Reply To: (KS) Scale 75 version of contrast paints

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I do think that the sets look too much like ‘variants of’ a specific colour (mostly grays / greens / blues).
If it hadn’t been for the painted figures I would still be looking for a real ‘red’ and ‘green’ , because the background colours for the various sets make the paints dissappear.
Then again, this sort of matches every paint set they’ve done to date as all of them are themed to specific colours.

GW’s set isn’t sorted in anything remotely resembling order, which does have the benefit of making the bright red and orange easier to find for example.

The comparison to GW’s Contrast range is going to be interesting.
I look forward to see what this will be like.
GW Contrast did not get a fair chance by the more talented painters.
I’d blame GW’s marketing and the fact that people are really quick to dislike things they do.

Scale 75 already has a more mature / artist oriented feel despite the fact that their kickstarter is a bit whimsicial.

A quick comparison by the numbers :

– Paint colours : 48 (S75) vs 34 (GW)
– Price : 150 (during kickstarter) vs 180 (retail) vs 215 (GW webshop)
– Content : 17ml dropper bottles vs 18ml GW style pots
– Scale 75 have 3rd primer colour (a light gray)

The videos make it look like the S75 colours are more consistent in behaviour whereas GW’s appear to be a bit ‘random’.

The real difference however is in the painting style and type of colours.
GW is definitely more bright & bold.
Scale 75 appears more pastel like. This appears to be true across their entire range with the exception of their Neon FX set.

Both have the same idea (getting minis painted faster), but Scale 75 appears to be a bit more refined  whereas GW’s is a bit more crude.

Looking at the info so far it may be cheaper to buy into the Scale 75 paints instead of the GW contrast range.
Availability however may mean that GW’s paints are likely to be more widely available, although the kickstarter has retail-focussed pledge levels.

[disclaimer : I am backing this one]

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Interesting aspect : Scale 75 sort of claim that no varnish is needed to ‘protect’ the mini …
I kind of doubt that this will be true in real life, but it would be cool.