Musou Black Water-based Acrylic Paint - 100ml - Made in Japan - Blackest Black in the World

I reviewed this before, but I love this product so much, I just have to review it again:This is verified by both me, and Reddit (for whatever that's worth) to be the BLACKEST most darkest paint on the market. It literally looks like a black hole when dried (key word dried. When applied wet, it looks glossy, so give it time to dry and it'll be the mattest most blackest void paint you can buy).Note that I've used paint from various other sources that claim to be the "blackest" paint: Culture Hustle makes very high quality products, but their Black 3.0 and newer Black 4.0 are NOT as black as Musou Black. They are very dark, I'll admit that, but if comparing photos of Musuo Black and anything from Culture Hustle, you'll see with similar lighting conditions that Musuo Black is distinguishingly darker.There are a few things I've learned about Musuo Black just from using it that I think is worth mentioning:A little goes a long way, but multiple thin layers will result in very dark blacks base. I would do no more than 2 layers, because more after that will be redundant.More importantly, with Musuo Black, you CANNOT use a protective Varnish layer over it! You could, but the result will be your once very black color will become gray with a glossy texture over it. The impact of the black layer is now gone. IF you're looking for a black acrylic paint color that looks very dark (but not nearly as dark as Musuo Black without anything on top of it), I suggest Windsor & Newton's "Ivory Black" then use Glossy / Semi-Gloss Gamvar varnish over top. It actually brings out more blackness due to the varnish.The best method I found for protecting the Musuo Black paint is to frame it with "Museum Quality Anti UV Anti Glare" framing glass. It's expensive, but also, in what few times I've framed something that contained Musuo Black, the most non-reflective glass in the world will still take a LITTLE away from its bare pure black application. Not much, but still there.As a personal aside: I added matte medium for acrylic paint to Musuo Black to see if it could make it even less reflective, but it actually made it MORE reflective and gray in color, which was surprising. So don't follow in my footsteps.If anyone finds a good way to retain "blackness" of Musuo Black as bare when dry, but also applies a protective varnish-like coat on top, then please comment and share, because I experiment with paints and mediums (even unorthodox ones), and for this problem I'm stumped. One year in a dusty room will make it look way less matte.Regardless: Musuo Black is verified by me to be the (current) blackest black color you can buy (other than Vanta Black that we're not allowed to buy anyway). I HIGHLY suggest this item.

I use this mostly for the base rims on my miniatures and diorama sides. This stuff is blacker than black! It really allows the model and scene to take center stage by not drawing the eyes to unimportant parts like the base rim or sides of a diorama.

This stuff is super black. I already painted my pin hole board black but decided to paint over it with this to lose the gloss. Works great. So much blacker that regular paint.

It really is several shades darker than my darkest other black acrylic paint. Makes for dramatic and stunning work. Something that surprised me about it, it is a very thin liquid, and it dries super fast. It made blending challenging. I have some additive to try that will extend dry times. Will try to report back once I have tinkered with that.

See photo: Dark black is Musou, light black is a black canvas. Musou is perfection for paint by number.

This is actually a pretty versatile item when it comes to model painting. The rough texture when dried mean that any layers you add can be a bit more matte, you can abrase a surface you want to have a bit more shine with just your fingers allowing for a light gloss application. Simply put, there are some interesting ways to apply this "brittle" paint to shade your models. I'm loving it so far.

Absolutely marvelous! Perfect size, perfect packaging and shipping, just perfect! Blackest black indeed! I love it!!!

it is very black and flat HOWEVER If complete coverage it is going to require you go back over and over and over the paint again and again. It has a tendency to not cover and even harder to paint a straight edge.