Alien: Moebius's concept art for Nostromo crew's
space suits and outfits

Leading from
 
 
a) Samurai like space suits
 
Ridley Scott had the idea of adapting the design of Samurai suits of armour for the space suits. He gave his own initial sketch to Jean Giradu who used his own personal style in interpreting Ridley's concet
 
  1. Walter Hill: Scott is a graphic designer himself and executed a full storyboard for the film. Most of the film's visual concepts originated with him.  For instance in designing the space suits, it was Scott's idea to adapt the design of Samurai suits of armor. He gave his own initial sketch to Jean Giraud, who then used his own personal style in interpreting Ridley's concept. Of course HR Giger was another major influence on the look of the film. ("Walter Hill, co-producer of Alien" Starlog July 1979, p94)
 
a.i) Samurai-esque Astronaut named M Binker
 
fine lined image of Nostromo astronaut helmet
with a slight Sean Connery (as seen in Zardoz) look.
His given name is M. Binker


suit and vehicles in the background from finelined image
version of image from Charlie Lippincott's collection on Facebook



thick lined image of Nostromo astronaut helmet
with a slight Sean Connery (as seen in Zardoz) look
His given name is M. Binker
 
 
b.ii) Astronaut on space walk
image of Nostromo astronaut on space walk
 
 
 
 
b) Crew member seven
 
b.i) crew member 7 in yellow suit from front
 
 
 
 
 
b.ii) crew member 7 in yellow suit from side


 
 
 
b.iii) black and white transparency of image above from Charles Lippincott's collection
 
 
 
c) crew member in pink suit handling no. 7's air tank
 
 
 
 
 
d) Space suit with harpoon gun firing from the wrist
 
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e) Crew member number 2
 
Here we have three views of crew member number 2 
 
It might appear has if he has written on his cap Deck 2 Logan 7


(Image from Heritage Auctions)

 



e.ii) It might appear has if he has written on his cap Deck 2 Logan 7
 
 

 

 
e.iii) On the back of the third image , the back of the waist coat contains a design with a female face with the name June
 

 

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