There is the problem.You did not specify when you made the rules up if the texture had to be hand made or if it was just the model itself.
My understanding is that the model would be judged not the texture, animation,functionality,etc.
Of course then you should have said you wanted the models untextured.
However,Crow already withdrew from the contest and posted his entry here for all to download so if using any texture were allowed he would have to make another weapon.
And since the other people who are submitting entries made them by hand it would be unfair to them to allow non-self made textures.
You could say you wanted them untextured now but then a lot of time and energy has been wasted in texturing weapons and that isn't fair either.
It looks like somebody is gonna get screwed no matter what is decided so what I am going to do is read through this thread again and consult the other judges and hopefully make a decision that is as fair as possible to everyone...
In other words,I don't know yet.