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Alien Facehugger Rig by Emilio Serrano
Alien Facehugger Rig for Maya is a free alien rig by Emilio Serrano, part of his Alien Series fan-art collection alongside the Space Suit Arms and Egg rigs. Guillermo Moreno Alfaro sculpted, modelled and textured the creature, and Emilio rigged it on mGear so its many articulated legs stay manageable. Built for horror creature animation, multi-limb performance and the slow-burn tension of the Alien films.
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- v1.0
- Version
- 521
- Downloads
- 26 Aug 2026
- Last updated
- 29 Dec 2025
- Released
- Works with
- Maya + mGear
- Licence
- Free
- File size
- 10.3 MB
- Part of
- The Alien Bundle
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Everything the rig ships with. What you get on day one:
Many legs, clean controls
mGear controls keep the articulated limbs manageable, so multi-limb crawling does not turn into a selection hunt.
Sculpted by Guillermo Moreno Alfaro
Articulated legs, the translucent organic form and the tail, sculpted, modelled and textured to hold up close.
Part of the Alien Bundle
Pairs with the Space Suit Arms and Egg rigs from the same Alien Series production.
Rigged and animated by Emilio
Emilio Serrano rigged the creature and animated it for the series.
Watch it move
Alien Facehugger, rigged on mGear
The story behind the Facehugger
A Facehugger alien rig built for slow-burn horror
Ridley Scott's Facehugger is biological horror at its sharpest: a creature that moves with spider-like speed and carries one of the franchise's most famous story payloads. Guillermo Moreno Alfaro's sculpt recreates every disturbing anatomical detail, from the articulated legs to the translucent organic form and the tail.
The rig belongs to Emilio Serrano's Alien Series, the same production behind the Space Suit Arms and Egg rigs. That many articulated limbs is where a creature rig usually gets messy, so Emilio built it on mGear with clean, manageable controls, keeping the crawling, grasping performance within reach.
Every frame demands genuine dread, and the rig is set up so you can spend your time on exactly that.
Inside the rig
What you get with the Alien Facehugger rig
Alien Facehugger mGear rig
The creature rig for Autodesk Maya, with clean controls across its articulated limbs.
Model by Guillermo Moreno Alfaro
Sculpted, modelled and textured in full anatomical detail.
Part of the Alien Bundle
Pairs with the Space Suit Arms and Egg rigs.
Great for
What the Facehugger rig is great for
- Horror creature animation
- Multi-limb coordination studies
- Alien fan animation
- Crawling and grasping creature performance
Additional information
The details
- Software
- Autodesk Maya
- Rig type
- Multi-limb creature
- Rig framework
- mGear
- Series
- Alien Series
Requirements
Maya and mGear
- Autodesk Maya
- mGear, the framework the rig is built on
Credits
A collaboration
- Sculpting, modelling and texturing: Guillermo Moreno Alfaro
- Rigging and animation: Emilio Serrano
Licence terms
Free
Free to download and use in your own animation work.
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Supported
Questions and bug reports go straight to Emilio Serrano, or email support@anim.works.
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