Mimic nymph concept.
Mimic Nymph.
Concept art of the Mimic Juvenile by TyRuben Ellingson.
Concept art of the Mimic Juvenile by TyRuben Ellingson.
Early study of the Mimic Juvenile.
Concept art of the Mimic Juvenile by TyRuben Ellingson.
The face-mask of the Mimic Juvenile.
The Juvenile Mimic Model.
Original Mimic sketch by Guillermo del Toro.
Early Mimic concept art by TyRuben Ellingson showing the ‘brimmed hat’ idea.
Early Mimic concept art by TyRuben Ellingson showing the ‘hood’ idea.
Original Mimic design Maquette.
Sideview of the original Mimic design Maquette.
Concept art of the face-mask by TyRuben Ellingson. In this stage, it was still a movable single plate.
Extended Mimic neck concept.
Torso concept showing an early incarnation of the ‘meaty gill’ pathway.
Early concept art of the new Mimic design by TyRuben Ellingson. In this version, the ‘mask’ was still a movable plate above the head.
Early study of the Mimic face-mask.
Concept art of a Mimic sideview with the mask-claws in use, by TyRuben Ellingson. The final design would apply minor modifications, such as the appearance of the mask.
Concept art of a Mimic sideview without the mask-claws.
Concept art by TyRuben Ellingson showing the functions and movements of the camouflage parts of a Mimic.
Mimic prototype. The head was later resculpted; the crest of hair is absent in the final design.
Sculpture of the Mimic abdomen, underway.
Sculpture of the Mimic torso, underway.
Sculpture of the Mimic torso, underway.
Rick Lazzarini works on the Mimic sculpture.
The full Mimic sculpture, underway.
The sculpting crew works on the Mimic sculpture.
Sideview of the Mimic sculpture, underway.
Rick Lazzarini works on the full Mimic sculpture.
Close-up of the Mimic female’s head, without the face-mask.
A Mimic brutally kills Charles Dutton! Not really, it’s just a dummy double for him.
The finished Mimic female.
When the Mimics were told they could eat Hot Dogs during lunch breaks, they took it literally.
Male and female.
Mimics on set ready for filming.
Close-up of a Mimic female head with the face-mask on.
Finished Mimic male.
A small-scale maquette of the male Mimic.
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