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[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
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| Ironwing Flatbow | Thomas Klieber |  Germany
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| Ceremonial Daggers | Michael Chang |  United States of America
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| Straw Effigy | Allen Taubler | United States of America
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| Gavel of the Nephilim | Anthony Lopes | United States of America
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| Exalted Aegis | LeeAnn Harrison |  Canada
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| Vertebreaker | Nicole Morris | United States of America
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| Wayward Wand | Michele Schwarz | Germany
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Honorable Mentions[edit]
| Submitter | Country |
| Sean F. Bastien | Canada
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| Paquier Berenice |  France
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| Nathan Griffith | United States of America
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| Thomas Feist | United States of America
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| Caroline Coronel | United States of America
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| Andre Roux | United States of America
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| Lasareth | United States of America
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| S. Britton |  England
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| Mark J. Querijero | Canada
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| Andrew Carpenter |  New Zealand
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| Jessica Foster | United States of America
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| Daniel Harris | United States of America
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| Zsolt Domsodi |  Hungary
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| Chris Talbot | United States of America
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| Benjamin Chavigner | France
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| Sydney Tang | Canada
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| James Beveridge | Canada
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Related articles[edit]
External links[edit]
| 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 |
