Nova | Dark Sigil (Factory New)

The Nova | Dark Sigil (Factory New, FN) is a Mil-Spec shotgun skin custom painted with Norse longships and dragons in dark brown and gray. Factory New is the top grade, showing the Viking-inspired artwork at its most detailed.

Design

The finish is custom painted with longships and dragons across a moody brown-and-gray base, a dark, Norse-flavored look rather than a bright graphic. It's a community design by apel8, and it carries the in-game line "It emerged from the fog of war."

Nova | Dark Sigil (Factory New) Float and Wear

The finish spans float 0.00–0.70, and Factory New sits at the bottom as the highest grade. Here the longship-and-dragon detail reads sharp against the dark base with no scratching to break it up. For the Viking artwork at its most legible, this is the grade to reach for.

Nova | Dark Sigil Rarity

Rarity: Mil-Spec Grade — the blue tier, the entry rung of the standard weapon grades. It's a common rarity to unbox, which keeps the finish very accessible.

Nova | Dark Sigil Case and Collection

This finish belongs to The Kilowatt Collection and drops from the Kilowatt Case, released in February 2024. The Mil-Spec tier makes up the bulk of the case's output at roughly eighty percent (a rate shared across the tier), so it's one of the more common pulls from that case.

Nova | Dark Sigil Patterns

The artwork is fixed: the paint seed doesn't change how it looks, so every copy carries the longship-and-dragon design the same way. There's no "best pattern" or blue-gem seed to hunt here — only wear and float separate one copy from the next.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ Nova | Dark Sigil exists and adds a confirmed-kill counter; it's a rarer, pricier drop from the same Kilowatt Case, and the counter is permanent — it never gets wiped when the item is traded or sold. There's no Souvenir version, since Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages and this collection was never offered in one.

Nova | Dark Sigil Price

Factory New sits at the top of the price ladder as the highest grade available, though on this budget-tier Nova even the top grade stays cheap. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New worth it on such a cheap skin?

Since the whole finish is budget-priced, the step up to Factory New costs little, so it's an easy call if you want the longship-and-dragon detail at its sharpest. Minimal Wear (MW) looks nearly identical for a touch less, but the small premium for the top grade is trivial on a skin this affordable.

What gloves pair with the Dark Sigil?

Its dark brown-and-gray, Norse-themed palette suits an earthy, muted loadout, so brown, gray, or black gloves land best — they echo the base tones without fighting the artwork. Anything in a warm, weathered color keeps the rugged Viking theme consistent across the rest of your setup.

What's the artwork on the Dark Sigil?

The finish is custom painted with Norse longships and dragons over a dark brown-and-gray base, giving it a brooding, Viking-saga feel that the line "It emerged from the fog of war" plays into. It's one of the more thematic Nova designs, released as part of the Kilowatt Case set.