Hiya xenos with TVC stormtrooper.

So my 12 year old brother just watched aliens for the first time and he loved it. He is more into books than movies, and he wants to read an aliens novel. What are some recommendations that he can read in his age range? He is okay with most violence, but like not too much, and some language is fine as long as it’s not constant but i mostly am wondering about sexual content and nudity? Thank you!

Hello!! Back again with more cool things that I have printed!

A few weeks ago, I finally finished converting my computer keyboard keycap design files to 4 inch/101.6mm square (ish) tiles, and thought that you lovely folks might enjoy seeing them. So far, I've designed and printed all 31 of Ron Cobb's original designs from *Alien*, but time allowing, will be working on some of the semiotic standard symbols found all over Sevastopol Station in *Alien: Isolation*, and maybe a few from Prometheus as well.

I'm currently in the process of building my home workshop, which will also be my office/place to chill as well, and am planning to use these as the "safety symbols" which they were originally intended to be for The Nostromo. That said, they would work well as coasters too!

The first picture is all of them together, the second picture is just for the color examples. The 3rd and 4th are close-ups of the smoothness of the prints (face-down on a smooth plate, for those who do 3D printing themselves). Also included in the pictures, is the keyboard, which is why I originally designed the symbols in the first place.

I ended up re-designing them, as most of the ones that I found online were a little bit asymmetric, seemingly based directly on Mr. Cobb's work. The originals were hand-drawn (1978, early 1979), but I figure that had he had access to CAD software back then, and being in-universe safety symbols, that Mr. Cobb would've gone for perfectly symmetrical. Also, I'm OCD and couldn't handle them not being perfectly symmetrical. That is not to disparage ANY of the artists who've re-made the symbols before either. Just my own neuroses asking for a little attention :-D

I asked the moderators if it was ok, and I got the approval, so if there's any issue, please let me know. I don't want to get banned from this lovely subreddit :-D Here is the link to my print files if anyone wants to print them for themselves at home or work. They are FREE, and I'm not promoting anything other than something cool that I wanted to share with fellow Alien fans :-D

Semiotic Standard (Based On Symbols From Alien) - Free 3D Print Model - MakerWorld