Souvenir Nova | Baroque Orange (Factory New)

Skin overview

Nova | Baroque Orange is a Restricted shotgun finish built around an ornate, Italian-inspired pattern in orange, rust and gold. The scrollwork on the receiver and stock carries most of the design, while the barrel shows a mottled grey-silver pattern. In Factory New the fine ornament lines stay sharp and the warm colours keep their full depth.

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

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

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

How the skin looks in Factory New

The receiver is covered in a rusty orange base with gold baroque scrollwork, and the same ornament continues across the stock, where it is framed by lighter metallic borders. The barrel carries a mottled grey, white and black pattern that contrasts with the warm body.

The finish is complete on every part, with no visible scratches. Gold lines in the scrollwork stay crisp against the orange base. In game the receiver and stock look rich and evenly coloured from any distance. The barrel pattern and the dark forend look clean and defined.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The float of Souvenir Nova | Baroque Orange ranges from 0 to 0.5; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 14% 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 Canals Collection with 18 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.

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

Gold, brown and warm orange stickers blend well with the baroque scrollwork on the receiver. Dark or black stickers on the barrel keep the contrast with the grey pattern, while bright cold colours tend to clash with the antique look.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since the barrel and muzzle show the difference first.
• Look at the receiver edges and raised parts of the stock for bare metal on worn copies.
• Souvenir versions come with stickers already applied, so check whether they suit the orange and gold artwork.
• Check for a name tag and any stickers on regular copies before buying.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the ornament in its sharpest form.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean base for gold-toned combinations.
• The choice for those who value the finish at its best.