/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>19159110
I bought one when his shop was still on etsy. What others have said is true, it is not a finished mask ready to wear out of the box, there's no mout or ears on it and you need to adjust they eyes too, so it's a bit of a project. But if you're comfortable doing that it's a steal for the price, I was not disappointed with mine. It's nice and sturdy with I dont know how many layers of fiberglass but it's not too heavy. It had plenty of rough spots but they were very minor and easy to sand smooth. I still haven't gotten around to finishing mine because I'm still chubby and lazy, but I'm happy with it all the same.

>>16599426
The unfinished mask I bought on Etsy is really big compared to most Japanese masks, it's over 8 inches wide from ear to ear. But again, it's unfinished. I was afraid it would look like a bobble head but since I'm 6'1" and kinda broad it suits me great.

>>16089730
Okay so, I ended up buying this unfinished mask on etsy expecting it to be crap, but I'm actually pretty satisfied with what I got. There are so many horror stories of people buying things on etsy and just getting garbage, and that's what I geared myself up for, but this seems like a decent base to me. It's not perfect, there are plenty of rough spots that I'm going to have to sand and prime myself, but in all fairness I didn't buy this expecting a finished mask ready to wear out of the box, I bought it expecting a project. What I really like is that it actually is fiberglass and resin like a real kig, not clay or paper mache or whatever other bullshit some western kiggers try to pass off.

There are some ridges on the top and back of the head that I actually contacted the maker about before I bought it, and he says that he builds these using a papercraft model as a base, and the polygons of the model show a little. It's not super noticeable and I didn't care since that part of the mask would be covered by hair anyway, but if that's a dealbreaker for others now you know. I'm just going to smooth it out a bit more myself anyway. The size is not bad, I was a little worried since it's a one size only model, but it fits my big fat American head perfectly and just slips on like a helmet. Clearly this was made with western buyers in mind and isn't a tiny doll head like some masks turn out. It's about 8 1/2 give or take from ear to ear, or where the ears go rather.

All in all, I'm not disappointed. It actually looks a bit better than the listing photos, which seems weird to me. You'd think you'd want to lead with you best foot forward on something like this. Like I said, it's not perfect, and I'm sure it's not the same quality as a Nukopan or whatever, but for a buck fifty I was expecting paper mache garbage and instead got a decent base that I'm confident I can turn into a decent kig. All I need now is to stop being fat and make some time to work on it and I hope to turn it into a kig of Onsa from Bakuon.