Tag: Scorecard
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Guest Blog: How Gaius Marius Learned to Stop Worrying and just Hammer the Backlog
Hi gang! As a special treat this week we have Hammer the Backlog’s first ever full guest post! Absolute great egg Gauis Marius has been hammering his own backlog for nearly as long as I have. Give him a bit of support here! https://www.instagram.com/gaiusmariuspaints/ Now! Over to the man himself! Take it from here Gaius:…
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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 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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