/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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This is her full speech on the picture.

"Alright heres the prop I have been working out. Thanks Chiithe Berry for coming over and helping out some. You are best Sword holder! Thank you also Cody Fields for the advice. It worked beautifully!

Now all that said and credit all given. Let me say something. I don't want any more of those messages or comments saying "You should've done this..." Or "Well that doesn't really work, you need to do this". Let me make this very clear. I don't NEED to do anything. This is only the second prop I made and I didn't want to spend a fortune. ALSO it was going to be big. I was going for actual size compared to me. It's actually taller then I am with handle. I also didn't want it to be flopping all around and flimsy. But it also became a thing where I needed to PROVE a point. You don't have to go out and buy things to make a nice looking prop.

All this is cardboard. painters tape, and duct tape with a PVC pipe for a handle. Is it flimsy? No. It's actually pretty durable really. I actually had someone tell me I needed to use foam and honestly, this better then foam.

See, I like criticism, really I do. I like learning and becoming better. But most messages I get aren't criticism. They are just plain rude. Like "Oh you did this? Well that's wrong. It needs to be this way," and frankly I am tired of it. I get it the most with my Link costume. If you want to give me advice. That's fine but don't insult my costume and my props. It's not always easy you know."