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There was a movie convention called Wonderfest in Louisville this weekend and KNB’s Greg Nicotero was there answering questions. They showed a behind-the-scenes feature of Predators which was about the Classic Predator. Luckily, Sabres21768 was there to take some snaps of the segment.

There’s a heap of pictures if you follow the link including shots of the face moulds, masks, armour, costume. There’s also a picture showing a regular mask and a battle-damaged version. Thanks to Sabres21768 for the news.

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It is looking good but I am distressed at the lack of netting. It just takes away from the original look.

The skin colour is just not the original.
Hell! Even some fan made costume looks closer to P1 than this one :-\

There is a picture with the net on his body so not to worry ;)

Why are you complaining about the lack of netting?! Maybe he had put them in the wash.

My god people are you serious?!? Everyone should be happy about these pics and what they have to show. It LOOKS like the original Predator again after many attempts of failed revisions (AVP series). If not you guys, I sure as hell am. lol.

Looks nothing like the original Predator, no netting and the skin is the wrong colour even in daylight. Like someone here already said, the fans have done better, shame the fan-boy making this movie ain't so great ... wishful thinking on the part of some of you, me thinks!  LOL

goddamnit it looks fantastic, you whiny bitches. it shouldnt be the exact same colours fo the first one to begin with.

anytime is dead, deal with it.

and the netting why, exactly? they are at their own planet, they dont need the netting to warm themselves up.

arghhhh im mad >:(

Hey RoaryUK, look at the thread the pictures are posted on and there are two pictures that you can clearly see netting in. As a matter of fact, these are testing shots taken before actually filming so there was no need to deck out the pred in everything before hand anyways.

Why the netting? Because as I remember Anytime is there cos of a "Flash Back" and while fighting Arnie, he had the net.
Colour, design, almost everything is wrong.
This fan made a better job:
http://www.thehunterslair.com/index.php?showtopic=2451&st=80
(half of the page to the bottom)

'the fans' have not done better come on

@Le Celticant   Yep, I rest my case. Nice find BTW

This looks excellent.

PS. f**k the fan-made stuff. Who cares about that shit?

@Scree:
I do care because it's closer to the original, provided by an amateurish, than professional work of people who are suppose to have access to the original design and many reference of the colouring.
This is unacceptable.

Yeah.  I'm outraged.  The wrist-blades are half-an-inch too long and the skin-tone is three shades off!  Also, if you count how many dreadlocks pred had in the original, you can clearly see he has two more in this new movie!  Absolutely outrageous.  How will the filmmakers screw us next?

...Some of you fans are way too uptight.  The design looks great and when it's seen in action with their stylized lighting, you're probably not going to be able to tell the difference.

Besides, it's not even supposed to be the same predator from the first movie, is it?  Why would you want it to look EXACTLY the same?

I was not complaining I was just observing. Personally I think that the Predator looks fantastic it was just the pictures I had looked at(didn't bother checking all of them) I couldn't see netting and the original Predator had netting. I can't wait to see his appearence in the movie.

Meh. It looks fine. But i'm not thrilled by how all the Preds in this and the last 2 movies can't close their mouths. I'm at the point where I'd rather see it CGI'd just so its mouth doesn't look stupid.

@necrotard   ...but that's the thing, it IS supposed to be the same Predator, this movie intended to be a reboot of the original film, just from a different perspective, which is why everything looks so much the first film.

Found the netting pic.... and a pic where his mouth is closed so no worries there.

you will never be able to beat the original stan winston design, there were and are boss, but these look alot better than AVP1 preds, these are just set photo's, so will look alot better on camera with lighting and effects etc. I still think The Wolf from AVPR was good! hopefully this movie will turn out good, fingers crossed!

just wish ian whyte was playing the predator

@RoaryUK: no i don't think this is supposed to be a complete reboot, it's supposed to be the "sequel" we never had. at least that's what Rodriguez said... whatever it means.

omg i watched this movie ever since i was a kid and my god theres nothing wrong with it . its fine , it does NOT need to be inch perfect jesus  . its more than gud enuf and my god theres no way the fan made costumes even come close to this , just stop being ridiclous . ..... some people just love to complain

Ok so whats this pred up to? he has nothing to do with the super preds does that mean he teams up with Royce.>:D

I think it looks fine but almost barebonish. The lack of netting really does effect how the creature looks and you could say it is small but it feels like a missing detail. So I guess its cool but honestly why no netting?

Anyone who has something negative to say (at this stage of production) can go cry some where else. This looks promising. :)

the predator in this movie is similar to the original predator, but he's not the same one. His slightly different colouring is due to the environment (maybe he has a slight tan or lack of compared with the original) and has obviously not bothered to get a hair cut necrotard. Please modprecar don't suggest a team up between the predator and a human (avp 1). The predators must remain distant from the humans only making contact when they kill them (more menacing and scary). I think Royce will use the original predator as a tool so when the predators fight one another one will be left standing and the survivor will be critically injured making Royce's job that much easier.

Now i have to admit the look of that original classic predator does look very much like stan winston's classic Predator. that does look very good even to me who is against this movie being made but i dont know maybe i could be wrong i dont know but i still dont care for the cast. THE PREDATOR CLASSIC LOOKS GREAT!!

I hope the guys dressed up in the pred outfits move as well as kevin hall did in the original movie. The first movie was directed very well with respect to kevin's movements and camera angles. The predator looked very confidence and intimidating, whereas I thought he looked awkward and clumsy in some scenes of other movies for instance pred 2 (sub way scene just after skull removal). I think what made the original predator better than the others was his efficiency. The predator came in very fast killed its prey then disappeared just as quickly as it appeared like a great white shark making its kill bite the predator had a practiced and effective killing method. The directors of the other predators made them seem very unskillful in comparison to the original. Lets wait and see if this new director can do any better.

Really guys? "Wrong color!" "No netting!" "Doesn't look EXACTLY like a DEAD Preadator!" That looks frickin' good. Get over yourselves. ::)

Are you f**king serious?!?! you people really need to calm the f**k down...that is flat out thee CLOSEST they could possibly get to having the original predator without using the same f**kING SUIT!!! It is visible in the other pictures HE WEARS NETTING!! Sure the color pattern is off a bit BUT BARELY it still looks better then any predator after Predator 2!!! Even though i thought Wolf was a welcome design...a nice return to the slimmer more lethal Predator, as opposed to the linebacker/ninja turtle predators in AVP1.

Saying this is not awesome or looks NOTHING like the original design?!? Is flat out nit-picking at its worst...or just someone trying to start shit...thee end.

Man I am surprised by all the negative comments to this blurry picture which only shows the basic shape and look. And Fleshtrap666 I'm with you on this one, it's nick-picking at it's worse. Shameful.

gr8 pics, is it just me or has the predator with bone jaw got a realy funny shaped head under the mask? look at the pic with him and the tusk one. i wonder if it will look like the concept art of the pred face, realy insect lookin :)

Be happy that the taloons are not painted pink. Fox could have done anything with the design just to f**k us around. I like the way Preds look. I just hope the actors will do their job in the suits.

BAAAAWWWW IT"S NOT THE ORIGINAL!!!!1
Screw off. :P

His mouth closes, the face looks scary, and he looks badass. I'm content.

that test footage looks really strong, looking forward to seeing the final product

This  ::)   predator is NOT the pred from the first one it is from the same clan as the first pred remember there are different pred clans in the movie

At least they kind of have the look right....now lets see how they make it move and kill with up to date special fx

they need to hire me

guys, I've worked on things like this and usually this is meant to blow smoke up all of us

The top set mandibles are a little bit low than what they should be but apart from that the rest is awsome.

nice Sabres21768!

this looks great!  ;D

Looks great, probably the best looking Predator since Predator 2. Looks like KNB have done some justice to Stan Winstons legacy. :)

The face looks GREAT! The mask, the proportions.. All spot on. For someone to cry about the netting.. What is the deal? That's such a "nothing" attribute to this awesome monster. It's all ready been explained what happens to his netting. They did an awesome job with him.

Wow well I sort of like this. I think we all know this IS NOT THE SAME pred from P1. Maybe from the same clan, but this is a sequel. Also, for anyone who has read the script...we know the fate of where this Predator comes into play and his....well I can't spoil anything but yeah....you ppl who read it know what I'm talking about

Not sure if anyone touched on this, but the original predator DIED in the first movie. Is this supposed to be his twin brother or something?

A predator of the same clan that looks 80 percent like him so technically they are somewhat related but different from bsp and the other sp and their clan. Anytime 2 can be seen as an outcast comming from space on his own ship just like the origional because they are experienecd and worthy and they have the right to travel the galaxy and hunt on different. Planets but bsp has hatred toward classicpred and. That's why they fight let's hope classic wins :)

whats the difference between this 'classic' predator and the 'new breed' ? are they rivals? why do they fight?

lol everyone is complaining that it not looks like original pred...like m138jewski said  the original died! not all preds are the same if anything it needs to be a bit different to stand out more from the 1st one ,but it looks cool to me!

Oh boy, another wide open jawed Predator... Apparently, it is not just ADI's fault anymore...  ::)  

How difficult can it be to do a Predator with a mouth like the first or second Predator?

The skin looks off, no netting, which if this is the hanged Predator kinda makes sense as the Uber Predators would take all his weaponry off, including the cloaking netting, before 'hanging' him out to dry, so to speak...;D

So, very disappointed...Hopefully, they'll hide it away with the color grading, but still, the mouth wide open is an issue again for me...

You really get a good look at the Predator.

are you retarded Yutaniditch  >:(  >:(   click on the picture and look at the pics look on page 1 2 and 3 :P  common sense people he does have netting armour a closed mouth skin colouring  SO CLIIK ON THE PICTURE TO SEE  ALL THAT STUFF  :o

It looks awesome and the best since the original. ;D Those KNB folks are fans of the original design so much so that it was absolutely crucial not to let the other fans down. Just to let everyone know, there is a net and his mouth does close. Not that long to wait anymore. Jackasses...

Hunter,

first of all, respect your fellow posters, Hunter... Next, I did see the images, and the more I see them, even though they're without the proper lighting and the proper painting, the more they look the same as ADI's... A bit let wide open, but still miles away from the originals... I am sure you have seen the originals enough times to know... And I have had this feeling since the trailers... Now, these low-res photos just confirmed it... Of course, it will all come down to the movie to confirm or not the first impressions...

Nevertheless, to each their own... you think they're good, I don't...And I vividly remember the first two ones and this doesn't look even remotely close to them.. About the netting, I really didn't care that much...the jaws worry me a whole lot more than that...

well everything is different about the new pred but i still think its looks cool

do you know what would be cool, humans free the original predator become frineds and work together to kill 3 black super predators lol  :D

Yut, that in no way looks like an ADI Predator. I think the face/head of the 'old Predator' -- especially in the trailer -- looks awesome. He DOES look "old school." The ADI Predator from the first AVP (Scar) looked like Simple Jack from Tropic Thunder. THAT was awful. I will, however, give them props for the Wolf Predator. Every thing about the unmasked version of him was incredibly wicked. Eyes, mandibles, detail, the acid scarring.

>:(  i think the classic pred looks great, something that bothers me tho is super pred ( he dont look that super lol ) !!! they said they have forgotten about pred 2 , but you can clearly see predator 2 in there abit in the design. percides pred 2 wasnt that bad of a movie, just lacked a budget but the story was  bold and they tried new things , anyway what ever this movie turns out to be like im irritable until i watch it, iv had a big thing for pred since bein like seven and its never changed either! bless !