Tag: warhammer-40k
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Quarter 1 Week 3 Update: Commencing Infiltration…

You might not have spotted me due to my camouflage, but you have stumbled upon the latest weekly update to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly painting, accountability and productivity blog. Are we still on the high of new year, new project, new energy, or have 2006 moldlines started to drag us down? Read on! SCORECARD…
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Quarter 1 Week 2 Update: There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

Ssssshhhhh…. No talking in the library. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We are only two weeks into a brand new year and new project, and enthusiasm and interest is at an all time high on my end. But will that enthusiasm be enough to carry through…
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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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Year 3 Review and Year 4 Target Setting

Well hello there. Thanks for coming. Welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog run by me, Mick. In this update we are going to look at the last 52 weeks of the year 2024/2025 and start planning for next year, 2025/2026. Please, take my hand and join me as…
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Quarter 4 Week 12 Update: Down Tools

Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Last week I finished painting Deathwatch Overkill, the 2016 boardgame and the last painting target of the year. That left me two weeks still to go in the year, with no targets to hit. I originally scheduled a…
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Quarter 4 Week 9 Update: It’s a Sprint not a Marathon

Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog, where sometimes things go wrong. It’s been one of those weeks, gang. You know the ones. Despite taking a whole assed day off of work, things still got away from me a little bit. Look, it happens to the…
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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 4 Week 6 Update: Scary Monsters (and Super Freaks)

This is Major Mick to Hammer the Backlog readers. Take your protein pills and put your helmets on to get ready for this week’s Hammer the Backlog update. Hammer the Backlog is a weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog where I attempt to paint my 30 year backlog of neglected minis before a…
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Quarter 4 Week 4 Update: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

It’s Hammer the Backlog time! That’s right! High energy this week. High speed, low drag! Ok, I’ll take it down a notch. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I’m trying to get 30 years of hoarded tabletop minis painted to a standard that I’m happy with,…
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Quarter 4 Week 3 Update: Always Look on the Bright Side

Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the painting, productivity and accountability blog. You join me at about the 25% mark of the last quarter of year 3, with one last big project (the genestealer cults side of Deathwatch Overkill) well and truly underway, and the enormous potential of year four just enticingly over…


