MECHANICAL TITAN OF TERROR!

Sean Sumagaysay's MGS-3 Kiryu

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Decommissioned

Creating Kiryu was a huge team effort between my girlfriend and I; working non-stop to bring something amazing to go along with Godzilla. It’s our first time working with EVA foam at this scale and we each pulled out our own ideas to ensure this was a practical and accurate Kiryu.

As an unintentional reference, we used my current Godzilla suit as a base to work on his proportions. Patterns were passed on to a cardboard mock-up and later passed on to EVA foam. Juli then re-patterned the G-suit to pass on to fabric and sew Kiryu’s underarmor with lycra spandex.

His teeth were made with translucent sculpey to simulate his inner Godzilla endoskeleton. Most of the foam seams were sanded & later closed with DAP Kwik Seal Plus. All of the foam was then sealed with black plastidip and painted with silver spray paint.

— Sean Sumagaysay
Project Nautilus Cosplay

BUILDING THE COSTUME

Click the thumbnail image for the larger view, and below the large image you will see the description… enjoy!

Hands and Arms Legs Head Body Tail Detail

Final Head Proportions

Pelvic, Sides & Tail Base region

Creating Tail Details

Basic Tail Glued

Hand & Tail Detailing

Those Eyes

Test Fitting

Starting Final Touches

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The Eyes Have It

Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork 2

Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork

Googly Eye Rivets

All the Dorsal Plates

VIDEO

Godzilla x Mechagodzilla: World Cosplay Summit 2017 – Puerto Rico

I collaborated alongside my partner and girlfriend Juli’s Cosplay Lab to compete in the first ever Puerto Rico Preliminary round for the World Cosplay Summit and after a days long rest, words still can’t truly express how Juli and I feel over this weekend’s accomplishment. The Godzilla franchise has always been an important thing to me since childhood, and getting to share this moment was huge; knowing that we’re going to the homeland of Godzilla, Kaiju and especially Tokusatsu! It’s also worth to note that this would be first time a team would be representing Tokusatsu in WCS.

FINISHED COSTUME

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