Category: Quarter 4
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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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Quarter 4 Week 5 Update: They’re not short, they’re compact
Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. Every Thursday I publish this blog, showing what models I’ve painted this week and keeping track of the overall health of the Hammer the Backlog project, aka, painting my nearly 30 years of collected grey plastic, metal and resin…
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Quarter 4 Week 4 Update: Spaceman, I always wanted you to go into space, man
Hi there. Welcome (or welcome back) to Hammer the Backlog. My name is Mick and I am using a productivity and accountability “operating system” to get more than 25 years of collected and neglected sci-fi, fantasy and other tabletop wargaming miniatures from bare to painted before my hands fall off. Each week I commit to…
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Quarter 4 Week 3 Update: Like a Phoenix, I am Risen!
Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer Mini painting, accountability and productivity blog, where I aim to get 25 years worth of accumulated tabletop wargames miniatures painted before the Solar system is squashed flat by extra-dimensional aliens. Not that that is likely to happen. I don’t have any insider information, if that’s what…
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Quarter 4 Week 2 Update: Joining the Ranks of the Unforgiven
Hi there, welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog, where this week my own personal and family life was a bit of a shambles, leading to the worst week of Backlog Hammering since records began. We had a string of illnesses and bad news this week in Hammer…
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Quarter 4 Week 1 Update: The Emperor’s Angels
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 3 of year 2 of the project! As with every other time, a new quarter brings new rocks, targets that are set at the start of the quarter that I…
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Quarter 4 Week 13 Update: It’s All Over Bar the Shouting
Welcome back to the the last, the final, the ultimate quarterly update for quarter 4 of year 1 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog that uses the concept of an ‘operating system’ to force me to stay on track and spend the next few years getting my 25…
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Quarter 4, Week 12 Update: The Penultimate Warrior
Welcome to this year’s penultimate (that means second-last for the more germanicly minded of us) update for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Seeing as this week was the second-last week of not only the quarter, but also the first full year of Hammer the Backlog, there was relatively…
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Quarter 4, Week 11 Update: Hubris, the Sheer Hubris.
Dearest of readers, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog, where this week your beloved author learned a thing or two about hubris, and not mucking about with plans after they are in motion. Let’s get started with a look at the scorecard for this week, before…
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