Alien Covenant: The "Mother-Jugger"

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 Alien: Covenant

a) 15th April 2016.
The Alien Covenant issue of Empire magazine is released.
I took a look at the scans linked to AVPGalaxy.net and then Later someone else had made more detailed scans http://www.alien-covenant.com

Source: http://www.alien-covenant.com/

b) Something in the air
A scene showing David the android bombing the Engineers cityscape with the ampules. However 
above the Engineer's city, a vast bow shaped ship with and bulky end, making it resemble a cross between a rib and a scorpion tale. So what is it? Is it just a piece of floating architecture?


c) A name: Mother-Juggernaut
Alien Covenant concept artist Wayne Haag's response was "Well well well... he added the Mother-Juggernaut..!" (See: https://twitter.com/ankaris/status/853188421413511168)

 

Detail from image of the "Mother-Juggernaut"

 

d.i) Steve Burg the concept artist's thoughts

Steve Burg who worked on the textures for the vessel found himself imagining all the things that might have been going on inside the giant craft.

 

He thought of it as a 'Coast Guard' for the planet and a docking station

He also thought that it was a defensive craft that pursued the craft that David was is to attack it

Wayne Haag was able to inform him later that it could be seen crashed further up the valley when the Lifter leaves the city

1. Steve Burg: You know how when you work on things, you kind of "live there"? With this, I was imagining all the things that might have been going on inside this giant craft - which I guess is sort of the "Coast Guard" for the planet. Since it's nowhere to be seen later on, and the Juggernaut is crashed miles away, there must have been quite a "dust-up" after David dropped the black goo! (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nlDd4 (2017 approx)
2. Wayne Haag: You can see it crashed further up the valley when the Lifter leaves the city! You have to look quick though!
   
   Steve Burg: No kidding? Wow, I will have to try and spot that! https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nlDd4 (2017 approx)
3. Mathieu Pascal: Great work ! Do you know exactly what is this "mothership" ? What is its use ? It looks like a docking station. And why it is not here anymore 10 years later ?
    
   Steve Burg: I believe it is some kind of defensive craft, though it's deliberately a bit mysterious. I am guessing, but 10 years later it is absent probably because it pursued the other ship after the attack. The other ship is found crashed in the mountains nearby. I am speculating, of course!  (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nlDd4 (2017 approx)
    
    
   
   

e) Rendering by Wayne Haag

e.i) Raw render

 

 

e.ii) "Somewhere over the rainbow'

 

e) Addition detail by Steve Burg

 

e.i) Steve Burg:  Mothership Design/Model: Steven Messing  Steven Messing created the huge alien ship that meets the Juggernaut above the Engineer city. However it was felt that some additional fine scale detail would be required for close-up views. These images were done in post production for MPC, literally the last work I contributed to the film. I had Steven's 3D model, and I recreated some pieces to render out texture displacement I developed as large 32 bit image maps. Various render passes were composited to explore a number of detail motifs and material finishes, while retaining the original design.  attack. The other ship is found crashed in the mountains nearby. I am speculating, of course!  (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nlDd4 (2017 approx)

 

 

 

e.ii) Alien Mothership - texture exploration 1 - alien ship design/model: Steven Messing - Juggernaut model: MPC, texture by Steve Burg 

 

e.iii) Alien Mothership - texture exploration 2 - alien ship design/model: Steven Messing - Juggernaut model: MPC, (texture by Steve Burg)

 

e. iv) Alien Mothership - texture exploration 3 - alien ship design/model: Steven Messing - Juggernaut model: MPC, (texture by Steve Burg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.v) Alien Mothership - texture exploration 3 - alien ship design/model: Steven Messing - Juggernaut model: MPC

 

 

 

e.vi)  Alien Mothership - texture exploration 4 - alien ship design: Steven Messing - Juggernaut model: MPC

 

 

e.vii) Alien Mothership - texture exploration 5 - alien ship design: Steven Messing - Juggernaut model: MPC

 

e.viii) Alien Mothership - texture exploration 6 - alien ship design: Steven Messing - Juggernaut model: MPC