Gears of War 3 Weapon Skins

Here is a guide to the Weapon skins in Gears of War 3. View the Weapon skin list below to find out how to unlock each weapon skin. Images for all the skins will be uploaded asap. Get involved and join our Gears of War 3 Forum

IN-GAME WEAPON SKIN UNLOCKS

Gold weapon skins
Gold Lancer – Unlock with Gold Lancer from Gears of War 2
Gold Hammerburst – Unlock with Gold Hammerburst from Gears of War 2
Gold Gnasher – Unlock Old Guard Medal (Earn ‘Veteran Gear’ achievement in Gears of War 2)
Gold Sawed-Off Shotgun – Earn ‘Commando’ achievement in Gears of War
Gold Retro Lancer – Unlocked in the Beta
Gold Omen Set – Reach Level 100

Chrome weapon skins
Chrome Lancer – Earn ‘Don’t Hate The Player’ achievement in Gears of War
Chrome Hammerburst – Earn ‘Dirty, Dirty Horde’ achievement in Gears of War 2
Chrome Retro Lancer – Earn ‘Domination’ achievement in Gears of War
Chrome Gnasher Shotgun – Finish Gears of War, Gears of War 2 and Gears of War 3 campaigns
Chrome Sawed-Off Shotgun – Earn 1 achievement from Gears of War PC

Flaming weapon skins
Flaming Lancer – Unlocked in second week of Beta
Flaming Hammerburst – Unlocked in first week of Beta
Flaming Gnasher Shotgun – Unlocked in fourth week of Beta
Flaming Sawed-Off Shotgun – Unlocked in third week of Beta

Crimson Omen weapon skins
Crimson Omen Hammerburst – Earn ‘Welcome to Beast Mode’ achievement
Crimson Omen Retro Lancer – Earn ‘Welcome to Horde Mode’ achievement
Crimson Omen Gnasher – Earn ‘Welcome to Versus’ achievement
Crimson Omen Sawed-Off Shotgun – Earn ‘Welcome to Arcade’ achievement

Team Insignia weapon skins
Team Insignia Retro Lancer – Earn 1 Star Veteran Medal
Team Insignia Lancer – Earn 2 star Veteran Medal
Team Insignia Hammerburst – Earn 3 star Veteran Medal
Team Insignia Shotgun Set – Earn 4 star Veteran Medal

Onyx weapon skins
Onyx Lancer – Earn 4 Star Lancer Medal
Onyx Hammerburst – Earn 4 Star Hammerburst Medal
Onyx Retro Lancer – Earn 4 Star Retro Lancer Medal
Onyx Gnasher Shotgun – Earn 4 Star Gnasher Shotgun Medal
Onyx Sawed-Off Shotgun – Earn 4 Star Sawed-Off Shotgun Medal

DOWNLOADABLE WEAPON SKINS (FROM THE MARKETPLACE)

Garish (flower print)
Arctic Camo
Blood
Child's Play
Deadly Cute (hot pink gradient)
Desert Camo
Desert Digital
Electric Flower (pink)
Haze (smoke effect)
Imulsion (glowing radiation effect)
Jungle Digital Camo
Thunderstorm (animated)
Ocean (waves)
Oil Slick (dark waves)
Team Pulse (red/blue depending on team)
Rainbow Team Distress (red/blue cracks, depending on team)
Team Metal (red/blue, depending on team)
Tiger Stripe Tribal Urban Digital