Contemptor Kevin's 2021 in review

Whoo-boy. After spending the better part of the year under some form of isolation, I was burned out at the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021. Plus, I had hosted Christmas lunch/dinner amongst my "pod" and had to put away all my hobby stuff in favor of various meats.

But after a couple of weeks of, rest, recuperation, and when my dog was out of the house for a couple of days undergoing a medical procedure (1), I was able to get back into the groove. During Salsa's operation, I was contacted by my vet and told they wanted to take a couple of her baby teeth out to let her mature teeth grow in. Since she was very much in a bitey-phase at the time, I readily agreed - but asked them to save the teeth. This was the kick in the pants I needed, I decided to start my 2021 hobbying by painting Ghazkull Mag Uruk Thracka, my first ever Ork model.

Credit: Kevin Stillman

My big hobby achievements in 2021 were:

Getting featured on the Warhammer TV Hobby Round-Up with my Uriel Ventris and Primaris Lieutenants
Playing in the NoLA Warhammer Open and getting sent to the paint spotlight

Credit: Kevin Stillman

Winning a game at a competitive event!
Getting to hang out with my Goonhammer friends in New Orleans
Winning a Warhammer trivia competition at New Orleans
Getting a box set completely built and primed (if not, you know, finished).
Painting a miniature at an event, and having it look fantastic!
Experimenting with new painting techniques, and having results that looked amazing.
Returning to events and the "nerd summer camp" feel
Finishing two Primarchs

Credit: Kevin Stillman

Credit: Kevin Stillman

My hobby goals for 2022 are:

Finish my Ultramarines Second Company (having 99-101 non-character models painted in the Blue and Gold of the Second Company. I'm at 90 right now)
Finish more of my backlog by adding in some more units to my Space Wolves army in preparation for the LVO and Adepticon. This includes magnetizing all of their bases
Build and finish the box sets I purchased in 2020 and 2021
Find a place to put all of my finished models for display.

Right now, we are in a rather exciting time in this hobby. The hobby has never been more visible - and the techniques proliferating in the Community (be it via Goonhammer's website and discord; YouTube, Warhammer+, etc.) have never been easier to access. Here's to 2021, and the hope of an even more exciting 2022!

In total, the following models were built/painted/finished by me in 2021:

Ultramarines:

2x Uriel Ventris 1x Chief Librarian Tigurius 1x Sergeant Telion 2x Primaris Lieutenants 10x Assault Intercessors 10x Intercessor Squad 5x Heavy Intercessors 3x Eradicators 1x Redemptor Dreadnought 1x Hammerfall Bunker 1x Gladiator Reaper 1x Invader ATV 5x Bladeguard Veterans 1x Primaris Apothecary

Space Wolves:

1x Redemptor Dreadnought 5x Thunderwolf Cavalry 5x Bladeguard Veterans 1x Impulsor 1x Wolf Priest on Bike

Death Guard: 1x Space Marine Heroes Series 3

Orks:

1x Ghazkull 1x Makari 1x Mekboy Workshop 1x Gitzstompa

Necrons:

1x Con exclusive Necron

Sisters of Battle

1x St. Celestine and her Geminae Superia 1x Morvenn Vahl

Primarchs:

Rogal Dorn Horus Lupercal

Terrain:

1xCommand Box Battlefield Expansion Set

Miscellaneous

1x Black Legion Helbrute 1x Gregor Eisenhorn 1x Brokk Grungsson

(1) Remember folks, please spay and neuter your pets! I know, I know, telling them the week afterwards they can't play isn't the most fun thing in the world, but it's a good thing.

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