Tag: Blackstone Fortress
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Quarter 4, Week 3 Update: A One Man Crusade

Hello! Hi there! Welcome! Thank you for checking out Hammer the Backlog, my tiny little corner of the internet where I talk all things warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability in an effort to paint up half a lifetime’s worth of grey plastic and white metal miniatures to a pleasing standard, without driving myself mad…
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Quarter 4, Week 2 Update: 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111

Well hello there fellow servitors in service of the great machine spirit, and welcome back to the second week of the fourth quarter of the first year of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer miniature painting, productivity and accountability project. Although this week coincides with Adepitcon and some huge news for the future of the…
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Quarter 4, Week 1 Update: The Circle of Life

It’s time for Quarter 4 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. At four quarters in, I would be stretching the cinematic metaphor of referring to sequels and trilogies, so let’s just call this Hammer the Backlog 4: Tokyo Drift. Let’s burn rubber with a look first at all…
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Quarter 3, Week 11 Update: Paper Beats Rocks

Hello fellow hobby scissors, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer painting, productivity and accountability blog, where this week we all took on the aspect of paper, and absolutely smashed some rocks. With quarter 3 effectively in the bag with two weeks to spare, let’s take a look at the week and the…
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Quarter 3, Week 10 Update: A Game of Two Halves

Hi there! Thanks for coming to week 10 of the third quarter of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly miniature painting, accountability and productivity blog. This week’s update is brought to you by the lesson I learned about having flexibility within your system, while still making sure that you hit your rocks. Let’s get straight down…
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Quarter 3, Week 9 Update: Don’t Talk to Me or My Sons Ever Again

Hello ladies and gentlemen and others, and welcome back to a very big week of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly warhammer miniature painting, accountability and productivity blog. This week, with four weeks left to go in the quarter, we managed to tick off three of the four main targets. Let’s start, as we so often…
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Quarter 3, Week 8 Update: Wiggly Boys

Hello dear reader, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer painting, accountability and productivity blog that posts every Thursday come hail, rain or shine. The week represents an almost big milestone in this quarter’s targets, and a bit of a return to productivity and an end to last minute panicking. Let’s start out…
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Quarter 3, Week 7 Update: Inside Every Man there are Two Beasts

A hungry beast and a tired beast. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly miniature painting, accountability and productivity blog that follows my big dumb adventures in getting my years and years’ worth of unpainted tabletop wargaming miniatures painted. Every week we take a look at the overall progress of the project by starting…
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Quarter 3, Week 6 Update: Traitors, One and All!

Hello there, traitorous scum! Welcome back to week 6 of the third quarter of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly tabletop wargame and mini painting accountability and productivity blog. This week was an unexpectedly fun week of going back to basics, and a bit of a realisation on the fickleness of trends. Let’s start, as always,…
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Quarter 3, Week 5 Update: Faith and Psychic Abominations

Hello and welcome back to another week of Hammer the Backlog, the Warhammer painting and accountability blog. This week has been a challenging one, despite having some really fun models to paint. Before we get to my whinging, let’s take a look at this week’s scorecard. SCORECARD Another week fully in the green, but another…


