Hammer the Backlog

Miniature Painting – Updated Every Thursday

  • Quarter 3 Week 9 Update: I Believe I Can Fly

    Quarter 3 Week 9 Update: I Believe I Can Fly

    Week nine already? Those weeks are really flying by! Welcome back to the home stretch of quarter 3 of year 3 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Despite the fact that the end of the quarter has snuck up on me, you join me this week deep into a…

    Lee Handsome

    February 20, 2025
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 3
    Deathwatch, Empire, games-workshop, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Space Marines, warhammer, warhammer-40k
  • Quarter 3 Week 8 Update: What’s Black and Blue and Red all over?

    Quarter 3 Week 8 Update: What’s Black and Blue and Red all over?

    Hello there! Has my riddle enticed you into reading this, the latest update from Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog? If so, welcome! If not, well, then you’re not reading this, are you, and I’ve backed myself into a meta-narrative corner. How do I get out of this? By taking…

    Lee Handsome

    February 13, 2025
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 3
    Deathwatch, Empire, games-workshop, hobby, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Space Marines, warhammer, Year 3
  • Quarter 3 Week 7 Update: Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the Slog of War!

    Quarter 3 Week 7 Update: Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the Slog of War!

    Welcome back to week 7 of quarter 3 of year 3 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. And this week has been very much about mini painting, productivity and accountability. After the excitement of getting my dream Brettonian unit painted over the last few weeks, and while I get…

    Lee Handsome

    February 6, 2025
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 3
    art, Deathwatch, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Space Marines, warhammer, warhammer-40k, Year 3
  • Quarter 3 Week 6 Update: Force Integrated Strength Team

    Quarter 3 Week 6 Update: Force Integrated Strength Team

    Or FIST for short. Imperial Fist, that is. Or are my fully painted unit of Bretonnian Men-at-Arms, very kindly sent to me by the gang over at Merlin’s Miniatures, the real force integrated strength team? Only one way to find out, by reading the rest of this week’s update here at Hammer the Backlog, the…

    Lee Handsome

    January 30, 2025
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 3
    Bretonnia, Deathwatch, games-workshop, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Scorecard, Space Marines, warhammer, warhammer-40k, Year 3
  • Quarter 3 Week 5 Update: Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe

    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…

    Lee Handsome

    January 23, 2025
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 3
    Bretonnia, Dark Angels, Deathwatch, games-workshop, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Space Marines, warhammer, warhammer-40k, Year 3
  • Quarter 3 Week 4 Update: There are No Wolves on Fenris

    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…

    Lee Handsome

    January 16, 2025
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 3
    art, artist, Bretonnia, Deathwatch, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Space Marines, writing, Year 3
  • Quarter 3 Week 3 Update: Why So Blue?

    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…

    Lee Handsome

    January 9, 2025
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 3
    Bretonnia, Deathwatch, miniature-painting, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Scorecard, Space Marines, warhammer, warhammer-40k
  • Quarter 3 Week 2 Update: Gordon’s Alive!?

    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…

    Lee Handsome

    January 2, 2025
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 3
    Bretonnia, Deathwatch, games-workshop, miniatures, Overkill, painting, Pile of Shame, Quarter 3, Scorecard, Space Marines, warhammer, warhammer-40k, Year 3
  • Quarter 3 Week 1 Update: Sick as a Christmas Pig!

    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…

    Lee Handsome

    December 26, 2024
    Quarter 3, Updates, Year 3
    art, Bretonnia, goals, painting, Pile of Shame, Scorecard, Year 3
  • Quarter 2 Week 14 Update: Done and Dusted

    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…

    Lee Handsome

    December 19, 2024
    Quarter 2, Updates, Year 3
    High Elves, Island of Blood, Pile of Shame, Quarter 2, Scorecard, Year 3
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