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Re:Show HN: A stop-motion video of an engine by AlexMuir on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @07:45AM (#15017273)
String. Coat hangers. Bits of wire. Sticks as fishing rods. We tried various ways and in the end I mainly used some conductive cotton thread that I bought from Adafruit ages ago. It was strong enough to take a lot of weight, but nice and thin too.

For the heavy stuff I just had to hold it and then photoshop my legs and arms out.

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Re:Show HN: A stop-motion video of an engine by Stratoscope on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @08:07AM (#15017401)
That is really great - I never would have guessed how you did it.

> photoshop my legs and arms out

This reminds me of the first time I saw Forrest Gump. For some reason I didn't know who Gary Sinise was, and all through the movie I thought the actor playing Lt. Dan actually was a double amputee.

And in the flashback scene that showed him walking, I marveled at how they were able to fit him with artificial legs that let him walk so naturally!

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-10/entertainment/ca-1404...

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Re:Show HN: A stop-motion video of an engine by tome on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @08:50AM (#15017677)
> And in the flashback scene that showed him walking, I marveled at how they were able to fit him with artificial legs that let him walk so naturally!

They filmed that scene first then chopped off his legs and filmed the bits that came "before".

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