Our take

The honest comparison

Maxx Formula is a compact, entirely opaque set. Every one of its 104 colors is a standard opaque paint, with no metallics, washes, or technicals in the range at all, and 100 of those 104 have a Vallejo equivalent. So it works as a tidy, self-contained opaque range in dropper bottles, and it leans earthy, with browns and yellows making up the bulk of the palette.

Vallejo is the deeper bench by a wide margin. 334 colors across Model Color and Game Color, 273 of which map to a Green Stuff World color, plus metallics and a little wash coverage that Maxx Formula does not attempt. For anyone who wants one brand to cover most of a project, Vallejo is the safer single choice.

The realistic role for Green Stuff World here is a strong-value opaque range you add to a collection, not a full system you build a whole paint station around. If you already buy their tools and greenstuff, the paints are a sensible extension; if you are starting a paint collection from scratch, Vallejo's range does more.

Green Stuff World

Catalog
104 paints1 ranges

Finish coverage

Opaque acrylic
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Vallejo

Catalog
334 paints2 ranges

Finish coverage

Opaque acrylicInk / wash / contrastMetallicTechnical / primer
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Measured overlap

Converting between them

100 of Green Stuff World's 104 colors have a Vallejo match, and 273 Vallejo colors map back. Maxx Formula is a compact opaque range; Vallejo is the broader system around it.

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