We all know and love Arnold Schwarzenegger from the Terminator movies and we all know under the skin of the Terminator was the t800
robotic
endoskeleton now
It's one thing to be a fan of the movie in the t800 and want to build a plastic model of it to sit on
Your desk or your action figure shelf, but Jamie's stuff from just creations in Australia loved it so much
He handmade his own full scale metal t800 endoskeleton out of sand forged aluminium
Jamie started off by making just the arm, which was made out of resin
But one day he bumped into it and it fell and broke into pieces
It was because of this that he decided to make another at a medal eating skills
He learnt in a TAFE course he'd built his own Forge and started building the arm of the Terminator
But once he got started he wanted to make the whole
T800 not just the arm in the Terminator 1 & 2 movies the actual Terminator endoskeleton wasn't a fully
Articulated version rather there were a collection of parts that moved on 8,800 statue that was used for individual shots
There were a number of full-size versions built, but even they had limited mobility
Jamie did not want to simply build a rigid copy of the t800. He wanted to build a fully articulated life-size Terminator
Which means all the body parts head neck arms hands feet legs and torso can all be moved into various poses
But once he got started he had trouble figuring out all the parts and measurements
But Jamie was fortunate to stumble across a fellow Aussie who just happened to have a rare complete
Resin kit of the Terminator endoskeleton who bordered himself a while ago
But never got around to doing anything with it and was just sitting in storage
But the owner told Jamie the condition of the resin parts were not that great and had to be reworked to get into a usable
State Jamie ended up going through a lengthy process of refining each part
Cleaning them up and using body filler to fill in broken or missing areas until he was able to put the whole resin skeleton together
Now using the resin t800 skeleton Jamie started making sand-cast molds in which he would pour the molten aluminium
To create the metal
But this type of casting is not precise and required a lot of trial and error
Where some pieces taking many attempts to get right?
and even after the parts had been forged
They required a lot of cleanup and removal of excess metal plus all the detailed joint lines had to be cut and engraved onto each
Piece by hand to match the movie Terminator version this whole process of creating the raw metal parts from start to finish
Took two and a half years
Because each piece is made separately when it came time for assembly and joining the pieces together a lot more time was spent
Lining everything up and making them fit as intended once everything was mocked up and fitted together
Correctly then Jamie had to figure out how to make all the main pieces fit together while still having the ability to move freely
Because of this he could not simply wear it or bolt them together in a rigid fashion
But since the main bulky pieces were made out of such thick metal from casting they gave plenty of room to hide
Joints in and behind the pieces such as all the ball joints in the shoulders hips ankles, etc
And because he was building a fully articulated life-size Terminator with 230 movable joints and Pistons
There were many hurdles to overcome
Jamie spent two and a half years just to get to this stage in the build where all the parts had been created now
Came all the sanding and polishing of the rough surfaces
This was some of the hardest work the cleaning of the raw castings in getting them polished to a mirror shine
over 500 individual pieces in all Jamie said if I had any real idea of the work I'd end up putting in
I probably never would have started
Once all the parts had been polished it was time to put everything together
at this stage
Jamie had to be creative as he had very little to go on when it came to where all the hoses and cables were fitted
On the movie Terminator. So we simply just used the logic and placed them where it seemed right?
Just to be clear on one point Jamie's version of the t800 endoskeleton is not 100% screen accurate
It's a combination of the t800 from the Terminator 1 & 2 movies plus his version is made
So all the limbs can be poseable. We're in the movies. They are not
Once the whole T800 was put together and all the small details had been taken care of
It was time to come up with a mounting system to make it stand upright
Because the unit weighs so much and is designed to be poseable
It could not simply stand on its own or lean against a wall
So Jamie designed a mounting system which allowed him to raise and lower the Terminator so it can be placed in various poses
Without having to worry about moving the heavy skeleton with brute force
Once the mailing system had been finalized
He then proceeded to decorate the stand in a theme straight out of a terminator scene
Complete with skulls and bones in a fake fire system
that helps the overall apocalyptic theme
The final T800 weighs more than 130 kilograms has over 500 individual pieces
280 bolts and 60 hoses. It even has a set of acrylic denture teeth and took four years to complete
Now Jamie never kept track of how much money he spent on the build as he mostly used recycled aluminium
He even melted down some old aluminium engine parts
but he did go through 30 x 9 Kilogram bottles of gas on the Forge, but just to give you an idea of what it might be worth
He did tell me you can buy a full-scale T800 replica made out of
Chrome-plated resin for ten thousand dollars, but it's just a static statue
So as you can imagine a full-scale handmade aluminium fully poseable T800 would be worth a lot of money
But Jamie has no intention of ever selling it it now holds a place of pride in the corner of his humble man cave
Hi Wonder World. Thank you for featuring me on your channel. I'm, Jamie from Jaz Creations. I'm something of a self-taught man in better
who just likes making things. I worked in lots of different materials and I make up heaps of different projects
And I also like casting metal, but I think one of my best projects is the Terminator T800 Endoskeleton
and as far as I know it's the only all-metal fully articulated movie-accurate version in the world
I really do love reading the comments that I got about this build
But one day I've got a comment that really stuck out to me and means a lot to me in particular and that's this one
from the Stan Winston school
I'm glad that the guys got to see what I've done with this iconic character and that they've liked what they've seen and
Who knows maybe Arnold or James Cameron will get to see it one day and they'll drop a comment in the comment section as well
Now might have been a lot of time and effort to make but now here's a one-of-a-kind piece
And as far as he knows, it's the only all-metal fully articulated Terminator T800 Endoskeleton in the world
Anyway, that's the end of this video. Thanks for watching. We'll see you next time, bye-bye
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