Souvenir Nova | Bloomstick (Factory New)

Skin overview

Nova | Bloomstick pairs a dark metal barrel and pump with a bright red receiver and stock covered in hand-airbrushed cherry blossom branches. In Factory New the high-gloss topcoat is intact, so the red stays saturated and the small pale blossoms keep sharp outlines. This is the grade for a buyer who wants the artwork exactly as designed.

Item type: shotgun. 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.

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 barrel, magazine tube and ribbed pump forend are finished in dark gunmetal grey and form a plain front half. The receiver and stock are painted bright red with black branches and small pale pink blossoms running along them, airbrushed by hand under a high-gloss topcoat.

The topcoat is fully glossy and the red has no visible marks. Every blossom and branch on the receiver and stock keeps clean edges. The float range starts near the upper limit of this grade, so Factory New copies sit in a narrow band. In game the red rear half reads bright and even.

Factory New wear: float 0.06–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir Nova | Bloomstick is 0.06–0.8; Factory New takes the 0.06–0.07 segment (1% 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 Nova | Bloomstick belongs to The eSports 2014 Summer Collection, which holds 17 skins.

The source is eSports 2014 Summer Case (on sale since Jul 9, 2014).

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

Red, black, white and gold stickers sit well with the cherry blossom artwork. Placements on the dark barrel or pump stand out cleanly, while stickers on the red receiver should not cover the blossoms.

What to check before buying

• Check the receiver edges and the top of the stock, where the red paint wears first.
• Compare the float with the range of the chosen grade, especially for Factory New, which covers only a narrow band for this skin.
• Look at the butt end of the stock, since wear there is visible in the inspect view.
• Make sure stickers or a name tag match the red and black scheme if they are already applied.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the glossy red finish without a single mark.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean base for a detailed red and black theme.
• Conclusion: the choice for a perfect look.