Tag: Quarter 3
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Quarter 3 Week 8 Update: What’s Black and Blue and Red all over?

Hello there! Has my riddle enticed you into reading this, the latest update from Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog? If so, welcome! If not, well, then you’re not reading this, are you, and I’ve backed myself into a meta-narrative corner. How do I get out of this? By taking…
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Quarter 3 Week 7 Update: Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the Slog of War!

Welcome back to week 7 of quarter 3 of year 3 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. And this week has been very much about mini painting, productivity and accountability. After the excitement of getting my dream Brettonian unit painted over the last few weeks, and while I get…
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Quarter 3 Week 5 Update: Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe

Stop! Hammer (the Backlog) time! Don’t worry, you don’t have the unforgiven chasing you down across the length and breadth of the known galaxy just for reading Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. No, you have them chasing you down because of that other thing you did. You know the…
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Quarter 3 Week 4 Update: There are No Wolves on Fenris

Hi there. I hope you’ll excuse me using one of the greatest lines of world and lore building mystery ever from the annals of 40k for this week’s title. But if that doesn’t bring the readers in, what will? Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. I’m…
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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 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 1 Week 10 Update: No Need to be so Curt

Hello there! Welcome back to another week of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly miniature painting, productivity and accountability blog. I have only just noticed that it is week 10 of 13, so the end of the quarter is rapidly approaching, which means a lot left to be done and some rather big (in a small…
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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…


