On July 5th, Square Enix released the winning entries for FFXI's 1st Shield Design Contest, which let players design their own shields to potentially be implemented into the game. As a follow-up, all entries, both winning and otherwise, were finally unveiled, revealing a plethora of shield designs, ranging from beautiful to silly.

Check below the break for a link to all the shield entries, and be sure to let us know what you thought of the entries over on the ZAM forums!

From Playonline.com:

We would like to express our amazement and wonder at the lovely shields?both fancy and subdued?you submitted to us for the shield design contest!

Though the winners have already been decided, we would like to share with you the fabulous entries we have received so that you can appreciate them as much as we do.

Read on for a view of the entrants!