XM1014 | Heaven Guard (Factory New)

The XM1014 | Heaven Guard (Factory New) is a Restricted shotgun skin — a red finish carrying subtly patterned hydrographics and dry-transfer decals of wings. Factory New is the cleanest grade this skin comes in, showing the red base and winged decals at their most vivid.

Design

The finish sets angel-wing dry-transfer decals over a red body worked with soft hydrographic patterning, a look that plays up its heavenly theme. It's a community design by the artist not_from_Heaven, and it carries a fittingly ominous line: "Sometimes the wings of an angel don't mean salvation."

XM1014 | Heaven Guard (Factory New) Float and Wear

Float on this finish runs from 0.03 to 0.50, so Factory New sits at the bottom of that band. At this grade the red stays deep and saturated and the winged decals read sharp, with no scratching to dull them. For the design as close to flawless as the skin allows, this is the grade to reach for.

XM1014 | Heaven Guard Rarity

Rarity: Restricted — the purple tier, sitting in the upper-middle of the standard weapon grades, above Mil-Spec and below Classified. It's a genuinely uncommon grade to pull from a case.

XM1014 | Heaven Guard Case and Collection

This shotgun is part of The Huntsman Collection and drops from the Huntsman Weapon Case, released with The Hunt Begins update in May 2014. The Restricted tier as a whole unboxes about 15.98% of the time from the case (a rate shared across the tier's skins), and with an older case like this, most copies now change hands on the market rather than from fresh openings.

XM1014 | Heaven Guard Patterns

The design is fixed — the paint-seed index doesn't change where the wings or hydrographic patterning sit, so every copy carries the artwork the same way. There's no "best pattern" or blue-gem seed to hunt; wear and float are all that separate one copy from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ version exists and adds a confirmed-kill counter; it's a rarer, pricier drop from the Huntsman Weapon Case than the standard skin, and the counter is permanent, carrying over when the item is traded or sold — it never gets wiped. There's no Souvenir edition, since Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages, and this finish was never offered in one.

XM1014 | Heaven Guard Price

Factory New sits at the top of this finish's price ladder as the cleanest grade — a clear step above the worn conditions and a premium pick within XM1014 skins. It's the grade collectors reach for. Available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New worth the premium?

If condition matters to you, yes — Factory New shows the deepest red and the sharpest winged decals, with no scuffing to break them up. It's the priciest grade on the ladder, so pay up when you want the design at its best; otherwise a lower grade delivers the same look for less.

Which gloves match the Heaven Guard?

Its bold red base points straight at a red loadout, so red or crimson gloves are the natural fit, tying the shotgun into a warm, aggressive color scheme. Black gloves work too, grounding the red without competing with it. Steer clear of clashing cool tones that fight the finish's warmth.

Does the paint seed matter on this skin?

No. The design is fixed, so the seed number never moves the wings or hydrographic patterning — every copy looks the same in that respect. There's no rare or blue-gem seed to seek, which means you can shop by wear grade and price alone.