Michael Westmore's Aliens

Template:Realworld Michael Westmore's Aliens is a series of DVD special features that are featured on the first to the fifth season box sets of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Similar special features are included on the Star Trek: Insurrection Special Edition DVD and the ENT Season 4 DVD.

In the interviews, Michael Westmore talks about the makeup of selected aliens from the series and the movie. There are no interviews about the aliens from the sixth and seventh seasons of Deep Space Nine as very few new aliens were required.

DS9 Season 1

• Westmore talks about the sheer number of aliens required for the show, including Odo, Quark, Jadzia and the many Bajorans and Cardassians.
• He goes on to talk about how the development of the ridges on the Bajoran nose came from Rick Berman, who told him "We've hired a pretty girl (Michelle Forbes) and we want to keep her that way." Westmore goes on to explain how Bajoran noses were sculpted.
• Next, he discusses Cardassian makeup, describing how Marc Alaimo influenced the design of every Cardassian character that would follow. He also talks about how the "spoon" of the Cardassian forehead was inspired by an abstrace painting he saw in a restaurant in Studio City.
• He also briefly discusses:
  • The Tosk from "Captive Pursuit", who was made to resemble an alligator.
  • The Wadi from "Move Along Home", who were decorated with tattoos instead of spots or stripes.
  • The Miradorn from "Vortex", with their unusal neck design including a flap of skin coming over their necklaces, as opposed to running underneath.
  • The Kobliad from "The Passenger", which was again inspired by trying to keep the actress attractive but still indicate that she is an alien.
  • The "tailheads," as seen on the Promenade in numerous episodes, are also mentioned, and how light the tails actually are.
  • Finally, he discusses the creation and evolution of the Bolian makeup.

Insurrection

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