Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We’ve hit one of the bigger milestones in the quarter 2 goals this week, as well as accidentally hitting another. Join me for a weekly dive into scorecards, targets and painted models. SCORECARD Ignore the actual red in the actual ledger, everything is green this week. I’m sure we’ll get that bug fixed eventually. Some day. Three Plague Marines painted this week, clocking in a 6 HtB points, and evening out the progress for the quarter so far.

Welcome back, puss-filled rotbags, to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We’re already about a quarter of the way into quarter 2 of year five, and I’ve just put the finishing touches on the first full unit of models from the Warhammer Conquest collection I collected (collected is a euphemism for bought) more than eight years ago. As far as hammering the backlog goes, eight years ago is practically yesterday, but let’s not let that detract from progress. SCORECARD Good news, app progress is back on track.

Hello there, fellow puss filled grubs, and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly disease spreading, productivity and accountability blog. And mini painting! This week has been a classic week 2 week. Things are moving along, everything from this quarter is still new and fresh, and I have lots to talk about, if relatively little to actually report. SCORECARD All in the green this week, with 3 Plague Marines painted for 2 points each. That’s 6 points. That’s one over target! That means I’m probably only going to do two next week, evening out at 5 a week.

Hello and Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I’ll leave you to guess if this week’s title is related to the minis I’m currently painting, or just something that my mother said to me because I was discussing bodily functions at the dinner table. Again. SCORECARD All green this week, the colour of snot and radioactive puss. Lovely. Green is going to be the theme of this quarter, I imagine. With “only” two models painted, let’s justify that 5 points. I’m counting each of the Plague Marines as two points.

Hello and welcome to the final week of quarter 1 of year 5 of the Hammer the Backlog project, my ongoing mission to refind the joy (and paint up, I suppose) my 30 years of hoarded tabletop gaming minis. A real week of two parts, with the end of quarter well and truly in the bag, and the next quarter looming noisomely over the horizon. Let’s go through the motions of formally wrapping up quarter one first! SCORECARD A little bit of red in the ledger, and that’s even ignoring the accidentally red zeros in the “hold-ups” column.

Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, where this week, very few backlogs were hammered. Hammer the Backlog is the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog where I try to paint all of my minis before I do myself enough physical harm that I am no longer able to. Because I am middle aged and active, not because I’m self harming, but thanks for checking. SCORECARD A little bit of red in the ledger this week with no minis painted. A few reasons. Obviously with the quarter’s targets done, that took some of the pressure off.

Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Last week, at only 10 weeks into quarter 1 of year 5, I finished all of my existing Dark Eldar collection, leaving me with a luxurious 3 weeks left in the quarter with no pressing models to paint. When we last spoke, I was making a mental list (as in, a list in my mind, not a bonkers crazy list) of potential candidates for this sumptuous extra time. What did I settle on? And did I get it done?

Hello there, skinless ones. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. You join me towards the end of quarter 1 of year 5, with a project already in the can with three weeks to go. What will I do with the three weeks I have left? Only one way to find out… SCORECARD Happy to report that for the last week of the Dark Eldar project, everything is in the green. It was a lovely, relaxing chilled out week of painting one childhood favourite model.

Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly productivity, mini painting and accountability blog. You’ll notice I moved the order of those phrases around this week, as I’ve been saying the same thing every week for four years and three months, and variety is sometimes needed to stop us from going mad. Anyway, this week I painted black. Let’s see if I went mad. SCORECARD The only thing not black this week is the scorecard, which is completely green. With the raider counting as ten points, in fact, we’re double in the green, making up for last week’s measly two points.

Welcome back to the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog, henceforth (and previously) known as Hammer the Backlog. I am Mick, the one who hammers the backlog, and you join me this week on a week that is going to look pretty bad on paper, but which was actually super productive. SCORECARD Ok, first hurdle this week is that I don’t have a scorecard image, as we are still working on the app and while it’s being updated I wasn’t able to grab the scorecard image this week. Having said that, it would be in the red this week for models completed, with a measly 2 done.

Hello there. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I know you’ve only got one question on your mind. What could have possibly attracted 16-year-old Mick to the army which featured the busty goth dominatrixes in their latex rubberised battle underpants? Well, the only way to find out is to read on!  SCORECARD I’ll be honest, it was probably the boobies. Now that that great spoiler is out of the way, another week fully in the green. Thursday somewhat snuck up on me this week, so I did do about half of the week’s painting today, to be honest.

Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. You join me, Mick (he who hammers the backlog) at roughly speaking the mid point of quarter 1 of year five. It’s summer, I’m painting old metal models from the 90s, they are goths, could life be any better? SCORECARD It’s a clean sweep of green this week as I finished my Dracon for 4 Hammer the Backlog points and my “new” Incubi with shredder for 1 HtB point. A nice, uneventful week of painting, no stress, nothing in particular to report.

It’s Thursday, so welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We are still neck deep in an unseasonable heatwave, so what better way to celebrate that by going back and painting some models from the hot and wet 90s? SCORECARD All green on the scorecard this week with my Morathi archon conversion counting as 5 points as the centrepiece character for this quarter. She was easily done and dusted by Thursday evening due to being a relatively simple and enjoyable model to paint, with most (but not all, see later) decision making already done.

Hello and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I’m Mick, the one who hammers the backlog, and over the last few days I’ve been suffering my own hell of being a creature biologically designed for the cold having to deal with 30 degree heat every day. So don’t tell me I don’t know what it feels like to live the constant suffering of the Dark Eldar. SCORECARD A little bit of red in the ledger this week, with only 4 Incubi painted, rather than 5.

Welcome back to week 3 of year 5 (omg) of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. It’s been another fabulously productive, start-of-the-year energy week of backlog hammering, so let’s jump straight into it. SCORECARD Another week fully in the green, with 5 little men painted, and all other commitments met. It was a fairly uneventful week this week, overall. I suppose the most noteworthy thing was that, since these models really were in terrible, terrible condition, most of Saturday morning was spent stripping, searching for matching bits and rebuilding.

Welcome back to the dark and mysterious city of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Am I still on a productivity and excitement high after the yearly review and planning sessions, or has the reality of restoring and repairing the models in the worst state in my collection come crashing down on me? Only one way to find out. Read on, if you dare! SCORECARD Nope, nothing has come crashing down! Another week fully in the green, with one of the quarterly sub-goals, get 5 Dark Eldar Scourges painted, 100% completed.

Hello again. It’s year bloomin’ 5! Can you imagine that? Five whole years of hammering the backlog. Well, four whole years done, and on to the fifth. Since new years are usually when the biggest number of new readers come on board, let me briefly introduce myself and the project. I am Mick, and I am the one who hammers the backlog. Although I am a man of great depth and many facets, the only one that really matters here is that I spent about 25 years, from the mid nineties until 5 years ago, buying, starting and then abandoning mini painting “projects”.

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 2025/2026 and start planning for next year, 2026/2027. Please, take my hand and join me as we look back on the year that was and experience something akin to the joy of a childhood christmas in the middle of June. YEAR 4 REVIEW So the main painting targets of year 4 were well and truly achieved!

Harry is back after a year of hammering his backlog! How has it gone for him, a rousing success or an ignominious failure? Only one way to find out. Over to you, Harry! Last time Mick asked me to write up a blog for Hammer the Backlog, I was fresh-faced and had a mountain of sprues and half-finished projects cluttering my hobby room. Fast forward a year and I’m excited to say things are going in right direction! The backlog is going down, and I have some nicely painted models to show for it.

As we enter the shadowy last two weeks of year 4 of Hammer the Backlog, join me once again to take a look at this week’s progress in the internet’s only* (may not be true) productivity, accountability and mini painting blog. The penultimate week of the year brings the last five models to be painted. Did I get them done, or are they still half painted on my desk, mocking my lack of commitment? And baldness? And that I could stand to lose about 10kg? Hey! Why is this getting so personal?

Hello fellow rear-rankers. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. As the end of year 4 of the Hammer the Backlog project looms large over the horizon (only two weeks left in year 4!), did I manage to recapture my mojo after painting 5 weeks of highly detailed, intricate Dragon Princes by painting a rank of highly detailed, intricate Sea Guard? Or did the house of cards finally come crashing down around me? Let’s read on to find out. SCORECARD Nope, I did it.

Hello fellow princes. And princesses. And gender neutral royal offspring. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. I am Mick, the one who hammers the backlog, and each week I bang my head against the wall of getting 30 years of hoarded minis painted in a systematic way. Let’s take a look at the project scorecard, this week’s models, and any other issues or bits and bobs that have come up. SCORECARD Wahey, all in the green this week. So as well as getting the final Dragon Prince painted (strictly speaking, worth 3 Hammer the Backlog points) I also dragged two neglected 90s plastic wood elf archers out of the pile of shame to make this week’s total up to 5.

Hello and welcome back! It’s Hammering time! Look, I’m trying to build up a head of energy and excitement before we take a look at the fourth and penultimate high detailed and intricate Dragon Price model from this quarter’s showcase unit. Hammer the Backlog is the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog, where I try to get more that 30 years worth of collected models from dusty old boxes to painted, photographed and shared online. Each week I take a look at the project scorecard, the progress on the quarterly targets and this week’s five Hammer the Backlog points worth of painted models.

Dragin’ on? Dragging on? Get it? Nevermind. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. We’re three week’s deep into project Dragon Princes, which I always knew was going to be the defining phase of this quarter. But am I riding the crest of the wave, or is it grinding me down like the unending tides? Only one way to find out. Read on! SCORECARD Nope, I’m hanging in there. Just another single model this week, the Dragon Princes standard bearer. I felt fine counting this guy as five points of HtB effort this week.

Great minds think alike? Or do fools seldom differ? Anyway, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. It’s been an exceptionally busy week at Hammer the Backlog Central (my house). I know I say that every couple of weeks, and then do a big reveal that everything is still in the green, but will it be like that this week? Only one way to find out. SCORECARD Damn, a little bit of red creeped into the green this week. Actually, now that I look at it, the scorecard with its reds, greens and whites looks just like the Dragon Princes scheme I’ve been painting.

Senlui! Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. It has been a heck of a busy week in real life this week, with very busy and tiring work days taking up a lot of my energy and time. Has that impacted the Hammer the Backlog project negatively? Only one way to find out. Read on! Or I guess you could call me and ask me, if you had my number. Or instagram, I guess. Many more than one way! But read on anyway!

The Majestic Eagle’s call to you all, dear readers, and welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. Did I manage to stay on target this week? Or did my shot go wide? Only one way to find out! SCORECARD Another bullseye this week, fully in the green. I managed to keep my target in my sights and actually got these week’s models done a day early. Probably for the best as next week’s models are going to be…. Complicated, let’s just say. It might be a stretch to count the Eagle Claw bolt thrower and crew as five points rather than four, as, unlike an empire cannon, it only has two crew not three.

Welcome back to another week of Hammer the Backlog, the internet’s first and greatest mini painting blog. Look, not everything on the internet has to be true. We live in a post truth world. Anyway, what is true is that Hammer the backlog is a weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog, and that each week I take a look at the project scorecard, the progress on the quarterly targets and this week’s five Hammer the Backlog points worth of painted models. So let’s do that! SCORECARD All green again this week, pulling the 10 week averages back into shape a little.

Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Each week I take a look at the week’s scorecard to make sure that the overall Hammer the Backlog project is progressing nicely, then have a look at the progress on quarterly targets and any issues that have come up during the week. Then we take a look at this week’s models, social media progress and finally any other business. You join me today on week 3 of the last quarter of the year. The final quarter is often the most interesting of the year.

Senlue, fellow guardians of Ulthuan. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, stress, productivity, stress and accountability blog. Why all the stress? Well, have you ever painted High Elves to a self imposed strict deadline? Have you? Then you would know! No, it’s fine, I promise. I even have some sneaky plans to make it easier for myself. SCORECARD Despite all my whinging, another week fully in the green. Five highly detailed and intricate Seaguard painted to a standard I’m happy with. It's funny that these are going in the rear rank of an existing unit, since they are probably better painted than the front rankers.

Hello and welcome to the first week of quarter 4 of year 4 (Really? Can you believe it?) of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog where I try to use an operating system to turn 25 years of buyer’s remorse back into joy. Every year, at the start of the year, I find four baking trays worth of abandoned projects and try to rekindle the joy and excitement that I had when I first bought them. Regular readers will know that by quarter 4, all of the choices are off the table, there is only one baking tray of unpainted models left to do to knock off the full year’s targets.

Welcome back to the final week of quarter 3 of year 4 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog. It’s been a heck of a week of video making, and there has been a probably unneeded trip to the hospital (I’m fine!), so read on for the weekly scorecard, project updates and to see if I actually managed to get any models painted this week. (I didn’t) SCORECARD Alrighty then, a bit of red in the ledger this week. So! Let me explain! First of all, there were no actual target models to paint, as I got the last of the current batch of empire models done this week.

Hello there me hearties and welcome… No wait, I did the pirate thing last week didn’t I? Well, you write 200 blog updates in four years and try to be original! This is Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. It’s the penultimate week of quarter 3 of year 4, and a fairly busy and quite stressful week in real life definitely impacted painting productivity this week. But did it impact things enough to knock the quarter off schedule? Only one way to find out!

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…

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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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…

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…

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…