Here are a few masks used by Luke Rook (Grody Shogun Lulubell).
Masks for Betty Hairy Honey:
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| Note there are 3 masks just for the eyes! |
Masks for the Lulubell x Real Head mini Fortune Cat:
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| The character ("love") is so complex that two masks are used (one after the other) to spray the same area. |
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| From the inside. Each mask fits its toy perfectly. |
10 comments:
Hey Andy what are the masks made out of? Metal?
I was wondering the same thing. Looks like a little copper is showing through on a few. Do they use lasers to make the cut outs?
they're often hand-cut brass sheets...copper would make sense as well.
thanks for this article, there's so little info out there about this part of the process...!
Yep, the masks are hand cut metal. I'm looking into the materials. My guess is copper, since that's used for toy molds in Japan. I'll find out more and do a follow up post.
I would be curious if there is any information on sofubi masks as collectables?
Makes sense for the high cost then. Seems like Vacuformed masks would work too and be cheaper.
thanks for the info
I'd think the only masks one could collect would be for retired figures or those that, for whatever reason, had new masks made.
But it seems to me there's very little interest in the modern indy sofubi world for provenance related collectibles (perhaps because most of the makers have only been at it a few years). I imagine there must be a collector or two avidly pursuing proto and development pieces related to vintage figures.
Miles: what's a vacuformed mask?
Its a process of heating up plastic sheets and suction forming them over an item.
Nice, thanks for the info! I'm gathering more material about the masks and am planning a follow-up post hopefully pretty soon.
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