Hive concept art by Sylvain Despretz.

H.R. Giger’s Passagen Temple, which served as the base for the Viper Pit.

The Viper Pit being built.

Viper Pit set… on set.

Sculpting the Egg.

Eggs!

The oversized Queen Chestburster animatronic on set.

Filming the ‘Headburster’ scene.

Sylvain Despretz’s Alien concept.

Despretz’s illustration based on Cunningham’s concepts.

Various maquettes sculpted by Jordu Schell.

Schell sculpts the final maquette.

The final maquette.

Building the Alien.

The first suit test.

Another suit test.

On set.

Promotional still.

Sculpting the reference maquette for the CGI team.

Digital Aliens.

The Queen.