Souvenir Nova | Toy Soldier (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This is the Nova dressed as a green toy, with the colour carrying the whole design rather than a detailed pattern. In Minimal Wear the finish keeps its bright, uniform tone, and any marks are tiny and sit on edges you rarely look at. It gives almost the same view as the cleanest grade without paying for perfection.

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

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: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The entire Nova is covered in a saturated toy-soldier green, from the barrel and magazine tube to the receiver and stock, with lighter highlights that give it a glossy moulded-plastic feel. The ribbed pump grip and fine lines on the stock imitate the texture of a cheap plastic casting.

Small specks may appear on the muzzle edge and the tips of the pump ribs. The barrel, receiver and stock stay clean and evenly coloured. In game the difference from Factory New is practically invisible. The star and label plate remain untouched.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir Nova | Toy Soldier ranges from 0 to 1; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 8% 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 Horizon Collection with 17 skins in total.

The source is Horizon Case.

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

Military and toy-themed stickers in olive, khaki or the same bright green keep the plastic-army look together. Small accents in cream or black on the receiver echo the label plate without overpowering the single colour.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at where the float sits within the wear grade, since the chipping on this plain green finish grows steadily and is easy to spot.
• Check the muzzle, pump ribs and stock edges on the inspect screen, as these parts lose paint first.
• Make sure the star on the stock is still clear if the emblem matters to you.
• Note whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it carries stickers or a name tag you actually want.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-perfect look without paying for Factory New.
• Crafters fine with tiny edge marks that are hidden in game.
• A sensible middle ground between clean looks and cost.