WINNERS!!

[Browncoat]

CUSTOM OF THE YEAR 2008 WINNERS
Here is a full roundup of the winners:




Best Buffy Summers Custom
willowswarlok - Scythe Snatching Buffy




Best Main Character Custom from BtVS
MsBig - "The Prom" Angel




Best Minor Character Custom from BtVS
MsBig - "Becoming" Kendra




Best Tableau Custom from BtVS
willowswarlok - Season 8 Water Fight Fuffy




Best Main Character Custom from Angel
MsBig - "Room with a View" Cordy




Best Minor Character Custom from Angel
MsBig - "The Prodigal" Kate Lockley




Best Tableau Custom from Angel
JBrow - Doyle-Watching Angel and Cordy from "You're Welcome"




Best Custom from Firefly/Serenity
MsBig - "Safe" Simon & River




Best Whedonverse Base or Playset
Jamersy - The Magic Shop




Best Non-Whedonverse Fictional Character Custom
willowswarlok - Sam and Dean Winchester




Best Non-Whedonverse Celebrity or "Real Person" Custom
MsBig - Aunt Marjorie




Best Fully Articulated Figure from Whedonverse or Non-Whedonverse
Kenobi - "Life Serial" Buffy




Best Sculpting Achievement from Whedonverse or Non-Whedonverse
willowswarlok - Chosen Leaping Buffy




Best Painting Achievement from Whedonverse or Non-Whedonverse
itmustbebunnies418 – "Never Leave Me" First Evil Buffy & Uber-Vamp




Best Likeness for Head Not Available for that Character/Person from Whedonverse or Non-Whedonverse
MsBig - "The Prodigal" Kate Lockley




Most Creative Custom from Whedonverse or Non-Whedonverse
willowswarlok - Season 8 Water Fight Fuffy




Beginner Custom of the Year 2008 from Whedonverse or Non-Whedonverse
Jamersy - "Seeing Red" Willow & Tara




Intermediate Custom of the Year 2008 from Whedonverse or Non-Whedonverse
itmustbebunnies418 – "Never Leave Me" First Evil Buffy & Uber-Vamp




Advanced Custom of the Year 2008 from Whedonverse or Non-Whedonverse
willowswarlok - Season 8 Water Fight Fuffy








Congratulations to all of the winners!

[Jess]

Congrats to all the winners.

I thought I had a better chance at winning in a category this year, but there's always next year. I guess I'll just have to step up my game even more this year.

[ba|1]

Congrats to all winners!!!

Dont worry Jess, your customs gettin better and better!

[dman]

I would also like to add my Congrats to everyone!

I was fairly certain I had little chance of winning anything this year, and I'm glad I was surrounded by such great competition. Defintitely gonna have to step up my game!

Congrats again

[Lior Knight]

Congrats everybody!

[mango]

Congratulations, not only to those who win, but also to everybody who participated !There was lots of beautiful work last year !

It's just sad that same custom won in several categories.

[MasterPizza]

"Best Likeness for Head Not Available for that Character/Person from Whedonverse or Non-Whedonverse"

I think this category should be split, sure Kate is a great custom, but she's already in the upper category of Angel minor character. I think this category should be based in other series not in Buffy or Angel. If I take a look all the customs are from Buffy there is only the winchester brothers from other series.
I think the water scene is amazing, you can go to any ceramic or resin shop and it's rare to see an scene like that, it's just the effect of the water that it's hard to accomplish well and it's rare to find too.

[Jess]

I disagree on that. This is a Buffy forum, we should have a category for that. Maybe next time we could put 2 different categories for that same topic: Best Likeness Whedonverse and Non-Whedonverse for head not available.

(There were other non-Whedonverse customs up there from other tv series as well. I had some of my Charmed stuff up.)

[MasterPizza]

exactly, the category should be split in that way. Sure it's a Buffy forum, but there is a lot of customs out of the buffyverse and I think we should give more credit to them too.

[VAMPYR]

Feb 2, 2009 6:01:11 GMT -5 Jess said:

Congrats to all the winners.

I thought I had a better chance at winning in a category this year, but there's always next year. I guess I'll just have to step up my game even more this year.

You're such a good sport!
Congrats to everybody, but especially Wayne, who won 3 times with the same custom! Great job!

GaGa~Vampyr

[Barb]

Great job everyone it was really hard to decide who to vote tfor his year becasue of all of the great customs. Also congrats to everyone who didn't win.

[jamersy]

I'm not surprised by some of the wins. I'm sure we all know Sasha and Wayne are brilliant custom folks. I was hoping to see some variety with the wins--not the same piece over and over. But a lot of the pieces I voted for won.... To everyone that entered, I had a great time looking at what you all thought were your "best of" customs. It'll be neat to see what this year has in store for us.

[MsBig]

Congratulations to everyone! And thank you so much to Laura for organizing it. I know it wasn't easy, and we appreciate the time you spent on it.

I was really impressed with the showing this year. There were some great pieces. I like the poll layout as well. Although some of the competitors didn't get a win, the final polls show how their work was acknowledged and appreciated.

The Forum Staff are sponsoring this competition. We will be arranging a prize for each of the winners. Please PM your full name and postal addresses to me, and we'll assign you a sponsor.

[Becky]

Congratulations everyone!!

[madvicks]

Congrats all! It was very hard picking a vote in some categories. Thanks to Laura who made voting this year so much easier and accessible! Kudos!

[MasterPizza]

I think it was a shame that Henz wont enter in the competition, the Doyle set of him was amazing, congratulations to all, you are very creative people, keep going with your work and the new poll system is the best.

[EndofDayss]

I think this year went great ... very easy to vote (seems like we had more votes then normal too this way, no?).

Congrats everyone! and thanks for all those who voted for my Angel set.

[willowswarlok]

wow, just rememebered about this
thanks so much for everyone who voted for me made my day
congrats to everyone else who won, i loved that we had seperate/new categories.
a special shout out to adam, whos work has improved a hellalot in the last year
thanks
Wayne

[VampSpike]

Congrats everyone!
This was my first time entering, and stupid me didn't read the T+C's properly....i only entered one piece per category. I'll be sure to read more thoroughly next year lol.

[CraigO]

Congratulations all!