"Do you tweak?" Topic

No, I'm not using some cute euphemism for something that's possibly banned in several countries but the concept that you can never leave a "finished" figure, unit, army alone.

Do you periodically pick up a paintbrush & just add that bit of highlight, change a colour, touch up a shaky line with figures long since finished & even veterans of several tabletop encounters?

I'm not talking repairs but cosmetic tweaks.

Almost never. I might repaint something that has been painted a long time ago when I wasn't as skilled as I am now. I'll certainly fix chips and broken spears and what not, but I never paint something that is on the table for some minor thing.

No, as Pictors Studio stated, just repair things occasionally that may break or chip.

No. Once it is varnished it is done.

Nope. Too many new unpainted figures out there to be painted, to want to mess around with stuff that's already been finished before.

When it's done, it's done

Sadly, yes, far too often. Just this past week I've removed and swapped weapons on some (very) old Rafm Indians, repainted another half-dozen and re-done the flocking on 30 figures to better match the rest of the collection. Also, I buy lots and lots of painted figures, and I can rarely rest without substantially repainting them. OCD much? Combined with HADD (Hobby Attention Deficit Disorder) is why nothing ever gets done around here…But somehow I'm happy.

Almost never. If it's a very old unit with some damage, I might go back and touch up the paint job, but usually there too many new units to complete.

No. Once they're Dullcoted and based they're DONE.

I occasionally repaint stuff that I'm not happy with. But I don't routinely add or adjust stuff that has been painted.

Yes, it's never finished

Only if a repair is required.

No. Mind you, it is VERY MUCH in my nature, but I have developed a system to prevent it.

I usually declare minis "100%" at the end of one session (when I'm also usually quite tired of looking at them, and not necessarily a reliable judge of what may have a stray swipe of the brush somewhere).

I then come back the next time, maybe tweak a little, maybe not, then it's officially "done", and goes in the sealing queue. I find that once a mini has been signed off on and sealed, I almost never question my judgement, so its all otherwise pointless OCD misery. I guess the sealing is as much to ensure that I WILL leave the mini alone, as well as to actually protect the paint job.

This DOES NOT take into consideration minis I painted decades ago, when my skills were iffier, and color schemes often pimptastic.

No, although I did once paint out a load of vehicle markings to make them more generic.

Once they are based they are done.

If I spot a bit of gloss varnish, indicating I've missed with the matt varnish, I'll touch that in when next varnishing. If I have to make a repair of any sort then I might touch up other paintwork.

Yes…Shouldn't but I do…

yes… too much

heaven's no. It was a major issue at the Emergency management office when I worked there. Emergency messages need to be complete and clear with no confusion. It would be difficult to relate the complete situation or actions needed in a tweet. So even since I left, i have had no use for tweets. Sadly my wife does. LOL!

Yes, I am too anal.

When it is done, it is done. Fixing damage? yes. Bringing it up to 'current standards'? No.

No. It is hard enough getting them painted in the first place

No.

No. With the very rare exception of touching up a few details to taste.

By the way, i do not have a smart cell phone anyway. LOL!

You're a wise man, Rudy, and that's better than being smart.

My phone is smarter than I am. Now, what good is that?

From time to time,depending.

Once a figure is done, it's done.

I did have an army for 40K way back, where I'd add little kill markings.

Very, very rarely. I tell myself not to, but sometimes I can see that just one highlight or two would really make the miniature look better.

Nope. Too much new stuff to paint to worry about what's already painted.

Nope.