Pewter vs. Sterling

So I've been looking at some ads for sterlings lately and a lot of them just look like nice pewters to me. So that got me thinking, how does the quality of pastel affect how a pewter or sterling look?

To me a nice sterling will have very light coloring and a faded pattern. However I have seen some people selling sterlings that look more like my pewter:
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...r/IMG_3087.jpg

So are people incorrectly selling pewters as sterlings or does the quality of pastel come into the play here?

So since this has had 60 views and no one left a comment is it safe to assume people don't really know how the quality of pastel affects a pewter and a sterling?

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Originally Posted by Kinra

So since this has had 60 views and no one left a comment is it safe to assume people don't really know how the quality of pastel affects a pewter and a sterling?

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I don't have any experience with sterlings, yet, unfortunately. However, considering the vast difference between individual pastels and super pastels, I don't see how it's possible that the quality of the pastel gene wouldn't affect the combo outcome.

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Originally Posted by Kinra

So I've been looking at some ads for sterlings lately and a lot of them just look like nice pewters to me. So that got me thinking, how does the quality of pastel affect how a pewter or sterling look?

To me a nice sterling will have very light coloring and a faded pattern. However I have seen some people selling sterlings that look more like my pewter:
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...r/IMG_3087.jpg

So are people incorrectly selling pewters as sterlings or does the quality of pastel come into the play here?

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Pewters certainly do very in appearance, although I do not know if this is due to the colors and pattern of the Pastel gene, Cinnamon gene or both.

Since BP morphs do not have any standard definitions of what a "good" example is it comes down to personal preference in what you look for in a Pewter.

If I was looking at a ad and there was any question in my mind of whether the animal was a Pewter or Sterling I would not even consider buying the animal. However, you never know, somebody may think a less faded Sterling looks better.