Category: Updates
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Quarter 3 Week 2 Update: Gordon’s Alive!?
Despite rumours to the contrary, the Flu didn’t manage to finish me off last week, leaving me alive and well to welcome you back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. This is the first update of calendar year 2025, but calendar years mean very little to us here at…
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Quarter 3 Week 1 Update: Sick as a Christmas Pig!
Please excuse the coughing, I think I am literally dying with the flu. 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 3 of the project! As with every other time, a new quarter brings new…
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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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Quarter 2 Week 7 Update: I’ve Made a Grave Error
Hello fellow ghouls, welcome back to this Halloween update of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting productivity and accountability blog. You join me this week on a very busy week, with Halloween and my lovely lady wife’s birthday double teaming me with distraction, leading to (or perhaps just exasperating) a bit of a muck…
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