Category: Quarter 4
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Quarter 4 Week 3 Update: Always Look on the Bright Side
Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the painting, productivity and accountability blog. You join me at about the 25% mark of the last quarter of year 3, with one last big project (the genestealer cults side of Deathwatch Overkill) well and truly underway, and the enormous potential of year four just enticingly over…
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Quarter 4 Week 2 Update: Do These Genes Make My Butt Look Big?
Hello and welcome back to the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog formerly, and currently, known as Hammer the Backlog. My name is Mick, and like any man born in western europe from about 1970 onwards, I spent most of my teen years, and every year since, buying but not painting Warhammer minis. Three…
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Quarter 4 Week 1 Update: Listen All Y’all, it’s a Sabotage
Hello and welcome to the first week of quarter 4 of year 3 (can you believe it?) of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog where I try to use an operating system to turn 25 years of buyer’s remorse back into joy. Every year, at the start of the…
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Year 2 Review and Year 3 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 2023/2024 and start planning for next year, 2024/2025. Please, take my hand and join me as…
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Quarter 4 Week 11 Update: Vengeance is a Dish Best Served Cold
In the words of the bard, William Shakespear himself, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog where I, Mick, use the official Hammer the Backlog to get my 30 years of unpainted Warhammer minis painted. I break this Herculean task down into yearly targets, which are then…
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Quarter 4 Week 10 Update: Limited Edition
Well if it isn’t the beloved reader, returned once again to the inner sanctum of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer Mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. This week, confess your sins of unproductivity and be cleansed at the altar of getting shit done. Take my hand as I guide you on a spiritual journey…
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Quarter 4 Week 9 Update: Late Fees
Hello there. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer miniature painting, accountability and productivity blog where I try to find joy in the pile of unpainted grey models that I’ve accumulated over the 30 years of collecting various tabletop wargaming miniatures. The end of quarter 4, and therefore year one, is rapidly approaching.…
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Quarter 4 Week 8 Update: Belial, Behemoth, Beelzebub, Asmodeus, Satanas, Lucifer
Hello fellow Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability enjoyers. Welcome back to week 8 of the final quarter of year 2 of Hammer the Backlog. Every week, at this exact time on a Thursday, I check in on the week’s progress and share with you, the lovely reader, images of this week’s models. Let’s kick…
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Quarter 4 Week 7 Update: Doctor Ravenwing, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Not Buy Darktide
Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. The motto around her is “Cost of living going up? Stop buying new minis, paint what you have!” You might wonder why I mention this up top? Well, keep reading and all will become clear. SCORECARD A fabulous week in…
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Quarter 4 Week 6 Update: Big Hairy Bikers
Hello there fellow accountability, productivity and warhammer mini painting enjoyers. Welcome back to week 6 of Quarter 4 (2023/2024) of Hammer the Backlog. No new finished models to show you this week, but that’s not as bad a thing as it seems. Join me for a look at this week’s scorecard, a look at the…
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