Design-a-Weapon (2005)

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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!

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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.

The concept for the Dragoncrest Axe

Prizes[edit]

The winners had their weapon or shield design immortalised 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[edit]

Weapon designed Submitter Country
Dragoncrest Axe Peter Walthuis Netherlands flag.png Netherlands
Ironwing Flatbow Thomas Klieber German flag.png Germany
Ceremonial Daggers Michael Chang USA flag.png United States of America
Straw Effigy Allen Taubler USA flag.png United States of America
Gavel of the Nephilim Anthony Lopes USA flag.png United States of America
Exalted Aegis LeeAnn Harrison Canadian flag.png Canada
Vertebreaker Nicole Morris USA flag.png United States of America
Wayward Wand Michele Schwarz German flag.png Germany

Honorable Mentions[edit]

Submitter Country
Sean F. Bastien Canadian flag.png Canada
Paquier Berenice French flag.png France
Nathan Griffith USA flag.png United States of America
Thomas Feist USA flag.png United States of America
Caroline Coronel USA flag.png United States of America
Andre Roux USA flag.png United States of America
Lasareth USA flag.png United States of America
S. Britton English flag.png England
Mark J. Querijero Canadian flag.png Canada
Andrew Carpenter New Zealand flag.png New Zealand
Jessica Foster USA flag.png United States of America
Daniel Harris USA flag.png United States of America
Zsolt Domsodi Hungarian flag.png Hungary
Chris Talbot USA flag.png United States of America
Benjamin Chavigner French flag.png France
Sydney Tang Canadian flag.png Canada
James Beveridge Canadian flag.png Canada

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