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8/2/2025, 12:04:17 PM
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Not to rag on it or anything but AK, like a lot of these trendchaser super flat finish paints from the last few years, are flat because matte finish = pro to noobs. And they get that finish with fillers. That's why they are muted (and they are). Flat is the opposite of saturated, in all paint, by definition. They also have good coverage even for colors that simply cannot have good coverage, like yellow. Guess how that coverage is achieved? More white, grey and black pigments (fillers). That's why those colors are more muted.
For the best example of this fact that hobby/tg people will be familiar with, look at Corax White. Everybody is always "it's not even white!" which is true, and "it's bad paint" which is midwittery. It's so off-white because it has a lot of fillers to give it the incredible coverage it has. Which is why you can coat over jet black with it in two thin coats. It's very bad at being pure white, but very good at covering over anything easily for you to build up to a pure white with whatever other paint.
When you haven't stirred a pot of it up, you can see all that carbon-black dust in the bottom. That's the filler pigments that make it opaque. All your AK paints have the same thing going on as well. Nobody's invented a yellow or a red or an ultramarine pigment that covers any better than ones we had 200 years ago. Minis paints use fillers, which also make them flatter finish. On house paints or auto paints, that means they are the lowest grade of paint and the least durable with the worst vibrancy. For minis paints, people accept it because beginners like the super flat finish anyway, it dramatically improves coverage (important for fast paintjobs) and it looks less garish and cartoony than more intense colors tend to look. They are, in a word, "safe" paints and forgiving. I myself don't paint Space Marines or many other bright, artificial looking colors so a more desaturated look reads as naturalistic to me, which is often what I want.
Not to rag on it or anything but AK, like a lot of these trendchaser super flat finish paints from the last few years, are flat because matte finish = pro to noobs. And they get that finish with fillers. That's why they are muted (and they are). Flat is the opposite of saturated, in all paint, by definition. They also have good coverage even for colors that simply cannot have good coverage, like yellow. Guess how that coverage is achieved? More white, grey and black pigments (fillers). That's why those colors are more muted.
For the best example of this fact that hobby/tg people will be familiar with, look at Corax White. Everybody is always "it's not even white!" which is true, and "it's bad paint" which is midwittery. It's so off-white because it has a lot of fillers to give it the incredible coverage it has. Which is why you can coat over jet black with it in two thin coats. It's very bad at being pure white, but very good at covering over anything easily for you to build up to a pure white with whatever other paint.
When you haven't stirred a pot of it up, you can see all that carbon-black dust in the bottom. That's the filler pigments that make it opaque. All your AK paints have the same thing going on as well. Nobody's invented a yellow or a red or an ultramarine pigment that covers any better than ones we had 200 years ago. Minis paints use fillers, which also make them flatter finish. On house paints or auto paints, that means they are the lowest grade of paint and the least durable with the worst vibrancy. For minis paints, people accept it because beginners like the super flat finish anyway, it dramatically improves coverage (important for fast paintjobs) and it looks less garish and cartoony than more intense colors tend to look. They are, in a word, "safe" paints and forgiving. I myself don't paint Space Marines or many other bright, artificial looking colors so a more desaturated look reads as naturalistic to me, which is often what I want.
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