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Year 1 Review and Year 2 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 2022/2023 and start planning for next year, 2023/2024. Please, take my hand and join me as…
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Quarter 4 Week 8 Update: Belial, Behemoth, Beelzebub, Asmodeus, Satanas, Lucifer
Hello fellow Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability enjoyers. Welcome back to week 8 of the final quarter of year 2 of Hammer the Backlog. Every week, at this exact time on a Thursday, I check in on the week’s progress and share with you, the lovely reader, images of this week’s models. Let’s kick…
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Quarter 4 Week 7 Update: Doctor Ravenwing, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Not Buy Darktide
Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. The motto around her is “Cost of living going up? Stop buying new minis, paint what you have!” You might wonder why I mention this up top? Well, keep reading and all will become clear. SCORECARD A fabulous week in…
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Quarter 4 Week 6 Update: Big Hairy Bikers
Hello there fellow accountability, productivity and warhammer mini painting enjoyers. Welcome back to week 6 of Quarter 4 (2023/2024) of Hammer the Backlog. No new finished models to show you this week, but that’s not as bad a thing as it seems. Join me for a look at this week’s scorecard, a look at the…
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Quarter 4 Week 5 Update: They’re not short, they’re compact
Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. Every Thursday I publish this blog, showing what models I’ve painted this week and keeping track of the overall health of the Hammer the Backlog project, aka, painting my nearly 30 years of collected grey plastic, metal and resin…
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Quarter 4 Week 4 Update: Spaceman, I always wanted you to go into space, man
Hi there. Welcome (or welcome back) to Hammer the Backlog. My name is Mick and I am using a productivity and accountability “operating system” to get more than 25 years of collected and neglected sci-fi, fantasy and other tabletop wargaming miniatures from bare to painted before my hands fall off. Each week I commit to…
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Quarter 4 Week 3 Update: Like a Phoenix, I am Risen!
Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer Mini painting, accountability and productivity blog, where I aim to get 25 years worth of accumulated tabletop wargames miniatures painted before the Solar system is squashed flat by extra-dimensional aliens. Not that that is likely to happen. I don’t have any insider information, if that’s what…
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Quarter 4 Week 2 Update: Joining the Ranks of the Unforgiven
Hi there, welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog, where this week my own personal and family life was a bit of a shambles, leading to the worst week of Backlog Hammering since records began. We had a string of illnesses and bad news this week in Hammer…
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Quarter 4 Week 1 Update: The Emperor’s Angels
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 2 of the project! As with every other time, a new quarter brings new rocks, targets that are set at the start of the quarter that I…
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Quarter 3 Week 13 Update: You did it. You Crazy Son of a Bitch you did it.
Hi there! Welcome back to the end of quarter 3 of the second year of Hammer the Backlog. If you are new around here, Hammer the Backlog is my attempt to get my 25+ years worth of collected (hoarded?) Warhammer minis painted, photographed and online. As someone who actually games with tabletop minis very infrequently,…
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Quarter 3 Week 12 Update: Change of Plans!
Hi, it’s me again! Welcome back for another week of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog in which I, Mick, attempt to paint my entire backlog of 25+ years of unpainted Warhammer miniatures before I forget how. As we come to the end of quarter 3 of the second…