Welcome to the Second Annual The Whiffies (2010)

[philp]

And now, back to the show.

The Nominees for the Best Auto are:

Puddingwrestler: PAH
HOG: Acme Motors
HOG: Heinkel LSR
modelling_Mushi: Wunala Speeding
Beowulf: Wacky Races

And the winner is...

Puddingwrestler: PAH



Hmmm... where have I seen that picture before. 
One of our sponsors, uh, that is going to look bad.
What do you think we should do.  True, it was voted in.
Maybe no one will notice.
We could distract them.
How about a pic of Radish?
Naw, this will work better.

[philp]

The Nominees for the Best Armor are:

barraxr8: RAR Leopard 2A6
Buzzbomb: Abrams Urban Combat
nev: Italian Panzer II
Buzzbomb: Panzer VI mit Rheintochter
Baraxxar8: Polish Centurion MK.III

And the Whiffie goes to...

Buzzbomb: Abrams Urban Combat

[philp]

The Nominees for the Best Helicopter are:

Ed S: AV-3 Attack Autogyro
Weaver: Avro Cierva Dragonfly
KiwiZac: Bristol Type 147 Bludgeon
chrisnord: AH-70 Taipan
nev: UV-22J

And the winner is...

nev: UV-22J

[philp]

The Nominees for the Best Multi Winged Aircraft are:

Brian Da Basher: Carling flying boat
puddingwrestler: Black Scarab Fighter type III
bdb Martini & Rossi biplane
bdb: War Stearman
SequoiaRanger: Globrey Blordiator

And the Whiffie goes to...

SequoiaRanger: incredible Globrey Blordiator

[philp]

The Nominees for the Best Jet Aircraft are:

DaFrog: Su-51
RafHarrier: IAF 'THUNDER'
FAR148: IAI-10I
General Melchett: B70 Valkyrie
General Melchett: English Electric P42

And the winner is...

General Melchett: B70 Valkyrie

[philp]

The Nominees for the Best Propeller Aircraft are:

John Howling Mouse: Crown Racing 007 Mossie Racer
John Howling Mouse: Tucara
kitnut617: Beagle Turbo Terrier II
Zeke: HE119 with added Meatballs
Slava_truda: Heavy fighter Marton X/V

And the Whiffie goes to...

John Howling Mouse: Tucara

[philp]

The Nominees for the Best Scratchbuilt are:

Black Ops: Scarab fighter
General Melchett: English Electric P42
Solidmodeler: Pegasus II
Overkiller: HP-99
Brian da Basha: Starship HOG

And the winner is...

General Melchett: English Electric P42

[philp]

The Nominees for the Best Kitbash are:

Zeke: HE119 with added Meatballs
John Howling Mouse: Crown Racing 007 Mossie Racer
John Howling Mouse: Tucara
kitbasher: Fairey Falcon If
Ed S: AV-3 Attack Autogyro

And the Whiffie goes to...

John Howling Mouse: Tucara

[philp]

The Nominees for the Best Camoflage Finish are:

RafHarrier: IAF 'THUNDER'
LemonJello: A-10
Ed S: AT-4B Geckos
Buzzbomb: Abrams Urban Combat
SequoiaRanger: incredible Globrey Blordiator

And the winner is...

RafHarrier: IAF 'THUNDER'

[philp]

The Nominees for the Best Alternative Finish are:

RafHarrier: IAF 'THUNDER'
FAR148: IAI-10I
Slava_truda: Heavy fighter Marton X/V
General Melchett: F-103
General Melchett: B70 Valkyrie

And the winner is...

FAR148: IAI-10I

[philp]

Why is being a JMN a lot like being dead?
Well, when you dead, you can't do anything original either.



Well, that about wraps it up Ladies and Gents.

What do you mean I forgot one...

Oh yeah.

[philp]

This year the Oscar's went to 10 films for the Best Film and why should we be any different.
To qualify for the Whiffie of the Year you had to be in the top ten most nominated throughout all the Nomination polls.  This is where you taking the time to go through all of those long polls have helped.

So with out further ado...

The Nominations for the Whiffie of the Year are:

Black Ops: Scarab fighter
Brian da Basha: Starship HOG
Buzzbomb: Abrams Urban Combat
cthulha77: Melnibonéan Submersible
General Melchett: English Electric P42
HOG: RADIAL ENGINED Me109X/V21
John Howling Mouse: Tucara
MartG: RA-5S Vigilante
RafHarrier: IAF 'THUNDER'
Trekriffic: Martian Diorama

And this year's Whiffie goes to:

RafHarrier: IAF 'THUNDER'

[philp]

Ok, now we are done.

I want to thank you all for putting up with me bugging you to add to the Sway threads, do the Nomination polls and to vote.

I also want to thank the other members of the Academy:
puddingwrestler for his help with humor (blame him), gathering the advertisements, assisting with the nominations and several other things.
Tojo633 for once again doing the Awards Certificates
John Howling Mouse for help with Categories (and maybe something extra)

Also a special thanks to Logan Hartke for making the I Voted Banner and the Forum Admins for allowing it to run.  I think it really added to the experience.  (oh, and can you all please remove it from your sigs before the admins ask, thanks).

And finally, all of you who take the time to recognize a good build, story, profile, etc and put them in the Sway thread.  Then took the time to go through all the nomination polls and finally, to vote for the winners.

Without all of you, this wouldn't work.

Thank you all and Good Night.

[puddingwrestler]

And now, the acceptence speeches!

And who is this coming up now? Why it's Commerade Colonel Puddingskiia to accept the whiff for best auto!

[ChernayaAkula]

Congratulations to all the winners and the nominees! It was pretty hard to cast a vote simply because there were so many worthy candidates. 2009 must indeed have been a very good year for the whif! 

Special thanks to Phil for organizing all this!