A question about (physical) masks.

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

M) [Copied and pasted from system's journal:] Hard, preferably non-plastic, preferably available in black and or with minimal aesthetic design, not easily bendable or breakable, easy to both see and speak through, ease of eating probably unimportant. Primary purpose: concealment of face, while avoiding looking utterly stupid in a normal environment.

Where--or how--would such a thing be bought?

If this is judged sufficiently off-topic to not belong here, I will gladly delete it at the next possible opportunity.

Comments

[kyouketsusha.livejournal.com]

The only kinds I can think of are these (http://www.stockroom.com/Masks-C235.aspx)/these (http://www.stockroom.com/Masks-C242.aspx). They're probably not what you're looking for, but I'm not sure exactly what you mean, so ^^;

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

M) Something to cover the entirety of one's face, excepting mouth and eyes.

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

M) Something along the lines of a smooth, black, featureless Noh mask.

[kyouketsusha.livejournal.com]

Ahh. The only masks of that type that I've seen have been handmade (generally by cosplayers) as the comment below mentions. ^^;

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

M) Hmm. Thank you.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Well, the simplest and cheapest way would probably be to make your own - run a search on "maskmaking"; there's tons of sites with directions for how to do it. I'd suggest neoprene as a construction material - it's lighter and tougher - but papier-mache is easier to work with, and it's pretty tough too.

As for the "avoiding looking utterly stupid in a normal environment" part... I dunno, dude; if you go around wearing a black mask in public, everybody who sees you is going to wonder why you're doing it. A lot of them are going to ask you intrusive questions, and no matter what answer you make, most will assume that you're doing it as an absurdly dramatic teenage attention-getting ploy brought on by over-identification with some comic-book character. Theefore, if you don't want to look stupid in public, I'd say that wearing a mask is probably not the way to go about it.

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

M) I'll take that into consideration.