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Quarter 1 Week 13 Update: There’s Only One Juan Diaz
Hi there, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity, accountability and Juan Diaz fan blog. It’s the end of another quarter already, so join me for the thirteenth ever Hammer the Backlog end of quarter review. SCORECARD It feels about right to count this the classic 2002 Demon Prince as…
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Quarter 1 Week 12 Update: Why the Long Face?
It’s Thursday night, it’s Hammer the Backlog time. Welcome back to the penultimate update from Year 4, Quarter 1. With the Blood Ravens project well and truly in the bag, this week was an opportunity to dip into the esoterica of the pile of shame and pull out some weirdos to paint. Bits and Bobs.…
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Quarter 1 Week 11 Update: Death has Arrived!
It’s Thursday, so that means it’s Hammer the Backlog time. Join me, why don’t you, as I wrap up the quarter 1 project a full two weeks early and spend the rest of the time trying to find something useful to do that won’t take me down an entirely new rabbithole. SCORECARD It’s green! Green…
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Guest Blog: How Project Reaver Helped Harry Stop Worrying and Hammer the Backlog
Hi gang! As a special treat this week we have Hammer the Backlog’s second ever full guest post! Give him a bit of support here: https://www.instagram.com/harry_paintsminis/ Now! Over to the man himself! Take it from here Harry: I have been in and out of the hobby since 2008/2009. Initially drawn in through school friends and…
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Quarter 1 Week 10 Update: The Machine Spirit is Prepared
Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the suddenly highly topical mini painting, productivity and accountability blog in which I try to get a mountain of collected Warhammer projects painted before my hands fall off. From too much Warhammer. Lookit, when I decided to do a first born, 2008 style Blood Ravens army about…
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Quarter 1 Week 9 Update: A Moment of Laxity Spawns a Lifetime of Heresy.
Lucky for me, then, that I have been on top of things this week! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I can’t believe it is already week 9 of the Blood Ravens project, time really does fly when you are having fun. Speaking of fun, let’s spend…
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Quarter 1 Week 8 Update: The Emperor’s Finest
Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We’re back on solid ground after last week’s disruption, so thank you very much for coming back. Let’s run through our normal week of Hammer the Backlog, taking a look at the weekly scorecard, progress on the quarterly targets…
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Quarter 1 Week 7 Update: Marine Squad Deployed!
Hi there. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We’ve had a death in the family this week, so this is going to be a relatively short update without most of the usual pith. SCORECARD A full week in the green. All five tactical marines painted, not quite…
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Quarter 1 Week 6 Update: Even in Death
Hello there. Welcome back to week 6 of quarter 1 of year 4 of the Hammer the Backlog project. It’ll be a brief one this week, as I am away on my summer holidays in the south of France. Nice! SCORECARD Well, despite being away most of the week, I still managed to get some…
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Quarter 1 Week 5 Update: …. I Still Serve
I have awoken, again. Welcome back to week 5 (already?) of quarter 1 of year 4 (already?) of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. It’s mostly Warhammer minis, let’s be honest, by why tie ourselves to one franchise when the worlds are our oysters? I have been feeling particularly, and…
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