Tag: wargaming
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Quarter 3 Week 6 Update: How Do You Say Jason Statham in German?
Alright governor, roll your old mince pies over this week’s update for ‘ammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. After a tough but rewarding couple of weeks painting up some Reiksguard Knights, the now traditional winter flu left me reeling this week and desperately scrabbling for somewhat of an easy project.…
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Quarter 3 Week 4 Update: Knights in White Satin
Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. No early January slump around these parts, powering through the dark days and early nights with more early 2000s empire models. What about you? Painting or slumping? SCORECARD Another green sweep for 2026. Nothing in particular to report this week. I…
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Quarter 2 Week 9 Update: Rhythm is Going to Get You
Hi there! It’s Hammer the Backlog time! Another Thursday evening, another 5 points worth of models finished. Hammer the Backlog is the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Some weeks, I don’t have that much to say. But even in those weeks, there will be a blog. This is one of those weeks! SCORECARD…
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Quarter 2 Week 5 Update: Da Green Tide
Hello ‘umies! Welcome back to ‘ammer da backlog, da weekly mini paintin’, akountabilty and produktivity blog. That’s enough of that, if I do say so myself! As the nights are getting longer and darker and the laboratory is getting colder in the evenings, how am I holding up in my effort to get 30 years…
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Quarter 2 Week 1 Update: More Fun Than You Can Shake A Nob At
It’s the start of a new quarter, and a whole new set of targets and models for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Buckle up and strap yourself in for our quarterly look at the three months to come, the weekly scorecard, the new targets and even, if we’re lucky,…
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Quarter 1 Week 1 Update: Knowledge is Power, Hide it Well
Well, well, well. Wellity, wellity, wellity. If it isn’t another Quarter 1, Week 1 update for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. The fourth such! Looks like this effort to get all of my 30 years of collected tabletop minis painted has more staying power than even I thought when…
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Quarter 4 Week 10 Update: No, Wait. Maybe it is a Marathon
Welcome back, oh most beloved of readers, to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We are really deeeeep in the depths of year 3 now, with only about 3 weeks left to go and pretty much all of the painting targets accounted for. Join me for the penultimate week of…
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Quarter 4 Week 7 Update: Hey You Guys!
Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. It has been a heck of a busy week here at Hammer the Backlog central, with loads of side projects on, and a slight bit of overambitiousness (is that a word? Google doesn’t think it’s a word) almost…
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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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