King of the Monsters

Total Fabrication's Godzilla

"I have been a huge fan of Godzilla ever since I saw GODZILLA VS. THE THING. As a teenager, my brother and I worked with friend to make several Godzilla suits and the last one was used in the 80’s movie PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE. I moved to Hollywood in 1982 during the height of the makeup effects boom and got to work on numerous creatures. In 1995, I started my own company, Total Fabrication. Since CGI has taken over a lot of the creature work, we’ve done more kids shows, commercials, mascot, etc. than actual monsters.

It was fun to finally get a commission to make a wearable Godzilla replica from a collector. I would have preferred to do one of the original series version but he wanted GODZILLA 2000. This was particularly intimidating since I know the original designer, Shinichi Wakasa. For budgetary reasons, we had to fabricate the entire suit rather than sculpting and molding it, more like the originals were.”

— Kenneth J. Hall | President, Total Fabrication, Inc.

Build Gallery

How the Costume Was Built

Within each image gallery you’ll discover how the Godzilla costume was built. 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!

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