Skin Makeover Plan: How to Pair the M4A4 Handguard Kit with Sticker

Now that Sticker placement can be customized, we can choose exactly where each Sticker goes. In other words, aside from using Stickers to decorate the main artwork on a weapon, we can also use them to highlight specific areas of a skin, such as the magazine, handguard/fore-end, stock, and so on. For this piece, we’re focusing on the handguard/fore-end of the M4A4, putting together different combos based on color, finish style, and texture. Think of it as a starting point: hope you like these crafts, and hopefully they spark some new ideas of your own.

Buzz Kill & Spartan (Metal Style Theme)

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On this yellow-toned M4A4 | Buzz Kill, the handguard panels are black, so we can dress them up with yellow Stickers. Pick four yellow-toned Spartan Stickers; this Sticker also has a falcon motif. Apply all four Stickers with overlapping coverage to build a yellow-themed handguard craft.

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Royal Paladin & Stone Scales (Foil) (embossed-style theme)

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How should you rework the embossed-style M4A4 handguard setup? Try using shiny Stickers! Pick four Stone Scales (Foil), rotate them 90° and place them horizontally across the handguard. The shimmering scales catch the light nicely, and their detailed normal-map texture pairs really well with the embossed finish.

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Asiimov & Apeks (solid-color combo)

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Asiimov uses the classic orange, white, and black solid-color pattern combo, so you can pair it with an orange Apeks Sticker. This Sticker has a fairly regular shape, so you can go for an upright-and-reversed setup. The regular version of this Sticker is close to Asiimov’s orange, and it also has an orange Holo variant.

For the Holo Apeks sticker, it's best to go with the Paris 2023 version. It's affordable and has a better color-shift effect:

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Desolate Space & Zeused (theme color palette)

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So how do you dress up the fore-end on skins with this kind of single theme color palette? The best move is to use Stickers in a similar color range. For the blue-purple Desolate Space, this setup pairs it with the blue-purple Zeused, matching the skin’s big skull theme with the smaller skull on the handguard/fore-end area. Note that Desolate Space already has its own artwork, so whether you add this combo comes down to your own taste.

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Neo-Noir & Frag Out (Theme Colors)

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What sticker works best with the purple, black, and white color scheme of the Neo-Noir? Here, the Holo Sticker Caution (Holo) is rotated and layered on for the craft. This Sticker has a heavy purple range with a color-shifting effect, giving it rich color depth that holds up over time.

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Big Boom! & Lightning Strike (template pattern theme)

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Yellow Flash skin, but this finish has a darker overall tone, and the handguard also follows Dark Sky’s black theme. So we can use the also-yellow Lightning Strike to dress up the black handguard—bright lightning tearing through the darkness!

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Magnesium & Silver (Foil) (metal theme)

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Magnesium is a skin themed around metal, but the handguard assembly and stock use a black carbon fiber pattern. You can use Sticker placement to give the handguard a more metallic look: pick four Silver (Foil) stickers, rotate them 90 degrees, and line them up like this:

On rainy night maps, the weapon's normal map stands out more clearly as well—this is the metallic carbon fiber effect:

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meme easter egg: Why does this skin turn invisible after you name it “Yellow Flash”?