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So you're painting something and everything looks fine. But then you mis-step and
suddenly everything looks wrong

I don't turn around at all. My ex told me not to.

If it makes the entire model look bad, then strip and repaint. If it is something that can easily be covered up and is unnoticable, it's going to get covered up.

I don't turn around, cuz the comissar's in town... uh oh!




but if something does go really wrong, I usually toss it aside and strip and repaint a few months later after the shock and horror has worn off

I will finish what i am working on then once I am done with that part I look at it and if it looks so bad and unfixable then I will strip it. I will also let it sit for about a day and come back to it before I strip it.

I haven't stripped paint in a long time. Tempted not to even bother

I turn around. You hear me talking?




/You paid money for the model, strip it and give it a good paint job.

As long as the paint's not too thick you can fix most things.

I finish it - thinking "Eh...it's not that bad."

Then, over the next few weeks I'll spend some time staring at it and berating myself for being so foolish...and then...only then will I strip and repaint it.

I actually did that with an entire army once.

The only time I've had to remove paint is from spraying, runs or "fish-eye". That usually gets removed before it's dry.

@ captain.gordino- Classic, but bad. 3/10
@ Necros- That was simply awful. I want my 3.44 back. -200/10
@ AgeOfEgos- I loved Nirvana's cover. Not sure I'd ever heard the original. Thanks for teaching! 10/10

I'd paint over rank and file or respray after the second attempt.
Metal characters get to strip for me. Lucky ducks!

I do things slowly, to minimise the chance I will stuff it.
I haven't had to strip a paintjob in years - but then, I don't aim for a GD painting trophy sitting on my mantle - it already has a dozen other gaming trophies that mean more to me on it.
I aim for a "good enough for me" appearance. I haven't been left wanting yet. Your standards may vary.

I whip out my knife and eagerly cleave the life away from the model until it is a colourless husk once more, then I bring forth my paintbrush from the depths of my drawer and sink it deeply once more into the essence that would resurrect the model from it's colourless hell....the heck?

I stripped my SM commander's sword a dozen times because i couldn't get it right.

!? wrote:I whip out my knife and eagerly cleave the life away from the model until it is a colourless husk once more, then I bring forth my paintbrush from the depths of my drawer and sink it deeply once more into the essence that would resurrect the model from it's colourless hell....the heck?

I stripped my SM commander's sword a dozen times because i couldn't get it right.

Just the sword? Must have been touchy to do.

I'm mildly embarrassed to say that I just paint over the problem - I hate the painting aspect of the hobby, so it's the lazy painter part of me that does it.

I just paint over or add more detail.

Depends on the model... Most of the time I can fix it, but if the model is really important and it was a big mistake then I'll whip out the Superclean... thankfully it hasnt come to that in a very long time.

Hmm really it depends. a small oh gak... I just cover up. But there have been times where you just CANT cover the probelm. hell one time... it was SO bad i just hacked the mini up for parts..... it was sad, stupid Boy George marine concept