About Souvenir SSG 08 | Acid Fade
The Souvenir SSG 08 | Acid Fade in Factory New is the green-acid colour-shift gradient finish on the SSG 08 scout rifle, dropped as a souvenir item from a Major Championship match. Souvenir variants of Acid Fade carry tournament-specific gold sticker overlays - a team gold, a player gold, and frequently an MVP gold - that mark the exact match and the exact tournament from which the copy dropped, which puts the price tier well above the standard non-souvenir version.
The Acid Fade design at FN
Acid Fade is a fade-mechanic finish - a colour gradient that produces a percentage value rolled at drop time, with 100% being the perfect copy and lower percentages producing more muted gradients. The fade percentage is the primary value driver alongside the souvenir-sticker combination. FN preserves the gradient at peak saturation - the green and lime tones stay vivid, the gradient transition reads clean, and the wear has not yet etched into the slide.
Souvenir sticker value
The souvenir sticker layout is what separates a Souvenir Acid Fade from a standard Acid Fade in pricing. The gold-foil tournament stickers (team gold, player gold, optionally MVP gold and viewer gold) are applied automatically on drop and cannot be added later. Iconic tournament/team/player combinations command meaningful premiums - a 100% fade with high-tier souvenir gold stickers from a notable Major match can sit at a multiple of a standard 100% fade SSG 08.
