Hammer the Backlog

Miniature Painting – Updated Every Thursday

  • Quarter 1 Week 4 Update: We are the Emperor’s Chosen

    Quarter 1 Week 4 Update: We are the Emperor’s Chosen

    Hello and welcome back to week 4 of a very Dawn of War heavy quarter of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Let’s not be coy here, nostalgia is a big part of the attraction of Hammer the Backlog for a lot of you, but who in their right…

    Lee Handsome

    July 10, 2025
    Quarter 1, Updates, Year 4
    Assault on Black Reach, Blood Ravens, games-workshop, hobby, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 1, Scorecard, Space Marines, warhammer, warhammer-40k, Year 4
  • Quarter 1 Week 3 Update: Commencing Infiltration…

    Quarter 1 Week 3 Update: Commencing Infiltration…

    You might not have spotted me due to my camouflage, but you have stumbled upon the latest weekly update to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly painting, accountability and productivity blog. Are we still on the high of new year, new project, new energy, or have 2006 moldlines started to drag us down? Read on! SCORECARD…

    Lee Handsome

    July 3, 2025
    Quarter 1, Updates, Year 4
    Assault on Black Reach, Blood Ravens, games-workshop, miniatures, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 1, Scorecard, Space Marines, warhammer, warhammer-40k, Year 4
  • Quarter 1 Week 2 Update: There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

    Quarter 1 Week 2 Update: There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

    Ssssshhhhh…. No talking in the library. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We are only two weeks into a brand new year and new project, and enthusiasm and interest is at an all time high on my end. But will that enthusiasm be enough to carry through…

    Lee Handsome

    June 26, 2025
    Quarter 1, Updates, Year 4
    Assault on Black Reach, Blood Ravens, Dawn of War, games-workshop, miniatures, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 1, Scorecard, Space Marines, warhammer, warhammer-40k, Year 4
  • Quarter 1 Week 1 Update: Knowledge is Power, Hide it Well

    Quarter 1 Week 1 Update: Knowledge is Power, Hide it Well

    Well, well, well. Wellity, wellity, wellity. If it isn’t another Quarter 1, Week 1 update for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. The fourth such! Looks like this effort to get all of my 30 years of collected tabletop minis painted has more staying power than even I thought when…

    Lee Handsome

    June 19, 2025
    Quarter 1, Updates, Year 4
    Blood Ravens, miniatures, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 1, Scorecard, Space Marines, wargaming, warhammer, warhammer-40k, Year 4
  • Year 3 Review and Year 4 Target Setting

    Year 3 Review and Year 4 Target Setting

    Well hello there. Thanks for coming. Welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog run by me, Mick. In this update we are going to look at the last 52 weeks of the year 2024/2025 and start planning for next year, 2025/2026. Please, take my hand and join me as…

    Lee Handsome

    June 12, 2025
    Quarter 4, Updates, Year 3
    games-workshop, miniatures, painting, Pile of Shame, Scorecard, warhammer, warhammer-40k
  • Quarter 4 Week 12 Update: Down Tools

    Quarter 4 Week 12 Update: Down Tools

    Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Last week I finished painting Deathwatch Overkill, the 2016 boardgame and the last painting target of the year. That left me two weeks still to go in the year, with no targets to hit. I originally scheduled a…

    Lee Handsome

    June 5, 2025
    Quarter 4, Updates, Year 3
    games-workshop, miniatures, painting, Quarter 4, Scorecard, warhammer, warhammer-40k, Year 3
  • Quarter 4 Week 11 Update: Middle Management

    Quarter 4 Week 11 Update: Middle Management

    Hello and welcome back to a pretty big day for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog? What makes it a big day, ask? Well, why don’t you read on and find out? SCORECARD Another week in the green this week, after a particularly steady quarter, if I do say…

    Lee Handsome

    May 29, 2025
    Quarter 4, Updates, Year 3
    art, Deathwatch, Genestealer Cult, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 4, Scorecard, warhammer, writing, Year 3
  • Quarter 4 Week 10 Update: No, Wait. Maybe it is a Marathon

    Quarter 4 Week 10 Update: No, Wait. Maybe it is a Marathon

    Welcome back, oh most beloved of readers, to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We are really deeeeep in the depths of year 3 now, with only about 3 weeks left to go and pretty much all of the painting targets accounted for. Join me for the penultimate week of…

    Lee Handsome

    May 22, 2025
    Quarter 4, Updates, Year 3
    art, Deatwatch, Genestealer Cult, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 4, Scorecard, wargaming, warhammer, Year 3
  • Quarter 4 Week 9 Update: It’s a Sprint not a Marathon

    Quarter 4 Week 9 Update: It’s a Sprint not a Marathon

    Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog, where sometimes things go wrong. It’s been one of those weeks, gang. You know the ones. Despite taking a whole assed day off of work, things still got away from me a little bit. Look, it happens to the…

    Lee Handsome

    May 15, 2025
    Quarter 4, Updates, Year 3
    Deathwatch, games-workshop, Genestealer Cult, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 4, Scorecard, warhammer, warhammer-40k, Year 3
  • Quarter 4 Week 8 Update: All’s Quiet on the Ugly Front

    Quarter 4 Week 8 Update: All’s Quiet on the Ugly Front

    Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. After last week’s hectic week of social media events, model donations and over ambitious target setting, absolutely nothing interesting has happened this week. Now, I know regular readers are thinking “He’s setting us up. Getting us to let our guards down…

    Lee Handsome

    May 8, 2025
    Quarter 4, Updates, Year 3
    Deathwatch, fantasy, gaming, Genestealer Cult, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 4, Scorecard, writing, Year 3
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