You know, I want custom figures which are fully playable.
As much as I love the painted figures, you can pretty much just pose them and put them in the showcase, because all those model paints, even if you clear-coat them afterwards, will rub off sooner or later.
I want to be able to take my figures out of their bags (yes, I don't display them in a cabinet or something), pose them, have them wear their accessories, hold their guns etc. and then I put them back into their bags and store them in plastic bins.
Yes, there are times when I help a figure along with some paint or some super glue, but that's that.
At this point in time in my customizing, I try to use as little paint as possible.