What is kigurumi?
All hands on deck! Kigurumi (着ぐるみ) is some 'o the finest cosplay upon the seven seas! The lad in question dons a full-body skinsuit (it be called a "hadatai") along with an anime mask. The word "kigurumi" is comes from the Eastern Seas of Japan and it refers to any kind o' full-body disguise like those scalawag fursuiters and the like. But don't go postin' them scoundrels here or we'll throw ye to the sharks! We' just be lookin fer some fine anime-mask kind o' kigurumi.
> Where can I find kigurumi pictures/videos?
http://www.animegao.com/ has a whole treasure trove of blogs and the like for ye! On pixiv, the 着ぐるみ and 着ぐる絵 tags contains plenty of pretties for you to gaze upon! Plenty o' Japanese kigurumi players now use Twitter to go gawkin' about like parrots. http://pastebin.com/nYuh4aat might have what ye be lookin' fer.
Kigurumi performers sometimes set sail upon http://www.ustream.tv for yer viewin' pleasure. You can find 'em by searching for "kigurumi" or "着ぐるみ". http://www.mediafire.com/?xtqkc2yn75u54 and http://yellingtoilet.com/search/?q=kigurumi have many kigurumi videos for you dirty dog types. Keep yer grubby mits to yerselves and don't go askin' fer porn, or you'll be sleepin' in Davy Jones' locker!
> How much does this cost?
If ye be lookin' to get into this yerself, ye might find yerself 1000-2000 USDoubloons depending on the craftsmanship. A worthy price if ye want to look shipshape! Don't wind up lookin' like one o' them salty dogs who buy rubber bootleg masks off of eBay!
> Drama?
No drama around these parts, lad. Kigurumi pretties are fair maidens who don't go raping and pillaging.
There's no porn, me bucko.
> Isn't it usually dudes who wear these?
There are some girls, especially on stage show.
Disorganised links V0.2:
http://pastebin.com/a6XQQLkX
Kigurumi Website Feed: http://www.animegao.com/
Kigurumi Hangouts/Forums:
http://www.kigurumionline.org/
dareka else planning on kiggin back this weekend
Where can I find usually dudes who wear these?
Doll Princess Part 2, by insidedoll: http://pastebin.com/0eet22cs
In which Wii - I mean, Vii Golf foreplay ensues. Enjoy, everyone.
Here's part 1 again, for the sake of having a copy of the link on this thread: http://pastebin.com/MbrWdJHF
Why the flying shit would you put the same name as before...
>>16461480
Yeah, this makes reaching the thread without bookmarking kind of a pain. Take note, future OPs.
Doll Princess Part 3: http://pastebin.com/TNayvARe
Shit gets good. When I first read over this I missed out on so many details (bad translation + too busy jacking off). Now that it's finished, all I can say is: insidedoll is a damn genius.
Hot damn, I just bookmarked insidedoll's work on pixiv, and the site's "related works" suggestions had a shitload of stories from around 7 different authors. If google translate handles them all as decently as it does insidedoll's, this is a fucking jackpot.
>>16461868
Looks like they translate well enough. What a gold mine. Seems like that anon from the last thread'll be getting those suiting up stories they wanted.
>>16461901
Great news to hear. Best of luck finding and translating them!
>>16460385
Meetups or conventions.
What do you guys like about kigs?
>>16463191
You don't need to spend a shitton of time in makeup to look like the character.
>>16463070
Why do these Western kigs always have the shittiest cameras in the world? Like hands down THE shittiest. I can't see shit in that picture.
>>16463799
You probably just got used to the Morrigan troll spam because the average western kig doesn't (minus some starters).
>>16463070
Oh god what the fuck
>>16463799
Camouflage. Bad resolution hides details.
As it turns out part 4 of Doll Princess is both 1) long as fuck and 2) confusing as fuck, so it might take bit a little longer to get it out. Part of the reason for that is in the meanwhile, while looking at the translations for some of the shorter pixiv stories, I found and translated this:
http://pastebin.com/KiVKkKDr
It's by insidedoll, explaining how the Hobby 21 costumes work. I'm not sure anyone but me's gonna get off on technical descriptions of sci-fi fetish gear, but just in case, here ya go.
>>16461868
having trouble finding him on pixiv. can you drop a link?
has anyone uploaded the videos from lupa's fantia yet
So is the pirate copypasta the default one now?
>>16465637
if whoever keeps making the op ridiculously quickly keeps using it, then yes
>>16464749
http://www.pixiv.net/novel/member.php?id=1527953
http://pastebin.com/U3QsbWuG
Doll Princess Part 4. For the sake of having all the links in one place:
Doll Princess
Part 1: http://pastebin.com/MbrWdJHF
Part 2: http://pastebin.com/0eet22cs
Part 3: http://pastebin.com/TNayvARe
Part 4: http://pastebin.com/U3QsbWuG
Next up, the sequel: Doll Princess - after -. It goes through the same events again, except from your friend's/Princess Laura's perspective. Hold onto your dicks.
>>16463191
The (relatively) flawless, doll-like look. Especially knowing that there's a person underneath. The masks are also cuter than using tons of makeup to get a similar look, or just an actual person's face in general.
>>16466218
I'm so excited. More… I want more. And that's good. So, I'm waiting. I'm hungry for kigurumi stories.
Besides the BJD mask announcement, Munimuni is doing cosplays now too.
>>16463070
>>16469507
Does anybody know why he doesn't take photos outside of that one room and storage locker?
>>16469679
All those photos where done the same time when he was in that hotel apartment, it's only that he didn't post all at once.
Lupha posts porn-y videos to Twitter now too btw.
>>16470529
Which are you talking about? You said Lupha but posted a picture of Lupa, they're two different people, despite what others in the thread might say. Also I follow both and definitely haven't seen either post videos of any kind, at least not recently.
OK, let's try this out:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw_9aMZlF5a2amo3T3dIcUE1UU0
I figure if I'm gonna be doing this on a regular basis from now on, pastebin'll get unwieldy pretty fast. So I'm organizing everything in google drive from now on. Lemme know if I fucked up the sharing settings; I tried to make it so that anyone with the link can comment, but not edit, all of the current stories.
>>16470586
>>16470586
Look into her eyes...
>>16470586
Both are spelled Lupa/Lupha in romanji and the cow one got that kind of stuff on her Fantia too anyways.
>>16470909
And the ones from her video content are pretty bad quality.
>>16470912
That's not worth seeing.
It is better for you to see things from different sites by eroticism
where can I see @choiya_izayoi videos?
does lupa do adult videos?
>>16470912
Ah good to know. I'll spare myself then.
>>16470912
Even if I get it for free I am likely to delete it
Thank you for showing me
kigged up and ready to hit the streets
>>16470195
Not wide enough
>>16463191
Late reply, but I'd been cosplaying for ages and always found it unsatisfactory, cos I always felt more like some dumb clod in a shitty homemade costume rather than the character (which, to me, is kinda the point).
Now, with kigu, I'm still a dumb clod in a costume, but I can look in the mirror and see someone else. Also the costume is no longer shitty and homemade.
>>16460283
These "people" need to be drafted and possibly shot in the head.
Japan needs to shame and humiliate the men who are into this shit.
>>16473472
I just laughed so hard at how big a faggot you are, holy shit thank you for that
I need to fuck a mikunano.
>>16470773
So, I hope for big… hmm… place from which I can read a lot of kigustories. God, bless you.
>>16469789
I think what they meant was why are they always in those two places and nowhere else or with anybody
>>16473608
me too. mikunano is perfect.
>>16463191
the encasement aspectI'm sorry
Momiji has axillary hair...
>>16475555
Don't be.I feel the same way.
@COME_TIN
>>16463191
I like to crossdress in general, and kig allows me to crossdress as a 2d waifu and look way better than just normal cosplaying.
>>16482916
>I have no mouth, but I must drink.
>>16483041
isnt that an ice cream vending machine
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ub2_CfN1psDnjKipNpDWLi4EsukUGkUVN1lOERiXzhc/edit?usp=sharing
Doll Princess -after- Part 1. Sorry this one took so long; class load is heavy this semester, and this story's a longer denser and tougher to figure out than the previous one. I haven't started Part 2 yet, but if it goes smooth maybe I can get done before the weekend's out; no promises though. Enjoy!
>>16483712
Huh, you're right. Ok, round 2.
>>16482916
>I have no pockets, but I need change
>>16482916
How is she going to eat?
>>16484314
Quality work, anon. You should probably focus on classes though.
I really like the author's insistence that Laura and her wearer are completely different personalities with different actions and thoughts. I like to put that into my own half-assed writing. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Here's a little something for you, Anon:
dropfile (dot) to (slash) 50aoR43
>>16485774
Thanks man. And don't worry about me shafting my work; I just spent the other six hours of my day doing physics, and I feel like my brain's about to melt.
That aspect of the story is so great. I remember in the previous thread there was an anon talking about that alternate-personality aspect of kig, and just reading their bit of testimony was pretty sexy to me. So a whole story built on that premise...it was pretty fun to edit, I'll say.
>>16485792
I already bought a copy of this, but I thank you for the sentiment.
New qt in town
>>16485792
>>16486390
>expired
What was the file? I don't nessecarily want it, just curious.
>>16486974
2 of sinrin8210's commercial works
>>16488204
Ah I see. Some of them are on exhentai. These aren't?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb4n3TH1TNw
>>16485792
Can you reupload it?
>>16493396
Ask and ye shall receive
mega (dot) nz (slash) #!tkhzTL5I!U_COmRKzk87EPNB-crdj98sP9CiuhwpIO-Xn56e7MiQ
>>16495121
Much appreciated!
>>16495121
wtf are these cbz files? I have a program that views them but all it shows is a blank white page.
>>16495931
Winrar
>>16495979
I used it to extract the files but when I open it with the cbz file reader I have, all it shows me is a blank white page and the reader works with other cbz files I have, so what gives?
>>16495993
I think you're over complicating things. Forget the cbz reader, Winrar can open cbz files too. Use that instead.
>>16495931
>wtf are these cbz files
cbz is a zip file re-purposed for comic-book/manga. Change the extension to zip, if anything else isn't working, and extract their contents.
>>16498374
How many times have you read a Gideons Bible?
>>16485774
Not bad, most kigs hide their side profile because the seam is obvious.
I have a design in Blender that I'm going to 3d print and hiding the seams is the biggest difficulty so far.
>>16495121
Ah, these two have recently been uploaded to exhentai, although those were (fan?)translated chinese. Not that it matters to me, I can read neither.
What do you know, a 4chan thread without hate or bullying :o
>>16463191
I like the anonymity of kig. It's great to be somebody/something else completely.
Couldn't get into regular cosplay because it would be still me, which is meh.
>>16505697
>>16505844
Munimuni male BJD mask preview.
>>16500880
sauce
>>16505871
>>16510056
>>16510404
>>16510430
>>16510515
>>16510540
>>16510552
>>16510567
What's with everyone thinking lupa is a girl? He even makes a point to say he's not on his fantia.
>>16510583
>>16510601
link to his fantia?
>>16510607
>>16510612
>>16510623
>>16510643
>>16510689
>>16510035
Ooooh its back. :#
>>16510741
>>16510976
stage style
>>16514223
>>16514260
>>16514824
>Tfw I'm the only one contributing to the thread
Kigu truly is a dying art
>>16515184
Ught, Cure Macaroon is real?
I thought that was a fan character.
>>16515184
Is this Pretty Cure or a bad Tokyo Mewmew knockoff?
>>16515244
>those hands reflected just below the crotch.
Quality photography 10/10
>>16514785
Any more pictures of them (even if no unmaskerino)
>>16509952
I like that you couldn't really tell how big he is in kig till this picture with Charlie Puth standing next to him for size reference.
i have a question to the people, who needs glasses. How do you wear them under the mask or if not, how do you navigate at all.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GKh7tMFTbmR0l_V8Qz4fJgwtlJcm1p-A3ycRbRyMBT4
Doll Princess -after- Part 2, finally done. Classes are getting pretty heavy, so it looks like stories this heavy might have to be a weekly thing. After I finish Part 3 though, I have several shorter ones I'm looking at, so releases could speed up after that. Either way, enjoy.
>>16515134
Just post more Morrigan. That'll get people posting
>>16518200
A friend of mine who also kigs uses contact lenses.
>>16515407
The new Pretty Cure is a TMM and Sailor Moon knockoff that even traces art from both.
>>16519985
Source?
>>16520738
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/group/Gurglelove-Doll-Mask/1846897_510620153.html
>>16520738
>>16520739
Wouldn't recommend Aliexpress as they are only resellers with a tripled price and that's a custom mask by Gurgle, she won't do any unless you buy it from her Taobao.
I want to see mask off of magic precure or go!princess precure.
anyone else really find kigs locked into their masks/hadatai hot?
mmm stuck in character
>>16522016
fuck yeah, thanks for the pics
>>16521256
Wouldn't we?
>>16520739
Is there an official website we can look?
>>16522169
does anyone have any more? I'm also into any other kind of locked or glued on masks, rubber or silicone, that suffocate the identity of the person inside and trap them inside.
>>16522336
>9 days
Oh shit.
I would go insane after that amount of time.
>>16522377
according to the kig in question, it was actually a joke. But its nice to think about...
http://hikarinaka.tumblr.com/post/109229178180/lockable-kigurumi-mask
>>16522256
Official shop would be https://shop416866965.taobao.com/
>>16522282
No photos from me, but this comic by loknarash probably fits your kink. There's an accompanying story by him I could translate today, since it's pretty short
>>16522539
I've seen the picture, but not read the story (as I don't speak chinese, which I think Lok narash is?). I'd appreciate it nonetheless.
I do write some stories about the topic. I have an idea bouncing around my head about a normal girlfriend who isn't into anime being locked into character and enjoying it because she has a bondage/encasement/humiliation fetish.
Main thing holding me back? I'm not that into anime, sorry. Lack the background knowledge to do the premise.
I have no idea why, but I'm always intrigued by the interior of a mask. Like how the performer looks out of, etc.
>>16522377
And probably die of thirst and starvation.
http://sendvid.com/7ry3wod7
>>16521231
Didn't know that, this is just where I found it :)
>>16522639
Considering mosts heads have a hole somewhere for breathing, I am pretty sure one can drink somehow with a long as fuck straw.
>>16522562
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rsaX9W-t3C0HocQK6peENZubM6lOKZKTm3WB2WJ3-GE
Well, here's the link. Sadly he's never written another story, so the "to be continued" at the end is probably never gonna happen. Oh well. What there is is pretty good.
>>16523074
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb4n3TH1TNw
Yes you can drink in mask
I was looking through /jp/ archives and noticed someone that mentioned owning an Alice dress for kigu stuff.
Any pics of that, or people in kigus wearing Alice in Wonderland style outfits in general? I find them cute.
Anyone got Lucky Star stuff?
>>16523503
>>16523707
cute cute cuuute!
In case people couldn't tell that he's a guy from writing on his own blog, Lupa's last pic even shows his bulge in-costume
This is probably a stupid question, but is there specific clothes you have to buy when wearing a kigu, or anything to consider, or do you just buy girl's clothes in your size?
Is there a reason most of these masks have an open mouth?
im cute?
>>16522016
what video is this from
>>16524218
No, most people just buy either from shops that offer custom sizing, bif as fuck female sizing (Bodyline seems most popular in Japan for that) or otokonoko clothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FywFOm3_URY
>>16524724
I think its from nyoro
>>16522354
I really like this one. Source?
>>16526483
actually its not kig, its a female mask
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoYXf0pjDNS4VSNWfwz-vug/videos
>>16522571
Any pics?
sauce on this?
>>16467478
this looks like a full body doll
>>16528101
nope, just @ShokuhouMisaki5
Shokuhou is a tall girl, right?
>>16531922
is that the term now
>>16524250
Easier breathing, it's usually made from thin fabric.
>>16532100
Ooh thats a Sigma
>>16532100
How come the mouths on a lot of them look off? It can't be a 2d->3d transition thing because I've seen statues, figures, and dolls pull it off fine.
>>16515184
Is that what all this is about then?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2WnQARCEwo&t=25s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFkXO0VHYm8&t=375s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv_uvj31xGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbOZ8kkH-8w&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u35bzbGV5cs&t=511s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKWwy3eM2wM&t=358s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FywFOm3_URY&t=303s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wSuqee45XM&t=1082s
@sasabikig
>>16532503
Yup, cause the start of a new precure season means new precure kigs.
>>16533906
Looks like they took a spare Cure Dream head, changed the wig and tacked some rabbit ears and earrings.
>>16534207
Not even close
>>16533906
I have to wonder what kind of collection of Kigurumi masks the studio that does the live action Precure shows has amassed by now.
Or if there are some that no longer see the light of day.
>>16535470
They're thrown in a landfill.
>>16535470
>>16536188
The masks *used* to be thrown out or taken home by the performers as a parting souvenir (or else they would just be chucked). That was back in the era of the Sailor Moon shows, so 1990s?
These days official masks are mostly stored away or refurbished. Main reason is the Precure All Star shows, which have every single character under the sun. Second reason is that masks just last longer than they used to. Third reason is the advantages of having masks and costumes handy to promote the show when they license to other countries (like Taiwan) a few years down the line.
At the very least the production company keep all of the original molds in storage so the masks can be remade on-demand (and actually fix Cure Peach/Pine's eyes). That, and molding is the most labour-intensive part of the process so it's really not worth throwing them out.
I wonder how the typical cleavage zentai looks on real breasts, even GKO's female model uses fake breasts.
>>16536234
>Main reason is the Precure All Star shows, which have every single character under the sun.
Is there any stage that would even accommodate them if they had every character in the same show at once?
>handy to promote the show when they license to other countries
I take it none of those countries will be Western ones for quite sometime.
>>16522282
Is this still in demand?
Excuse crappy "timer on phone while not being able to look how its going to turn out "-Quality
>>16537174
Very impressive.
Nice figure from what I can tell too.
>>16519983
I didn't know Strawberry Shortcake had a cousin.
>>16537174
:B
If I may chime in, while this kink is also found amongst female maskers and furries, the whole locking yourself in thing is most common among kig as far as I've seen. I'm completely willing to be proven wrong with evidence though. :B
Left Picture from hikarinaka_kaze, description:
#lockable #kigurumimask textured #latex by http://rubear.ru #kigurumi (for real #catsuit is worn Over thick latex full #enclosure skin and long #gloves) #kigurumi #mask was locked as well...
Also not uploaded since this is a kig thread and not female mask, but...
https://disguisedwriting.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/vlcsnap-2015-10-29-07h01m56s62.png
>>16536626
There are pouches that are sewn into the suit. Actual breasts dont usually fit or fill them up as well. Also asian breast sizes... welll
>>16515184
I think this is the first Cure cast I've seen that all wear full gloves instead of those arm warmers or whatever it is most of them have.
>>16475573
i don't have a kig, or any escape, despite that is a deep down desire, to be a kig or a mtf, but i live in the south. its terrible. i want to get one of these. i need to get out of the south too.
>>16532293
Trying to fit around a face without being lolhuge is pretty difficult.
>>16537475
I feel like it's the encasement/dollification aspect of the rigid masks? As opposed to female masking or fursuiting, which are pretty literally soft all over. Maybe that's just me though.
>>16539345
most fursuit masks, while covered with fur on the outside, are actually quite rigid.
>>16537166
When they first started making the All Stars movies it was possible. Character bloat is too high now, and I imagine these shows only have enough budget to hire so many dancers.
But the actual characters that show up vary from year to year, usually tilted towards whatever shows are more recent but still. It also helps to keep a healthy reserve of masks/costumes in case independent venues (like malls or housing estates) want to hire a character or show for their own promotional purposes. (Pic related: from a random Cure Heart/Ace stage show in 2016.)
>I take it none of those countries will be Western ones for quite sometime.
Never say never, I've seen pics of One Piece kigs being loaned out to the UK and America for promotional stuff. But for Precure the likelihood is about as low as the name recognition. Taiwan gets some shows because Precure is featured on a big kids television show there. What's the point in hiring mascot costumes to promote the dub of an obscure kids anime on Netflix?
>>16540539
>imagine these shows only have enough budget to hire so many dancers.
I thought they usually made pretty good revenues on the shows and had a substantial budget for them?
>>16540756
They still have *a* budget though. And regardless of profit, after a certain number of characters you hit diminishing returns and it makes no sense to expand the roster further.
A few reasons off the top of my head to limit the number of characters: stage size (needs to be manageable in smaller venues, both onstage and in providing sufficient backstage space), difficulty in choreographing larger groups, choreographing additional songs, danger of exhausting the kids in the meet-and-greet lines (too many characters + too long wait times).
>>16527324
that's kamituro, pretty sure
>>16540539
>in case independent venues (like malls or housing estates) want to hire a character or show for their own promotional purposes.
I didn't know that was possible.
That being said, I wonder if any Kigurumi Maid cafes would hire out any of the new characters.
The cast of the new series are said to work at a cafe in the show.
>>16522064
That image looks familiar.
W..would people be interested in a chubby girl doing this sort of thing?
>>16539345
> fursuiting, which are pretty literally soft all over.
So perfect kig bait then?
>>16542603
Chiharu does it and has lots of fun! I say go for it if you really want to!
>>16537475
>>16539345
I would say encasement, but because of the zentai. It's sort of like a light bondage thing. Being covered in zentai head to toe as one solid garment makes it something you can't quickly get any part of yourself out of, even when it's not padlocked. With something like a fursuit they are usually made up of separate pants and gloves and feet and head, and you could pretty easily take parts off and be "free". And a lot of female maskers typically just wear the mask, and maybe a silicone bust/torso. It's only recently that I've seen them using zentai.
>>16543478
Oh yeah, I definitely agree. Before I found out about kig, zentai encasement was one of my primary fetishes. I guess that's why I focus on the mask so much; the appeal of the zentai is kind of a given for me, so the rigid encasement + dollification + tg + alternate identity + breathplay aspect of the mask takes center stage instead.
>>16543478
As a fetish writer I certainly wish there were some societal mechanism to give people a quick go of the safe, entry level version of common fetishes... would mean a lot more content for all of us and perhaps even a bit less petty prudery in the world.
But pipe dreams pipe dreams
>>16537200
Thank you very much, I try my best.
Might produce content with this theme even.
>>16537475
I have the same Feeling, that this is a lot more common with kig and am honestly surprised what took makers so long to offer that as an option :D
>>16516965
There are quite a few! Just a sec and I'll throw some down...
>>16516965
>>16516965
Back view because reasons
>>16518200
I've kigged with some glasses-wearing kigs. They usually get contact lenses when their glasses don't fit inside their masks. But once or twice I've seen them go out without glasses or contacts and just rely heavily on a handler. Holding them by the arm and being led diligently by them.
>>16541122
>I didn't know that was possible.
ttp://www.kando.tv/08/
Yeah, here's a posting by one of the events companies that runs character shows. Good info on the kinds of things they require from the venue, and what the company itself provides with the service.
It's not like a fancy dress shop, you can't hire out characters to pass out leaflets or work in your maid cafe, sorry. Seems limited to the standard "stage show/meet and greet" formula. Though I imagine if you're an established venue and you have actual professional connections you could negotiate something closer to your specific needs: e.g. "I just want to hire two characters for a meet-and-greet, don't care which ones."
>>16484480
Which is why I decided to wear my jeans on Pizza night XD
>>16546747
Did you go to the door and pay the pizza guy while wearing your kig?
y aren't you guys on /d/?
>>16547118
Well, we were at a con hotel, so we had to meet the delivery girl in the lobby. But yea! We had a small group together that paid for the pizza and hauled it upstairs in kig! She was very surprised XD
>>16547171
That's a great question. Tradition, I guess?
>>16547171
And well, there are people who are into this for non-fetish reasons, bless their pure untainted souls.
>>16547362
That awkward moment when 4chan wants you to be on /d/ and you just want to get food in kig and take selfies? ^3^
>>16547356
/d/ is for drawn hentai. This thread would be deleted pretty quick there.
>>16547187
Sounds like fun.
No one ever expects an Anime character to greet them when they come to deliver a pizza.
>>16546256
Your stories are great, I really like the kig and Jessica suit ones. I feel like FtF stuff is hard to come by.
>>16548033
Thanks! Yeah I know; its why I started writing in the first place.
>>16547429
There's something poetic about this post being right below a lupa pic
>>16547471
Plus /d/ usually has a bodysuit thread going.
>>16548379
That Hadati would be perfect to use for a Rozen Maiden Kig.
Is this character supposed to be Maria from Mariaholic?
Don't quite recognize the maid uniform or what it's from.
>>16542905
Hi chiharu
>>16547808
idk if I get surrounded by these while delivering pizza I'd better start fearing for my own life
>>16542905
They also do it well judging by that image.
>>16551694
I'm sure that is the national struggle of many a Pizza Boy in Japan.
>>16522064
Who is that anyway?
>>16546422
Photos look decent, also. I liked the skeleton makeup you posted on twiiter (assuming its https://twitter.com/FloraSkelechan/status/821795572604686342/photo/1 ) Is that your final form?
>>16553122
Oh thank you! That may well be my final form! The skeleton within the kig~ X3
>>16551702
I think she owns it well!
>>16551694
The thing is, I've also got a skeleton kig that I've met pizza delivery people in. So, between that and my anime kig, I think I'm singlehandedly weeding out the finicky pizza delivery folks in the greater Columbus, Ohio area ^o^
>>16553595
She does! Chiharu is awesome! I'm excited to meet up with her in a few weeks! ^u^
>>16553589
So the picture on twitter is assumably the only one with the skele makeup you took a picture of?
>>16542905
I'm a bit thinner than that (5'5 & my 3 measurements are 41/29/45) but it helps. I might start investing in this stuff
>>16555214
there's this one too
yukino hannah isn't bad either in my opinion, they have a few things they could work on but these picture specifically are a good example of how pose and posture can do wonders
another thing to remember is how important good padding is, you can be relatively chubby but as long as you look like a chubby girl rather than a chubby guy in a suit you'll be fine
>>16555214
there's also kuri who was fat and for some reason she specifically got a lot of hate, dunno what was up with that (pic related)
of course there is always the option of trying to lose weight by making a lifestyle change, if you're willing to invest so much money into this hobby you might as well try improving yourself while you're at it (i'm not trying to shit on you, but speaking as someone who is currently losing weight its easier than you might think, check out myfitness pal if you're considering it)
same person as >>16556175
this person's not particularly skinny either but they do a really good job although i can't remember their name
>>16556206
Serena titania
>>16556206
Serena's problem isn't that she's not skinny, but that she's quite buff (someone once posted a pic of her in only hadatai and mask and you can see she has quite some muscles). Still she managed to pull it off with some nice clothes.
Speaking of fat, there is possibly one character I would love to kig as if I actually had cash and the interesting part is that she's a fat girl herself. Pic included,
All I would need is a good mask maker (possibly GKO or CK) a good hadatai and the clothing. Figures if I have that shape, I may as well go for a fat char.
>>16522316
I can has sauce, please?
>>16556218
Source on this?
>>16557192
it's on the bottom right dude
>>16557012
no idea, but it is a photogenic mask
>>16556751
>Still she managed to pull it off with some nice clothes.
Doesn't that usually work exceptionally well with big, flowing outfits like >>16551105 here?
I've heard that recommended if you're buff or very buff.
>>16556175
>>16556182
I rather enjoyed her.
Not sure why the community was so critical of her, Miharu, Odette and the others.
>>16557226
That page was real nice but strangely I couldn't find this image on it.
>>16556175
IIRC she went on 4chan once, got people tellin her to lose some weight and cried on fb about that, with fb being the echo chamber it is, it gradually evolves to "people trying to shit on her"
>>16558221
Why would you ever come to 4chan expecting helpful advice?
The website banners even caution you against doing that.
Anyone know anything of note about this?:
http://kigurumi.wikifoundry.com/
>>16557012
>>16557227
It's https://twitter.com/a1001216
>>16558071
oh it wasn't the whole community who was critical, just the self appointed who came down on her for the following reasons.
1. She's a girl and how dare a girl do kig.
2. She did not bow nd scrape.
3. She had the audacity to post a youtube video on what Kigurumi entailed from her perspective. see Kigurumi 101 if still available
>>16542905
>>16553595
>>16556104
>>16556110
>>16556121
>>16556130
>>16556141
>>16556152
Standards have fallen if people consider these "good".
Is this one of the early Sailor Moon shows?
>>16558572
I find them endearing in their own way.
Is Nukopan tall or is KurzMomoko short?
Does anyone know which character this is?
>>16558661
http://www.geocities.jp/nuko003/20120510WFrepo.htm
Near middle-bottom of page is a pic with how this was done.
>>16559349
Thanks.
That's informative.
But does Nuko still make masks?
>>16557227
Indeed it is.
>>16557227
Thanks for trying, but I think you sauced the wrong image.
Correct me if I am wrong, but >>16522316 does not appear to be from the same twitter, and I don't recall CoRoNA ever owning a Photogenic Mask.
>>16558661
Who is nukopan kigging as? Is it an established character or an OC?
>>16559977
Oh I know; I just wanted to share that image. Its a different chinese silicone mask maker. Mr. something or whatever.
Whoever responded that it was corona for the original image (the zip tie one) probably thought my image was related.
>>16560028
Oops, I just realized I linked to the wrong post.
Second link was meant to be >>16558538 instead of your post.
How long does it take for a maker like GKO to make a mask? Around 5-7 months?
>>16558071
I heard that Miharu is an abusive asshole.
Odette literally scammed other kig out of their money and masks.
Conversely, I have not heard much bad things about this kig.
>>16560913
I challenge you to produce kig pictures by yourself, some that are universally liked.
>>16558572
Depends on the Queue time too and complexity.
I'd say 4-7 Months pure production time though.
>>16561285
Whops, mixed up the references, Mah bad.
Also, this one is one of my kig crushes.
https://twitter.com/KiGuYuRi
>>16558600
That's a good possibility. This was apparently some kind of a publicity photo, where the voice actresses posed with the Kigurumi version of their character.
Since this was early on in the Sailor Moon phenomenon, There's a good chance that each of the Kig characters were being performed by male actors.
There's also an equal chance that the voice actresses recorded the soundtrack for the Stage show, as well as the animated cartoons.
>>16548176
Source on this? I love locked in mask girl videos
>>16561700
I always thought that that generation of sailor moon kigs were played by women. The version that came in around the early 2000s looked more like the kind that had male actors.
And most certainly they are the same voice actresses as the actual anime. These events still live on with the latest precure just doing something like this couple of weeks ago.
>>16537475
>https://disguisedwriting.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/vlcsnap-2015-10-29-07h01m56s62.png
is the source site still up? i tried going to it but it just says license expired
>>16561700
>There's a good chance that each of the Kig characters were being performed by male actors.
I didn't think most boys had the build to pull that off convincingly.
Or that males were ever the first "go to" for live action kigurumi stage shows or events.
Also, is this a mirror or are there two Sailor Moons here?
are you guys gay?
>>16562778
A bit, yeah
>>16562778
Like 5%. And that 5% is guys who look like girls.
>>16562432
>The version that came in around the early 2000s looked more like the kind that had male actors.
This one, or a different one?
>>16562284
Its HPSART
http://www.hpsart.net/download_page/downlord_real.html
DLRF-07
>>16562477
My blog is still certainly up. That image is from Akira Lane's masking videos using a DermalSynthetics/compositeeffects mask. For some weird time there was a number of clips4sale videos with different alternative porn actresses using what appeared to be that same mask; in particular siren thorn.
>>16562918
Is there aFREEversion somewhere?
Why is Mikunano so perfect and why aren't there hundreds of them everywhere?
>>16563499
>Mikunano
Whose that?
>>16562432
I can't specifically date the pic with the characters and their voice actors. My reference says it was taken several years before the Sailor Moon 10th anniversary in November 2001.
The pic attached came from a 1993 show at a theme park. Obviously for this show the male characters and villains were being played by male actors.
Originally, or so I'm told the stage performers or "suit Actors" needed martial arts skills for choreographed fight scenes. So in many cases the female roles were plaid with male actors.
>>16563740
>So in many cases the female roles were plaid with male actors.
Did Precure ever have to do that?
>>16563740
Seeing Japan's tradition of crossdressing actors, that makes a lot of sense.
>>16563794
Like Kabuki theatre then?
>>16563786
I have no information on Pre Cure.
However, until someone from the Japanese kig community corrects us, lets speculate a bit.
I understand that the Sailor Moon stage shows ( Kig version ) were started by Bandai back in 1991. They were the first company to market live action to the fans.
Up to that point, Suit Actors were doing things like Kamen Rider and Ultraman, which were definitely martial arts inspired fight scenes. Therefore there was a pool of suit actors available when the first Kig stage shows were created.
As weird as this sounds, up till 2003 some of the Sailor Moon kig shows depicted Serena as having dark hair. See attached pic. So, it was possible to have two Suit Actors. One for Serena who did not have to be athletic, and one for Sailor Moon, who could have gymnastic as well as martial arts or dance training.
Look at one of the old Sailor Moon Kig shows on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1UMDxzeK0
This play does not have a lot of complex fighting, so the actors most likely are playing the proper genders.
Now lets skip over to the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers which was adapted from the Japanese in 1993. That series leans heavily on scenes filmed for the Super Senatai series in Japan. A little research there will show that the Suit Actors for the Yellow and Pink ( female ) Rangers, were often performed by Male Suit Actors.
To me it seems logical in the early days, that the Kigurumi Sailor Scouts, were male. At least until a whole new graduating Class of female Suit actors was available to take over those roles.
Of course Pre Cure Kig shows started later, as a stage event, so I'm thinking by that time there were enough female dancers, gymnasts, and martial artists to fill the roles.
But this is just my opinion.
>>16564965
And here's Sailor Moon from the ame Stage show.
>>16564965
I should clear something up Bandai and Toei worked together to make a lot of Super Sentai shows before Sailor Moon came along. Check out the Wiki.
So, there were probably several Suit Actors familiar to Bandai when they first started the Sailor Moon stage shows both Live action and Kigurumi.
Wait.. they're dudes? Oh god. I got all these magazines.
>>16556218
Tell me. Is this the first Overwatch kig?
>>16564965
The dark haired Usagi is from the kig show based on the live action series where they used the actresses normal hair and then wigs when they were transformed.
>>16559994
https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/tachigoe/id511228139?mt=8
>>16559101
Luchia Nanami from Mermaid Melody.
>>16559514
Guess who makes all of those popular BJD masks.