke. Separate kudos for the “tailbone” on the end of the barrel, which looks like a bullet and has a very cool accent.
UMP-45 Exposure is another cheap skin in our selection. The price of a Minimal Wear copy doesn’t even reach a one-dollar mark. The frag counter raises the price noticeably though: three to four times. By the way, be sure to try combining this skin with Spirit 2020 RMR stickers.
So that was our selection of transparent (more or less so) skins. When we started searching for these skins, we encountered an unexpected problem: it’s too difficult to find a matching pair of gloves!
