Tag: Year 3
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Quarter 3 Week 1 Update: Sick as a Christmas Pig!

Please excuse the coughing, I think I am literally dying with the flu. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog, where this week we are getting a start on quarter 3 of year 3 of the project! As with every other time, a new quarter brings new…
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Quarter 2 Week 14 Update: Done and Dusted

Hi there! Hello again. Welcome back to the last week of Quarter 2 of Year 3 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We don’t usually stretch into 14 weeks around these parts, but either some poor planning or some excellent foresight on my part gave me this last week…
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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 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 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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Quarter 2 Week 2 Update: Stop Making A Scene!

Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the mini painting, accountability and productivity blog! In classic “New Quarter, New You!” fashion, this week has been both an absolute joy to get into and a flurry of activity that I will spend the next 10 weeks trying to keep up with! If this week’s new…


