All Dreams & Nightmares CS:GO Skins Revealed: Complete Information
Details about all the weapon skins in the Dreams & Nightmares weapon collection.
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Valve recently announced all the winners of its Dreams & Nightmares Workshop Art Contest a few days back, on 22nd November 2021. The contest was aimed towards all the CS:GO community artists to come forward and share their creativity by designing certain weapon skins for the game.
Finally, four months later Valve has shortlisted a total of 17 submissions (weapon skins) from across the 15,000 submissions it had received. Each winning submission was rewarded $100,000 USD, taking the total prize money of the contest to $1.7 Million USD.
The contest originally offered a total prize of $1 Million USD which would have been split between 10 winning entries. However, the developers ended up selecting a total of 17 skins for the upcoming Dreams & Nightmares CS:GO Weapon Case.
Dreams & Nightmares CS:GO Weapon Skins - Complete Information
The submission deadline for the contest was 21st October 2021, which gave all the creators a total of 91 days to come up with an idea and execute it. Out of 15,000 submissions, Valve finally selected 17 different weapon skins on 22nd November, giving away 1.7 Million USD to the shortlisted creators for their efforts.
Valve will continue to work with the artists over the coming weeks before releasing the skins in CS:GO. The skins will be rolled out as part of the Dreams & Nightmares CS:GO Weapon Case.
Here are all the shortlisted skins with complete information about their name, creator, description, and more.
Covert Skins
AK-47 | Nightwish [Pearlescent] - Created by Nextgenz
One of the two Covert skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This skin has a pearlescent effect to it and has the elements of deer, Scandinavian mythology, dream catcher, and black light.
MP-9 | Starlight - Created by TheDanidem
One of the two Covert skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This skin is themed around a dream, with a unicorn as the centre figure, and the white areas of the weapon are reminiscent of a marble like material.
Classified Skins
MP-7 | Fear - Created by Niran
One of the three Classified skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This skin depicts abandoned souls falling into a pit of nightmares, "You can't escape your destiny".
Dual Berettas | Beware of Sleeping - Created by Sebasteter and Kuch
One of the three Classified skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The creators of this skin have not spoken a lot about it, but that creepy smile is a pretty big sell.
FAMAS | Rapid Eyes - Created by Sparkwire and Druida
One of the three Classified skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This is a weapon finish based on REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, when most of the dreams occur, "Frantic are the eyes of the dreamer, what could they be seeing?"
Restricted Skins
XM-1014 | Zombie Offensive - Created by Okeyush
One of the five Restricted skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin shows a collection of zombified CT and T characters from CS:GO.
PP-Bizon | Space Cat - Created by Maloo
One of the five Restricted skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin shows a character which looks like a cat, the creator describes it as "Paws of the universe".
G3SG1 | Dream Glade - Created by Druida
One of the five Restricted skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin seems to be based on an eerie, magical forest, "A clearing in the forest of the mind."
M4A1-S | Insomnia - Created by Madara and Blazer
One of the five Restricted skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. In this skin the creators have tried to integrate their work to Valve's universe while observing realism in every detail.
USP-S | Ticket To Hell - Created by Supremat
One of the five Restricted skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This skin is based on utilitarian design with numbers, labels, barcodes, and other technical information.
The QR code on the weapon is unique as it leads to the creator's Steam Workshop page.
Military Spec Skins
Five-SeveN | Alpha And Omega - Created by Anbu and Kasim.Tattoo
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. No particular weapon description has been provided by the creator, as for the skin it seems to have random sketches all over it.
SCAR-20 | Chicken Fight - Created by Guardian Gear
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skins shows the popular CS:GO chickens fighting against each other, a nightmare for many fans.
MAG-7 | Predictor - Created by Jerry and Zlo
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin focuses on an Octopus that is predicting between 'Win' and 'Loss', this might be a reference to 'Paul the Octopus'.
P2000 | Flying In A Dream - Created by Des
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin is based on a classic dream of flying around, "When flying in dreams, do not forget to fasten your seat belt".
Sawed-Off | Ouija - Created by Sorarox
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This skin is based on an Ouija board which is also known as a spirit board or talking board.
MAC-10 | Pixies - Created by Catmagen and B3d
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The creator of the skin describes it as "Someone caught mischievous pixies and put them in a flask. Now they will always look at you, even if the drawing is erased."
MP5-SD | Kid's Necronomicon - Created by Hook and Kvahu
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin is based on a kid's version of what a Necronomicon (book of the dead) might consist of.
These are all the 17 weapon skins shortlisted by Valve as the winners of the Dreams & Mightmares art contest. They will soon feature in a weapon case though which they will be added in the game.
