Deathclaws: practical and CG artistry
Bringing the nine feet tall creatures to life. An excerpt from issue #58 of befores & afters magazine.
A great way to see behind the scenes animatronics and creature FX work
...is by heading to Legacy Effects' website.
A new challenge: the Offspring
How Legacy Effects crafted the practical creature effects for the Offspring in 'Alien: Romulus'.
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.
The making of Rook in ‘Alien: Romulus’
UPDATED: Legacy Effects and Metaphysic combined to make the character. Excerpts from befores & afters magazine in print.
‘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 &
Behind the scenes of the practical and digital creatures and worlds of ‘Alien: Romulus’
Xenomorphs! Facehuggers! The chestburster!
Miniatures, puppets, lightsabers and Purrgils
The VFX of 'Ahsoka'.
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.
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,
Don’t miss Legacy Effects’ showcase page for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
Featuring creature designs, concepts, fabrication, costumes and props.
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.’
Yep, pool noodles were part of this ‘Wakanda Forever’ suit from Legacy Effects
An excerpt from the practical effects issue of befores & afters 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.
How the Wendigo was made for ‘Antlers’
This video featurette showcases Legacy Effects' work on the film.
VFX Artifacts: Shane Mahan on the practical Dilophosaurus in ‘Jurassic Park’
How the 'Spitter' dino was made at Stan Winston Studio.
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.
How do you make a robotic arm for a TV show, anyway?
Legacy Effects shares its process for ‘Tales From the Loop’.
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’.
A nice behind the scenes look at that ‘E.T.’ Xfinity spot
Showing the practical FX, animatronics and digital work.
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Issue #66: The visual effects of Avengers: Endgame.
Latest limited edition t-shirt: Pseudopod.
