Drooling bulldog paints - new design

[ondra]

Dear friends,

on Sergey's behalf I would like to ask you for your opinion on the new design of Drooling Bulldog paints being currently developed.

Whereas reactions to the quality of paints per se have been very positive so far, there were several comments regarding to the bottles as to the dark glass used and etiquettes difficult to read.

In order to improve the product in this respect, Sergey is currently working on a new design of bottles, made of transparent material with slim shape ressembling medicinal tubes. This would allow not only for easy recognition of the respective shade, but also for simple pouring of the paint into the airbrush gun as well as shaking before use (a small glass ball will be included in each bottle as is in the current paints). These bottles will have a capacity of 25 ml and will contain 20 ml of paint (i. e. the same amount as the currently used bottles), which would enable the user to add thinner or lighten the paint up to the requested scale directly in the bottle. The paints would be delivered on a design cardboard as seen in the picture.





In order to ensure sufficient stability of these slim bottles on the workbench, customers would get the possibility to order a rack (design is under preparation, currently there are two options in consideration - either the design seen below or a cube shaped rack for three rows per three bottles).



In the poll you can express your opinion on the new design as well as the paint rack. Also please feel free to post your comments in this thread.

Many thanks for your support and your remarks!

Cheers

Ondra

[Nigel Jackson]

I like the idea a lot, ondra. Presumably racks of themed sets would be available.

Best wishes
Nigel

[ondra]

Glad to hear that, Nigel, thanks!

Rack of themed sets could be an option. The primary idea was offering the rack as a single item, meaning you could order it independently from paints. But your idea is very interesting, I have to say. I will forward to Sergey.

Cheers

Ondra

[uncletony]

I didn't vote because there wasn't an option to change the bottles, but not to this! I personally would rather have bottles that don't need a special rack to stand up. These look like a mess waiting to happen. No thanks.

But the current bottles have impossibly small type, plus dark so it is very hard to tell them apart. I end up painting the cap, which works ok...

[radio]

Please make them not so smal and hight. A bit bigger is better, like Gunze or Mister Kit.
Cheers
Martin

[stefanbuss]

With the proposed design there is a high risk of tripping the Bottle/container, thus spilling the precious paint.
You should change that.

Stefan

[lcarroll]

    I agree with the foregoing comments. Great idea to try to improve the containers however the wider base, heavy glass bottom etc would be far more preferable. Like Justin I really like the Tamiya style containers.
Your efforts to improve, however, are much appreciated.
Cheers,
Lance

[jknaus]

Not keen on the mew design. What I would really jump at is an acrylic version. I cant use the current paints because of a reaction to it. Any chance you might try and make something water based?
James

[Alexis]

Yup, there's a disaster waiting to happen . I'm with the others on the bottles . Definitely small glass jars or even the plastic bottles Vallejo use for their paints . Not keen on the paint rack , just another item clogging up the space on the bench .




Terri

[WarrenD]

While I understand there is some dissatisfaction with the current bottles, I would far and away prefer it to this new idea which I see as a disaster waiting to happen. I voted "no".

Warren

[Ernie]

I think I would also be happier with a more solid jar ala Tamiya or Gunze.

Cheers,
Ernie

[the great waldo]

Thin bottles are not a good idea, and I would imagine the racks would cost a lot to post because of the weight. The old misterkit size bottles were fine.

Cheers

Andrew

[JiffyJDavies]

This is a terrible idea. The bottles are unstable & require some sort of rack to hold them steady, which is not good at all. Current paint jars are squat for a reason, because they are easy to store and easy to hold upright. They don't tip over easily. By offering a "jar" that is unsteady by design and forcing people to purchase a new rack to store them, when we tend to have racks for small, squat bottles, is disastrous. You need to do market research first, not after designing.

[uncletony]

You need to do market research first, not after designing.

To be fair to these fellows -- market research is exactly what this topic is about. Let's not pile on.

[RAGIII]

You need to do market research first, not after designing.

To be fair to these fellows -- market research is exactly what this topic is about. Let's not pile on.

Agreed! Don't like the idea but at least they are asking our opinion and seeking for a way to improve their product! I voted no but then again I have yet to make my major Bulldog purchase. Still hoping that US distributer thing works out.
RAGIII

PS: It should also be remembered that this line of paints is the work of an individual and not a corporation. This is the perfect Market research group,IMHO!