Everyone here knows that I’m a huge Gears of War 3 fan right?  So let me be the first to say that I’m not a fan of this day one DLC of weapon skins.  In fact, I’m not a fan of selling paint for weapons in Gears of War 3 period.  It’s nearly as bad as the horse armor fiasco with Bethesda.  MTV did a great job at identifying all the things you can aim for but still paying for paint is ridiculous.

At any rate, here’s your unlockable guide to all things Gears of War 3.  It’ll show you what you need to do in order to unlock characters, weapons and even mutators.  I didn’t even know Gears of War 3 had these in place for the third game.  What’s with the mutators? I have no doubt that I will love this game but the little things like this are a bit unsettling.

Unlockable Guide for Gears 3

The paid day one DLC will include the following sold individually and in packs….

Paid DLC Skins (Price TBD)
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

Unlockable Characters
COG CHARACTERS

COG GEAR
Reach level 2 in “Gears of War 3″

SAMANTHA BYRNE
Reach level 4 in “Gears of War 3″

DIZZY WALLIN
Reach level 7 in “Gears of War 3″

JACE STRATTON
Reach level 10 in “Gears of War 3″

CLAYTON CARMINE
Reach level 14 in “Gears of War 3″

CLASSIC DOM
Reach level 17 in “Gears of War 3″

CLASSIC COLE
Reach level 23 in “Gears of War 3″

CLASSIC BAIRD
Reach level 30 in “Gears of War 3″

BENJAMIN CARMINE
Reach level 34 in “Gears of War 3″

CIVILIAN ANYA
Reach level 45 in “Gears of War 3″

COLONEL HOFFMAN
Reach level 50 in “Gears of War 3″

ANTHONY CARMINE
Reach level 75 in “Gears of War 3″

CLASSIC MARCUS
Get the silver Veteran medal in “Gears of War 3″ (for total matches played)

SUPERSTAR COLE
Get the gold MVP medal in “Gears of War 3″ (for having the high score in a match)

GOLDEN GEAR
Get the bronze War Supporter medal in “Gears of War 3″ (for participating in 5 “Gears of War 3″ events)

CHAIRMAN PRESCOTT
Earn the silver Allfathers medal in “Gears of War 3″ (for earning silver medals for the different multiplayer modes)

UNARMORED MARCUS
Finish the “Gears of War 3″ campaign

AARON GRIFFIN (aka ICE T)
Earn the onyx Big Money medal in “Gears of War 3″ (for earning money in Horde mode)

COLE TRAIN
Played 100 matches in the “Gears of War 3″ beta

ADAM FENIX
DLC included with collector’s editions of “Gears of War 3″

LOCUST CHARACTERS

LOCUST MINER
Reach level 3 in “Gears of War 3″

BEAST RIDER
Reach level 5 in “Gears of War 3″

LOCUST HUNTER
Reach level 8 in “Gears of War 3″

THERON GUARD
Reach level 12 in “Gears of War 3″

LOCUST SPOTTER
Reach level 20 in “Gears of War 3″

FLAME GRENADIER
Reach level 26 in “Gears of War 3″

LOCUST GRENADIER
Reach level 39 in “Gears of War 3″

LOCUST HUNTER ELITE
Reach level 60 in “Gears of War 3″

GOLDEN MINER
Get the gold Rifleman medal in “Gears of War 3″ (for kills with all three starting rifles)

LOCUST GOLDEN HUNTER
Get the gold Master-at-Arms medal in “Gears of War 3″ (for kills with all 5 starting weapons)

LOCUST SNIPER
Get the bronze Headshot medal in “Gears of War 3″ (100 headshots)

LOCUST KANTUS
Get the gold Medic medal in “Gears of War 3″ (for reviving team members)

SAVAGE THERON GUARD
Get the Onyx I’m a Beast medal in “Gears of War 3″ (for completing Beast mode on Insane without failing)

[UPDATE] – THANKS VIGOR

SKIN PRICES:

SETS: 1 skin, all 5 weapons:
static: 240 MSP
animated: 320 MSP

Weapon Collection. 1 weapon all skins:
Lancer/Hammer/Retro/Shotguns(both): 1200 MS points

Launch Collection: All skins, all 5 guns. 38% discount
3600 MSP