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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 3 Week 13 Update: You did it. You Crazy Son of a Bitch you did it.
Hi there! Welcome back to the end of quarter 3 of the second year of Hammer the Backlog. If you are new around here, Hammer the Backlog is my attempt to get my 25+ years worth of collected (hoarded?) Warhammer minis painted, photographed and online. As someone who actually games with tabletop minis very infrequently,…
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Quarter 3 Week 12 Update: Change of Plans!
Hi, it’s me again! Welcome back for another week of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog in which I, Mick, attempt to paint my entire backlog of 25+ years of unpainted Warhammer miniatures before I forget how. As we come to the end of quarter 3 of the second…
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Quarter 3 Week 11 Update: I Can’t Count?
Well hello there! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog. This is a weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I’ve been sweating this week as I miscounted the number of weeks in a quarter way back at the start of this process and had to make some sort of decision, which I have been…
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Quarter 3 Week 10 Update: A Real Brute
Well hello there! Another week of Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity from Hammer the Backlog. After a dip of a low couple of weeks, last week was a real high point. And this week I managed to maintain that positive vibe and made some decent progress. Nice. Let’s take a look at this week’s…
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Quarter 3 Week 9 Update: Death to the Corpse Emperor
You’ll excuse the slightly histrionic title this week, I hope, since we are doing some classic Black Legion Chaos Space Marines! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, my weekly blog focussed on Warhammer mini painting, Productivity measuring and accountability. I have nearly 30 years of unpainted Warhammer minis to get painted before ennui sets in…
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