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OK, I just used 'em. Herewith an account of my experience. I primed 32 Essex 25mm Moscow Militia (Napoleonic). Weather was sunny and temperatures in the mid 50s.
Montana Black is flat paint. It's not what I call "dead flat," which is a kind of light-sucking effect that makes you stare a bit longer at a figure. But it is flat, not semi-gloss or satin at all. I used a beige color.
The downside to this paint is low pressure. It's about 60% of Testors or Rustoleum rattle-cans, perhaps because of the Montana brand's tagging market. The spray won't get into nooks and crannies without a couple of passes, and even then some of the little spaces between crooked arms and mustkets are paintless. Update: Apparently Montana makes various nozzles for various paint velocities, so the nozzle may be the problem. I've emailed them asking for a recommendation for higher velocity.
The low pressure means that it's easy to make gloopy paint build up on figures while trying to get into recesses and tight spots. I did that with a couple of figures. But the paint dried and snuggled down nicely, which I didn't expect. Drying time is relatively fast -- these guys were dry to the touch in 30 minutes. Odor is fairly intense while spraying, but while drying they smell up my painting room a lot less than Rustoleum or Krylon.
On the whole, I recommend the paints. Once I get the hang of the misty low-pressure discharge, they'll be invaluable for priming or base-coating. The range of colors is extremely broad -- just in the range of color I was looking for they had dark brown, hot brown, beige, tan, ivory, sand, etc. If I had hundreds of ACW figures I'd definitely check into the blues and greys. I don't paint like that, but somebody else might find that fact valuable.
I have yet to try the universal plastic primer, which is part of their Gold line. But I'll report back once I do.
