Souvenir Nova | Blaze Orange (Factory New)

Skin overview

Nova | Blaze Orange is a pump shotgun covered in bright hunter orange with dark photographic camo blotches, the kind of pattern used on real hunting gear. In Factory New the orange is at its most saturated and the black leaf-like shapes have crisp outlines. The float range only reaches into the upper end of this grade, so all Factory New copies sit close to Minimal Wear.

Item type: shotgun. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

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

How the skin looks in Factory New

The receiver and stock are painted in bright blaze orange with irregular black and dark brown blotches that resemble leaves and branches from a photographic hunting camo. The long barrel and magazine tube carry a darker version of the print, with tan and black patches over a dark base, while the magazine cap at the front is orange again.

The finish is complete on every part: orange receiver and stock, dark camo on the barrel and magazine tube. Because the float range begins near the top of this grade, a close look may reveal a faint mark on the muzzle or the magazine cap. In game the shotgun looks fully clean and the orange is at full brightness. The camo outlines on the stock are sharp.

Factory New quality — float range 0.06–0.07

The float of Souvenir Nova | Blaze Orange ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Factory New quality covers 0.06–0.07 — 1% 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 Militia Collection with 11 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.

Stickers and crafts

Black, dark brown and orange stickers blend with the hunting camo, while white or cream accents stand out cleanly on the orange receiver. Placements on the receiver side work better than on the dark barrel, where stickers tend to get lost.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position within the grade, especially in Factory New, where this skin only covers a narrow upper slice.
• Look at the muzzle, the magazine cap and the stock edges, since these lose paint first.
• Souvenir copies exist, so decide whether you want their preset stickers or a regular copy.
• Check applied stickers and name tags, as they change how the orange areas look.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the cleanest possible copy of this skin.
• Sticker crafters who need the brightest orange as a base.
• Conclusion: for those who want maximum freshness and accept the narrow grade.