📍 Welcome to Henson Creature OTD! I post a Henson Creature every day at 5pm EST, and on Fridays I post the Non-Henson Creature Feature to give cool puppets and animatronics from non-Henson productions their spotlight :)
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Today’s Non-Henson Creature Feature is the Wererats from Willow (2022), performed by Beccy Henderson, Claire Roy Harvey, Dave Chapman, Matt Lyons, and Colin Purves.
ALT A two-headed Wererat from Willow (2022) with red eyes.
Today’s Henson Creature OTD is Aughra from The Dark Crystal and Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, performed by Frank Oz & Mike Edmonds and Kevin Clash & Helena Smee respectively.
ALT Aughra and Jen from The Dark Crystal looking at crystal shards on the floor of Aughra’s observatory.
ALT Aughra from Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance with her eyes closed.
Today’s Henson Creature OTD is Dominar Rygel the XVI from Farscape, performed by Sean Masterson, Tim Mieville, Mat McCoy, Mario Halouvas, and Fiona Gentle.
ALT Dominar Rygel XVI from Farscape. He is a small alien creature with wrinkly green skin and a long face. His features resemble a fish or toad and he has protruding eyebrows with grey hair. He wears ornate clothing and is smiling at the camera.
Today’s Non-Henson Creature Feature is Jabba The Hutt from Star Wars Episode IV, performed by David Barclay, Toby Philpott, and Mike Edmonds.
ALT Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars. He is a large, slug lake alien with wrinkly green skin, a huge mouth, and wrinkly eyes. He is flanked by another Hutt and a humanoid alien with white skin and a long tentacle coming from their head.
Today’s Henson Creature OTD is William the Worm from Labyrinth, performed by Karen Prell.
ALT William the Worm from Labyrinth. He is a small blue and white worm with three large tufts of blue hair on his head and small tufts of blue hair along his side. He has large red eyes and wears a red scarf.
Today’s Henson Creature OTD is Mr. Lizard from Dinosaurs, performed by Allan Trautman.
ALT Timmy and Mr. Lizard from Dinosaurs. Timmy is a young, bright green dinosaur in a colourful striped shirt. Mr. Lizard is an older dinosaur in a tie and lab coat. They sit at a lab setting.
Today’s Henson Creature OTD is All Maudra Mayrin from Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, performed by Louise Gold.
ALT All Maudra Mayrin from Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. She is an older, tan skinned Gelfling with grey hair and yellow eyes. She wears a blue grey cowl and silver crown. She is flanked by two Gelfling guards.
Today’s Henson Creatures OTD are the Storyteller as a hare from The Storyteller, performed by Alistair Fullarton, and Rankle from The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell performed by Michael Oosterom. Happy Lunar New Year!
ALT The Storyteller as a hare from The Storyteller. He is a grey hare with a slightly humanoid face and large nose. He is being held by a woman in green with a man in red next to her.
ALT Rankle from The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell. He is a pink mummified sphynx cat with bright blue eyes, and he wears a black ribbon around his neck. He sits at a table with white treats in dishes.
Today’s Henson Creature OTD is Kira from The Dark Crystal, performed by Kathryn Mullen.
ALT Kira the Gelfling from The Dark Crystal. She is pale and gaunt; her clothes, skin, and hair are all approximately the same shade of almost-white beige. She holds the Crystal Shard in her hands and is surrounded by Skeksis.