King of the Monsters
MabieKnots Designs Burning Godzilla
Presented By: Team Takeo
Created By: MabieKnots Designs
Primary Creators: Jason McClain and Barb Mabie
Well, it all started with my friend, Joshua, who, like a lot of folks, like Godzilla films. But he is a buff, by and large much more articulate in the history and stories of the Goji films. For a long time, we were costumers as a group, and formed a group called “Team Takeo” (Japanese word “takeo” means “great warrior”). We started modest, so many years ago, as Jedi, then moving onto Ghostbusters, and so forth, until we had done so many costumes. I personally had many accolades already, but Josh always seemed to challenge me, every year. This year, it was Burning Godzilla. His simple request, “Can you do it?”.
I did, with the help of my wife, Barb.
Created By: MabieKnots Designs
Primary Creators: Jason McClain and Barb Mabie
Well, it all started with my friend, Joshua, who, like a lot of folks, like Godzilla films. But he is a buff, by and large much more articulate in the history and stories of the Goji films. For a long time, we were costumers as a group, and formed a group called “Team Takeo” (Japanese word “takeo” means “great warrior”). We started modest, so many years ago, as Jedi, then moving onto Ghostbusters, and so forth, until we had done so many costumes. I personally had many accolades already, but Josh always seemed to challenge me, every year. This year, it was Burning Godzilla. His simple request, “Can you do it?”.
I did, with the help of my wife, Barb.
BUILDING THE COSTUME
Forward View of Head
Who You Lookin' At?
Test Fitting Top Half
Devising a Grid
Upholstery Foam
Red Lights
Diffusing Red Lights
So Many Wires
So Many LEDs!
I Like Big Butts
Attaching Foam 2
Attaching Foam
Hot Melt Adhesives
Torso Side View
Torso Front View
Thicker Feet Foam
Poly-Fil Batting
Cutting Scales
Plasti Dip Base Color
Dyed Green Scales
Camo Green
Aluminum Mesh
Finishing Shoulder Scales
Torso with Colored Scales
Torso Close Up
Hula Hoop
Burning Paint Job
Feathering Colors
Lower Half Complete
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Come On Let's Glow!
It's Glow Time!
Godzilla Montage
I'm Glowing
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Burning Godzilla Cosplay Statistics
Suit Actor: Joshua Chambers
Primary Handler: Jose Rivera
Longest Time in Suit W/O Break: 45min
Longest Overall Time in the Suit: 5hrs (NYCC 2015)
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In the Presence of Legends
The highlight of the convention was meeting the original Godzilla suit actors from Japan! These were the people who were INSIDE the suits! It was so exciting and such a huge honor to meet them and especially for Josh who got to shake their hands and performed with them while in the site. The original actors are:
Haruo Nakajima (Showa Series)
Kenpachiro Satsuma (Heisei Series)
Tsutomu Kitagawa (Millennium Series)
FINISHED COSTUME
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Suit actor Joshua Chambers
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Griffin and Godzilla
Hold My Tail
Kiss My Feet
You Better Be Scared
Half Godzilla
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Wolf in Godzilla Clothing
