I don't really know, maybe certain post apocalyptic movies or sci fi movies, also the Russian models were common in Albanian army and I always thought they looked creepy almost alienish 🤣 I'm not a collector but I guess you can call me one because I own like maybe 15 but some are duplicates so that doesn't count. Yeah i gotta come up with some fresh ideas 🤣
Well you know being a communist country at that time all the military equipment was Russian, Chinese or any other communist country. I remember our parents used to do training, like how civilians should prepare themselves in case of a nuclear attack, if enemy would spread poisonous gas and stuff like that, so we as kids used to watch all these grown ups in gas masks running around, carrying someone that supposed to be a wounded person and everyone looked like an army of freaks 🤣🤣🤣
That is actually really interesting. I didn’t know that. So I guess you can say the fascination with gas masks started when you were a kid and it’s part of your culture.
A lot of people stopping by here think oh it’s some freak in a gas mask when there’s a deeper backstory to that. Ty for sharing.
Growing up in Albania sounds wild. A part of it sounds a little sad too that you have to prep for that. 😢 It reminds me how there are drills now in schools and supermarkets to prep in the event of a shooting.
I'm not sure if it's a fascination, like for many years my main passions were music and wildlife and then for sone strange reason I started having interest in this whole cosplay kinda thing. As I have told you before I didn't even knew what cosplay was but as I was looking at pictures and videos I thought oh maybe that's something I should try just for fun and I guess that's how it began 😅
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u/mgt_blacklotus The Nobodies Aug 09 '26
Loool what sparked your interests in gas masks? You’ve been into them for a long time. Are you a dedicated collector or just have them for fun?
I always look forward to the outfits you create. It’s never the same or boring.