Souvenir Nova | Antique (Factory New)

The Nova is an inexpensive shotgun that rewards a well-planned ambush; a close-range hit can deliver both stopping power and economic value. For the Antique treatment, it has been painted using a combination of hydrographics and dry-transfer decals to create the look of a wood stock and gold inlay.

The artwork is distributed across the body so that broad panels and smaller mechanical details read as parts of one treatment.

The Antique design joined the Counter-Strike catalog as a distinct work with its own family of variants.

The release gave the work of ✿ CherryAddict ✿ an official place in the item catalog. On the Nova, every Antique condition and special edition refers back to the same original design.

The Nova | Antique design received a Classified classification. This status belongs to the artwork as a whole and does not depend on the wear of one example.

The tier allows the work to be compared with other Nova finishes at the same level. When variants are compared, rarity should be kept separate from edition and wear because each describes a different part of the item.

The Antique treatment works with that character instead of burying the item's form beneath decoration.

On the Nova, the Antique treatment uses the Custom Paint Job method, shaping the way the image meets its material and geometry. Wear conditions differ in surface preservation, while the structure of the artwork remains consistent.

Nova | Antique is easy to recognize through the pairing of a familiar silhouette with a distinct surface treatment. Its identity does not depend on inspecting tiny details.

A clear visual rhythm keeps Antique from disappearing beside other finishes made for the Nova. Condition adds another visible distinction: cleaner examples preserve more of the original detail, while abrasion gives the same design a rougher, quieter character.

In the catalog, Nova | Antique appears in standard edition, StatTrak™ and Souvenir. Available Nova conditions are Factory New, Minimal Wear and Field-Tested; abrasion and smaller details change between them.

No dedicated container is listed for Antique. Its available editions and conditions are still treated separately. The listed editions remain distinct variants even when they share the same wear condition.

Within the Nova | Antique family, the available editions are standard edition, StatTrak™ and Souvenir. Its base edition does not track kills; StatTrak™ records its owner's kills; the Souvenir edition is distinguished by its tournament-release origin.

Matching wear does not merge different editions into one variant, since the item type remains a separate trait. The original idea behind Nova | Antique carries across its variants, with edition and condition defining their practical differences.