Tag: Island of Blood
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Quarter 2 Week 14 Update: Done and Dusted
Hi there! Hello again. Welcome back to the last week of Quarter 2 of Year 3 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We don’t usually stretch into 14 weeks around these parts, but either some poor planning or some excellent foresight on my part gave me this last week…
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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 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 8 Update: Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
Am I dangerous, because I am honest? Or is this just another weekly update for Hammer the Backlog, the Warhammer mini painting, accountability and procrastination blog? Wait, did I say procrastination just there? I meant productivity. No procrastination here! Without further ado, let’s take a look at this week’s scorecard, courtesy of the now back…
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Quarter 2 Week 7 Update: I’ve Made a Grave Error
Hello fellow ghouls, welcome back to this Halloween update of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting productivity and accountability blog. You join me this week on a very busy week, with Halloween and my lovely lady wife’s birthday double teaming me with distraction, leading to (or perhaps just exasperating) a bit of a muck…
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Quarter 2 Week 6 Update: Get Down Off There!
Well hello there fellow mages! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, my weekly accountability, productivity and warhammer painting blog. I promised myself a slightly easier week after the strain of getting 20 highly detailed High Elf infantry models painted over the last four weeks, and an easier week I did indeed have! Let’s take a…
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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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