Ichigo's Hollow Mask from Bleach: Very first cosplay piece ever!!

This is the first blog I've done in a long time so it may be a little bumpy as I feel my way through it. Here are the first few pictures of my Ichigo Hollow mask progress. I'll continue to post updates as I make progress.

So far I've completed:

• the card stock pepakura mask
• coating both sides in resin (Smooth-On Smooth-Cast 321) 
• adding fiberglass cloth to the inside to strengthen it
• applying bondo 
• sanding
• a coat of primer

Next steps:

• filling the imperfections
• sanding down the filler
• another coat of primer
• white paint
• paint details

Please enjoy and stay tuned!

Phase 1 - the card stock!

First material purchases... many more to come, I'm sure!

I think I need to move to a more open space to do this lol 

There, that's better 

Hmmmmm... how'd that get there? lol 

Whew, pieces all cut out... now to give my hand a break! 

Pieces laid out... now how do I use this glue gun?? lol

Getting the hang of it...

Progress

Top half glued... now for the hard part

1st phase done, hopefully it is still glued when I wake up in the morning...

Phase 2 - Resin and Fiberglass!

First coat of resin on the top

Applied the spray adhesive and adding the fiberglass

Fiberglass done

First coat of resin on the underside

Getting ready for the second coat of resin

Second coat of resin complete

Resin is nice and dry

Back side - resin and fiberglass dry

Phase 3 - Bondo, Sanding and Painting!

Bondo applied - not as smooth as I'd hoped but it was my first time using it

Some sanding done on the 1st layer of bondo

2nd layer of bondo applied to help smooth out the mask

Second layer of bondo sanded down

Sprayed with some primer to see how it looks

Used some spot filler to smooth out some of the dips and whatnot.  Will do some more sanding and see if I need to fill more...