Tag: art
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Quarter 2 Week 10 Update: Assault on Black Reach? Completed it, Mate.

I’m freeeeeeee! After 10 weeks of painting up the Ork half of the Assault on Black Reach boxed set, from next week I’ll be free to do something else! Huzzah! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. The accountability part of that sentence has been doing a lot…
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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…
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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…
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Quarter 4 Week 5 Update: Time Goes By, So Slowly (Except When it Doesn’t)

Hello and welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. You’ll excuse a slightly truncated blog this week as, unfortunately, time kind of got the better of me this week. I am typing this up much later than usual, at about 9pm on Thursday evening. Let’s take a look…
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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…
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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 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 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 4 Update: Elvis

I’m all bloody shook up this week by the amount of time and effort it took to paint up these five Elvis. Elvis is the plural of Elves, right? Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting blog which uses accountability and productivity methods to help me get 25 years of hoarded miniatures…
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Quarter 4 Week 11 Update: Vengeance is a Dish Best Served Cold

In the words of the bard, William Shakespear himself, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog where I, Mick, use the official Hammer the Backlog to get my 30 years of unpainted Warhammer minis painted. I break this Herculean task down into yearly targets, which are then…


