Armourer wrote on 11/27/00:
Yes, the Alien War Armour was cast from a set of Terry E's Dietrich armour. That's why it looks a bit funny on all the guys , it's not cos it shrunk in the wash..
Regards - Armourer
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uscmCorps wrote on 11/27/00:
You mean to say the armor is smaller than the man's version or shaped differently?
-Alex
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Harry Harris wrote on 11/27/00 :
Alex,
Each set of armour made by Terry English for Aliens was fitted for the actor. The style and design of the Dietrich armour is the same, it's just a little smaller.
Regards,
Harry Harris.
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Faramir66103 wrote on 11/27/00 :
Edit: Hehe, it looks like Harry beat me to it.
Each actors armor was hand formed by Mr. English to fit them. Clearly an aluminum chest plate built for the rather big, masculine chest of Bill Paxton wouldn't fit the smaller, feminine chest of Cynthia Scott who played Dietrich or vice versa. Comparing the Dietrich armor pics on Harry's site, especially this one
www.encom.demon.co.uk/dcside.htm with the ones of Crowe at Alien's Archive aliensarchive.tripod.com/aliens/crowe/bodyarmour.html it seems to me that the women's armor is more convex in the front and perhaps more narrow at the waist. Other than that, I can't see any other differences.
HTH,
Adam Jacob "Faramir"
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