Actully I am more of a gamer than i painter, but when i do paint, which is often my armies look stunning on the field, i usuly play with them, and when my hours of playing exceds the time i put inot them i usuly sell them and make back what i spent, plus a few bucks. This is then invested in an army.
I susly then paint a unit at a time untill the cycle starts again. Currently i have been limiting the games i play to skirmish games as the army games are so time consuming.
When I do pick up figs to paint for fun i usuly sell them as lots and bearly break even, probalby becase i have no real way to photgraoph my stuff (had bad luck with digi cams).
I also find my self hording and selling. If i find i have stuff i don\'t want to paint i usly end up seelign them or giving them away.