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