Hi all! I wanted to share the first of many CS skins I plan to recreate IRL!
Today we have the AWP BOOM – this is a project I’ve wanted to complete for 10+ years but considering I was 14 when the idea came to fruition, I didn’t have the time or income to see it through. Now I’m 24 and have enough disposable income to afford working on such projects, and I decided to start with my favorite AWP skin OAT.
The “skin” is an airsoft AWP (Well MB4402) with matte vinyl wrap applied over the body. I’ve never done a project like this let alone worked with vinyl wrap so all things considered I think the final product is fantastic.
How did I make it?
1) I extracted the texture file from Legacy CSGO’s pak_01 (I forgot the name of the texture file sorry, I went through so many files to find it…)
2) Upscaled and vectorized the texture file, then colorized it to match in game (the colors of the texture are all wonky when you extract it from pak01 initially)
3) Measured the length of the airsoft AWP and used it as a reference point for how large the texture should be scaled from the ingame version to our real life version. (BOOM! text measures around 4.75-5 inches)
4) Found a custom vinyl wrap printing shop and requested they print the texture repeating seamlessly, scaled using the reference I found above), on two 34x18in sheets.
5) When the wrap arrived, I cut out 4 strips for each panel of the airsoft weapon – left and right, bottom and top sides.
6) In order, I applied the left panel, then right panel, and then the top and bottom panels. I used my fingers, a felt squeegee, and a hairdryer at maximum heat / minimum fan to apply the wrap to each side of the weapon.
7) BOOM!
Hope you all find this to be as awesome as I do! More IRL skins OTW soon!