Hey everyone, TobiFan here, for my first Cosplay i want to go as Tobi (Naruto, Akatsuki Group)but am slightly stuf about how to make his Mask and armour plating.



Refernce for the mask and armour Above. i had planned on using Paper Masche. but im not sure i could get the swirls with it, Would Fimo be an option?. hope you guys can give me some advice and tips ^_^

i would think that because papier mache is rather rough, you could always sand it down with sandpaper to smoothen it out and then draw the swirls on with permanent marker or something, but then what do i know? XD

what about wire, curled into the right shaped and then some kind of fabric stretched over it or attached under the wire? visability will be a problem though unless you used a see-through fabric?

if you use papier mache you could always glue newspaper strips over it to make it smooth. it's difficult to sand as it tends to shred away from itself.
that way you could get the grooves etc etc though.
once again a problem with visability though.....

as i said, what do i know?

i started using Paper mache, but wire might do well with paper mashe over it, the black circle is a hole, i had to edit it to avoid spoilers, hehe

UPDATE! ive made the base for the mask ^_^, im quite happy with it acctually, gotta do more layers but i am getting there now ! ^_^



still trying to work out the spirals

*raises hand* ooh! ooh! ooh!
i know! i know!
modelling clay! make strips with one end thicker than the other, glue them onto the make with the thick ends at the outside edge, let them dry and paint them!

also, get some black netting or see-through fabric for the eye hole, you'll still be able to see but it'll give you that nice black hole like in the mask. ><

Ill give moddelling clay a go, urm, how does it work? XD, drys hard?

won't modelling clay add a fair bit of weight to it though? i know i'm no expert, but clay on the face... :\ might feel a little heavy somehow, unless i'm thinking of something else lol

you have a point there.
what about model magic? it models like clay but it's super super light like foam. it's awesome. made by Crayola, i bought a big bucket of the stuff off amazon a year ago and i still have alot of it left. it's awesome stuff.

could be worth looking up, i was thinking of using Fimo tho, just to place around the mask for shape, then take the papeir masche off before cooking hehe, only problem would be attaching the fabric

alternatively, you could make like thin rolls of newspaper and paper mache them on. might take a while, but that way, hardly any weight is aded on and you save a bit of money ;P

and also keeping the shape, the fimo goes softer before it gets hard, and comes out soft too.
and if you attach the fabric with a hot glue gun at the back instead of the front it'd be fine. ^^

i'm pretty sure the better craft shops sell light weight modelling clay, failing model magic. the newspaper idea is a bit fiddly. and proper papier mache takes AAAAGES to dry. ><

hmm touché. well thats about it as far as my own limited advice goes

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i guess the only other alternative i know would work is paint or permanent marker XD

heh, i used Super Papier Mache (newspaper + wallpaper paste), works so much better. , but i hate papier masche

hmm.. instead of using waste paper and newspaper(cause it's more work..) i normally use tissue! layered it with tissue paper, make it wet, but not too wet, then with a brush, layer it with glue (white Fox glue would do), wait till it dry up, put couple more layer. don't apply glue to the last layer. done!