Lifelike Animatronic Facehugger Practical Effects Puppet!

We meet effects artist Jesse Velez of Raptor House Effects, whose team created this animatronic Alien Facehugger for the 40th anniversary thatrical re-release of Alien back in 2018. Engineered from 14 servo motors that drive mechanical linkages along each “finger“, this creature creeps alive with three remote control operators puppeting its mesmerizing movements. Jesse gives us a demo of this practical creature effect at SiliCon! To see videos of the mechanical understructure in action, visit and click on REELS. Design Lead, Sculpt, Skin, and Paint by Jesse Velez: Mechanical Design by Cameron Boyce Raptor House FX: Thanks to Mike of PropsToHistory for the puppeting assist! @propstohistory Shot by Josh Self and edited by Norman Chan Music by Jinglepunks Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks: Tested Ts, stickers, mugs and more: Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications): Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: Discord: Amazon Storefront: Savage Industries T-shirts: #/shop Tested is: Adam Savage Norman Chan Joey Fameli Ryan Kiser Josh Self Kristen Lomasney Jen Schachter Kishore Hari Sean Charlesworth Kayte Sabicer Bill Doran Ariel Waldman Darrell Maloney Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman Thanks for watching!