xtab's Rust Skin Pix

This week we have two strong sets by La Crampe and El Fideo Rubio, as well as high quality hatchets.  First place is a tough choice, but we're gonna have to give it to the Dread Death Mask.  It's... well, you'll see.  

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War Story is a lean mean killing machine, Death in black and orange, marked with screaming skulls and stern falcons, reminiscent of native American or Southwestern art styles. It represents an evolution in Madroce's art style that we think will prove quite popular, and an impressive twelve thousand viewers in the workshop would seem to agree.

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Dread Death Mask
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A metal face mask lined and crowned with carved white bones in an awful, death-like grimace. We doubt they're made of ivory. The face plate is covered in a brown, fraying leather of unknown origin.

You don't see this sort of thing every day, thankfully, but those of you with more macabre tastes are likely to get your way--this is a highly creative skin, very popular, and approval chances are good. By JohnnyOldBoy

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You really gotta be crazy to drill into an old hand grenade. This one has screws embedded in the skin of the weapon to add shrapnel to the explosion. The fuze assembly and safety lever are heavily corroded, and you'd be lucky if it didn't break off in your hand.

It's a dangerous unexploded munition that should have been disposed of decades ago. But it wasn't.  Welcome to Rust!

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Native Hatchet
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Here's a beautiful hatchet with fine stitched black leather wrapped around both the handle and the blade. Don't know why you'd wrap the blade in leather, but it sure looks sharp! 

The artist, T.o.n.y.a.e.r., has really learned how to make a good skin. If you look at the leather in the handle closely, you can see it bunches up slightly against the wood, which really makes it look like the real thing. Every other detail is equally strong--you're gonna look great while you chop that wood!

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La Crampe has bee MIA for a few weeks, and now we know why: He's been making this phenomenal set! It's a roadsign vest and kilt decorated with the bones of slow or poorly armed humans, all neatly tied down and displayed like a bug in a collection case.

The kilt is especially ghoulish, with a skull and jawbones on the front and a rib cage on the back. There are a few places where the bones bend rather unnaturally, but maybe they've been soaked in vinegar. Or something.  Witch doctors must have their ways.

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Apocalypse Kilt
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This is the second half of the Apocalypse Set by La Crampe. Together they form a stark warning of just how far you and your cannibal buddies are willing to go. 

The kilt has less surface space for skeletal remains, but the artist still finds room for a couple of hands and jawbones.  Quality in the leather straps, rivets, buckles and metal plates is top notch, which is as to be expected from an artist of La Crampe's caliber. 

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This is a stone hatchet converted into a macabre bone hatchet, complete with fossilized teeth.  It doesn't look human, but it's hard to tell.--not like that would stop any of you from buying it. 

JohnnyOldBoy invested his usual strong creativity and skill in this skin, and it shows.  The hatchet is weird, but believable, and details like the leather straps, bloodstains and gouges in the bone are sharp and clear.

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El Fideo Rubio, in partnership with Phas brings us the Rock Championship set, a three skin set of Rusty sportsfandom featuring...the rock all you beach loving Rust players know and love.

The humor is a bit subtle, since most people will see the colors and style and figure it's just sportswear, but it is more than that without hitting you over the head. (Har! get it? Rock?  Hit you over the head? Ha ha.) The artists have done a fine job with graphics, style, and materials, and we hope to see the set in the game soon!

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Rock Championship Shorts
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These are the shorts that go with the tank top and the riot helmet in the Rock Championship set.  Not much to say other than to point out they're colorful yet Rusty, and they'll make people want to shoot you even more than usual. We got a laugh out of the hand print on the back of the shorts--nice touch.

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The third piece in the Rock Championship set, the Riot Helmet fits in well. There's a metal plate on the crown of the helmet, perhaps to patch the crack where a big rock was slammed down on the head of the previous owner.

The entire helmet is scratched and battered and scribbled on, a real mess and Rusty as you like.  Note the man riding a pig on the side.  Excellent work by El Fideo Rubio and Phas.

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xtab's Rust Skin Pix

This week we've got a new three skin set by Mishka and a continuation of earlier sets by Veys and Milho Frito, all top notch quality. Our pick of the week, though, goes to Tonyaer for his Deadpunk Plate. It's really...well, we're not sure, but it's really somethin'.  Be sure and check it out!

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Mishka has graced the Workshop with the Raider set, a three piece pile of junk wired together and called armor, including vest, pants and a helmet.  While not the most creative of names, the set is Rusty and menacing, abounding with sloppy painted skulls, dire safety warnings, and directions to nowhere.

The vest features studded iron spike shoulder pads, welded plates, and the kind of heavy metal chicken wire used by low class liquor stores and unpopular bureaucracies to protect themselves from an armed and surly public. Now maybe it will protect you too, if only briefly.

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This is the lower half of the Raider set by Mishka, and it features the same kind of city and vehicle debris as the vest.  

The pants may be unique among Rust skins in having what looks to be a computer case fan attached to the lower left pant leg. The rest of the skin artfully continues the sloppy junk theme of the set.

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The last piece of the Raider set is is the Raider Helmet, a riot helmet skin sporting a wire-reinforced front visor, some scary looking graffiti, and some hastily applied paint, as though the owner was so eager to get and out kill something his hands were shaking. It's so messy it looks like it's been in a paintball fight, but the helmet is clearly meant for higher purposes.

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Building on the success of last week's enormously popular Frost Wolf assault rifle, Veys has released the Frost Wolf Mask, an armored face mask painted as a stylized wolf with red eyes and blue flames. It's a rough job, like something painted by a talented amateur or post apocalyptic savage. We like the ears that extend over the skull cap, and the black 'fur" they lay against. That, and the sharp, pointed teeth.

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StabbyMcStabface has updated his earlier Cultist AK and produced this new and improved version, one covered with ominous, demon-worshiping cult icons and symbols.  They must help, since a gun as rusted out as this  couldn't be much good in a fight.  The one touch of color is found on the ammo clip, painted with demonic teeth and wrapped in handsome black leather emblazoned with the radioactive red sigil of the cult's god or demon, or...whatever.  

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STOP!

Yes, but stop what?  Running?  Fighting? It's kind of up to interpretation, but we doubt people will obey. Fighting or running is exactly what they should be doing when they see something like this.

The mask is ferocious, with its bright red stop sign and sharp metal head spikes. It's worn, beaten, and Rusty, and guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of your enemies.  Just don't lean back too far. By Madroce.

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Grandfather
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A fancy double barrel shotgun by Mishka (again!) with a pair of engraved black barrels and a carved wood stock. There's a thin and slightly oily cloth wrapped around the stock, and every detail is sharp and accurate. It's a handsome weapon, scratched and scuffed for the game but not so much as to ruin the elegant styling.

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Bunker Exit Door
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Now your grim bunker can have a grim Bunker Exit Door, T.o.n.y.a.e.r. style. It's sheet metal plates welded to a rusty steel frame with a heavy plastic or vinyl covering fastened to the other side.  

We really like how the vinyl material stretches around the bolts that fasten it to the edge of the door, and the way the artist applied traces of rust to the door handle and welds. It's ugly and Rusty, but in a good way, and that's what counts.

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Deadpunk Plate
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And now for something completely different.  Black chest plate armor emblazoned with a steel rib cage and stylized six-pack. In the back there's a large denim patch with a rhinestone skull.  And wings.  And stars, and chains, and black stitched leather straps...all of it in clear detail, a biker coat of arms for the modern primitive. By T.o.n.y.a.e.r.

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Racer AK47
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Last but not least we have the Racer AK47, Milho Frito's latest addition to his (death) Racer 54 series. It's an assault rifle done up auto racing style, with checkers, racer number, and a slick red and yellow color scheme. The quality of the materials on the weapon is superb and highly realistic, and we love the way Milho Frito adds age and wear to his skins.

The only problem is the fact that it is a "racing" weapon.  Most racers don't go into a race packing heat, not even in Texas, but who knows what was happening in the last days of the old world?

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xtab's Weekly In-Game Skin Review

Thirteen approvals this week, among them the popular Epidemic Roadsign armor, the Sacrificial Bones, and the Dreaded Overlord Mask. But the surprise best skin of the week:  The Undead Bedroll, by new artist AlmaTadema.

 

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Hornet Chestplate
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The tricky thing in Rust art is making something look like crap while somehow retaining quality, a balancing act Vitalik consistently gets right. This skin is a good example: armor made of black and yellow alternating metal plates attached to a corrugated metal backing. The workmanship is shoddy and amateurish, but has good colors and still manages to seem solid and tough.

The armor is also quite distinctive and visible at a distance, making it useful for a clan uniform, and low-key enough not to draw extra interest or fire.

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A lead lined trunk, built heavy and sturdy to house the most terrible of weapons. The bomb has long since vanished to parts unknown, but you can still use the case if you don't mind taking a few rads now and again.

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This handsome bolt action rifle by Mishka exudes a certain ornate 19th century majesty, a showpiece that hung above a fireplace for a couple of centuries before it was found and "restored" by our modern survivors. The combination of the carved wood highlighted with brass trimmings is pleasing to the eye, especially as offset by the red leather fastened to the barrel and grip.

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Overlord Mask
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Wildly popular in the Workshop, the Overlord Mask by JohnnyOldBoy easily won approval and will probably be the number one seller all week. It features a grim and haughty skull visage, scratched and dented from many battles. Everyone want to be this guy, pitilessly mowing down enemies with his AK, terrifying and (hopefully) untouchable.  Death himself.  

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Meridian SAR
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A Meridian death cult semi automatic rifle, consecrated with the blood and souls of countless sacrificial victims.

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Ornate Axe
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Wow!  You'll never find a finer axe in the game no matter how many more skins are approved. Now, we know they don't sell things like this at Walmart, or probably even stores where the super rich shop, but just look at it!

The quality and detail of the leather on the grip is superb, the wood polished and perfectly realistic, and the carvings in the brass and steel stand out strong. And all Rusted up by Badtrip, just for you.

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Epidemic Roadsign Vest
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The Epidemic Roadsign Vest and Pants by Fred the Dog won approval this week, forming a set with the Epidemic AK. It's stop sign armor made from legacy road signs, truck parts, and bits of string and wire, all somehow persuaded to stick together strongly enough to be useful in a fight. Nothing on the armor looks remotely new, and worn as a set you'll look like a walking junkyard, primitive but lethal.

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These are the pants that go as a set with the Epidemic Roadsign Vest and AK by Fred the Dog.  It's all truck parts and no parking signs, a perfect pile of junk. We particularly like the leather straps and tire rubber in the back of the armor, and the strip of spiked metal just above the belt.

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Sacrificial Club
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Anathenn scored two primitive approvals this week with his Sacrificial Club and Sacrificial knife.  If you're gonna be a bloodthirsty cannibal, you should look the part, and both of these skins help get you there.

The club has got a crude, grinning face carved into the bone where you can clearly see it as you beat sleeping nakeds and chickens to death on the beach. It's also got a couple of faces carved into the knobby end of the bone, the better to draw the attention of the Gods. 

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This is the bone knife by Anathenn that won approval together with the bone club. So if you prefer stabbing over clubbing your victims to death, pick this one.

The weapon features a trio of skulls running up the blade and ending in a sharp, bony point. There are more skulls carved into the knobby end of the handle.  It's horrible. Imagine laying on the altar, waiting for a bloodthirsty cannibal priest to stick this thing in you...

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Yellow Race Boots
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The Yellow Race Boots add to the growing collection of Racer themed skins by Milho Frito. It is impossible to find fault with the astonishing level of quality on this skin. Between the careful stitching, the laces, the shoelaces and metal brackets you've got boots that look like the real thing, all properly scuffed up and dirty lookin'.

If you are interested in picking up everything in the set, just look for them on the market.

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Grey Fire Door
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This is the sort of thing they've got hanging at your old high school: ugly, sturdy...institutional, and quite possibly locked in flagrant violation of fire code to keep students sneaking out at lunch time.

We like the corrugated base plate, the rust streaks, and the pointless safety stickers decorating the top and center. T.o.n.y.a.e.r. has done a fantastic job capturing the aesthetically displeasing spirit of the door, and it is sure to look, well, not great but certainly businesslike attached to your base.

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Undead Bedroll
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The Undead Bedroll, not a coffin but a sleeping bag skin by new Rust Workshop artist AlmaTadema. It's always good to see new talent come to the game, and this creative and high quality skin is an excellent first approval.

The bag is not simply covered with cute stylized skulls, but they're patched and sewn into a rough cloth backing with a very visible raised appearance.  They're painted skulls, and you can see amateurish imperfections in the paint, which is excellent detail. Fantastic work for a first, or any time approval!

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xtab's Rust Skin Pix

We welcome back a couple of returning artists this week who we have not seen for quite some time. This was a good week for skins and skin quality--many to choose from, but only space for ten.  Best of the lot: Junk Lord Hoodie, by TheMarex86.

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It's been six months since the last guitar approval, and now at last comes along a guitar skin with a shot at winning acceptance.  The stickers are images we're all familiar with--Rust dungeons, rad suit, tuna can...and the rest of the guitar is rough around the edges, aged with dents and peeling paint. Just the thing for a warm starry night around the fire, or a naked midnight serenade outside your local enemy clan base. By El Fideo Rubio, Phas, and Kra5h.

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This exceptionally creative shirt by Demon makes you look serious and, well, not serious at the same time. Beggars can't be choosers in the world of Rust--you gotta wear what you can make or find--and all the past issues of GQ burned up in nuclear hellfire decades ago.

GREAT work on the buttons and the fabric of the inner shirt. We also think the pockets, the rolled up sleeves, and the trim of the coat are fine, realistic touches.

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Here's a sharp plate vest from Vitalik. It's got alternating black and yellow metal plates fastened to a corrugated metal backing. The look is distinctive and the craftsmanship nice and shoddy, just like it should be. Good work on the stitching and black leather shoulder straps. 

This armor would go well with Vitalik's Clan Leader mask from last week, should they both win approval.

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Anathenn released two related skins this week: The Sacrificial Knife and the Sacrificial Club. While we've chosen to feature the club, the knife is just as good and both skins add to the ever growing collection of cannibalistic tools and weapons in the game. 

The club features a crude, grinning face carved into the bone and angled so you can see it while you're beating nakeds to death on the beach. It's also got some other runes or markings that must mean something to the kind of mind that carves them, and a nice string and cloth hand grip wrapped around the base.

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After a long hiatus, Exenoxx is back producing skins for Rust, and we're certain many of you will be happy to see the Base Invaders carried over to the king of weapons, the AK47. The weapon features a cheerful blue and yellow paint job in the style of an ancient arcade game cabinet with lots of bright stars and galaxies flying by.

The bright, happy colors and cheeky name will (hopefully) drive your victims to a frothing animal fury when you bring 'em down  with your cute arcade rifle!

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Now, THIS is a brilliant skin, courtesy of TheMarex86. The four point harness with a gear in the middle of the chest, the tire rubber shoulder pads, the chain necklace and bullet...Mmmm.  

It's also got lots of tears and duct tape repairs, but the cherry on top is the little Rust symbol on the back of hood made of three soda can tabs and a bottle cap. 

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Gigertag is a relatively new artist on the Rust workshop scene, having previously published only two other skins, one of which was approved.  He's definitely got talent, producing clear, sharp skins with strong detail. 

Anarchy is a simple burlap headwrap with a wool beanie and checkered face scarf. The headwrap is a bit worn and threadbare, and comes with a small anarchy patch stitched into the beanie. This way, everyone will know that you respect no law but your own.

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Bfs has been quietly working for several weeks now producing quality work, but no approval yet. This latest SAR is one of a three color set--we liked blue the best. And though his names are dull, his artwork is anything but.

You can see how his lines and style turn the otherwise junky SAR into a lean, mean killing machine. Everything is suitably worn and Rusty, but the weapon seems bright and alert, ready for a fight. Most of the rest of his work is of similar quality, so be sure and check out his workshop!

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This armored face mask by JohnnyOldBoy really hit the big time quickly on the workshop--9500 views in three days, tons of comments and excitement. The mask is good and ugly with lots of dents and scratches, a leather chin strap, and a couple of prominent battle scars.

But most of all, it offers a grim, death-like visage, proud and pitiless. Slay your victims in silence and gaze down on their writhing forms as they die, certain that your mask is the last thing they see before everything goes black.

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Fred The Dog has  produced a roadsign armor set to go along with his popular Epidemic AK47.  We just feature the vest here, but it really looks best together with the pants.

The vest is full of cool touches and features using all kinds of metal and leather plates, pieces of roadsigns, pieces of trucks, bits of wire and string...pretty much any junk Fred could think of, all welded and stitched and hammered together every which way. It don't get Rustier than this.

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xtab's Weekly In-Game Skin Review

Sixteen approvals this week, five of them completing sets started in previous weeks.  Seeing some of you savages in matching clothes (or any clothing at all) would be nice for a change. Best skin of the week: Yellow Racer SAP, by Milho Frito.

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Milho Frito has successfully added four skins to his Yellow Racer collection, which now includes this SAP, a riot helmet, pants, and a hoodie. 

Up until now, the set made sense--grubby racer outfit from the past found and fixed up by present day scavengers.  But this SAP changes all that.  It ain't a starter pistol, so just what kind of race requires the drivers to pack heat?

Why, hard liquor and hand guns night down at the race track!  Bring your gal, ladies in get in FREE!

@ Milho Frito:  Go straight for the rocket launcher next!

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This is the second Milho Frito Yellow Racer skin approved this week.  This riot helmet, combined with the pants and hoodie and SAP turn you into Death Racer 54.

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After gathering dust on the backburner pile for a few weeks, the Beans Cannon got approved today. The launcher tube is made from the bean cans you find in the game, pretty much making the skin Rusty by default. Its a highly dubious and probably one time experiment in rocketry--imagine putting this thing on your shoulder, next to your ear and firing. By JohnnyOldBoy

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This is the third and by far best hammer skin in the game. The default hammer is a simple wooden mallet with an absurdly large head that isn't good for anything but railroad spikes or watermelons, but that's not Krovv's fault.  He's wrapped the handle with loving care in leather, carefully sanded the wood, and stamped a nice Mario style fix-it icon on the head. Looks good!

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A ragged denim biker jacket from the distant past, now patched and upgraded with tire rubber and metal studs from the present. Ride free, brother!

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A decaying concrete barricade by Devi, coming soon to a rats' nest junk base near you. The skin looks like it's been basking in the gentle radioactive glow of a nuclear accident for decades, soaking up the rads and passing time. Placed in the grass near your base, it will hopefully lend an aged and weathered air, something long since looted and not worthy of attention or explosives.

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Fire engine red and ready to go, this 8 shooter revolver by Shedmon features an amateurish but enthusiastic paint job over all the metal parts. The paint is chipped and worn in places, as though the weapon sees a lot of use from someone who really enjoys firing it. We especially like the way the paint is applied to the gun cylinder and around the trigger.

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A very tough, but tastefully decorated sheet metal security door, once used to protect the premises of a jeweler's or goldsmith's shop. It would take hours to hack through it with tools, but explosives will do the trick.

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Grotesque skulls have been stamped into the metal of this grim assault rifle to celebrate a fine instrument of Fate.  Or more accurately, Death.  

The leather around the ammo clip and the grip looks good, but the wood of the stock seems a bit off to us.  There is a nice, big skull at the back of the weapon which you'll see when you take aim--reminds what it's all about! By JohnnyOldBoy.

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StabbyMcStabface's Nordic Beast roars this week with three new pieces added to the set:  The Helmet, the Pants, and the Hoodie.

The Hoodie features Nordic trim amid a red and gray color scheme. The crosshatched stitching around the middle and along the sleeves is a good touch, and there's a very large Nordic rune printed on the back .We doubt that it means "peace."

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Next up in Stabby's set we have the Pants, which is probably the best looking skin in the set.  The pants feature wide Nordic trim at the cuffs and along the belt.  There's a line of crosshatched red stitching running down the length of the legs that makes it easy to identify at a distance.  

Taken together with the hoodie, you could almost look civilized.  But put the armor and the mask on and you'll look a proper Beast once again.

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Last up we have the Helmet, not the sort of thing a sane, pre-apocalyptic person would ever make. It's heavy corrugated steel with a face grill, leather head strap and metal cap. It's got your Nordic runes all over, of course, and is scratched up and dented here and there. A perfect crown for the set.

If you're looking for the armor for this set, you can find the vest here, and the kilt here.

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A rusty and battered riot helmet, of a kind used by checkpoint soldiers of the past for grim urban pacification duties in extremely violent places. This one's received a quick patch-up with bits of scrap and wire.

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Grin, bang and lights out with with the Smile Grenade by Mishka. It's a simple green F1 pineapple with a smirking bloodthirsty face painted on it, a minimalist drawing that says a lot with just a few strokes. The artist has taken care to make sure the face is visible in your hand before you throw, so you'll actually get to see it in the game.

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After languishing on the back burner for many weeks, Veys' Frostwolf finally makes it into the game. It's an assault rifle with a blue and white color scheme and a ferocious mad wolf painted on the side, the kind of thing Van Gogh might have done, if he ever decided to paint angry, violent imagery on weapons, that is.

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Armed Police!  This police jacket skin by Madroce came out in the middle of the week and gathered 7,500 views in just three days. It's a pretty good copy of the real deal, dirtied and scuffed up a bit for the world of Rust.  About the only thing that puts the lie to it is the cute skull necklace visible over the inner shit.  We don't think that's regulation.

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xtab's Rust Skin Pix

 

This week we feature a couple of cheerfully hostile skins, a new artist, and a Rust painting. Top skin: The Sunrise SAP.

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Almost missed this one in the workshop--it just looked like a grenade with a couple of x's on it, but on closer inspection the dripping smile is clear. Mishka was careful to keep the grenade's "face" visible in the hand when equipped and ready to throw, so you'll be able to see it in the game.

Out of almost 300 submissions, only two grenades have so far been accepted into the game.  Time for a third?

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What's not to love with this skin? A continuation of Dr. KeKe's highly popular Sunrise collection, the Sunrise SAP sports a baleful eye near the back of the gun, with a long toothy mouth running the length of the barrel.  No part of the gun is left without decoration, a unique cheerfully hostile style that belongs to this artist alone.

We really like the arrow at the end of the barrel pointing into the gun. Heavy metal surprise inside.

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A fine wooden box in good condition and not at all rusty. Wait, WHAT?!

It's not rusty because it is something which could be made by the tools and materials available to the benighted denizens of this radioactive little island. Just some cut and sanded wood, some tightly wound rope, and a few dozen nails.  

The lock on the lid is a clear and interesting design, and we particularly like the labeling since it is carved into the wood, rather than just stamped with a Photoshop font.or icon. Nobody in your clan will mistake what this box is for. By La Crampe.

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Another door wrenched off an ancient ruin and carted back to base to help protect the glorious junk within. Although it looks a little on the light side, the Cab door is actually an armored door.  The viewport is hard to see in the Workshop image, but it is there, just a bit concealed.

T.o.n.y.a.e.r. has given the door a certain worn grubby vibe which contributes greatly to its overall aura of Rustiness. Used in a base that already has other converted door like the ambulance or school bus doors and your palace of trash will be the envy of your block.

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Ever imagine you would aspire to own trash like this?  These gloves make a virtue of it. Made from what looks to be genuine imitation leather, they've been wrapped in duct tape and the knuckles have been reinforced with bottle caps. The bottoms of the gloves are held closed with soda pop tabs.

The gloves feature fine stitching, a couple of different materials, and plenty of scrapes and scuffs.  If you look closely, you'll see one of the bottle caps has the Facepunch logo. Excellent work from TheMarex86.

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Robj offers a complete pile of junk, and we'd be pretty happy to get it. The vest is stop sign armor made from pieces of the oil barrels you find yourself banging on for some reason. The armor maintains the oil barrel shapes and textures while conforming to the shape of the stop sign mesh. The armor is also beaten and rusty, but still looks quite solid.

We like how the armor is made from familiar materials found in Rust. it reinforces the salvaged origins of the armor and contributes to the atmosphere and spirit of the game.

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This are the pants ("kilt") that go with the vest by Robj we just featured.  They are every bit as dirty and junky as the vest, and they'l go well together as a set. the bright red color will also make you stand out at a distance, so expect to get shot a lot.  Your armor will come in handy for that.

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A decaying concrete barricade skin by Devi, a new artist on the Workshop scene. Devi has nine skins in his workshop, and they're all pretty good. 

The Railway barricade features construction lines painted a very faded yellow, cracked concrete, and a steel divider corroded like it's been sitting unmaintained for decades in salty air. Nice and Rusty, they'll look great sitting in tall grass, or alongside a road.

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Anathenn brings us a new salvaged sword, this one not so much constructed as converted from a single piece of industrial equipment, with lots of thick leather wrapped around the handle.  A crude skull and the word "kill" has been painted onto the blade, in case you forget what the sword is for.

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Our last featured item is a rug by Veys depicting two half naked barbarians doing their level best to stick each other with the pointy end.. We can't tell what provoked their disagreement, but it's clear that somebody gonna die.

It's a good Rusty picture, and we'll be very interested to see if Facepunch picks up the concept and approves it.  Rugs can be hung on walls after all, and having a large selection of this sort of pre-made art could really improve aesthetics both inside and outside of bases.

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xtab's Weekly In-Game Skin Review

Seventeen approvals this week, which is a good thing since there are so many excellent skins to choose from.  Best skin:  Padded Armor Trunk, by La Crampe.

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Milho Frito's Racer Pants are now in the game as a set with his excellent Racer Hoodie.  Now you can pretend you're not actually a hard-scrabble survivor eking out a desperate, hand-to-mouth existence--you're a pro race car driver!  The fans will be here any minute looking for autographs...

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We're happy to see Vitalik's popular Roadsign Door win approval this week, misdirecting and confusing hapless Newmans around the world.  It's a sheet metal door with road signs welded and nailed to it as reinforcement. A clever idea and a well-executed skin perfectly in tune with the spirit of the game.

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Next we have the Junkyard Samurai Set by Deltap42. The set uses the new road sign armor format, but that's about all it uses, since there's no road signs on this armor at all. Instead, it's formed of what looks to be varnished wood slats attached to a thin metal backing, which certainly wouldn't stop a hard katana thrust, let alone a bullet.  

Then again, road sign armor doesn't seem to keep you alive much longer than clothes, so you may as well look good. And that's just where the Junkyard Samurai Vest excels.

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The lower half of the Junkyard Samurai Set by Deltap42. Quality is excellent, with a worn and cracked leather belt, tarnish and rust on some of the metal pieces, and wood varnish wearing thin in places. 

Worn together with the vest, the set makes for a good and Rusty version of a Japanese samurai.  You'll be the envy of your server, so expect to be shot and robbed frequently. 

if you want to complete the look, you can pick up the Japanese Wakasashi in the steam market here.

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Here's a road sign vest that puts the new road sign armor format to work in a Rusty and realistic way. It's got plates of badly scratched and tarnished metal held together by rivets and leather straps, and looks like it just rolled off the set of a Mad Max movie, which means it matches the style of the game perfectly.

The artist, Teddy, has an extensive workshop that shows a steady progression in creativity and skill over time.  Well worth a look!

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Epidemic AK-47
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The Epidemic made the cut this week, putting the highly popular assault rifle skin into the hands of eager Fred the Dog fans everywhere. A zombie gun in a game without zombies, you can certainly pretend as you mow your fellow Newmans down without mercy, pity or remorse.  Just make sure you shoot 'em in the head so they stay dead.

We like the creepy zombie hands on the body of the gun, the disembodied head that says, "bwaaar!", and find the color scheme has grown on us over time.  But the best part is the zombie finger at the back of the gun, reminding you where to take aim.  

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Engineer SMG
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We don't see a lot of SMG approvals, so it's nice to see the Engineer SMG make it.  A collaborative effort by El Fideo Rubio and Phas, the skin appears at first glance to be a bit simple, but is in fact full of Rusty details. We've got a curious design on the back of the gun, faded and peeling.  There's grit in the grooves, scratched paint on the body and an overall toy-like aura that belies its deadly nature.  The ammo clip could have used more work, but it's an otherwise strong skin.

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Small Medical Box
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The Small Medical Box is the fourth small wood box skin to be approved for the game.  Though humble, pretty much everyone needs to make small boxes early in the wipe cycle, so a little variety here is welcome. This is also the latest entry in Badtrip's Rusty Army Medical Corps series.

We think Badtrip did an excellent job on the box, giving it a turn of the (last) century feel with the tan cloth straps and faded red cross symbol. The straps, however, tie the lid down, so it may be hard to open in an emergency. :)

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Blast Shield Helmet
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John Sick is a new Rust workshop artist with only eight completed skins, so hopefully this approval is a sign of good things to come.  The helmet has a heavy yellow plastic shell with a very thick visor in front.  It gives you the feeling it's designed to withstand some VERY heavy blows, and it looks like it has taken a few in the past.

Good detail on the heavy screws, the air grills (not sure why it would have those) and the rust in the cracks and seams. Don't get the idea, though, that you can survive a rocket blast while wearing it.

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Studded Bone Knife
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Carve up your victims with this handsome black studded leather bone knife by Robj. The black leather wrapping the knife is clean and sharp, detailed with loving care. And if you look closely, you can see faint blood stains on the tip of the blade.

Mind you, the bone knife isn't a late game weapon, but you can make one in ten minutes on wipe day to run around naked on the beach, slitting throats and murdering sleepers amid laughter and merriment. Add a splash of color like the Flower Hat and you'll be quite the sight.

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Junkyard Revolver
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An ancient Saturday Night Special, the sort of gun left in a drawer forgotten until it's too rusty and unreliable to save your life. This one's been amateurishly repaired and maintained by many owners. Best of luck.

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Mossy Fossil
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Bang rocks with the remains of some poor wretch who expired pointlessly on this godforsaken island in the distant past, secure in the knowledge that someone will probably bang rocks with your skull sometime in the distant future for much the same reasons. Don't worry, you probably won't mind.  This guy doesn't seem to.

Mossy Fossil is another creative skin from Veys, who maintains a great workshop full of accolades and approvals.  Be sure and stop by--you won't be disappointed.

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Truck Door
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A delivery truck door, wrenched off its hinges and hauled back to base in the (probably vain) hope it will stand stern between you and midnight murder. 

We like the hinges and vertical reinforcements running the length of the door, as well as the arcane safety stickers and serial numbers. As with most his work, Robj has put considerable effort into Rusting up his skin, applying scratches and wear and tear in all the right places.

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Replacement Blade Hatchet
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If you want to buy a hatchet skin, you can't go wrong with the Replacement Blade Hatchet. As far as we can tell, there is absolutely, positively nothing wrong with this skin at all.  It may as well be a photograph. 

And well, there it is.  It's perfect.  Good job, Demon!

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No Admittance
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KEEP OUT. Seriously. You're not wanted in here. See all that steel and armor? Take a hint. And if you DO try and get in, well, we'll be waitin' for ya.

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Retro Car Parts Chestplate
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We wrote this one up in our top ten post a few days ago, and are pleased to see the approval. It's an armored chestplate made from junkyard car parts--a race car, to be specific, and a truck grill, and...some wire mesh in the back. It's an appealing and authentic slab of metal armor, post-apocalypse style.

The skin is also bright red, which makes it both an excellent clan identifier at a distance, and a prime target for enemy snipers. Perfect for a large raid, not so good for sneaking around in the woods. By RavN.

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Padded Armor Trunk
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La Crampe has won approval of this (once) handsome steamer trunk, the sort of thing a wealthy lord or lady might bring on safari or a pleasure cruise of the Greek Isles. It's got a padded but frayed exterior bound in tightly stitched leather and secured with a large iron lock and keyhole.  

It's a gorgeous skin that the...lower classes like yourselves don't deserve in your base, even after it has been scuffed and beaten by the passage of many years.

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