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To answer the latter first, it really depends a lot on personal circumstances. First Kig is a lot more affordable these days but it's still comparable to most other hobbies, starting out even with the cheaper masks can cost 500-700 dollars total to properly start, including hada/pads/first outfit/etc.

On top of that is the home situation, are they likely to go through your stuff and if so are they likely to break or throw out your stuff if they find it? If so it's probably better to wait a little longer. Do you have the privacy to be able to do kig stuff privately?

In terms of storage the mask is actually pretty easy for the most part, just needs to be somewhere out of sunlight, a relatively consistent temperature and low humidity. Personally just use a fabric case meant for electrical equipment with a desiccant inside but other people use DJ cases, motorcycle helmet cases, generic plastic boxes with diy padding and even just leaving it on a wig stand in a closet. On that note you'd probably want a wig stand as well so you can do hair and other such maintenance easily.

The bigger issue is all the other stuff, do you have somewhere to store pads, boobs, hadatai and shapewear? Wig sprays and brushes? outfits and possibly props? Wig heads and/or stands?

If all of the above isn't really a problem then things should be fine for you. If they are then I'd again recommend waiting until you're in a better position for it.




To actually answer the first question, generally speaking the go-to resource for kig is https://kigurumimask.web.fc2.com/basics.html

It has a list of the majority of the actual mask makers and has warnings for the shitty ones so it's not just a blind guess on your part. Also links places you can buy breastforms, pads, shapewear and other things. Quite a lot of the cheaper places need you to navigate taobao but if you get to that point there's plenty of people here or in the various kig discord servers who could help you with that if needed.

To be able to give more specific advice though, what would your budget be? and what character are you interested in kigging? (or would you want a generic?)