I feel like I would break a leg in those things... O.O
I would make them last, but historically they haven't lasted for long. It's pretty much a matter of accidental damage. I still have my grunt around, though it needs some repair. My Jackal...needs a lot of work. The colors of the face finally faded out completely so it looks like a zombie right now. But I expected that; it was only a matter of time. But that's a technical flaw with how I did it, so yeah. My very FIRST grunt from high school has been destroyed, simply to make room for my newer one.
It's also a matter of where I will contain these projects afterward. It's a shame, I know, to put that much effort into something to have it just sit there and never be worn again, but that's pretty much how it is for my costumes at the moment. A buildup of energy, a moment of fiery glory, and then a pile of ashes afterward.
Ideally if I had the time/patience to learn how to fiberglass things, I would make the hunter a bit more...permanent.
And as far as auctioning things off? The costumes basically only fit me, as I usually build around body parts. As a result, I know their weaknesses and how far I can push certain areas of the costumes, etc. I don't think they would fit/last on anyone else.
So as lovely as my costumes are, they are not without flaws. I usually just build one, show it off, document the hell out of it, and then move on to the next.
However, the good thing about the way I build costumes is, it's like a series of prototypes, and I get better as they go on. Each time I build a costume, I learn something new about making the next one better. Yeah, they look pretty good, but if I had the patience to go back and build them again I would know how and where to fix them. So while each costume ends up being scrapped, it's all in the name of science. I'm teaching myself, so there are mistakes and learning opportunities. The costumes before the current ones don't get made in vain. They make way for better things.