A well-made backpack bumps you so far up the cosplay ladder. The backpack is a prop that doesn’t get a lot of attention (since it’s not visible head-on) but can be loaded to the brim with details. This panda Teemo has a wonderful bamboo backpack, made of common ingredients, yet full of small touches: the slats, the side boxes, the color scheme – and I like the shoulder pads for comfort.

All in all, it probably didn’t cost more than fifty dollars, but it made for one hell of an outfit.