 The design of the Borg were reminiscent of Lord Dread from the television series Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future and the designs of H. R. Giger . The first designs for the new race were created by costume designer Dorinda Wood after she received the script to " Q Who " . While her design showed a suit with tubes running in and out of it , she left the head design up to make @-@ up supervisor Michael Westmore . The headpieces and the main costumes were made at the same time by the two different departments , with Wood and Westmore working together at times to ensure that they matched . The base of the head pieces was made from foam , and while Westmore initially made casts of model kits using polyurethane for the electronic parts , he found it more effective to use actual electronics from damaged equipment . He designed a latex attachment to allow for tubes to be attached to skin so that there was not a great deal of bare skin left on the actors ' bodies . That skin was covered in a white base make @-@ up in order to achieve a zombie @-@ like appearance . 
