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| Summoner Yuna Cosplay & Staff Photo by David Ng |
Once my new roll of wonderflex arrived I was excited to get some progress done. I traced the foam board and cut out the two main pieces. The heat gun I use when working with wonderflex, however, is technically my father's, and since I moved out of my parents house I don't have as immediate access to it. Without the heat gun I could only do so much, but I was so anxious to keep working I got a little stupid. I chose to hot glue the wonderflex to the foam board. It was a bit of a struggle to get enough glue on to place the wonderflex before some glue had cooled, but at the moment it seemed to work alright.
Fast forward a day: I've got my heat gun and start cutting out edge pieces to cover the sides and cut outs and to better fasten the main pieces together and to the foam board. Lo and behold, everywhere I placed hot glue is raised and bumpy. Had I been patient I could have tried to adhere the wonderflex directly to the foam board and it would have laid flat with ease. As it is I was able to flatten it a little with my heat gun, and will probably be able to buff out the rest of the bumpiness with sand paper, but it won't be as good as it could have been, and the perfectionist in me will always remember that.
Please, take this cautionary tale to heart and remember to be patient when you work. That is not to say put things off and procrastinate, but if you do not have the correct tools to do something and you will get them in time, don't try to make do just because you're anxious for results. Rushing will only cause sloppy results. Patience, on the other hand, will allow you to think things through and work to the best of your ability. As the old adage goes “patience is a virtue; virtue is a grace; put them both together and you'll have a happy face.” :)
