Tag: Chaos Space Marines
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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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Year 2 Review and Year 3 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 2023/2024 and start planning for next year, 2024/2025. Please, take my hand and join me as…
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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…
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Quarter 4 Week 9 Update: Late Fees

Hello there. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer miniature painting, accountability and productivity blog where I try to find joy in the pile of unpainted grey models that I’ve accumulated over the 30 years of collecting various tabletop wargaming miniatures. The end of quarter 4, and therefore year one, is rapidly approaching.…
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Quarter 3 Week 13 Update: You did it. You Crazy Son of a Bitch you did it.

Hi there! Welcome back to the end of quarter 3 of the second year of Hammer the Backlog. If you are new around here, Hammer the Backlog is my attempt to get my 25+ years worth of collected (hoarded?) Warhammer minis painted, photographed and online. As someone who actually games with tabletop minis very infrequently,…
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Quarter 3 Week 12 Update: Change of Plans!

Hi, it’s me again! Welcome back for another week of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog in which I, Mick, attempt to paint my entire backlog of 25+ years of unpainted Warhammer miniatures before I forget how. As we come to the end of quarter 3 of the second…
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Quarter 3 Week 11 Update: I Can’t Count?

Well hello there! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog. This is a weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I’ve been sweating this week as I miscounted the number of weeks in a quarter way back at the start of this process and had to make some sort of decision, which I have been…
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Quarter 3 Week 10 Update: A Real Brute

Well hello there! Another week of Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity from Hammer the Backlog. After a dip of a low couple of weeks, last week was a real high point. And this week I managed to maintain that positive vibe and made some decent progress. Nice. Let’s take a look at this week’s…
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Quarter 3 Week 9 Update: Death to the Corpse Emperor

You’ll excuse the slightly histrionic title this week, I hope, since we are doing some classic Black Legion Chaos Space Marines! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, my weekly blog focussed on Warhammer mini painting, Productivity measuring and accountability. I have nearly 30 years of unpainted Warhammer minis to get painted before ennui sets in…


