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(Question in title.)

Nope. My pile of shame grows at such a rate that I have enough of a job trying to keep that manageable without repainting stuff I've already painted as well.

Also, I like the visual representation of my progress as a painter.

Nope I wouldint.
I think there's value in having old models to compare newer and newer ones to and see progression and take motivation that you are getting better.

Yes I have, stripped and repainted my Tau, IG; in the process of stripping my dark elves and brets; but it was mostly due to not prepping properly(mold lines, drilled barrels, magnetizing), my skills has improved quite a bit also.

I’ve sold what I don’t intend to use/keep; kept records of my semi older paint jobs(since I started documenting), not the initial early days of hobby, too ashamed/naive to kept any records.

In doing this, I hope to only touch up my collection here and there instead of revamping whole armies in the future.

Yes, I've repainted quite a few models from my early days. Sometimes more than once.

I voted “No, I just accept it” which is the case for my main army, the Ultras.

That said, I’ve done touch ups on my Eldar. Mostly because I had partial squads where I had painted some members back in 2nd/3rd, but never finished them. I didn’t even have all the same paints to try to match them. Plus they were mostly done in my black ink over EVERYTHING phase, which I’m past. That some, some full squads have been left as-is, and my vehicles are a mixed medley.

I’ve got too much stuff in my pile of shame to go back and re-do things. Onwards and upwards!

(I have stripped some marines for my old BA army to re-paint as Ultras, but I’m not counting that for updating a paint job)

My Eldar army is completely repainted after the models being cleaned with Simple Green.

So are my Sisters...but that is because they all came off eBay and were painted by other people first.

Cheers,

CB

So far I have stayed strong; I promised myself I wouldn’t spend precious hobby time re-painting models when I have so many that have never even seen a brush. It’s helped that my starting paint skill was “OK”, so it’s not too embarrassing or discordant to put old models with new ones.

I have stripped many minis, to change chapters or to correct a base coat mistake.

I used to, but I have grown to look at them with pride as my skill grows.
I love all my models.
I also have too much gak to actually do that lol

Have touched up and added detail. Have not completed repainted anything yet, but I can it happening at some point.

yes, however it depends vastly on the model and other corresponding situation

It took me long enough to paint them once!

Oh very much yes. My Imperial Guard scheme has developed a fair bit, my basic Cadians got brown fatigue trousers at some point, and a couple of other squads got their disparate paintjobs unified to jive with the army-wide theme a bit better.

I do update my armies, but I buy new models. You can’t paint over old models with out turning into a chunk-tastic piece of gak.

In the past, I've stripped and repainted two armies, but I wouldn't do it again.

That said, when I buy used, I'm happy to strip and repaint, but I don't feel like that's what the OP is asking.

These days, I will repaint a single character or "centrepiece" model if it changes role, or is seeing particular use.

With my Guard, I'm repainting a Russ to be a "Commissar" tank using the new stratagem. Making it all black with red and gold trim, and a Commissar hanging out of the top with a power sword... of course.

Maybe retouch them once in 5-10 years, varnish them and never touch them. If you repaint same stuff you will never paint new stuff. Because you can repaint any model for eternity and as you get better every time it will never end.

I marked no. but I have gone back and changed grey fatigues to black just to make my army colors match better. Otherwise, I have no intention of touching up or repainting.

Yes, I have stripped hundreds of my models, in order to repaint them.
Not because I was ashamed of how they looked, but rather because I had made a new colour scheme and wanted a unified look.
The fact that the "new" models are better painted is just a bonus.

I've stripped and repainted most of mine over the years. All my dark angels have been repainted. I've just finished stripping all my old LotRs minis (barring one goblin, which was the very first mini I ever painted). And i've just started on my old VC skeletons.

I get why people never strip their work, as it's a great timeline of their progression through the hobby. But I ain't made of money, and the minis themselves hold more worth to me then the paint jobs. I know how much i've improved. I don't need the reminders.

Not only do I not strip old armies, when I acquire new models for them I paint them the same way the old models are done. That way they all blend together.

Case in point, my skaven (first army) were done with a simple base/wash/drybrush method, and the Storm Vermin I painted last month use the same methods. Meanwhile, the Bretonnians (2nd army) use a base/2 highlights/glaze method, and new models are painted the same way there as well.

I haven't bought a model in years and my pile of shame is still easily over ten times what I've actually painted. Probably more, to a degree that I'm not comfortable thinking too deeply about. Made too many plans and jumped at any deal I found/could afford, early on. With a backlog like that, there's no way in hell I'd paint anything but a 'new' model (I have piles of sprues that would be graduating high school, soon, and metals that are nearly my age).

It's not as if it would make much difference, anyway, to the final quality. Mix a dozen models together and you'd probably be hard pressed to separate my middle from my later, so any new ones coming off a hiatus are unlikely to be much different. I was so careful with the first ones that, while there was definitely improvement, more of my progress was in terms of speed and comfort with the painting process than the final quality. They're definitely not as good, upon closer inspection, but not so much that they look out of place in a group.

 Vulcan wrote:
Not only do I not strip old armies, when I acquire new models for them I paint them the same way the old models are done. That way they all blend together.

Case in point, my skaven (first army) were done with a simple base/wash/drybrush method, and the Storm Vermin I painted last month use the same methods. Meanwhile, the Bretonnians (2nd army) use a base/2 highlights/glaze method, and new models are painted the same way there as well.

Some of my models I paint in old techniques. For my Ultras, all non-HQ, non-primaris models are done to my old standard. But the primaris range was a big enough visual split from the old, that I took that opportunity to up my game. They all get shoulder trim, edge highlights, more shades, etc. I want my army uniform, but if there is going to be a shift, might as well take advantage of it.