Thanks for the input guys.

@ DD on the nose : I know that the more current immages of tengu show them with the long nose on the red human face but like I said I've always prefered the older bird like images of tengu with crow style heads so I'll probally incorporate a beak into the jaw area of the mask. One of the guys I know makes movie style props and masks so maybe if he can do a really good tengu mask that combines elements of a classic tengu mask with say the mask worn by the immortals in 300 then I might swap for it instead.

@ DD, ! and MR on the lenses : I do have to wear glasses or contacts. I normally wear the contacts and only wear the glasses at home while the contacts are in the cleaning solution. The lenses I've picked out have a slight yellow tint to them and they're more flat like the lenses in glasses. They're made from polycarbonate as spare lenses for interchangeble lense goggles. The main reason for the lenses is to keep anything from getting in my eyes such as thrown dirt, spray paint or mace/pepper spray since I've seen some of the perps around here actually carrying spray paint and mace in addition to the traditional knife or gun.

@ Mr and ! about the color : I like the black and blue the most too but I'm starting lean more towards the blue since as you guys have pointed out it is less likely to draw as much negative attention the black would. Plus it would still look neat with the wings printed/embroidered on the back like DayDreamer suggested. I was actually thinking about putting the wings on there before but wasn't sure but seeing someone else suggest it makes it sound even better. As for the weapons hopefully the cops won't say anything since I've already asked one about the legality of batons, stun guns/air tasers and pepper spray and he said they're all legal to carry. Anyone know what the odds are on a cop not knowing the laws on weapons and giving false info?

cops always look for excuses to put yo in cuffs or issue citations. but here are some images of my favorite tengus:

http://images.wikia.com/metalgear/images/1/1d/Tengu.jpg

http://www.rangercentral.com/images/mmpr-vi-tenga.jpg

lol, I have an action figure of the second pic on my desk

lol nice. I probably have the same one. somewhere...

Nice. Glad I'm not the only one who remembers the Tengus from MMPR. I like the ranger one since it doesn't deviate too much from the older karasu-tengu style prints.

Man...I LOVE the mask!

The baton you're looking at is called a Jutte. Japanese cops carried them in the middle ages because they make it easy to snag swords in them & then yank them away. Don't know how often you'll need that ability in todays day & age.

And yeah it looks like you could take all the hardware off that mask & reattach it to one made of much brighter colors.

@ Supes : Despite having seen a jutte before it never hit me that the baton looked more like that than the mangi style sai until you made that comment. I figured the prongs could still be used the same way against a knife or most other melee weapons.

True.