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Custom Figures/Vehicles/Playsets

• Best G.I. Joe custom
  • Winner: Tie
  • Scarlett by bucky
  • Throttle by Dusty79
• Best Cobra custom
  • Winner: Cobra Commander by DanOfTheDead
  2nd place: Crystal Ball by Ian
• Best "Other" custom
  • Winner: Kwinn by moemoe15237
  2nd place: Black Widow by drbindy
• Best NJC Custom
  • Winner: Tie
  • Harley Quinn #1 by drbindy
  • Velma by joemichaels70
  2nd place: Magilla Gorilla by Kilcarr
• Best custom of an existing character
  • Winner: Star-Lord by drbindy
  2nd place: Golobulous by Vanishing Point
• Best original character (Excludes Group Project entries)
  • Winner: Amelia Earhart by DanOfTheDead
  2nd place: Big Poppa Rollins by drbindy
• Best o-ring style figure
  • Winner: Crimson Asp by Matthew
  2nd place: Kwinn by moemoe15237
• Best modern era style figure
  • Winner: Star-Lord by drbindy
  2nd Place: Tie
  Darkwing by DanOfTheDead
  Cobra Commander by DanOfTheDead
• Best group project custom
  • Winner: Crimson Asp by Matthew
  2nd place: Outback by pluv
• Best LBC
  • Winner: Frozone by Kilcarr
  2nd place: Chuckles by HypnoHustler
• Best female custom
  • Winner: Velma Dinkley by joemichaels70
  2nd place: Amelia Earhart by DanOfTheDead
• Most humorous custom
  • Winner: Kung Fu Calrissian by Lance Sputnik
  2nd place: Number Two, a.k.a. Dr. Bindy by drbindy
• Best modifications on a custom
  • Winner: Johnny West (with Lightning) by drbindy
  2nd place: Throttle by Dusty79
• Best engineering on a custom (added articulation, incorporating play feature, scratch build, etc.)
  • Winner: Tie
  • Krang's Android Body by DanOfTheDead
  • COBALTs by DanOfTheDead
• Best sculpting on a custom
  • Winner: Horrorshow by moemoe15237
  2nd place: Candy Appel by past nastification
• Best SEA vehicle custom
  • Winner: Orca LCV by OreoBuilder
• Best LAND vehicle custom
  • Winner: The Misery Machine by joemichaels70
  2nd place: HISS Tank by Vanishing Point
• Best AIR vehicle custom
  • Winner: Venom Chopper by OreoBuilder
  2nd place: Barnstormer by bucky
• Best playset custom
  • Winner: Cobra Command Compound by General Hawk
  2nd place: Adventure Team Headquarters by OreoBuilder
• Best use of a found item (ie - I can't believe it's not fodder!)
  • Winner: Guard Tower by 2DARK2C
  2nd place: Coral by Lance Sputnik
• Best Gallery presentation of a custom (added f/x, character reference shots, bio, taking a great custom to an even higher level)
  • Winner: Orca LCV by OreoBuilder
  2nd place: Cobra Commander by DanOfTheDead

Technique

• * Best detail painter: Refers to overall detail painting skills of customizer, not just on a specific custom
  • Winner: drbindy
  2nd place: OreoBuilder
• * Best overall painter: Refers to overall painting skills of a customizer, not just on a specific custom.
  • Winner: OreoBuilder
  2nd place: Tie
  drbindy
  Vanishing Point
• * Best photography: Refers to overall photography skills of a customizer, not just on a specific custom.
  • Winner: drbindy
  2nd place: DanOfTheDead
• * Best sculptor: Refers to overall sculpting skills of customizer, not just on a specific custom
  • Winner: DanOfTheDead
  2nd place: drbindy
• * Best overall customizer for figures in 2014:
  • Winner: OreoBuilder
  2nd place: Vanishing Point
• * Best overall customizer for vehicles in 2014:
  • Winner: Blood Brigade
  2nd place: Tie
  DREMEL
  OreoBuilder
• * Best overall customizer for playsets in 2014:
  • Winner: OreoBuilder
  2nd place: drbindy
• * Most improved customizer: (person whose technique, skill and overall performance has become more impressive over the past year)
  • Winner: Tie
  • Dusty79
  • Kilcarr
• * Customizer from whom you "borrow" the most ideas:
  • Winner: drbindy
  2nd place: Blood Brigade

Dio-Story

• Best Dio-Story
  • Winner: Darkness Falls by General Hawk
  2nd place: Joe's Cantina Series 1, Episode 7, Series Finale by drbindy

Miscellaneous

• Greatest Forum Topic of 2014:
  • Winner: Red Lasers vs Blue Lasers by bucky and joemichaels70
• Best JoeCustoms Newcomer:
  • Winner: 2DARK2C
  2nd place: phantro
• The drbindy Most Helpful Board Member Award:
  • Winner: HypnoHustler
  2nd place: joemichaels70
• Joecustoms.com Joseph Colton Gyre-Viper 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, JFAK075, pluv, Matthew, chad_ghost, gijoey, Spin Doctor, joemichaels70, drbindy, Gyre-Viper, Lance Sputnik, nova, and OreoBuilder) are ineligible.
  • Winner: ZombieGuide
  2nd place: The Spectre