The steel mill finale featured some of the more complex liquid-metal-man gags created by Winston's team, including the 'cleave man' suit worn by Robert Patrick, for shots of the T-1000 after the Terminator has sliced through his body with a steel rod. Originally, Winston had assumed that he would have to build an entire puppet for the effect; but when Cameron suggested that he would be willing to shoot it from a locked-off camera angle - rather than having the camera move around the T-1000 - Winston realized that a more simple approach would work. Christopher Swift sculpted a foam rubber body appliance that was vacumetalized in the center liquid metal splash area. That appliance was then pressed firmly against Robert Patrick's body to simulate his right shoulder and side, while the actor bent his real shoulder and side backwards. From one specific camera angle, Patrick appeared to be standing in a normal position. When Schwarzenegger brought the steel rod down through the split line between Patrick's body and the appliance, the device sprang open.

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