When I started the wargaming hobby two years ago, I had childishly thought that I would never get tired of painting miniatures. Three-hundred painted miniatures later, I was so burnt out from the hobby that I could not fathom the thought of picking up a paint brush. In any hobby, the chance of burn out is very high. You dedicate so much time and effort to your craft that at some point your brain tells you enough. There is no way to prevent it, but there are ways to get around it.
When I finally put up my brushes and paints, I decided the best thing to do was to do something else that did not involved miniatures at all. I found a lot of wargames on Steam and GOG (Good Old Games) that would whet my appetite and keep me busy while recuperating from my year long slog. Games like Ultimate General Civil War, the Warhammer 40K Dawn of War series, and Mount and Blade Warband are just a few games that I play to wind down. After a few weeks, I was back to painting my miniatures again. When painting Napoleonic miniatures started to get stale, I moved on to my fantasy miniatures from Wizkids.
