Design-a-Weapon Contest

I wonder if they allow entries inspired by weapons you have seen in other games/movies. Not directly ripping them off, but using the concept.

Oh baby I'm there....

To the sketchbook I go.

Their art department gets to do that to, but they make a hefty chunk of money doing it. I still think that they should give ch. 2 (at the very very least) as a prize.

It most likely means something different to a Anet employee than it would to a fan.

The ANET employee is doing it because he has to, to get paid plus he makes stuff that goes in games everyday.

The fan does it because of a love of guildwars and wanting to create something used in a game which most fans don't get to do ever.

Definitely going to be all over this. I do wish we got a copy of Chapt. 2 though.

I'm thinking an extendable sword with a color-dyeable circular blade and cuts through almost anything and...

omg lol i goin 2 entar

If I do send anything in, I will make sure that I try each of the weapon types. Expands my chances from 0.000001% of winning to 0.000002%. lol, but its fun in itself.

I thought u can only submit one weapon/shield.

no u can submit one weapon/shield from each category. So for example u can only send 1 axe

if only they give free chap2 to winners, then i might pick up a pencil =D

Just drew my entry. Heh, a hobby of mine is drawing weapons in MS Paint (do NOT underestimate this program, it rocks) so this contest is my kind of thing. Not that I'm sure of winning, but it'd be so cool to have something in-game that I designed.

If anything, the staff will atleast see what we can come up with, even if we don't win.

alrighty, my hammer is ready for shipment. got bored this morning, went into paint, started um...painting. took im guessing about 30 minutes or so to get in all the text describing it, and modifying what i really want it to look like. im not the geek of the family, in fact GW is my first MMO ever, and im the one sending it in, lol. good luck everyone!

k, thanks Im gona raise my chance of winning by designing several weapons..

I designed a sweet bow, then I scanned it into my computer and when I seen it on the computer it looked like crap. I have photoshop and I'm actually pretty good in it, but trying to fix a weapon with a lot of curves is hard. I guess it don't matter much though since there is no real prize anyways.

A sword. No wait, a laser sword! With guns on it! That shoot other laser swords! YEAH!!
Or maybe some ninjas that morph into fireballs... volcanos... pictures of the president..

You forgot to end /sarcasm.

I did it for you. =)

--The Shim

How about a Cat O' Nine Tails?

Think 'beastmastery weapon' and run with it...

:-)

I am almost tempted, but 'cmon a chapter 2 or atleast kick down a free t-shirt.

Also... no electronic submissions?
What's the dealio with that?

Hi,

Glad to hear such enthusiastic response to the contest! The reason we're accepting hard copies this time is that we want to be sure to give everyone a chance to enter a contest or two. Sometimes we'll accept electronic entries, sometimes we'll accept prints/hard copies. If you think about it, not everyone has a computer art program, and not everyone has a scanner. Taking hand-drawn art to a place and getting it scanned and zipped into an electronic file is a whole lot more expensive than a postage stamp. So it's accessibility and outreach that prompts that particular rule.

Yes, you can send any sort of printed copy you want: Hand-drawn (pencil, markers, charcoal, pen and ink, crayon ); computer-generated art (colour or black and white print); watercolours; pastels; collage; oil paintings... Whatever fits your needs as an artist is great, but you do not need to be an artist to enter! We know that some of the best ideas will come from those who can't draft a stick figure but who have a really great idea for an in-game item. If you sent us chicken scratches but our Art Team was able to see it as having great potential for a cool weapon or shield, you're in. The Art Team will be interpreting the art, not using it straight on. So ideas are great, and execution, while it helps us visualize your idea, is really sort of secondary.

Polling an assortment of players, naturally those who enter (and those who win) would love to have more. But the most significant prize we could give, I was told, was recognition and incorporation into the game. That's what we went with, just as we did with the Guild Emblems and the Brand the Bosses Contests. If it's not adequate, well, I'm sorry, but it'll have to do. For one thing, I don't want impatient winners pinging me during the (very intense) last week before release saying "Please send me my free copy in advance so I can play the minute the game goes live." I'm kind, but I'm not so kind I can pull off the impossible!

I hope to see a ton of entries and thanks again for your support of the contest!

gaile what if people like me want to enter but the mailing system here is too slow,

i mean it takes weeks to months for it to get here or there