General Nimay [Snapshot Henchman]

Welcome

[Snapshot Henchman] is a gallery of screenshots taken from GuildWars, a MMORPG with some of the most beautiful locations you'll ever come across in a computer game. I've been playing the game myself since early 2006 and the graphics and stunning views that the graphics department come up with time after time never fail to amaze me. Especially in Tyria, entire zones have been created with no in-game purpose but to look stunning. From the quaint little unnamed fishing village in Wizard's Folly to the sheer magnificence of the Southern Shiverpeaks, Guild Wars' scenery is one of the best aspects of the game, so I thought it would be a nice, if insane, idea to screencap the game and share them with the rest of the Internet.

Up until halfway through the Crystal Desert, I was operating on my old graphics card, which was... modest to say the least (it couldn't do anti-aliasing) but I've since upgraded to an awesome one. Still, the old screenies were taken on the same 1680x1050 widescreen monitor, so they'll nevertheless still be gorgeous and usable. Desktop images, layouts, user icons, conning a friend into buying the game for the pretties, whatever takes your fancy. I would ask that you link back to [Screenshot Henchman] if you use any, purely so that other people can have a look at the collection, but it's hardly mandatory. Each thumbnail will lead to a larger picture where you can scroll through the region's gallery or enlarge it to the full 1680x1050, 550kb image, just to save everyone's bandwidth.

I'll be going through the regions systematically just to preserve what little sanity I have left, so any links to the left that don't work will be yet to come. In the meantime, I've made up a how to guide to taking good looking screenies in GuildWars, so you can polish up your own techniques =3

Most of all, though, just enjoy the pretties. I know I do.

~ General Nimay [Snapshot Henchman]
~ I Got Girl Parts [ZOMG]

Updates

[2 Apr 2010] Yohlon Haven and Marga Coast added to Kourna.
[30 Mar 2010] Mehtani Keys, Consulate, Consulate Docks and Island of Shehkah added to Istan. Istan completed [268 screenshots]
[30 Mar 2010] Beknur Harbor, Issnur Isles and Kodlonu Hamlet added to Istan.
[29 Mar 2010] Blacktide Den and Lahtenda Bog added to Istan.
[28 Mar 2010] Jokanur Diggings and Fahranur, the First City added to Istan.
[25 Mar 2010] Cliffs of Dohjok and Zehlon Reach added to Istan. The Deep added to the Jade Sea.
[10 Mar 2010] Chakbek Village, Churrhir Fields, Kamadan, Sun Docks, Sunspear Arena, Plains of Jarin, Sunspear Great Hall, the Astralarium and Champion's Dawn added to Istan.
[24 Dec 2009] Echovald Forest completed [256 screenshots] Cantha completed [1025 screenshots]
[11 Dec 2009] Jade Sea completed [252 screenshots]
[28 Nov 2009] Kaineng City completed [262 screenshots]
[12 Oct 2009] Shing Jea Island completed [273 screenshots]
[24 Aug 2009] Tarnished Coast completed [289 screenshots] Tyria completed [3017 screenshots]
[22 Jul 2009] Charr Homelands completed [190 screenshots]
[20 Jun 2009] Far Shiverpeaks completed [329 screenshots]
[21 Apr 2009] Ring of Fire Island Chain completed [161 screenshots]
[24 Feb 2009] Southern Shiverpeaks completed [612 screenshots]
[9 Dec 2008] Crystal Desert completed [411 screenshots]
[20 Jul 2008] Maguuma Jungle completed [226 screenshots]
[26 Jun 2008] Kryta completed [413 screenshots]
[6 Jun 2008] Northern Shiverpeaks completed [166 screenshots]
[22 May 2008] Ascalon completed [116 screenshots]
[15 May 2008] Grand opening! So far only Ascalon Pre-Searing [116 screenshots] is complete and a bit of Ascalon Post-Searing, but this will change over the coming... however long it takes. Until GW2 comes out, at least.