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Is it necessary if they've only been painted once? or will painting them again make some of the details fade due to the thickness of the paint.

Obviously it depends on the thickness of the paint that is on them. You are going to lose detail if you paint over the top. you just have to balance that with the effort of stripping.

Id have to say stripping is the better way to go.

the title of this thread made me LOL

and no, depends how thin your paint it as StubbyGB said

Every couple of years I start thinking my armies could look better, I end up painting over the old paint in most cases and they usually turn out fine. Metal models are realy easy to strip, if you have to, I use laquer thinner, just not indoors as it stinks like hell! I've never tried to strip a plastic model, I know that most solvents will melt them. I would have to say that unless the paint thats on them is realy thick and globby, just paint over it.

simple green solves everything

Onnotangu wrote:simple green solves everything

QFT.

It works perfectly on metal. I've had mixed results using it on plastic models, but you can't beat that root-beery smell.

Mmm..

well, whatever hepls you paint....?
seriously, yes and simple green is the way to go!

Onnotangu wrote:simple green solves everything

Ok...where do you get it? I have tried Wal-Mart and my local hardware store...nadda. Any suggestions on this one?

Did you check with the household cleaning supplies? I'd be surprised if Wal-Mart didn't have it. I've always gotten it at grocery stores.

burb1996 wrote:

Onnotangu wrote:simple green solves everything

Ok...where do you get it? I have tried Wal-Mart and my local hardware store...nadda. Any suggestions on this one?

i've always found it in the automotive cleaning supplies...nice big purple container...cant miss it

Yes, I find it very easy to paint naked with a bunch of friends.

Oh. Uh, no, only if you've done any washes or inking.

Apparently stripping with supermarket Detol works.
It's pretty cheap too.

Apparantly my choice of title wasn't the best.

I take it i need to remove t he figures from their base to put them in the dettol i got today, how do i seperate a superglued model from its base without ruining the base

I'd pretty much never bother with this step. Unless the prior paint job was glopped on. Then by all means! Another time you would consider it would be if the prior paintjob was very dark and you plan to use light colors. Then a fresh start is probably worth the time. Finally, if you are a perfectionist, you may be willing to take the time as well. But usually, painting over is just fine and no one will tell the difference.

Good luck!