Pricing for a custom goalie mask airbrush design is a sliding scale. At GoalieMaskArtist.com, the price ranges from $100 to $700. A plain monochromatic job (e.g., all black mask) will cost $100, while a full on, NHL-type goalie mask design will cost $700.

 

Cost-conscious goalies will want to set a budget within which to create their mask design. Other goalies simply want to see their dream goalie mask design come true.

 

Generally, factors that affect the price of a custom goalie mask design include: 

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• Complexity: more complex goalie mask designs are costlier. For example, a Venom (Marvel) design be rendered in a two dimensional, black and white design or in a three dimensional, movie-like design with dozens of colours and textures. 

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• Composition: this refers to the number of design elements that compose the design. Common design elements include a main subject (e.g., Spider-man), a background (e.g., New York City), a team name or logo, a goalie name or nickname, a goalie number, etc. Designs with greater compositions are costlier. 

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• Detail and textures: for example, a city background could be illustrated using a a simple 2D outline or a full 3D “brick city”.

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• Colours: a black and white design is less expensive than a colour design.

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• Specialty paints (chromes, metallics, candies, fluorescent, incandescent, iridescent, glitter, colour shifting paints: a design that integrates special paints is more expensive than one that doesn’t.

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• Timeline for completion: rush jobs (1 week) are available but are more expensive than normal timelines (2 weeks).

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• Symmetricity: if the goalie mask design is the same or different on both sides.

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• Complexity of backplate design: some goalies want the backplate painted in a single colour with a number and nothing more, others want a full design.

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• Additional hardware: painted cage, matching colour harness.