Tag: warhammer
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Quarter 3 Week 10 Update: Sally Mander

Welcome back to what really is the home stretch of quarter 3 of year 3 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. It was a tough week of real life this week, but I managed to more or less hit the targets on the mini painting side of things, assuming…
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Quarter 3 Week 9 Update: I Believe I Can Fly

Week nine already? Those weeks are really flying by! Welcome back to the home stretch of quarter 3 of year 3 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Despite the fact that the end of the quarter has snuck up on me, you join me this week deep into a…
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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 6 Update: Force Integrated Strength Team

Or FIST for short. Imperial Fist, that is. Or are my fully painted unit of Bretonnian Men-at-Arms, very kindly sent to me by the gang over at Merlin’s Miniatures, the real force integrated strength team? Only one way to find out, by reading the rest of this week’s update here at Hammer the Backlog, the…
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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 3 Update: Why So Blue?

Hello there! Thank you very much for coming back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly table top mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. In fact, welcome to the most normal week of Hammer the Backlog we’ve had in ages! No deadlines looming, no big video projects, no Christmas break or flu! Just a normal week…
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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 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…


