King of the Monsters

Arnold Hidaka's Godzilla Costume

It all started when my son broke his arm. The doctor gave him a large block of foam that he had to secure his arm in when he slept. When I first saw it I thought it had the shape of a dinosaur head and I thought “I’m going to sculpt that into a Godzilla head!” So when my son didn’t need it anymore that’s exactly what I did. At that point I thought I was finished but my son got it into his head that I was going to make the whole thing!

Build Gallery

Visual Walk through of How the Costume Was Built

Within each image gallery you’ll discover how Arnold Hidaka was able to create the Godzilla costume for his son. To read about how it was created you need to click the image thumbnail for the larger view. Below the large image you will see the description… I hope you enjoy!

His son's broken arm

Sculpted foam block into a Godzilla head

2’x 2’ sheet of thin foam and started working on pattern

Cutting out patterns went out the window

Making the pattern wasn’t a complete waste of time

Canal Rubber on Canal Street

Don't use this glue on foam

The back dorsal plates were cut out from black stiff foam

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Melted the foam to give it more texture

Attaching the dorsal plates

Adding arms and biceps