Plastic

The good ol' days.

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Winston Love

If humanoid aliens ever land on Earth, we should all hide and have something like this greet them.
Just to F with em for a few minutes.

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Happy 30th, ALIENS

God Is The Only Thing That Can Stop What's Out There

The Making Of Pumpkinhead

Raptor Suit

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Winston

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Stan Winston School Of Character Arts

VERY cool to see my Roots scarecrow posted on the Stan Winston school's facebook page. Lots of nice comments too.

Thanks, Mr. Chicken and Joel, for the heads up.

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Prop Eye Candy

Iconic make-up effects totally count.

Must...Venture....Out

Going to purchase this today...


I'll probably bump into my boss during her lunch break.

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Alien Queen Halloween Prop

Pretty nifty.


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Stan Winston (1946-2008)

A little shocked with the news that Stan Winston passed away this weekend. My teenage years were spent admiring this guy's makeup/creature effects/special effects/design work on the likes of TERMINATOR, PREDATOR, ALIENS, and the fantastic PUMPKINHEAD (which he directed as well).

Wikipedia lists some notable films of his:
Heartbeeps (1981)
The Thing (1982)
Friday the 13th Part III (1983)
The Terminator (1984)
Aliens (1986)
The Monster Squad (1987)
Predator (1987)
Leviathan (1988)
Pumpkinhead (1989)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Predator 2 (1990)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Batman Returns (1992)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Congo (1995)
The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996)
T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996)
Ghosts (1997)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Lake Placid (1999)
End of Days (1999)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
A.I. (2001)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Darkness Falls (2002)
Big Fish (2003)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Wrong Turn (2003)
Constantine (2005)
Iron Man (2008)

Such an impressive list of creatures and effects. I remember telling people that I wanted to be this guy. I used his name as if people should know who the heck I was talking about, "Stan Winston! - he designed the Alien Queen in ALIENS!"

Rest in peace, man. Neatest guy around.

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