Category: Year 3
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Quarter 3 Week 5 Update: Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe
Stop! Hammer (the Backlog) time! Don’t worry, you don’t have the unforgiven chasing you down across the length and breadth of the known galaxy just for reading Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. No, you have them chasing you down because of that other thing you did. You know the…
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Quarter 3 Week 4 Update: There are No Wolves on Fenris
Hi there. I hope you’ll excuse me using one of the greatest lines of world and lore building mystery ever from the annals of 40k for this week’s title. But if that doesn’t bring the readers in, what will? Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. I’m…
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Quarter 3 Week 3 Update: Why So Blue?
Hello there! Thank you very much for coming back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly table top mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. In fact, welcome to the most normal week of Hammer the Backlog we’ve had in ages! No deadlines looming, no big video projects, no Christmas break or flu! Just a normal week…
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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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