Hammer the Backlog

Quarter 3 Week 11 Update: Something Fishy Going On Hello there me hearties, and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly scurvy mini painting, accountability, plundering and productivity blog. I am Captain Mick of the good ship backlog, Manaa…

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Quarter 3 Week 10 Update: Porcupine Hello there. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. When I say mini painting, it’s pretty much almost all Warhammer. You join me today a…

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Quarter 3 Week 9 Update: Checks and Lack of Balances Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly productivity, accountability and painting overly elaborate patterns on tiny pants blog. I am Mick, the one who hammers the backlog. Why not …

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Quarter 3 Week 8 Update: A Slight Diversion We’re back at it again at Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. In a week filled with diversions and distractions, I am once again sick as a pig with a…

Quarter 3 Week 8 Update: A Slight Diversion hammerthebacklog.com/2026/02/05/q...

Quarter 3 Week 7 Update: But is it Canon? Oh my god, it’s Thursday evening already. That must mean it’s time for yet another Hammer the Backlog update. Get ready to get blasted with the weekly scorecard update, the project progress, this w…

Quarter 3 Week 7 Update: But is it Canon? hammerthebacklog.com/2026/01/29/q...

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 week…

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Quarter 3 Week 5 Update: Down with Banners Hello and welcome back to year 4 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Lookit, it’s mostly Warhammer. More than 90% I’d say. And in quarter 3 of yea…

Quarter 3 Week 5 Update: Down with Banners hammerthebacklog.com/2026/01/15/q...

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 m…

Quarter 3 Week 4 Update: Knights in White Satin hammerthebacklog.com/2026/01/08/q...

Quarter 3 Week 1 Update: Hungry Like the Wolf 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 fo…

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Quarter 2 Week 13 Update: This Way Up Welcome back to another Hammer the Backlog update, and another end of quarter review! It’s been a long and rocky road to getting everything done this quarter, topped off with some hectic and ever s…

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Would you belive I've nver done a 15mm model in my life. My gut instinct is more, obviously, but it would really depend on the level of detail both on the models and that you are aspiring too. Any pictures of one of your finished models?

Quarter 2 Week 12 Update: Beautiful, on the Inside Hello there fellow spacefarers. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly, mostly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. You are probably just as shocked to hear this a…

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Quarter 2 Week 11 Update: Bricoles Hello there! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting (not orks), productivity and accountability blog. This week, I’ve been painting pretty much anything but Orks. A classic en…

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Quarter 2 Week 10 Update: Assault on Black Reach? Completed it, Mate. I’m freeeeeeee! After 10 weeks of painting up the Ork half of the Assault on Black Reach boxed set, from next week I’ll be free to do something else! Huzzah! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the…

Quarter 2 Week 10 Update: Assault on Black Reach? Completed it, Mate. hammerthebacklog.com/2025/11/20/q...

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. So…

Quarter 2 Week 9 Update: Rhythm is Going to Get You hammerthebacklog.com/2025/11/13/q...

Quarter 2 Week 8 Update: Mo’ Time, Same Problems Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, ya gitz. Hammer the Backlog is my weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Every week I paint some models, fill in an accountability scorecard…

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Quarter 2 Week 7 Update: Wake Me Up When Orktober Ends Green day? Green bloody month more like it! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer (mostly) mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I am Mick, the one who Hammers the…

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Quarter 2 Week 6 Update: Dees Bois Need Sum Disuplin Hello there! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. You join me at almost the midway point of quarter 2 of year for, and for a reflectio…

Quarter 2 Week 6 Update: Dees Bois Need Sum Disuplin hammerthebacklog.com/2025/10/23/q...

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 dark…

Quarter 2 Week 5 Update: Da Green Tide hammerthebacklog.com/2025/10/16/q...

Quarter 2 Week 4 Update: Get to the Choppa! Hello there fellow Predators. No, wait a minute, that doesn’t sound great. Hey you, over here! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog, wh…

Quarter 2 Week 4 Update: Get to the Choppa! hammerthebacklog.com/2025/10/09/q...

Quarter 2 Week 3 Update: Orktober? Hello there. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly painting, productivity and accountability blog. Join me for another week of checking the weekly scorecard, catching up on the quarterly g…

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Quarter 2 Week 2 Update: The Inevitable Slow Down Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. It’s been a pretty tough week for me in real life this week, so motivation hit an all t…

Quarter 2 Week 2 Update: The Inevitable Slow Down hammerthebacklog.com/2025/09/25/q...

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 fo…

Quarter 2 Week 1 Update: More Fun Than You Can Shake A Nob At hammerthebacklog.com/2025/09/18/q...

Quarter 1 Week 13 Update: There’s Only One Juan Diaz Hi there, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity, accountability and Juan Diaz fan blog. It’s the end of another quarter already, so join me for the th…

Quarter 1 Week 13 Update: There’s Only One Juan Diaz hammerthebacklog.com/2025/09/11/q...

Quarter 1 Week 12 Update: Why the Long Face? It’s Thursday night, it’s Hammer the Backlog time. Welcome back to the penultimate update from Year 4, Quarter 1. With the Blood Ravens project well and truly in the bag, this week was an opportuni…

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Quarter 1 Week 11 Update: Death has Arrived! It’s Thursday, so that means it’s Hammer the Backlog time. Join me, why don’t you, as I wrap up the quarter 1 project a full two weeks early and spend the rest of the time trying to find something …

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Guest Blog: How Project Reaver Helped Harry Stop Worrying and Hammer the Backlog Hi gang! As a special treat this week we have Hammer the Backlog’s second ever full guest post! Give him a bit of support here: Now! Over to the man himself! Take it from here Harry: I have been in…

Guest Blog: How Project Reaver Helped Harry Stop Worrying and Hammer the Backlog hammerthebacklog.com/2025/08/21/g...

Quarter 1 Week 10 Update: The Machine Spirit is Prepared Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the suddenly highly topical mini painting, productivity and accountability blog in which I try to get a mountain of collected Warhammer projects painte…

Quarter 1 Week 10 Update: The Machine Spirit is Prepared hammerthebacklog.com/2025/08/21/q...

Quarter 1 Week 9 Update: A Moment of Laxity Spawns a Lifetime of Heresy. Lucky for me, then, that I have been on top of things this week! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I can’t believe it is already we…

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Quarter 1 Week 8 Update: The Emperor’s Finest Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We’re back on solid ground after last week’s disruption, so thank you very much for com…

Quarter 1 Week 8 Update: The Emperor's Finest hammerthebacklog.com/2025/08/07/q...