This is prompted by skidboots and the possible chalky Yellow Mount  Last week I was excited to receive a chalky plastic Yellow Mount to compliment my basecoat chalky YM. It's the first time I've ever had an example of the same model in both chalky versions, as well as a "normal" one. A perfect photographing opportunity!

Here they are! The normal YM is in the foreground, the chalky plastic YM is in the center, and the basecoat chalky (the darkest model) is in the back.



The chalky plastic model is molded all the way through with that dense white plastic. The basecoat chalky model is painted white over a grey plastic. I really like this picture as a demonstration. You can see the loss of detail from the extra coat of paint on the basecoat model... he's got kind of a chiseled look. Especially right down the front of his face, it's like a big flat plane.

Chalky plastic tends to still have a shine to it also, while the basecoat models are normally very matte.



Here's a shot of their feet. It's hard to tell in this picture, really, but the basecoat model on the far right looks as though he was painted white then set down while the paint was still wet to give that "pooling" effect. The other two have normal flat feet. You can see the seam and the grooves in the plastic.



I accidentally reversed them when I flipped them around. Now the basecoat model is in the middle





I hope this helps! I know sometimes people think that "chalky plastic" just means extra-white plastic, but in reality they really do look nearly identical to basecoat chalky models. It's a pretty subtle difference.