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:icontheteenwonder:
Better than the dark knight rises bane
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:iconwhaleshooter:
"Better than the dark knight rises bane"

Don't wanna seem cocky, but if you think that, you haven't done cosplay long enough.

But then again, I'm someone who thinks it's okay to reinvent and make redisigns as long as you stick to the core of the source. The dark knight rises- bane's mask is a clever contraption working as a plot device, loosely based on several bane-designs. Your's is a wollen balaclava with a napkin sewn on poorly by hand.

don't want to be offensive and make you hate me, and I can respect you for simply not liking the design of Cris Nolan's Bane. Just trying to tell you that if you don't have the right materials it's okay to quirk the design a bit, so that it fits more to the materials you have.

Also, the balaclava is very elastic. It should be no problem to use the machine to sew. Sewing by hand is not recomended.
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:iconcruelwater:
Cant agree with you anymore!!! they suck at redesigning
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:iconpalindromia:
How does liking Bane's original comic design more than TDKR design mean that this person hasn't "done cosplay long enough"? The mask in this picture doesn't look particularly finished to me (missing the red eyes, and I could be wrong but I just assumed it was pinned with the wrong side out here), so I can understand you saying their specific mask isn't super well made, but that really doesn't have anything to do with which version is better. What I gathered from the description here was that they preferred this VERSION of Bane over TDKR version (as do I, honestly), not that THIS mask that they made was better than the actual movie one.

I don't know. I agree that if this mask is finished, it's not that good. I agree that if you want to be a good cosplayer you either need the right materials or need to change things to make the materials you DO have look good. Totally. Those opinions just seem out of place here and I got the impression that they were talking about versions, not their creation.

I could be completely wrong and I might be perpetuating a stupid misunderstanding, in which case just ignore me.
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:iconwhaleshooter:
Actually, I think i'm the one who was wrong here. as you can see on the date, I wrote this message half a year ago, when I was in a bad mood. I totally get liking the comicbook verssion of Bane's mask better (the main reason banes mask in Rises works is because having him look like a luchadore in the Nolan-verse would be silly), but as I said I was in a bad mood, an I took this guy's message as; "There, it's done. Not perticularly pretty, but still cooler than in DK Rises!" Which made me angry because I know what it means to put time and effort into a costume. I know what thought probably went into Nolan's Bane-mask. And I can see that this is a wollen balaclava with a piece of white cloth sewed on by hand.

If you look at my Batman cosplay, you might see that I am a pretty big fan of interpreting designs and making variations of that to achieve a personal style, and in that regard I applaud Nolan's costume designer.

In retrospect I know I was rude, and I apologize to TheTeenWonder for going out of line. If making costumes gives you joy, then don't let anyone stop you. You're only going to get better.
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:iconpalindromia:
I totally agree that the original version would look silly in the movies, and having the balls to redesign classic characters to that extent is pretty impressive regardless of results. As a fellow cosplayer, I know exactly where you're coming from. I'm a perfectionist and I spend endless hours making things just how I want them. I can see how, coming from that standpoint, your original interpretation of their comment would've been frustrating for sure. Also I'm dumb for not looking at the dates and then replying to a 6 month old comment without realizing it.

In any case, your Batman costume is awesome and I always appreciate seeing fellow DC cosplayers who actually put the time and effort into making something worthwhile. Check out my Harley Quinn cosplay if you get a chance (<--- shameless cosplay whoring).

p.s. Thank you for being one of the few reasonable people on the internet. Always appreciated. :)
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:iconwhaleshooter:
Maybe people on the internet are just misunderstood. Maybe they too just have a bad day sometimes. Probably not.
Anyway, thanks for the kind words, and Great Harley Quinn cosplay by the way!

And to TheTeenWonder, who is also reading this for sure; We'll stop using your comment section as private chatboard now. ;)
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:icontheteenwonder:
Dude he looks like Darth Vader.
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