Fellow cosplayers, I need you to give 3D printers a chance: they've changed the game for me

As a cosplayer who has been on the scene since 2010 I have always admired people who are able to make highly detailed props - swords, scythes, hammers, even a life-sized Heimerdinger puppet! You name it, I've seen it at a convention. I have tried in vain over the years to make large scale, detailed…