Weapons skins can be unlocked to customize the five primary weapons
of "Gears of War 3," including the Lancer, the Hammerburst, the Retro
Lancer, the Gnasher and the Sawed-off. The requirements for unlocking
the skins are listed below.
GOLD LANCER
Have the Gold Lancer from "Gears of War 2" or play a multiplayer match of "Gears of War 3" in the first week.
GOLD HAMMERBURST
Have the Gold Hammerburst from "Gears of War 2" or play a multiplayer match of "Gears of War 3" in the first week.
GOLD GNASHER
Unlock the Veteran Gear achievement in "Gears of War 2."
GOLD SAWED-OFF
Unlock the Commando achievement in "Gears of War."
GOLD RETRO LANCER
Unlocked in "Gears of War 3" beta for getting 100 kills with the Gold Retro Lancer.
GOLD OMEN WEAPON SET
Reach level 100 in "Gears of War 3."
CHROME LANCER
Earn the "Don't Hate The Player" achievement in "Gears of War."
CHROME HAMMERBURST
Earn the "Dirty, Dirty Horde" achievement in "Gears of War 2."
CHROME RETRO LANCER
Earn the "Domination" achievement in "Gears of War."
CHROME GNASHER SHOTGUN
Complete the campaign in all three "Gears of War" games.
CHROME SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN
Earn 1 achievement in "Gears of War" on PC.
FLAMING LANCER
Unlocked for playing in the second week of the "Gears of War 3" beta.
FLAMING HAMMERBURST
Unlocked for playing in the first week of the "Gears of War 3" beta.
FLAMING GNASHER
Unlocked for playing in the fourth week of the "Gears of War 3" beta.
FLAMING SAWED-OFF
Unlocked for playing in the third week of the "Gears of War 3" beta.
CRIMSON OMEN HAMMERBURST
Earned the "Welcome to Beast Mode" achievement in "Gears of War 3."
CRIMSON OMEN RETRO LANCER
Earned the "Welcome to Horde Mode" achievement in "Gears of War 3."
CRIMSON OMEN GNASHER
Earned the "Welcome to Versus" achievement in "Gears of War 3."
CRIMSON OMEN SAWED-OFF
Earned the "Welcome to Arcade Mode" achievement in "Gears of War 3."
TEAM INSIGNIA RETRO LANCER
Earn the bronze Veteran medal in "Gears of War 3" (Play 100 multiplayer matches)
TEAM INSIGNIA LANCER
Earn the silver Veteran medal in "Gears of War 3" (Play 250 multiplayer matches)
TEAM INSIGNIA HAMMERBURST
Earn the gold Veteran medal in "Gears of War 3"
TEAM INSIGNIA SHOTGUN SET
Earn the Onyx Veteran medal in "Gears of War 3"
ONYX LANCER
Earn the Onyx Lancer medal in "Gears of War 3"
ONYX HAMMERBURST
Earn the Onyx Hammerburst medal in "Gears of War 3"
ONYX RETRO LANCER
Earn the Onyx Retro Lancer medal in "Gears of War 3"
ONYX GNASHER
Earn the Onyx Gnasher medal in "Gears of War 3"
ONYX SAWED-OFF
Earn the Onyx Sawed-Off medal in "Gears of War 3"
PAID DLC SKINS (3600 MS Points)
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
