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Nominated for Best Shot in The 1997 VFX HQ Awards, this shot features hundreds of bugs created by Tippett Studio, as well as a lifeboat element by Sony Imageworks. Copyright 1998 TriStar Pictures.

Tanker Bug's lethal spray takes care of two Troopers at Whisky Compound. Tippett Studio animated the bug, as well as created the CG spray, and the digital stuntmen that appear in the shot.

At top, Neil Patrick Harris blows away a Warrior in a demonstration of its power for a FedNet broadcast. At bottom, the humans blast a herd of Warriors with a barrage of aerial bombs.

All photos ©1997 TriStar Pictures

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