Desert Eagle | Crimson Web (Factory New)

This is the Desert Eagle | Crimson Web in Factory New (FN), where red paint and dark webs lie on the body without a single scuff. Restricted rank, the eSports 2014 Summer Case, the eSports 2014 Summer Collection. The skin's float starts at 0.06 rather than zero, so Factory New takes just 1% of the scale.

What the Desert Eagle | Crimson Web looks like in Factory New

A fine net of dark web covers the red; its strands gather at hubs and run out over the slide, frame and grip. Semi-gloss lacquer lies on top, so a long highlight runs along the top plane of the slide. The sights, hammer and trigger guard stay black.

In this wear the paint is whole on every edge and on the raised parts of the frame, and the strands are unbroken. Valve describes the technique as hydrographics with a web pattern over a red base. No light metal shows at the edges, and the red is even.

Where the Desert Eagle | Crimson Web came from

The Steam Workshop has nothing to do with the Desert Eagle | Crimson Web, as Valve made the artwork itself. The skin came out in July 2014 with the eSports 2014 Summer Collection, and in Valve's catalog it is number 232.

What to check before buying

When picking a listing of the Desert Eagle | Crimson Web, this matters:

• web position: on this skin it is drawn by lot;


• float: the Factory New band is 0.06 to 0.07;


• the name tag and stickers the Desert Eagle already carries.

The web pattern and how it varies

The position of the webs on the slide and frame changes from copy to copy, and no two Factory New listings repeat each other. The float stretch here is short, 0.06 to 0.07, so there is no point chasing the number. Within a stretch like that, listings differ mainly by pattern.

What the Desert Eagle | Crimson Web costs in Factory New

The lower wears are cheaper by these factors:

• Minimal Wear, about 3.9 times;


• Well-Worn, 11.5 times;


• Battle-Scarred, 12.6 times;


• Field-Tested, 12.7 times.

The scale accounts for the gap: Factory New is 1% of the 0.06 to 0.80 range, a band 0.01 wide. Among fifteen Restricted Desert Eagles in this wear, the skin has eight cheaper and six dearer. The nearest above is Desert Eagle | Pilot, more than a third dearer. Below come Desert Eagle | Directive and Desert Eagle | Heirloom, and Desert Eagle | Naga is six times cheaper.

Getting the Desert Eagle | Crimson Web

The skin has a single case, the eSports 2014 Summer Case. A trade-up contract also yields the Desert Eagle | Crimson Web: ten skins of the rank below go into it.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The Desert Eagle | Crimson Web can be had with StatTrak. There were no Souvenir packages for this finish.

Stickers and craft on the Desert Eagle | Crimson Web

On clean red paint a sticker shows best, but it also covers the webs that Factory New is paid for. White and gold stickers read, while red and burgundy ones get lost. A craft can go on the frame above the guard and the bottom of the grip, and the center of the slide is best left free.

Who this wear suits

Factory New is worth choosing for the Desert Eagle | Crimson Web for three reasons:

• you want a Deagle with no scuffs, where the webs and the lacquer highlight are fully visible;


• choice of pattern matters: listings differ by the position of the strands, not by float;


• you need a red pistol for a CS2 showcase or loadout.