Souvenir M249 | Nebula Crusader (Factory New)

Skin overview

M249 | Nebula Crusader turns the machine gun into a retro arcade cabinet, with comic-style space art on a dark blue receiver, a bright red stock and a box magazine painted like a game cover. In Factory New every panel keeps its full saturation, so the yellow lettering, the green figure and the pilot portrait on the magazine read sharply. This is the grade for buyers who want the artwork exactly as it was painted.

Item type: machinegun. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

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

Other qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Factory New

The receiver is dark navy with a cabinet-style art panel carrying yellow title lettering, a green figure and a round orange emblem. The box magazine is the centrepiece, painted like a game cover with a red-haired pilot portrait, bold yellow and orange text and a glossy, slightly iridescent sheen.

The artwork is complete on every part, from the receiver panel to the magazine box and the red stock. Edges of the box and the receiver have no visible marks. In game the print reads crisp even in quick glances, and the glossy sheen on the magazine is fully intact.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The float of Souvenir M249 | Nebula Crusader ranges from 0 to 1; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 7% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Shadow Collection with 16 skins in total.

It drops from Shadow Case (on sale since Sep 15, 2015).

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.

Which stickers suit it

Retro, pixel-style or comic stickers fit the arcade cabinet theme best. Yellow, red and orange accents echo the title lettering, and placing them on the dark receiver area away from the art panel keeps the main graphic readable.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the magazine box in inspect, since its corners and printed cover show wear before other parts.
• Look at where the float sits within the wear grade, as copies near the cleaner end keep the lettering noticeably sharper.
• Make sure any applied stickers do not cover the receiver art panel if you want the arcade theme to stay visible.
• If a name tag or StatTrak counter matters to you, confirm it on the specific copy before buying.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the arcade artwork without a single mark.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean base for colour matching.
• The choice for anyone who values the full, untouched print.