Souvenir SG 553 | Darkwing (Factory New)

Skin overview

SG 553 | Darkwing is a Restricted custom paint job for the terrorist-side scoped rifle. A black front half gives way to deep red on the lower receiver, magazine, grip and stock, with dark feather shapes drawn into the red. In Factory New the red stays saturated and the feather lines keep their crisp edges, so the contrast between the two halves is at its sharpest.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. 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.

The remaining 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, handguard rails and the upper part of the receiver are dark grey to black, and the scope is black as well. Toward the rear the receiver fades into red through flame-like feather edges, and the lower receiver, magazine, pistol grip and stock are painted deep red.

The paint is intact on every part of the rifle. The red on the magazine, grip and stock is even and saturated, and the feather lines are sharp. The black rails and barrel have no grey marks. In game the red rear half stands out clearly against the dark front.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir SG 553 | Darkwing is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir SG 553 | Darkwing belongs to The Prisma 2 Collection, which holds 17 skins.

The source is Prisma 2 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

Black, red and gold stickers fit the scheme best, especially on the dark handguard where they do not cover the feather artwork. Holo or foil stickers in red tones work well near the transition from black to red on the receiver.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within its wear grade, since a low float in Field-Tested looks much cleaner than a high one.
• Inspect the magazine edges, grip bottom and stock corners, where the red paint wears first.
• Look at the feather lines on the magazine to see how much of the artwork is still sharp.
• Note any applied stickers or name tag and whether they fit the red-and-black scheme.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the red at full saturation and the feathers fully sharp.
• Players planning a sticker craft on a flawless base.
• Conclusion: the choice for those who want Darkwing in its cleanest form.