FarkonGnome Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 I have a question for the powers that be. I received my order on friday and I got a nifty suprise inside, a MSP bottle that looks dark red (this is not a sample strip of paints, it's 1 normal size MSP bottle). It's great and I love it, but the label says "SAMPLE" without any indication as to what color it is; Can anyone shed some light as to which color this is? I don't have that color in my current lineup of 90+ pots of paint and it'd be nice to know exactly what color it is. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 It probably isn't. In the past (and probably in the future as well) when the paint was not quite the right shade, but still usable paint, it would be bottled up and given out as "Sample" instead of sold as almost the right color. The samples were frequently packed in Reaper mail orders. Anne can probably give you an idea of what it was supposed to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldarchy Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Well, if it's an extra bottle thrown in the order that's nifty! A nice little surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastl Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 I wonder if we get to pillage the sample colors whilst at RCon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Snack Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Yep, it's a not quite right shade of paint. I have samples of a purple MSP that doesn't match any of the MSP purples, an off red PP sample, and a green PP sample that's pretty close to the PP Troll Flesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper User Vaitalla Posted April 11, 2007 Reaper User Share Posted April 11, 2007 From the sound of it you got the failed MSP Red Liner (mixed in the wrong base). So it will be a very dark red. The faithful board peeps are correct, Samples are what happen when a formula is just off enough or a mistake is made that's just bad enough that getting a perfect color match is impossible. Obviously it's still perfectly usable paint and we'd rather not throw it out, so it becomes a Sample to introduce more people to MSP's or Pro Paints! --Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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