Souvenir XM1014 | Heaven Guard (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

Heaven Guard puts its red body, grey patterned surfaces and angel wing decals on the XM1014. At Minimal Wear the scheme looks nearly identical to the cleanest grade, with only faint marks on edges that are hard to spot outside close inspection. It keeps the full red-and-white contrast at a lower grade than Factory New.

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.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The barrel and magazine tube are dark gunmetal, with a thin red stripe running along the top of the barrel toward the muzzle. The receiver is grey with a subtle hydrographic pattern and red splashes, and a white wing decal sits on its side above the grip.

Tiny scuffs may appear on the pump ribs and the muzzle edge. The wing decals remain whole, at most with a faint mark on the receiver wing. At normal distance in game it is practically indistinguishable from Factory New. The grip, stock and barrel stripe still look clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir XM1014 | Heaven Guard ranges from 0.03 to 0.5; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 17% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Huntsman Collection with 20 skins in total.

The source is Huntsman Weapon Case (on sale since Jun 11, 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.

Stickers and crafts

Red, white and silver stickers match the scheme, and winged or angel-themed designs echo the decals. Placing stickers on the grey receiver away from the wing decal keeps the artwork readable.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the wear range, since low floats in each grade keep the red edges noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the wing decals on the receiver and stock, as they are the first detail to chip and define how the skin reads.
• Look at the pump ribs and grip edges, where bare metal shows first.
• Check stickers and name tags on the listing, as they change how the receiver side looks.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Crafters for whom tiny edge marks do not matter under stickers.
• A sensible balance of condition and cost.