Design-a-Weapon (2005)
“It's time for another Guild Wars contest! And with the Design-a-Weapon Contest, you have a chance to be immortalized forever in the second chapter of the Guild Wars story. We will be offering many new weapons and shields in the upcoming installment, and we'd love to include items based on your concepts. To enter the contest, simply send us a drawing, sketch, or printed image of a weapon or shield that you have designed...You need not keep your weapon or shield concepts within the boundaries of the Tyria that we know so well. In the coming chapter, there will be new professions and new regions that have not yet been explored. Feel free to engage in an artistic flight of fancy and to include art influences from around the globe in your weapon or shield design!
The Design-a-Weapon (2005) contest ran in the winter of 2005 to design concept art for weapons that would be included in the release of the second chapter of Guild Wars. There were over a thousand entries with only eight being selected to be implemented in-game. The closing date for the contest was December 21st, 2005.
Prizes
The winners had their weapon or shield design immortalized in the release version of Guild Wars Factions. In addition, each winning design is posted with the artist's name on the official Guild Wars website.
Prize Winners
| Weapon designed | Submitter | Country |
| Dragoncrest Axe | Peter Walthuis | File:Netherlands flag.png Netherlands |
| Ironwing Flatbow | Thomas Klieber | File:German flag.png Germany |
| Ceremonial Daggers | Michael Chang | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| Straw Effigy | Allen Taubler | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| Gavel of the Nephilim | Anthony Lopes | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| Exalted Aegis | LeeAnn Harrison | File:Canadian flag.png Canada |
| Vertebreaker | Nicole Morris | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| Wayward Wand | Michele Schwarz | File:German flag.png Germany |
Honorable Mentions
| Submitter | Country |
| Sean F. Bastien | File:Canadian flag.png Canada |
| Paquier Berenice | File:French flag.png France |
| Nathan Griffith | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| Thomas Feist | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| Caroline Coronel | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| Andre Roux | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| Lasareth | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| S. Britton | File:English flag.png England |
| Mark J. Querijero | File:Canadian flag.png Canada |
| Andrew Carpenter | File:New Zealand flag.png New Zealand |
| Jessica Foster | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| Daniel Harris | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| Zsolt Domsodi | File:Hungarian flag.png Hungary |
| Chris Talbot | File:USA flag.png United States of America |
| Benjamin Chavigner | File:French flag.png France |
| Sydney Tang | File:Canadian flag.png Canada |
| James Beveridge | File:Canadian flag.png Canada |
Related articles
External links
| Contests | |
|---|---|
| Halloween Art | 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 |
| Wintersday Art | 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 |
| Design-a-Weapon | 2005 • 2007 |
| Brand the Bosses | 2005 (Sorrows Furnace) • 2007 (EotN) |
| Super Fan | 2006 • 2007 |
| Guild Emblem | Prophecies • Factions • Nightfall |
| Miscellaneous | Battle Report Contest • Factions Backstage Pass Event • Mini Mania Contest • Henchman skill bar contest |
