Category: Quarter 2
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Quarter 2 Week 3 Update: Orktober?
Hello there. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly painting, productivity and accountability blog. Join me for another week of checking the weekly scorecard, catching up on the quarterly goals and looking at some painted models. Oh, and it’s Orks. In October. For Orktober, Games Workshop’s most successful social media push. Did I plan…
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Quarter 2 Week 2 Update: The Inevitable Slow Down
Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. It’s been a pretty tough week for me in real life this week, so motivation hit an all time slump, just in time to sync up with the fact that I allowed myself two weeks to finish five models…
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Quarter 2 Week 1 Update: More Fun Than You Can Shake A Nob At
It’s the start of a new quarter, and a whole new set of targets and models for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Buckle up and strap yourself in for our quarterly look at the three months to come, the weekly scorecard, the new targets and even, if we’re lucky,…
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Quarter 2 Week 14 Update: Done and Dusted
Hi there! Hello again. Welcome back to the last week of Quarter 2 of Year 3 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We don’t usually stretch into 14 weeks around these parts, but either some poor planning or some excellent foresight on my part gave me this last week…
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Quarter 2 Week 13 Update: He’s a Bit of an Animal
Hello there! Welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. You join me today for week 13 of quarter 2 of year 3, The quarter which I somehow made too long and which now has 14 weeks. Look, at the same time, I’m not complaining. Two weeks into the biggest…
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Quarter 2 Week 12 Update: The Ugly Phase
Hello and welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly tabletop mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. In this quarter 2 of year 3 of the Hammer the Backlog project, I have been mostly painting the High Elves from the Island of Blood set, while dipping in and out of my 5th edition Bretonnians for an…
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Quarter 2 Week 11 Update: A Knight in the Middle of Town!
Bonjour! Or should I say well lad? Lookit, either way, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog, where I attempt to paint nearly 30 years of accumulated minis before the government bans lead, white metal, plastic and photoreactive resins. Each week, on Thursday, I have a short…
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Quarter 2 Week 10 Update: Plus ça Change, Plus c’est la Même Chose
Oh, hello. I didn’t see you there. You’ve caught me in the middle of writing this week’s update for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Quarter 2 of year three is coming to an end, and it has been a tough one, with the hugely detailed (and gorgeous!) Island of…
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Quarter 2 Week 9 Update: Brokeback Mountain
Hello there! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog in which I, Mick, attempt to paint nearly 30 years of accumulated tabletop wargaming models before my hands fall off. It has been a tricky few weeks at Hammer the Backlog central, with a single large project taking up…
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Quarter 2 Week 8 Update: Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
Am I dangerous, because I am honest? Or is this just another weekly update for Hammer the Backlog, the Warhammer mini painting, accountability and procrastination blog? Wait, did I say procrastination just there? I meant productivity. No procrastination here! Without further ado, let’s take a look at this week’s scorecard, courtesy of the now back…
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