Nova | Morning Sun (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

This Nova finish relies on a light sand base and a busy ornament, so wear changes it more visibly than on darker skins. In Well-Worn the paint is rubbed off on raised parts and the fine lines lose sharpness, leaving a used, weathered look. The colour scheme remains readable, but the decoration becomes patchy.

Item type: shotgun. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

How the skin looks in Well-Worn

The receiver, pump grip and stock are painted a pale sand-cream colour and covered with a dense, engraved-style ornament of thin curling lines. The pump grip has deep horizontal ribs that catch light and shadow, while the stock and receiver carry the finest part of the pattern.

Paint is rubbed off noticeably on the pump grip, the butt of the stock and the receiver edges. The fine ornament loses sharpness and breaks into patches on the stock. In game the weapon looks clearly used, with darker spots on the light body. Some flat areas still keep the original colour.

Well-Worn quality — float range 0.38–0.45

The whole float range of Nova | Morning Sun is 0–1; Well-Worn takes the 0.38–0.45 segment (7% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Arabesque Collection with 17 skins in total. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Well-Worn quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 14× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 3× dearer
• Field-Tested — 33% dearer
• Battle-Scarred — 1.5× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 3 skins of the Nova in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 2nd by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, beige, brown and cream stickers blend well with the sand finish and the ornament. Dark or matte stickers placed on the receiver work as a calm accent against the light body, while bright saturated colours tend to clash with the warm palette.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since the light paint shows scratches more clearly than darker finishes.
• Look at the pump ribs and receiver edges first, as they wear before the rest of the weapon.
• Inspect the stock to see how much of the fine ornament is still intact.
• Note any applied stickers or name tag and whether they fit the sand colour scheme.

Who the Well-Worn quality suits

• Budget buyers who want the sand-and-brown look at a lower grade.
• Players who do not mind visible wear on the pump and stock.
• An economical entry into this finish.