Category: Quarter 4
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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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Quarter 4, Week 10 Update: Deadly!
Oh, hi there. I didn’t notice you coming in. You’ve just caught me writing this week’s update for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly miniature painting, productivity and accountability blog. Why don’t you have a seat there, while I regale you with the tale of week 10 of the last quarter of the year? The ups,…
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Quarter 4, Week 9 Update: Some Respite
Hello wonderful reader, welcome back to the Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog formerly (and currently) known as Hammer the Backlog. The rapidly approaching end of the first year of the project means that progress is being made, palms are sweating and rocks are getting ticked off at a rate of knots. Some great…
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