Category: Quarter 2
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Quarter 2 Week 4 Update: Dwarven Resilience
Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly miniature painting blog where I use productivity and accountability methods to get all of my thousands of euro worth of unpainted fantasy and sci-fi minis painted before the singularity renders human existence pointless. It was a pretty straightforward week this week, focussed entirely on getting…
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Quarter 2 Week 4 Update: The Dawi-Zharr Don’t Exist
Hi gang, welcome back to week 4 of quarter 2 of year 2 of Hammer the Backlog, Mr. Michael J. Leonard’s attempt to paint his thousand year backlog of warhammer minis before the inevitable robot revolution. I had a lovely, fun week here at Hammer the Backlog central, with some very enjoyable models to paint…
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Quarter 2 Week 3 Update: It’s a Game of 3 Halves
Yes, I know I used that same joke in last week’s headline, but it’s extra fitting this week. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer miniature painting, productivity and accountability blog. This week was a real week of two halves, with models from two different games painted, one rock completed and another started…
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Quarter 2 Week 2 Update: It’s a Game of 2 (and a bit) Halves
Mixed metaphors! Welcome to the second week of the front 9 (or 6) of the second quarter of the second year of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer (mostly) mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I am Mick, I am the one who hammers the backlog, and this week I am going to take you…
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Quarter 2 Week 1 Update: I’m Quarter Back, Baby!
The sun always rises, as they say, on a quarterly blog. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog, where this week we are getting a start on quarter 2 of year 2 of the project! As with every other time, a new quarter brings new rocks, targets…
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Quarter 1 Week 2 Update: All That Glitters is Green
Only 1996 hobbits break the mould. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, where I am in my second year of getting my backlog of unpainted, badly painted and broken warhammer miniatures painted up to an acceptable display standard using the tools of middle management; accountability, productivity and organisation. Every week I have targets to keep…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Quarter 2, Week 10 Update: Never Smile at a Crocodile
And never underestimate the work it takes to paint a Saurus Warrior, even if you are doing a Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. It is the tightest we’ve ever been to missing a deadline this week, as constantly forgetting just how much detail there is on these little buggers has me writing this…
