(bis) Engineer "Precious Suit" - Make-up/Prosthetics - More Behind the Scenes

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iapetus

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Hello folks here are a few more production pictures from the make-up/prosthetics design process for the "precious suit" of the LV-223 engineer, coming from another artist of the "Engineer Team". *NOTE: "precious suit" is the nickname given to the suit by the artists who worked on it* Credits: Henrik Svensson (Prosthetic Painting Supervisor on [i]Prometheus[/i]) [url=http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150840090791408.389781.597351407&type=3]Source **HERE**[/url] [ Images are scaled to fit thread width ] [ right-click "Open image in a new tab" to view full size ] [img]http://i.imgur.com/HiO6y.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/vcIpV.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/F9FIM.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/hmfS6.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/W0WWu.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/qBozHh.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/5PtOU.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/AIhVz.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/ap2MA.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/ivbpy.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/6NooM.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/3cVvs.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/5JTCi.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/U9OUz.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/q6t8K.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/cCPfV.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/EpFWO.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/wnAz3.jpg[/img]

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sukkal
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@jamieleng— Yes it does and when can I see it in closeup on the very big screen?!

slipnslide
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Love the stills - fascinating.................. But I thought: What's a "precious suit?" Then it came to me. Of course, you mean a "pressure suit...!" Same sound - but different spelling.....!!! Nevertheless...... great stills - look forward to the DVD, when, hopefully we'll have a lot more of this behind the scenes stuff..........!

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No friend. "precious suit" is the nickname the "team engineer" gave to this suit (btw, clarifying it is indeed a suit and not the evolution of the engineer's anatomy, like some here keep suggesting) Maybe it is also a 'pressure suit' though, who knows! hehe Cheers!

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Hey!!! I was the one suggesting it's not a suit. It's either something grown with the engineer. (true controlled evolution as they like to mix stuff) Or it's kind of a robot, or it's a suit and i'm wrong again second pic from the bottom, this hand/arm is not in a suit, it's one thing together)

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WOW, nice "precious suit" for the Engineers......^^

Tommy 8
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Wow! Amazing amount of detail. Too bad we saw so little of it in the movie.

David 1
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So cool. You can see refferences to the Xeno all over the Suit. Fantastic. Loved It. Kudus bro.

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Looks like the suit and the engineer are meant to be fused together - this is evident especially round the neck and the forearms, there's not 'cuffs' on the suit, it just gradually becomes skin at the wrists, same witht the neck. And in the closeups of the still of the arm it looks like you can see veins beneath the whiter areas. This design is exquisite. Hats off to the designers & sculptors, it looks marvelous.

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Pic #2: Hmmm holes...seems like something need to fill them...like back petrusions...see what I'm implying?

RickK
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Pic # 2 shows the chest area - those holes are for these hoses to hook up to in his sleep chamber.. [img]http://i.imgur.com/pUe7Y.jpg[/img]

iapetus
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all your creepy wording is implying is how much of a perv you are, Mr.Y... that's what you are implying here... but old news anyway.

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This proves once and for all Ridley doesn't understand the franchise.This pressure suit looks like the original alien's skeleton/bio mechanoid body. Is he thinking that's why the aliens look like they do in the other films? because they gestated in a guy wearing a pressure suit?Get Giger over here to fix this shit.

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The engineers could be part of some kind of "death cult" that worships the Xenomorphs and are doing body modifications via DNA combination. This suit looks like is part of him and provides a HUGE contrast to the Engineer we see at the beginning of the film. (that may be part of a different sect of the Engineers as they appear to be the "light" to these guy's "dark")

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That's why I suggested that the engineer may be fused with the suit - it sure looks like it's designed to appear that way, it's fully integrated with him, it's part of him, part of the life support system that's been keeping him alive for 2000 or so years - it's fused in with his dna - the mechanical nature of the suit is fused with his biology - bio+mechanical. So a xenomorph that's gestated inside him would take on both traits contained in his dna. Hell yes I'd buy that. Why the hell not? It's as good an explanation as any if you're looking for an answer as to how the xenomorphs came to look like they do.

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If that's a suit, it "biomechanically" fuses with the Engineer who's wearing it. Look closely at the wrists.

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Maybe the engineers designed the suits after the look of creatures they have created. it is a suit though. Not sure if it's biomech but it's a suit. The Art of the Film book states it's a suit and this version of the figure from NECA is called "Engineer in Pressure Suit" or "Pressure Suit Engineer."

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Did Ridley not state in an article that the engineers on LV-223 were "Dark" angels. And they were not the true gods that created us???? I think there are less plot holes in this story then people believe and Ridley is gearing up for a solid sequel. Just my opinion.

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Here is even more shots of the 3 Engineers http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/prometheus?before=1339796571 [img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ohfuf3871qmaju3o2_1280.jpg[/img] [img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ohfuf3871qmaju3o5_1280.jpg[/img] [img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0czivFrIi1r9ze8zo1_500.jpg [/img]

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Yea, think outside of the box. Its a suit, and the edges of the suit fuse together with their skin, so its preserving perfectly!

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I could probably fit in one of these. I'm around 6'5''. WANT ONE. Then I can bash in all the heads of dying fortune 500 company CEOs.

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Looks great again the attention to detail for this movie is 5*

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sukkal
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Why can't it be BOTH a suit, AND biomechanically fused to the skin. I don't understand what the problem is. Things are [url=http://www.npr.org/2012/06/15/155110478/mapping-the-microbial-make-up-of-healthy-humans]not what they appear to be with YOUR body[/url] either. I see no reason the "precious suit" can't be a separate semi-sentient organism that was genetically engineered for a protective function. When the Engineer is ready to take it off, his nervous system just tells it to "fall off" and it disengages from his body and lands in a pile on the floor. When he wants to put it on, he touches it and tells it to "crawl on" and it obeys. The suit might even be designed to WANT to crawl onto the body because it's allowed to "feed" off of the Engineer when its attached. It may even love its master the way a dog is faithful to a human. There is no reason for us to limit our imaginations when it comes to the world of their biotech. This detail shot of the arm is utterly amazing. [img]http://i.imgur.com/5JTCi.jpg[/img] It saddens me greatly that we didn't get more actual detail on screen. Tragic lost opportunity. :•(

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[b]"MY PRESCIOUS...!!"[/b]

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sukkal
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LOL, David! That's about how [u]covetous[/u] I feel of all the Engineer stuff that was cut. We misses it so terribly we do.