Souvenir Desert Eagle | Starcade (Factory New)

Skin overview

Desert Eagle | Starcade is a Classified custom paint job built on a violet-blue base covered in metallic flake, crossed by bands of teal and red. In Factory New the glitter layer is complete and the colour borders stay sharp, so the slide reads as a solid sheet of sparkle. This grade suits buyers who want the artwork exactly as designed.

Item type: pistol. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Factory New

The slide and barrel are painted deep blue-violet with a dense metallic flake that sparkles across the whole surface. Toward the rear of the slide the base is crossed by diagonal bands of teal, green and red, with a red stripe near the hammer and a small red marking at the front.

The metallic flake covers every part evenly, and the borders between blue, teal and red stay crisp. The muzzle, slide edges and grip corners show no bare metal. At normal distance the slide reads as a uniform field of glitter with clean stripes. Everything on the pistol looks as on the reference image.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir Desert Eagle | Starcade is 0–0.75; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (9% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir Desert Eagle | Starcade belongs to The Graphic Design Collection, which holds 16 skins. 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

Among 6 skins of the Desert Eagle in the Classified grade and this quality, this skin ranks 2nd by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Holo and foil stickers in cyan, purple or red pick up the metallic flake and the stripe colours. Placements on the blue section of the slide stand out best, while stickers near the teal bands blend into the design.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float position within the grade, since a lower value keeps the slide edges and muzzle cleaner.
• Inspect the muzzle, top of the slide, grip corners and magazine base, as these lose paint first.
• Check applied stickers and any name tag, and on Souvenir copies review the pre-applied stickers.
• Compare screenshots in the inspect view, because the metallic flake can hide or exaggerate small scratches depending on lighting.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the metallic flake and stripes without any marks.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean base for holo or foil combinations.
• The choice for an untouched Starcade.