I got these in addition to my Adult Batman Dark Knight costume by Rubies since the default ones are horrendous. I read in another review that you can add some tin foil to the spikes to make them more sturdy and look much better, which I did and found out was true, but not without a lot of work. I had to cut the stitches on the ends of the sewn together pleather (spikes), and slid some semi rigid wire down the length in order for the forward and rear spikes to stay lined up with eachother. Then I folded up some tin foil and slid in as thick a piece as I could in each slot (outside of the wire, so the wire bulge doesn't show) and sewed it up in order to give a better appearance of rigid blades. I am pretty happy with the end result. Next, I plan on using the drawn on outlines of the armor to create real armor and glue it on over the outline, probably using some sort of leather for the material. We'll see how that turns out. Overall, great buy for the money, especially if you like to be creative and make modifications to make cheaper things better.