[SPOILERS] Feral Predator Design Thread

[Corporal Hicks]

I think the Plasmacaster will be there. I think that trailer shot may just be faux editing. Seems daft to have a targeting laser for a bow.

I imagine it will be used sparingly however.

It is actually a thing in archery. Laser sights for bows. I can see it making perfect sense for the Predators too.

The more I stare at this pic, the more I think predator has no facemask other then this skull. I made a crude outline of mandibles and eye sockets of the creature:

https://i.imgur.com/j7qJS9J.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/dokyZM4.jpg

Yeah I'm also wondering what is the mask and what is the face. NECA's Ultimate Scout had a pretty different mandible design that kind of reminds me of your sketch there.

Photo Credit: Toyark
https://news.toyark.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/12/NECA-Ultimate-Scout-Predator-Figure-036.jpg
Perhaps they're also going with a big departure to what's been seen before, ala this concept by Carlo Arellano:

https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/009/285/110/4k/carlo-arellano-pred.jpg?1518112678
In any case, not enough to really go on at the moment.

From the stills, the impression I'm getting is that we've got a half-mask situation going off here, with the skull obscuring the actual Predator face, but exposing the mandibles. I don't believe (well, I hope) we haven't gotten a complete Predator redesign here.

I'm all for subtle differences (I don't mind the seemingly thinner dreads) but I wouldn't really enjoy a complete retake of the face. But that's not the impression I've gotten so far.

[Jigsaw85]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FUdN8XHUcAAeHPL?format=jpg&name=large

Ah so Sasquatch is in this movie....where's the Predator?

The days of slender predators seem to be gone forever.

[shadowedge]

For those who don't know I found this video on YouTube that explains what went wrong with the Predator faces and how to fix it.

Voodoo Magic might like this.   

The main issue is that when the face is designed it used to be made with the mandibles closed so that when it roared it will open naturally.

Now post predator 2, they are designed with the mouth already open so when the mouth closes there is a lot of extra skin.

[The Shuriken]

For those who don't know I found this video on YouTube that explains what went wrong with the Predator faces and how to fix it.

Voodoo Magic might like this.   

The main issue is that when the face is designed it used to be made with the mandibles closed so that when it roared it will open naturally.

Now post predator 2, they are designed with the mouth already open so when the mouth closes there is a lot of extra skin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNiLv8wBJX4

We are all very much aware of this video. The guy makes all valid points about how Predators should look. And yet again it appears it was ignored.

[BigDaddyJohn]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FUdN8XHUcAAeHPL?format=jpg&name=large

Ah so Sasquatch is in this movie....where's the Predator?

The days of slender predators seem to be gone forever.

Fugitive predator in the last movie was pretty slender.

[chopperXgill]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FUdN8XHUcAAeHPL?format=jpg&name=large

Ah so Sasquatch is in this movie....where's the Predator?

The days of slender predators seem to be gone forever.

Fugitive predator in the last movie was pretty slender.

Fugitive was a very nice looking design. Movie did a ton of things wrong but the fugitive design was one of its bright spots

[Master]

Allrighty then you ugly motherf**kers, I knew I saw such predator face and mandible placement ,like in this shot, earlier:


I did some research, aaaaaaand...



...it's Stan Winston's own concept design! Mandible placement is like in picture nr 1 and eyebrows shape is from picture nr 2. There you have it and you've heard about it here first! With those thinner dreadlocks I wouldn't be surprised if it head such top knot too.

[Kradan]

Haha, that would be great !

[[cancerblack]]

Plot twist - there's actually a Headcrab in front of the Pred in that shot.

[RidgeTop]

There's really just not enough to make a proper evaluation from one frame as he's leaping through the air.

[Master]

There's really just not enough to make a proper evaluation from one frame as he's leaping through the air.

True, but those facial features are there and evident in this one.

[KaliPrime]

Another thing that struck me is just how interesting the dreads look is. No texture, compact and thin but graceful looking. Makes infinitely curious about what face lied beneath that mask. Overall though love the shield, the mask, all of it. Glad we saw it first in this fashion and not in some random pic taken on set.

[The Shuriken]

Another thing that struck me is just how interesting the dreads look is. No texture, compact and thin but graceful looking. Makes infinitely curious about what face lied beneath that mask. Overall though love the shield, the mask, all of it. Glad we saw it first in this fashion and not in some random pic taken on set.

Yeah I've come to realize that even if the face ends up looking better than expected, I still lose with the dreads. They're far too thin. Thinner than Wolf's. Which were already a little too thin for me, but I'm just a few inches north of being able to tolerate it. But these dreads on Skullhead (my name for him) just don't look right.

[Doomofman]

I've been so caught up with the weird face and the fact I don't think he can see out of that mask that I hadn't even considered the thinner dreadlocks. At least for me, they don't matter nearly as much as a decent face. So if I was forced to choose one, I'd want a more P/P2 style face over thicker dreads. 

As with any other variation in movie design (including face/mandibles) they can all basically be put down to difference in race, just like we have on Earth seeing as they've never been given any other context on screen at this point

[Highland]

I'll take different if it's done well. Execution is everything.