Alien Earth episode 3

Metamorphosis

          Alien: Earth Some behind-the-scenes photos from the Xenomorph Egg dissection. Big thanks to Nick Acharee for creating the amazing Second Skin Slime and designing the highly elastic membrane layers that made this scene even more realistic And special thanks to Tim and Craig from the Weta team for their valuable advice and for puppeteering the Facehugger at a truly world-class level, incredible puppeteers in action

Storyboard for the Xenomorph Egg dissection scene
Vorawut Srivilai (Noom), one of the Second Skin team, created the storyboard to carefully break down each cut and shot. This helped our crew plan the preparation of the skin surface, membrane layers, and slime effects to fit the different shots and tell the story in the best way, making the scene look as realistic and impactful as possible on screen.

          Alien: Earth Second Skin team created the Xenomorph Embryo for the Facehugger dissection scene. We started with a 3D sculpt based on Weta’s 2D sketch (big thanks to our 3D artist Sky, then cast it in jelly skin to make it soft, flexible, and translucent enough to reveal the spine inside. Finally, added a layer of Second Skin Slime to give the embryo that wet, organic look for extra realism on screen

          Alien: EarthSecond Skin fabricated several variations of the Hermit’s lung: an inflating lung underwater

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