Rest is History on Instagram: "The xenomorph in Alien 3 was brought to life through a practical puppet operated through rod work and compositing. For many shots, the creature was a detailed maquette mounted on a motion rig, with puppeteers controlling its limbs, tail, and head using rods painted to disappear against a bluescreen. Those passes were then composited into the live-action plates to match scale and movement. Other moments used a full-body suit performed by Tom Woodruff Jr. at Amalgama