Tag: games-workshop
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Quarter 1 Week 9 Update: A Moment of Laxity Spawns a Lifetime of Heresy.

Lucky for me, then, that I have been on top of things this week! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I can’t believe it is already week 9 of the Blood Ravens project, time really does fly when you are having fun. Speaking of fun, let’s spend…
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Quarter 1 Week 6 Update: Even in Death

Hello there. Welcome back to week 6 of quarter 1 of year 4 of the Hammer the Backlog project. It’ll be a brief one this week, as I am away on my summer holidays in the south of France. Nice! SCORECARD Well, despite being away most of the week, I still managed to get some…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Quarter 4 Week 6 Update: Scary Monsters (and Super Freaks)

This is Major Mick to Hammer the Backlog readers. Take your protein pills and put your helmets on to get ready for this week’s Hammer the Backlog update. Hammer the Backlog is a weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog where I attempt to paint my 30 year backlog of neglected minis before a…
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Quarter 4 Week 4 Update: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

It’s Hammer the Backlog time! That’s right! High energy this week. High speed, low drag! Ok, I’ll take it down a notch. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I’m trying to get 30 years of hoarded tabletop minis painted to a standard that I’m happy with,…


