A great way to see behind the scenes animatronics and creature FX work ...is by heading to Legacy Effects' website. August 4, 2025 VFX Breakdowns
A new challenge: the Offspring How Legacy Effects crafted the practical creature effects for the Offspring in 'Alien: Romulus'. December 21, 2024 Magazine
Meet the practical creatures and droids of ‘Skeleton Crew’ A new featurette highlights stop-motion work by Tippett Studio, and also creature work by Legacy Effects. December 11, 2024 VFX Breakdowns
The making of Rook in ‘Alien: Romulus’ UPDATED: Legacy Effects and Metaphysic combined to make the character. Excerpts from befores & afters magazine in print. November 1, 2024 Magazine
‘You’re going to get slime on yourself, OK’ How Legacy Effects crafted Xenomorphs, cocoons, Rook, the Offspring and a lot of slime for Alien: Romulus. An excerpt from befores & October 17, 2024 Magazine
Behind the scenes of the practical and digital creatures and worlds of ‘Alien: Romulus’ Xenomorphs! Facehuggers! The chestburster! October 1, 2024 Magazine
The VFX of ‘Fallout’: shooting on an LED volume on film, crafting one-eyed digital humans, mixing practical and digital, and more Visual effects supervisor Jay Worth on the extensive visual effects of the Amazon series. June 5, 2024 Articles
Breaking down the VFX in ‘Discovery’ and ‘Strange New Worlds’ Practical and digital effects for the Gorn, virtual production and CG work for the sandrunners, and a look at the Itrinok creatures, June 3, 2024 Podcasts
Don’t miss Legacy Effects’ showcase page for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Featuring creature designs, concepts, fabrication, costumes and props. January 6, 2024 Articles
How the dragonborn in ‘D&D’ came to life with a new facial animatronics motion capture system The animatronics and make-up effects behind ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.’ April 19, 2023 Articles
Yep, pool noodles were part of this ‘Wakanda Forever’ suit from Legacy Effects An excerpt from the practical effects issue of befores & afters magazine. April 16, 2023 Magazine
‘I like the idea of doing a real place, underwater tank, LED screen, animatronic and CG, and then glueing them all together’ How ‘Emancipation’ VFX supervisor Rob Legato designed the Will Smith vs alligator scene. February 9, 2023 Articles
How the Wendigo was made for ‘Antlers’ This video featurette showcases Legacy Effects' work on the film. January 2, 2022 VFX Breakdowns
VFX Artifacts: Shane Mahan on the practical Dilophosaurus in ‘Jurassic Park’ How the 'Spitter' dino was made at Stan Winston Studio. December 8, 2021 Podcasts
So…you need a humanoid robot in your film? What are your options? The VFX supervisor of 'Finch' outlines the considerations made in bringing Tom Hanks’ robot companion to life. November 10, 2021 Articles
How do you make a robotic arm for a TV show, anyway? Legacy Effects shares its process for ‘Tales From the Loop’. June 24, 2020 Articles
We would stop on a single frame and say, ‘Does this look like a painting?’ Behind the scenes of the practical, puppeteering and digital effects in ‘Tales from the Loop’. April 9, 2020 Articles
A nice behind the scenes look at that ‘E.T.’ Xfinity spot Showing the practical FX, animatronics and digital work. December 7, 2019 Articles