The Phased Skins are a series of skins characterized by a semi-transparent animated pattern. They were added during The Steam Winter Sale 2013.
These skins were only available to craft through Steam and are of limited quantity. With the Steam Winter Sale ending on Jan 3rd 11 AM PST, these skins are no longer craftable.
Acquisition
There are currently 2 methods for which a person can acquire these skins:
- Trade for them with friends through Steam, or
- Purchase them from the Steam Community Market.
Notes
- The Helmet and Body skins are separate items.
- The Helmet skin is considered an alternate helmet, and thus cannot be applied to alternate helmets.
- The Phased Body skin is not correctly applied to the prime details of the Vauban prime variant: The coattails do not have the skin applied at all, which can be colored separately (but do not exhibit the skin's effect), and the texture is not properly mapped to the primed details.
- There is no phased variant of the Vauban Prime helmet.
- The Phased Skin cannot toggle primed details if applied to Vauban Prime.
Unreleased
- An unreleased Phased Orthos Skin exists. There is no known way to acquire it.
Notes
- The color of these skins cannot be changed by any means.
- Barring the syandana, these skins are the first animated skins released.