Hammer the Backlog

Miniature Painting – Updated Every Thursday

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  • Welcome to Hammer the Backlog

    Welcome to Hammer the Backlog

    HOW WE GOT HERE The year was, I think, 1998. A young Mick, fresh off of years of successfully looking like the third, less attractive brother from the Proclaimers, somehow got his hands on the Playstation port of the first inarguably good Warhammer game, Warhammer: Dark Omens. Young Mick was aware of young women and […]

    Lee Handsome

    June 16, 2022
    Updates
    Black Legion, Blackstone Fortress, Bretonnia, Chaos, Dogs of War, HeroQuest, Pile of Shame, Scorecard, Space Hulk
  • Quarter 3, Week 7 Update: Inside Every Man there are Two Beasts

    Quarter 3, Week 7 Update: Inside Every Man there are Two Beasts

    A hungry beast and a tired beast. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly miniature painting, accountability and productivity blog that follows my big dumb adventures in getting my years and years’ worth of unpainted tabletop wargaming miniatures painted. Every week we take a look at the overall progress of the project by starting […]

    Lee Handsome

    January 26, 2023
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 1
    Blackstone Fortress, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Year 1
  • Quarter 3, Week 6 Update: Traitors, One and All!

    Quarter 3, Week 6 Update: Traitors, One and All!

    Hello there, traitorous scum! Welcome back to week 6 of the third quarter of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly tabletop wargame and mini painting accountability and productivity blog. This week was an unexpectedly fun week of going back to basics, and a bit of a realisation on the fickleness of trends. Let’s start, as always, […]

    Lee Handsome

    January 19, 2023
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 1
    Blackstone Fortress, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Year 1
  • Quarter 3, Week 5 Update: Faith and Psychic Abominations

    Quarter 3, Week 5 Update: Faith and Psychic Abominations

    Hello and welcome back to another week of Hammer the Backlog, the Warhammer painting and accountability blog. This week has been a challenging one, despite having some really fun models to paint. Before we get to my whinging, let’s take a look at this week’s scorecard. SCORECARD Another week fully in the green, but another […]

    Lee Handsome

    January 12, 2023
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 1
    Blackstone Fortress, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Year 1
  • Quarter 3, Week 4 Update: Kravv’Cha’To and Unpaid Internships

    Quarter 3, Week 4 Update: Kravv’Cha’To and Unpaid Internships

    Welcome back to the fourth week of the third quarter of the first year of Hammer the Backlog, the painting and accountability blog that is keeping track of my foolhardy quest to get all of my existing tabletop wargaming and boardgame miniatures painted without going mad. Every week we take a look at the score […]

    Lee Handsome

    January 5, 2023
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 1
    Blackstone Fortress, Community Challenge, Dwarfs, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Year 1
  • Quarter 3, Week 3 Update: Long Hauler Gamma-3-Beta

    Quarter 3, Week 3 Update: Long Hauler Gamma-3-Beta

    Welcome back to the final Hammer the Backlog update for the calendar year 2022, where this week we leave the green green grass of retro Warhammer Fantasy behind for the time being and apply the Hammer the Backlog accountability and productivity methodology to the grim far future of Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress. Since Hammer the […]

    Lee Handsome

    December 29, 2022
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 1
    Blackstone Fortress, Chaos Dwarfs, Grudgebringers, Pile of Shame, Scorecard, Year 1
  • Quarter 3, Week 2 Update: Enemy Sighted!

    Quarter 3, Week 2 Update: Enemy Sighted!

    Welcome to the penultimate Hammer the Backlog update for 2022! Strap yourself in for a little dose of pre-Christmas Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blogging! Let’s start with a second to last look at the scorecard. SCORECARD Another sweep of green this week, without any major hold ups or delays. I managed to push […]

    Lee Handsome

    December 22, 2022
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 2
    Grudgebringers, High Elves, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Year 1
  • Quarter 3, Week 1 Update: We Fear the Enemy!

    Quarter 3, Week 1 Update: We Fear the Enemy!

    Hello and welcome back to Quarter 3 of Hammer the Backlog, the relentless Warhammer painting, accountability and productivity blog, where all of the targets are SMART, even if I’m dumb as a brick. A nice little throwback to Dark Omen there in the title, for the real deep cut nerds among us. As this is […]

    Lee Handsome

    December 15, 2022
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 1
    Grudgebringers, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Year 1
  • Quarter 2, Week 13 Update: The Highest of Highs and the Mediumest of Lows

    Quarter 2, Week 13 Update: The Highest of Highs and the Mediumest of Lows

    Welcome back to the final instalment of Hammer the Backlog Quarter 2, where this week we learned the real value of rocks and the absolute dread of a corrupted SD card. Please do read on for a rollercoaster of emotions. SCORECARD A little bit of red in the ledger this week, with only two models […]

    Lee Handsome

    December 8, 2022
    Quarter 2, Updates, Year 1
    Chaos Warriors, Lord of the Rings, Pile of Shame, Quarter 2, Scorecard, Year 1
  • Quarter 2, Week 12 Update: You’ve Got The Green Knight!

    Quarter 2, Week 12 Update: You’ve Got The Green Knight!

    Hello Dev Patels and welcome back to week 12 of the second quarter of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly miniature painting and accountability blog, that this week is all about that sweet, sweet target-hitting! Let’s start things off, as they did in Arthurerian times, with a look at this week’s productivity scorecard. SCORECARD Not only […]

    Lee Handsome

    December 1, 2022
    Quarter 2, Updates, Year 1
    Bretonnia, Lizardmen, Pile of Shame, Quarter 2, Scorecard, Year 1
  • Quarter 2, Week 11 Update: It’s All Part of the Great Plan

    Quarter 2, Week 11 Update: It’s All Part of the Great Plan

    Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly miniature painting and accountability blog, where this week we managed to knock off an absolutely huge target! Strap in for things to get pretty exciting. (If you like plastic models from 1996) Let’s not get too excited though, and start this week with the scorecard, just like […]

    Lee Handsome

    November 24, 2022
    Quarter 2, Updates, Year 1
    Bretonnia, Lizardmen, Pile of Shame, Quarter 2, Scorecard, Year 1
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