Probe zooming toward the Earth before crash 

Complete alien probe AO render and textured version

An idea of the probes that will be composited into after effects sequence

Motion test for the probe leg movement and engine flare

Modelled, rigged and animation done in 3DS Max and engine flare added using After Effects

Bridge asset modelled using Houdini

Bridge asset that would have broken destroyed by alien probe crash in the later part of the opening scene.
All three bridges are the same asset because it was modelled in Houdini with procedural modelling the input values can be changed and a wide range of versions made very quickly using this technique.

Followed a great 3dbuzz.com tutorial from start to finish to get this asset complete and to learn a great many tools and workflow practices as a result.

First pre-vis render for the impact scene

Low resolution video of pre-vis probe lauching towards Earth