My Terminator 1 Schwarzenegger Lifesize Display

[Monteburns]

I completed my Terminator 1 Arnold Schwarzenegger lifesize project on the weekend.

This display is a hybrid of the " I'll be back " police station scene & the movie poster pose.

The bust I airbrushed & added the wig & trademark Gargoyles.

I completely modified the mannequin to give him more muscle & moved the arms to get the pose that I liked.
The hands were also modified to get the gloves on & gun in the hand.

I custom made the 45 long slide with laser sight which surprisingly took me a very long time.:rolleyes

Overall I am happy with how it turned out.

Updated pics.:unsure

 

[Alan Castillo]

Looks excellent !!

A wee suggestion if I may - pad / raise the shoulders and the upper body + torso. He needs to be more robust / macho.

Close up of the face would be cool if you have some pics :cool

 

[youngo23]

Nice but too skinny for Arnold

 

[T2SF]

Cool display, you custom made that longslide? Tell us more!

 

[Jedifyfe]

Looks excellent !!

A wee suggestion if I may - pad / raise the shoulders and the upper body + torso. He needs to be more robust / macho.

Close up of the face would be cool if you have some pics :cool

EXACTLY! Really great display but you could make it unbelievable!

 

[Monteburns]

Here is a close up of his face before it was mounted on the mannequin.

The body on the mannequin is muscular & Arnold is not really that huge like a Ronnie Coleman body type.
Here is a promo shot of Arnold for the first movie.

 

[Apollo]

Looks great!!!

I would pad him up a little more too but he realldoes look fantastic! :thumbsup

 

[Alan Castillo]

Heck of bust !!!!! Beautiful !






Still, give him some padding

 

[Howlrunner]

Looks great! The positioning of the arm holding the gun looks a bit akward to me though - I think maybe the elbow needs to come out from the body more or the wrist needs straightened.

Got any shots of the bust without the glasses on? Would love to see how you've done the eyebrows...

 

[Monteburns]

I padded him up a little bit more but where I have the display currently located I can not get well lit pics.

This version of Arnold I did not include eyebrows because I wanted them to be burnt off. ( I know how much of a pain hairing eyebrows on resin can be so I am lucky on this display)
I am happy with the pose & do not want to modify the mannequin anymore because getting his jacket on was a real pain & in person it looks natural.

Getting the gun in the hand & using that type of glove was a lot of work.

 

[frosty]

that is brilliant work mate, really looks the part, the paintjob and hairwork are top notch, that last shot looks like Arnie is real and standing there!

 

[Funky]

Looks great! The positioning of the arm holding the gun looks a bit akward to me though

I couldn't agree more. The positioning of the arms are too close to his body. In the grand scope of things that's a pretty simple fix. I think that we can agree that of all the lifesize pieces people make, if the face/head isn't spot on everything below the neck is a fail. The head is the most important part. In your case the very best part. I can't recall too many other convincing Arnie's out there.
Well done, sir. :thumbsup

 

[Jamie Staff]

looks good padded more, nice work...

 

[XtcofPain]

The gun arm needs to be moved a bit but the last picture looks the biz. If you sort the arm out it will be a lot better. I like it a lot. Looks great

 

[TazVader]

Yup agreed. I think if you turn the gun hand a little to the left looking front on. Make it look a little more natural. But hey awesome work

Best
Taz

 

[Monteburns]

The hand can be rotated at the wrist to display the gun straight up but I wanted to see the side of the gun while it was being displayed.

The gun itself was a real pain to replicate & my hats off to all the gun prop makers on this forum as it is not as easy as it looks.:unsure

I beefed him up under the jacket & took a better pic with a flash because of the poor lighting.

Thanks again to everyone with all the positive compliments & the constructive criticism.

 

[fettster]

Nice work

 

[Monteburns]

I took my time & padded up my my T-1 display some more.

The pics have been updated on the first post in my thread.

The gun was an old non working 45 airsoft that I modified by lengthening the barrel.
I then custom made a bracket & scope to resemble the movie gun.
It was a long process but well worth the effort & to me that specific gun is as iconic to the movie as the trademark sunglasses.

 

[Simmon M]

I love it Monte! Not very many T1's on the board. You did a fantastic job! :thumbsup

 

[Monteburns]

Thanks again guys.

I was originally going to do a T2 display but had changed my mind as I really love the iconic look of the first movie with the spiked hair , gargoyles & 45 longslide.

It was a really fun build & hopefully it encouraged other Terminator/Schwarzenegger diehard fans to attempt a Terminator lifesize display for their collection.