We all know that weapons can be used for ill, but this challenge asks you to dream up a non-violent weapon that is used for good. So unholster your marshmallow gun, roll out the t-shirt cannons, and show us what’s in your low poly arsenal.

UPDATE: Winner – The Super Bubbler by maddhattpatt

To see what the judges had to say about the winner, check out the Forum.

TL;DR: Create a low poly (<10k polys) non-violent weapon using your preferred tools and workflow, upload it to Sketchfab, and tag it #WeaponChallenge.

Rules

• Use your favorite software and workflow to model a low poly non-violent weapon.
• Stay under 10K polygons
• Submit only new work, but feel free to submit multiple entries.
• Once you’ve created your weapon, upload it to Sketchfab, tag it #WeaponChallenge.
• Share what you’re planning to create on the challenge topic in the forum!
• If you have won a weekly challenge in the past 3 months, you are ineligible to win this challenge. We still encourage you to test your skills and participate!
• Submission deadline is Monday, February 11 (23:59 New York time – EST)

Judges

• Phil Gosch, Mieke Roth, NomadKing, Geoffrey Marchal, Rik van den Biggelaar, Kevin Cayuela Borg, and Abby Crawford, Sketchfab Masters
• Bart and Tom, Community Team

Prizes

• $100 Amazon gift card (or equivalent if you don’t have access to Amazon)
• 3 months of Sketchfab PRO to your account

Terms and Conditions

• No purchase necessary.
• By entering this competition, entrants will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the conditions.
• This is a contest for individuals, no teams.
• No alternative prizes available. The prize draw is not open to Sketchfab employees or their families.
• No ripping of models from anywhere on the Internet, all entries must be original works.
• The judges’ decision are final – in case of dispute, no correspondence will be entered into.
• Winning entries will be documented and may be used for promotional purposes.
• Contestants’ models must be uploaded to Sketchfab and tagged #WeaponChallenge to be considered.
• Winners retain all Intellectual Property as per Sketchfab standard Terms and Conditions.
• Winners and winning entries may be required to take part in any publicity resulting from this competition.
• The winner will be contacted by Friday, February 15.
• Promoter: Sketchfab Inc, 1123 Broadway, Suite 501, New York, NY 10010, USA.