2008 JCA Results

Note: There will be no dio award show for this year's results in order to get them up quickly. Also, if a category was hotly contested, and there were a lot of close ones this year, then we put 2nd place below the winner(s).

Custom Figures/Vehicles
  • Best G.I. Joe custom
  • Best Cobra custom
  • Best "Other" custom
  • Best NJC Custom
    • Winner: Nighthawk by JFAK075
  • Best custom of an existing character
  • Best original character
  • Best group project custom
  • Best LBC
  • Best female custom
  • Best humorous custom
  • Best vehicle custom
  • Best playset custom
  • * Best overall customizer for figures
    • Winner: 2 way tie
      • JFAK075
      • Jin saotome
  • * Best overall customizer for vehicles
    • Winner: carnage717
  • * Best overall customizer for playsets
    • Winner: Cap
  • * Most improved customizer
    • Winner: 2 way tie
      • drbindy
      • gijoey
  • Best use of a bad part (ie - I can't believe the custom came out that good using that piece!)
    • Winner: 2 way tie
      • Bongo by Lance Sputnik (Teddy Bear)
      • The Shadow by joemichaels70 (Overkill head)
  • * Customizer that you borrow the most ideas from
    • Winner: 5 way tie
      • Cap
      • chad_ghost
      • Headandhand
      • Jin saotome
      • Matthew
Technique
  • * Best camouflage painter: Refers to overall painting skills of a customizer, not just on a specific custom.
    • Winner: LIVEVIL
  • * Best overall painter: Refers to overall painting skills of a customizer, not just on a specific custom.
    • Winner: Jin saotome
  • * Best parts modification: Refers to work on a specific figure by a customizer.
Dioramas & Dio-Stories
  • Best Dio Story
  • Best Mini-Dio Story
  • Best Single Shot in a dio
  • Best Set Design
    • Winner: 1:18th Town, Toxie's 1:18th Universe/Scale Wars by Cap
  • Best use of a known character
  • Best use of an unknown character: Customs or figures provided very little or no characterization from any other media.
    • Winner: Toxo-Zombie Toxies 1:18th Universe by zedhatch
  • Best photography / special effects
    • Winner: General Hawk
  • Most improved Dio-Storiest
    • Winner: zedhatch
Miscellaneous
  • Most helpful board member
    • Winner: JFAK075
    • 2nd place:Sidewinder
  • Joecustoms.com Joseph Colton Lifetime Achievement Award: To be given to a member for their value to the site and the online G.I. Joe community as a whole. Previous winners (beav, General Hawk, camper, Cap, Marauder John, and JFAK075) are ineligible.
    • Winner: pluv
    • 2nd place:Zombieguide

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