Do you ever give your miniatures away to friends/family on their birthdays, holidays, etc.?

[Lissorles]

Yes,I have,my mother received a Hidatsa dog soldier flat,my brother will get a Warhammer figure or two.now and then when I hear of a coworker having a bad week,I’ll paint up a 28 mm figure to cheer themup

Good man! You're very considerate of others and it's nice of you to do that for them!

 

[Manfred]

Given away figures, round and flat and built kits in the past. I've experienced both extremes. Real happiness (a fairy tale flat figure), disinterest and even a kind of "What the..." Giving away a built aircraft which I did quite a good job on (at least 20 man hours with a well painted pilot, of course) only to be hearing later the dude's kid tore it apart the day after . The kind of kid I would not even give a concrete filled Tonka truck.
Nowadays I would only be giving a figure or model if I see some kind of genuine interest before. And to be honest, a lot of people outside of the hobby like a McFarlane prepainted figure more than a 90mm Pegaso hussar which took you two hundred hours to paint the braid .

 

[bigtodd]

I have given away a bunch figures. I am surprised sometimes at how much i wanted the figure in the past, and or how much i paid for it. Now if a friend likes it and I think they want it I give it to them ( I don't even blink). I had my fun building it and painting it. " If you love it set it free..."

 

[phc35]

the indian I did for my mothers birday and the machine gunner in the suit I did for my father as a treasury agent. That was my fathers job for 30 years

 

[Chrisr]

I did this one as a present for a mate's 70th birthday. 120 mm Verlinden. Unlike Mirosoft's unappreciative work colleague he was delighted with it, and he is not a modeller. It now resides under a dust dome in his lounge room.