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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…
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Quarter 2 Week 13 Update: He’s a Bit of an Animal
Hello there! Welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. You join me today for week 13 of quarter 2 of year 3, The quarter which I somehow made too long and which now has 14 weeks. Look, at the same time, I’m not complaining. Two weeks into the biggest…
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Quarter 2 Week 12 Update: The Ugly Phase
Hello and welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly tabletop mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. In this quarter 2 of year 3 of the Hammer the Backlog project, I have been mostly painting the High Elves from the Island of Blood set, while dipping in and out of my 5th edition Bretonnians for an…
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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 10 Update: Plus ça Change, Plus c’est la Même Chose
Oh, hello. I didn’t see you there. You’ve caught me in the middle of writing this week’s update for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Quarter 2 of year three is coming to an end, and it has been a tough one, with the hugely detailed (and gorgeous!) Island of…
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Quarter 2 Week 9 Update: Brokeback Mountain
Hello there! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog in which I, Mick, attempt to paint nearly 30 years of accumulated tabletop wargaming models before my hands fall off. It has been a tricky few weeks at Hammer the Backlog central, with a single large project taking up…
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Quarter 2 Week 5 Update: Phew
I was going to quote Scott of the Antarctic as the opener for this week’s blog, to represent the level of hardship and toll that painting these five models in a week had taken on me. But then I read the damned dairy and that felt a bit extreme to be honest. So instead, welcome…
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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 2 Week 3 Update: Maximum Effort
Hi there! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog. Elves! Sorry, it’s been a tough week painting very intricate models and every waking moment and thought has been consumed by ELVES! Sorry again. I’m sure that will stop happening. Elves! Nope. Still there. In all and anyways, Hammer the Backlog is a weekly blog in which…
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Quarter 2 Week 2 Update: Stop Making A Scene!
Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the mini painting, accountability and productivity blog! In classic “New Quarter, New You!” fashion, this week has been both an absolute joy to get into and a flurry of activity that I will spend the next 10 weeks trying to keep up with! If this week’s new…
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