The Winners from the We@pon Design Contest!
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Thank you everyone who entered the contest. There were so many interesting entries, it was really hard to decided on the winners, especially the first place.
Those who won will be contacted via email a couple of days after this video is published, to not spoil the surprise.
I'm also planning to show a list of honorable mentions in another video, since there is a lot of cool stuff.
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Here are the honorable mentions: th-cam.com/video/AB4bMuPL4VY/w-d-xo.html
Why don't you use a small mace head as a pommel in the Cooper Khopesh? I'm sure you can make it work!
Can you add a link to the original contest rules, into the video decription? I'd love to see it too.
That is a frigg'n Sword Spear I been talking about that for about 6 months now
I was so busy with art schoolwork I had no idea you held this contest. Really disappointing I couldn’t be a part of it, but I honestly loved the variety of ideas people came up with. I hope someday we can see something like this again!
looking at the wyvern claw...... I can't help but remember the jian techniques I saw swordsage showcase on your channel, especially that wrist movement during a thrust .
edit: found his name
Skall: We sorted out troll entries.
Also Skall: B A N A N A F A L X.
Guy just wants participation trophies for his weaponized Nike symbols
Coughs* C H A D B A N A N A F A L X
I think skall could tell that the guy was hiding behind satire to avoid feeling vulnerable if he didn't make it because the design itself was nice
@@vitriolicAmaranth absolutely. That's a technique I've employed many times in the past. It usually doesn't work, but still.
@@bradeki2997 Its a very feminine thing to do.
you should make a page showing the entries just would be cool to see the ideas from the internet
True,it would be a nice inventory
Yeah. Maybe make another poll that checks your e-mail for a consent form, and put it online somewhere, maybe as a rar/zip if too big.
I'm honoured to lose to these designs. Mine was kinda trash, compared to them.
Good job everyone and congratulations to the winners!
For me it stings a bit, especially when I was constantly asking my friends for their input and they genuinely thought my design was good. But MAN those winners were all really good, I felt like I over-built mine. If there is another contest in the future, I'm definitely going to refine my original idea. Congratulations winners!
Losing with dignity. Refreshing to read
@@wamken619 I wish this contest was made regular, perhaps annual.
@@wamken619 you made me curious about yours, is there a way I can see it somewhere? Thx
wamken619 witch one was yours, is it in honorable mentions
To all the five hundred and more who participated in the contest, thank you! For the last couple of months, it's been a pleasure seeing all of your unique and interesting designs. There were so many entries that we all liked. :)
A massive thanks to Skall in particular for letting me host this contest on his channel. And an equally massive thanks to Blargedy, Vaughn, and Quinn, who not only contributed prizes, but helped prepare and sort entries.
Congratulations to the winners! All of you are super awesome. ♥
Hey, would it be possible to make this a yearly thing? I think it would be so much fun just to see all the designs people come up with. Of course it'd be even more fun if I won, but that's beside the point. Doing this contest and designing something was so much fun.
Thank you for coming up with this idea. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finalize my design in time to submit, but it was great to finally but my design classes to use!
@@Skeezik1998 Hosting challenges like these would be a ton of fun. But there will not be as many prizes the next time. This is Skall's channel, so if he's up for another round, it would be his decision. :)
Thank you and other guys for making this contest possible, i was waiting for contest sooooo long :D about two years :D ... i hope my entry went through and I wish to be at least in honorable mentions :)
You did quite a work. Thank you very much!
anglo-saxon long sword 10/10 would buy
Agreed. The Saxon and Nordic aesthetics really speak to me. I like Longswords in general but if this design would have existed in real life I would have liked it more than any other longsword out there.
@@MaaZeus I just always loved their blade shapes really
them boys thiccccc
@@lamxung5000 Yup. Thats why I also love Albion Principe that Skall reviewed. That wide blade looks nuts in a good way.
Had the idea of making a two-handed viking sword that would've based on the sword of the norse fire giant Surtur. Unfortunately I came up with the idea too late and I'm really bad at designing something. So I'm very pleased with the anglo-saxon longsword.
yeah,same
The Cooper Khopesh is such a good design in surprised it wasn't used in history. It seems like a really practical weapon for line infantry
It probably wasn't used for line infantry because of it being extremely complex to make compared to making a spearblade, which is basically a large dagger blade stuck onto the end of a wooden stick
I would love to have one cause i’m such a huge Sly Cooper fan
I imagine primarily because it would require training and a specific fighting style to use effectively, and lends itself more to individual combat, wheras a spear is basically "pointy end go in bad guy" and its super easy to use as a group
The Mancatcher comes to mind when I look at the Cooper Khopesh, though I can also see why it would actually be more of either a tortures tool or an executioner type weapon
When you breakdown the blade shape, an remember what most pole arms were designed as, the main blade would have been extremely difficult to shape the blade. The actual kopesh was thick to help with the shaping, and the Cooper design had a much thinner profile, which could break off while forging.
That anglo-saxon longsword gave me hot flashes. I fell in love with it.
The great rapier is definitely a job for the guys over at That Works!
Yup, definitely a job for Matt & Ilya.
I like to think that if it had won that Skal would rent a moped to test it's use while mounted.
Oh man that sounds exactly like a project they would do.
I was thinking to the second one, the anglo saxon longsword, but they both are really interesting !
The great rapier was easiest the best design imho.
usually i've seen videos where a contest is concerned, the winner would be announced at the end.
skall: *uno reverse card*
Its a welcome change as far as i am concerned.
Thank you Skal, I'm glad you like my Anglo-Saxon sword! I'm honored to be mentioned among so many great looking designs, well done everyone!
Also, thank you to everybody who helped to organize the contest!
I didn't win, but I'm not even mad about it. Those are some really good designs.
Congratulations to the winners
Same here. Sad to see my design didn't make it, but I can't really fault Skalls descision.
The winner not being called "The Koopersh" is just baffling
"Thrust oriented polearm" isnt that just a spear
that very much sounds like a longspear
Yeah, that's just a spear.
hey now, there are many thrust oriented polearms that aren't *just* spears, for instance spears with wingy bits
Swiss halberds are apparently thrust oriented polearms. Thrust oriented polearms with additional options.
@@scottmacgregor3444 can they also open bottle caps and canned food?
The script used for the "Wyvern's Claw" blade looks like the Glagolitic script, the oldest known Slavic alphabet! It was famously used in The Witcher series. This specifically looks like the angular variant that was used in Croatia in the Early Medieval Period.
Dwarvern*
Was thinking the same thing!
"virginity intensifies" Skal knows his audience.
I just had a shadiversity ad on skalls channel. Didnt expect that
I got it aswell
Same
MATTEO FEUTH same
Same
Same, I thought it was part of the video for a sec hehe
Can Quinn make a Video Series about how he makes this Copper Khopesh? It would be pretty dope to watch this cool looking design take Shape. :D Congratulations to the Winners! All of these designs looked pretty awesome.
I Second this idea!
Garrett-Y me too
@@link319XX beautiful design man. Do you mind if I use that for a D&D weapon?
@@rossnorris2351 go ahead. Idk if it would be a halbird or a glave. I'm thinking glave
@@link319XX your design looks more... halberdey? (Random word there) So that's how I was going to handle it.
I whole heartedly agree with posting the entries pictures online! I wanna see them all! (Including the plagiarism and copies)
I'm so disappointed in myself for missing this.
Same. I had an idea I wanted to submit, but I couldn't find a way to make it work, so I didn't submit it.
The idea was a sharpened gauntlet; basically, it would be a fully functioning gauntlet that could also function as a short-range bladed weapon. That way, the wearer can never be disarmed.
@@matthewmuir8884 that's a coo idea.
Mine was just a sword of my own design. Nothing crazy, but it's all measured out and everything before this contest started. I just wanted to do a final draft. But all sorts of personal shit started happening and I put it in the back burner thinking I had plenty of time. Things slowed down towards the end of the month but I forgot about this cause of everything that was going on.
I realized I forgot about it the 2nd of this month.
same.
i have an idea for a 3 blade twisted great sword. it's a redesign for a drill-thingy sword from FGO so it focus only on thrusting. but i totally miss these design contests
@@adamcappella8088 I was in the exact same situation. I hope we get another contest. They're fun things for the community.
I’ve randomly come up with idea during video introductions but couldn’t when it was announced 😩
the last thing that needs to be done is getting all of the competition contestants to fight to the death in and arena armed with the weapons they conceptualized so we can see which of these is truly the superior weapon design.
I bet on CHAD BANANA FALX!!!
Dude you should see if Matt and Illia at that works would like to make the Anglo Saxon longsword
yah if you want it to be 7 feet long and 15lbs, they're michaelcthulhu with more funding :0 always looks damn pretty tho
Honestly if anyone could pull a beautiful design like that off it would be them
That anglosaxon longsword looks like someting Conan would use.
If they make enough books and movies, eventually EVERYTHING becomes something Conan would use.
OMG! Thank you so much skal!
Honestly never thought my design would win, and really enjoyed the other winning designs.
Congrats to the other winners and thank you so much skal!
Congratulations, Garrett! :D
@@Neiot thank you!
@@Neiot hey I'm just curious when the emails were going to be sent out.
@@link319XX They should be going out already. I'll have Quinn contact you.
@@Neiot alright, thank you
That 2nd place winner is just...gorgeous. Would love to see this made. Btw, artist's name is in the lower right corner. Artur Zima
These are some fantastic designs, and I mean that in every sense of the word. Congrats to all the winners!
This contest was one of the best ideas your channel has ever had! Absolutely loving it.
For once in the french language, you do have to pronounce the "s", at the end of "fleur de lys".
Screw language in general
Can France make up its mind about whether last letters of words are pronounced or not.. this is confusing 😆
@@sogghartha To be honnest tho, the correct prononciation in english is without the "s", but since in french it is pronouced I am pretty sure it's just a mistake from the people who brought the word into the english language thinking the "s" at the end was silent like in any other french words not knowing it's an "exception".
As to why it is pronounced, it's because it's a latin word and in latin you pronounce the terminal "s".
Simplicity was never an option in french.
@@sogghartha We just like trolling you too much. Keep guessing.
@@sogghartha though and tough LOL get your pronunciation right
congrats to all the winners! cant wait to see the big ol khopesh in action!
I hope you do this again seeing the designs of these makes me know for certain I should have entered
PLEASE do more videos in this vein I’m loving loving loving the creativity and it’s f’ing beautiful. Bravo sir.
The sunlit sea is cool. It reminds me of the two handed swiss saber in the Wallace Collection. When Tod Cutler recreated that, I fell in love
I really liked all of the designs.And concuratilatons to all winners :D
And thank you skall for making this contest,it was fun to work on this and i see i have yet a lot to learn about designing swords,axes,daggers etc.
Maybe i didn't win but i had the chance to see some really beautiful designs. :)
I get on here and see "Neiot and Quin helped SWORD out the entries" AHAHAHAA
Mwuahahaha.
exactly when i read it, he said it, nice i love those moments
Auuuugh. Good one.
Same
Can't wait to see the honorable mentions!
That anglo saxon longsword was absolutely amazing, some glorious designs in there but that one damn...
Great video! I am floored by the quality of the concepts submitted. I think you chose the most interesting one as the winner, but the top three are amazing. Also, a few of the others are super cool, but also would work. The trident, the great rapier, the mace and the nordic blade were also very inspiring.
18:30 That actually a Glagolic Script a alphabet that Kiyevian Russians used shortly before the Cyrillic was invented.
It was also used for a while in Croatia. I reside there so I recognised it.
The older, rounded form was also used in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Ukraine and Russia. But this so-called angular variant was used only in Croatia, between years 1100 and 1965 (Vatican II). The text in the video is mostly gibberish, with some English words. The Glagolitic script is totally unsuitable for English, but works great for most Slavic languages.
These were so good! Great blend of creativity and realism.
There has certainly been a lot of hard work in those entries and the detail is just amazing, well done to all those that entered.
Congratulations to all the winners, there are some really fantastic designs. I'm looking forward to seeing the honorable mentions as well!
Congrats to all the winners. Looking forward to seeing the honourable mentions next.
This is a really great idea, Skal! Such great ideas!
When you’re about to watch skallagrim and get an ad from shadiversty
Congratulations to all the winners, kudos to all participants. It was a really nice competition. Thank you Skall for this.
Awesome video Skall, great idea, great way to reach out to the community, very interesting stuff. More of this! Thanks and keep well
Wow, these are all great. But I have to say, I love that Anglo-Saxon style longsword, I think it's one of my favorite weapon design I've seen a long time.
These were so cool! I love seeing innovation especially ones that were possible historically.
Thanks for hosting the competition, Skall, and everyone else for the prizes and support. Expected to see mine in wack designs video, but this works too, congrats to all other winners, there are some really fun designs there :)
I would love to see all of these weapons in a fantasy RPG game or even a movie, they’re all awesome with form and function as all great weapons should have. My favorites were the pole arms and the Nordic sword.😋
I’m so sad I didn’t find out about this contest until June 2nd. 😢 these look awesome though! 😆 hope you guys all do another of these!
Such good designs here, I can definitely see how it would be difficult to choose between these
Congratulations to the winners!
Magnificent. Magnificent! Encore!
dude i love this - can't wait for more!
This contest was an awesome idea. If possible it would be great for this to become a yearly event!
This makes me wish I'd gotten around to finishing mine. I had a few sword drawings I liked from some years ago that I wanted to refine into a final design, but I lost faith in the project as I was trying to figure out the handle and guard. It shared some of the things you mentioned as very positive, so now I think it maybe would have been well received.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed seeing the winners, they were well deserving, this was a really cool competition.
Damn, those were all some interesting designs. Congrats to all participants.
That first weapon was absolutely gorgeous
I kinda hate myself for forgetting to enter but honestly I love these designs so much that if I had won I would have thought something was up. Seriously cheers to these winners, they deserve it!
18:13 As someone who can fluently read Croatian Glagolitic, this inscription makes little sense, it's mostly gibberish, with some English-looking words. Glagolitic script was developed for Slavic languages, this variant specifically for the Croatian variant of Old Church Slavonic. It is totally unsuitable to write English. The left side reads:
DHU . GAETH
ZVAERE - ? - NAEV'DE
PB TIP - BOTOM
YV GROP
IZ - FUŽER
Ž - NECK
YB - TOP
CUT - ÖITH - TIP - TO - BŽED
HIDE - ?OUR - BŽADE
FINGER - OVER - GUART
DO - NOT - PROVOKE
MAGIC - ÖIŽ - BETRA?
ZVAERE - ? - NAEV'DE - YIŽ *
* PROTECT - AŽ
CARVE - BUNES - ON - FUTER
RuNES - HEAT - ON - USE
FEYU - EM - ÖITH - BŽOYU
EŽYUER - SPECH - IS KE?
BECAL - ZVAERE - ? - NAEV'DE
BECAL - ZVAERE - ? - NAEV'DE
BECAL - ZVAERE - ? - NAEV'DE
ESEA - ?N - AER - FRAEREN
AE - VA - VORT - AEP - TIR- NA - CARN
Nice to see a few 3D entries. Great medium to visualize ideas.
That feeling when he have to title the video we@pon to avoid demonetization.
Censorship... Do not soften it.
Omg yes, Sly Cooper! Thats such a simple change to his cane yet it's so genius! Love it, great pick!
All the love for the ringtail :3
I could see pharaoh guards using the coopers khopesh. It's a very nice design. Everybody's designs were amazing.
I just love this channel so much...
18:00
It's glagolitic script for anyone wondering. Old slavic alphabet
That feel when you accidentally submitted your entry too late, because you misread the deadline... lol
The kukri/moro kris/handaxe just looks like a really weird kopis.
Amazing designs all around. I was prepared not to make the list due to the firearm aspects of my designs, but I'm honored to have participated in this bit of Skall history. Touche friends, touche.
I think with the trident’s long blade is long enough to kill before the shorter blades hit and they would be useful as a stop for the weapon as well
Woahhhh it's my first comment in this channel for 4 years and all of weapons were interesting and I loved how serious Skallagrim takes a look on all of them!
Bugger. Somehow I completely missed that this contest was a thing.
Very neat designs!
Nobody:
C H A D B A N A N A F A L X
Virgin mango
Virgin gladius relies on giant shield to close on.
I understood none of these comments but I'm laughing
When a meme submission is actually practical and well done enough to win. I wonder if the poor spelling was intentional to add to the joke?
That Anglo-Saxon longsword is sick as HELL HOLY SHIT. I love that half-basket guard, it's just so damn delicious.
The great rapier is easily my favorite. That's my ideal weapon.
Welp, no price for me, but I see why. These are some amazing entries and I see why they won and had a lot of fun looking at all these. Looking forward to the review of the winner as well.
These were all great. I might want to add some of them to my fantasy RPG world or even own one some day.
Damn,this seem fun,i should have partecipated,hope you are gonna run another contest in the future.
Last time I was this early pommels were still relevant.
Pommels are the true power in this galaxy...
I beg your pardon ?
@@thrownswordpommel7393 Shit! I uh uh, I didn't mean it personally! Please don't end me rightly!
@@jonah9046 When have pommels ever become irrelevant? Especially so on this channel with all the memes
nuclear handgrenades have become obsolete? looks like war itself changed!
That hybrid chopper is pretty damn close to my design, although it was executed and explained much better. Great minds think alike, I suppose.
I didn't know the circle mace and the extra curled sword were real! Cool!
I personally LOVE the second place. TBH, I always had a hard time understanding what, for me, constitutes an aesthetically pleasing sword/cold steel weapon and THIS is probably the closest thing that made me NOT think too much about it!
I ABSOLUTELY love the Great Rapier. Very cool.
I wish i knew this was happening... I have so many designs and i hope he does this again some day
Some really great designs really in love with the anglo saxon longsword
I ended up completely forgetting about the contest as soon as hay season got started but i can see that i wasn't likely to get far against these
Totally off topic but skall, I wanna say that I'm glad you are doing well. Recently watched some of your older vids and gotta say u are looking healthier then ever. Glad to see some of us doing well in these strange times. Stay great bro.
Thanks. I have to admit though that I've been struggling in a number of ways, I just keep it behind the stage.
@@Skallagrim I'm sorry to hear that. I know everyone has things they struggle with and as men we are supposed to "man up" but I also know that being popular isn't the same as having people listen. And that as human beings we are not just one dimensionally "macho" I hope that whatever you face, you come out on top of it. I know their are a lot of people who love seeing you do well. If their is any way I can help just say the word. If it's a couple bucks or a minute of time or whatever. much love, brother
@@St1cKnGoJuGgAlO Thank you. :)
I'm thinking I would call that one the widower's lock shear as what would normally be the falsetto side is more like a Vine clipping side it would definitely do a fine job on the Briars around my yard
wow these were quite interesting - really curious about the pole-pesh from a martial standpoint, totally dig the design of the anglo-saxon longsword and elven crescent sword (could totally see this in a fantasy game or series). really impressed by all these interesting designs
I personally love that modular Halberd as well!
this is an amazing list of 'what if' weapons
Hearing the name "Cooper Kopesh" and seeing that design immediately took me back to 2004.
Also this list is just chock full of things that look super insane and functionable. Definitely yoinking some for a homebrew D&D setting lol.
The anglo-saxon longsword looks fucking sick
I knew i wasnt going to win, but i was hoping to get runner up. Thank you Skall though, it was nice to try
“Virginity intensifies” 17:05 Skallgrim 2020
WOW!! There's a lot there I would love to have.
I saw an add for Shadiversity film adaptation of his book on this video and I think it’s the first time I’ve ever watched a full add
Cooper Khopesh is cool until you decide to stab with it and it becomes a harpoon. Loved that Kriegsmesser looking one.
Yeah that design is horrible. I dont know why this stupidity win
well i mean khopesh swords were used more for cutting flesh not so much for stabbing
Well, I mean, you can use it more like a halberd, or a guandao or pudao, or similar weapons.
i mean yeah but the design intends the cooper khopesh to be used more like you would use an axe with a hook
@@matyas_laczko exactly. I just think a historical user would end up wanting to stab.
Wow, I just can't stop to get amazed for how cool and innovative the design is, these winners really deserve their place.
Skall: "I like Polearms"
Polandball: "Yes, me too!"
Man I do hope we all get to see our weapons.