GODZILLA'S BIONIC DOUBLE
Paul Gavins' KIRYU
Madison Wisconsin U.S.A.
Decommisioned in 2023VIDEO
Building the Kiryu Suit: 2 hour feature
Back in 2005 Paul Gavins created a six part series of videos to showcase how he built his amazing Kiryu suit. This is all six videos combined and AI upscaled to document the construction.
“I would encourage you, no matter what you are doing, to build a suit if the thought moves you. It’s really about fun, it’s not about having the best suit… it’s about being out there in front of people who all love Kaiju!”
“You’re wearing the suit. And inside the suit – in your mind – you are the Kaiju. People are cheering for you and a lot of them are just thinking ‘jeezz, maybe next year I’ll build a suit!’ So it’s more about experimenting and having fun than having a perfect finished result.”
"Suit up!"
Here’s a very short video from a small indy film that came to shoot video during G-Fest.
Kiryu: Completed Suit
If you watch the 2 hour ‘making of’ video above you’ll find this little clip at the very end. However, the real magic is contained within the full 2-hour video.
FINISHED COSTUME
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