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Year 4 Review and Year 5 Target Setting
Well hello there. Thanks for coming. Welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog run by me, Mick. In this update we are going to look at the last 52 weeks of the year 2025/2026 and start planning for next year, 2026/2027. Please, take my hand and join me as…
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Quarter 1 Week 1 Update: Nasty Peter
Hello again. It’s year bloomin’ 5! Can you imagine that? Five whole years of hammering the backlog. Well, four whole years done, and on to the fifth. Since new years are usually when the biggest number of new readers come on board, let me briefly introduce myself and the project. I am Mick, and I…
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Guest Blog: Trial and Error
Harry is back after a year of hammering his backlog! How has it gone for him, a rousing success or an ignominious failure? Only one way to find out. Over to you, Harry! Last time Mick asked me to write up a blog for Hammer the Backlog, I was fresh-faced and had a mountain of…
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Quarter 4 Week 12 Update: Strike from the Shadows
As we enter the shadowy last two weeks of year 4 of Hammer the Backlog, join me once again to take a look at this week’s progress in the internet’s only* (may not be true) productivity, accountability and mini painting blog. The penultimate week of the year brings the last five models to be painted.…
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Quarter 4 Week 11 Update: Bringing up the Rear
Hello fellow rear-rankers. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. As the end of year 4 of the Hammer the Backlog project looms large over the horizon (only two weeks left in year 4!), did I manage to recapture my mojo after painting 5 weeks of highly detailed,…
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Quarter 4 Week 10 Update: Here We Are, Born To Be Kings
Hello fellow princes. And princesses. And gender neutral royal offspring. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I am Mick, the one who hammers the backlog, and each week I bang my head against the wall of getting 30 years of hoarded minis painted in a systematic way.…
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Quarter 4 Week 9 Update: The Fourth Beatle
Hello and welcome back! It’s Hammering time! Look, I’m trying to build up a head of energy and excitement before we take a look at the fourth and penultimate high detailed and intricate Dragon Price model from this quarter’s showcase unit. Hammer the Backlog is the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog, where I…
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Quarter 4 Week 8 Update: Dragon On?
Dragin’ on? Dragging on? Get it? Nevermind. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We’re three week’s deep into project Dragon Princes, which I always knew was going to be the defining phase of this quarter. But am I riding the crest of the wave, or is it…
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Quarter 4 Week 7 Update: Great Minds?
Great minds think alike? Or do fools seldom differ? Anyway, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. It’s been an exceptionally busy week at Hammer the Backlog Central (my house). I know I say that every couple of weeks, and then do a big reveal that everything is…
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Quarter 4 Week 6 Update: What’s Green and Red and Gold All Over?
Senlui! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. It has been a heck of a busy week in real life this week, with very busy and tiring work days taking up a lot of my energy and time. Has that impacted the Hammer the Backlog project negatively? Only…
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