Cast your votes for the 2026 Whiffie awards

TomZ · February 22, 2026, 10:10:11 AM

Cast your votes for the 2026 Whiffie awards

The polls for the 2026 Whiffies are up now. I sincerely hope I didn't forget anyone, missed a nomination or put someone in the wrong category!
This year 150 models were nominated, built by 46 different members. This led to 226 contenders in 19 categories.

You will be able to cast a total of 54 votes each. The polls will be up until Tuesday 3rd of March 20:00 CET. The polls say a later date but that is because I want to close them manually and not let them expire. The 4th of march 20:00 CET is the closing of the voting.

The award show will take place on Sunday the 15th of March from 20:00 CET.

Let's all vote for our favourite models of 2026!

The Academy

Rheged · February 22, 2026, 11:00:54 AM

I've voted! It was not an easy job; any and all of these deserve a certificate of excellence

scautomoton · February 22, 2026, 11:06:49 AM

Ditto. Some tough choices there. Good luck to everyone who has been nominated.

Steel Penguin · February 22, 2026, 11:57:40 AM

also voted.
but as ive said before, and others say today.
well done all there are a lot of darn fine models on there again this year.

PR19_Kit · February 22, 2026, 01:37:47 PM

I've only been able to vote in three classes because of the Imgur Image Issue.

This is a serious problem and needs some thinking about. I have suggested a possible solution elsewhere.

TomZ · February 22, 2026, 11:33:38 PM

All Imgur images have been replaced!

All, I replaced all images from Imgur with ones hosted on Flickr, If I had known about the issue, I would have done so from the start.
I hope I got them all and everyone can now see all the pictures. In all there were 17 images in 29 places $:-\$

I took the liberty of removing all Imgur related comments from the voting threads to avoid cluttering the vote.
I have my opinions on censorship and what people should be protected from or not but here is neither the place nor the time to go into all that.

I just hope everyone can cast their votes now!

TomZ

PR19_Kit · February 23, 2026, 01:25:12 AM

Magic, thanks very much for sorting it so quickly.

Thanks Tom.

Weaver · February 23, 2026, 01:52:21 AM

Wow, well done Tom: that was fast work!

zenrat · February 23, 2026, 01:56:53 AM

I'm about to go and vote. It take a while to marshal all my proxies and remember the passwords for the many many fake accounts I control...

Thanks for doing this Tom.
👍🏼

Dizzyfugu · February 23, 2026, 02:05:19 AM

Thanks a lot for setting things up and mending the Imgur issues!

PR19_Kit · February 23, 2026, 02:35:24 AM

NOT the easiest of tasks, and I've still got the Backstories to vote on.

zenrat · February 23, 2026, 02:49:41 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 23, 2026, 02:35:24 AMNOT the easiest of tasks, and I've still got the Backstories to vote on.

Me too. I need to read them all again before I vote.

Old Wombat · February 23, 2026, 04:38:07 AM

Well, that wasn't easy!

Well done, everybody! I would've needed hundreds of votes to vote for everyone who deserved it!

NARSES2 · February 23, 2026, 06:21:53 AM

Thank you Tom

I shall sit down and cast my votes over the next day or two

kerick · February 23, 2026, 07:39:30 AM

I voted and it was even more difficult to choose than ever! So many deserving builds!