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My FLGS just got scale75 paints, and I'm considering getting some. Apparently they're gel-based though? Does that mean I can't mix them with vallejo, citadel, etc? Also, does anyone have experience working with their alchemy metallic paints, which I'm considering using for alpha legion metallic teal?

Ever used Privateer Press P3 Paints? Similar properties. You can mix Scale75 with any other acrylic paint with no problems.

Haven't worked with alchemy metallic paints, but my experience with trying to do a metallic color is to base coat black, then a silver base coat, and then a colored glaze. I've used a lot of Tamiya clear paints through my airbrush, and I hate the stuff. Smelly and difficult to work with. I've used Badger's Ghost Tints before, and wasn't impressed. I have some hope for the new GW Contrast Paints and hope they shoot well through an airbrush and act like a true glaze.

Give the GW Contrast Paints a try over a silver metallic. Might do the trick for you!

Their alchemy paints are actually heavily diluted, and will not work as a solid color.

Think of them as having uses as tinting. You'll want to build a base color with whatever metal (or non-metal) you want to have, and then you're going to use their metallic alchemy paints to tint whatever highlights you have to push towards the alchemic hue.

I just bought a bunch of Scale 75 paints, but I haven't used them yet so can't offer much advice. What I can say is that one common thing I've read about them is that they separate easily in the bottle so you really have to shake them, and some sort of agitator will help.

If you're planning to use Scale75 paints, you should check out our Water+ Additive, it thins the paint beautifully and makes it really easy to work with while maintaining a high opacity with paper thin layers.

I use a lot of the Scale 75 paints, from the Fantasy & Games and the Metal 'n Alchemy line. They do behave differently, as they are indeed a gel-medium. They can be mixed with Vallejos directly, but they'll do a little weirdness. I usually don't mix them with Vallejo or P3, but they mix fine with Warcolours (which is also a gel medium), but they excel at layering/wet-blending/glazing.

The Metal 'n Alchemy are great paints, but they do not work like GW/Vallejo metallics. They're much more translucent, so you will have to do multiple coats if you go over black. However, you can actually blend these things (either via void blending or wet blending, quite easily), and I have really taken to them.