Great concept and great makeups in the initial movie (though it would have been nice to see more of Cassandra). The movie Newcomer makeup consisted of full-facial prosthetics rather than just a headpiece as in the TV version.
The TV series and TV movies (inevitably) cut back on the Newcomer makeup and turned into a sci-fi buddy cop programme spoiled by heavy-duty Star Trek-type moralising.
Rick Stratton lead the makeup team for all the Alien Nation TV productions: at various times the makeup team included Steve LaPorte,
Kenny Myers,
Janna Phillips,
Craig Reardon,
Jill Rockow,
Richard Snell, Tom Irvin, David Abbott &
Zoltan Elek. On the movie, John M Elliott Jr was makeup co-department head with David LeRoy Anderson,
Grant Arndt,
John Blake,
Roger Borelli,
Zoltan Elek,
Greg Figiel,
Steve Frakes,
Mark Garbarino,
Emilio M Gonzales,
Jeff Kennemore,
Makio Kida,
Eryn Krueger,
Richard J. Landon,
Karen Mason,
Brian Penikas,
John Price,
Matt Rose,
Russell Seifert,
Michael Spatola,
Michiko Tagawa &
Mike Trcic all working on alien makeup effects.