On my cardboard armor to get the shins to fit tight, I cut the armor along a seam that ran up the side of the Achilles heel area and hinged it along the seam on the opposite seam for about six inches up to let my foot squeeze through without having the ankle opening be huge. For the thighs I cut up compression shorts to make the elastic bands that are on the inner thigh (represented as three scallops on your pep). If you have big legs or hips, you need the upper thighs built thin and fitted as tight against your leg as possible to avoid them making you look wider than tall. I couldn't tell from the pictures of your thigh pieces if they are long enough, but I wouldn't worry too much about the tightness. You can remove the three scallops on the inner thigh and replace them with spandex and add a small extension to the the inside bottom so it will fit over your knee if you thing the outer plates are already proportional. In addition to the elastic bands, I had velcro sewn into my undersuit to help then stay located tight against my hips. I would get your Pep close to right and not hassle it until after resining. Then you can cut and tailor to suit like you couldn't when it was flimsy paper. I hope there was something in all that was useful. Your pep work on the shins is looking good. You might just want to bring them in at the back to fit tighter and be slimmer in appearance, but you'll have to expect a tight fit getting your foot through.
Redshirt
Thanks Redshirt, yeah it made sense lol. I have a few ideas on how i will tackle the thigh pieces, and i will try and work it out after i finish my other shin lol, and i will have to think about taking them in on the back a little. I kinda like the beefy calf look lol. Anyways I am stubborn and want the inner thigh armor to be the pep and not elasticy material. At least for this suit lol. Thanks for all the advice and for taking a look at my build.
Keep your eyes out, there should be some more updates coming soon.
Mstruvmgc, the legs are an extreme pain-- My advice is " that leg looks great- just add Rondo inside and make it hard-- Make sure your foot can get through... I use Knee Pads to hold my legs up... Longshot said his just rest on his rubber things around his ankle.
*I tried velcroing them directly to my pants/undersuit but they sagged my pants... possible solution is wear a belt....
I hope you have good luck working with the legs...
(Thighs need to be alittle big...I stuff mine with pillow cotton like material...WORKS REALLY WELL!
Best of luck with the build =D
Thanks Nogood, yeah i am not to worried about the shins really. They will sit pretty good i think. The thighs are my biggest problem, but like as stated above, i think i have a few ideas on what i want to do
Thanks for the help, means a lot
Great job M. The peps look great!
Thanks V, nice to see ya buddy, Im trying to catch up to ya lol
Shins look great.
And yes when there a done most of us just let them rest on top of a spacer or in my case boots. Works great.
Now on the the thighs don't let it get you down each and everyone of thees part can get to be a pain trying to get them to fit. We all run into our own part that will never fit till the 3-4 try. Just remember it's paper you can add or subtract anywhere you want to make it fit.
If it helps you, I removed the 3'rd ring on mine just to get the thighs to fit right. Some people remove them altogether and replace them with foam.:cool
Well you're build is looking great, So I'll be here looking for that next up date.
Thanks thorn
yeah i think i will just have them resting on my boots too.
As far as the thigh piece goes, i had ideas about adding in certain places, and already cut the top inner ring out to get it to fit lol So i am right with ya on that one lol. Once i figure out where i want to ass, i might still be cutting on the top ring just because it feels better to me anyways. I have thought of using foam to replace the pep, but i am going to be stubborn and keep it all pep for my first build. I told myself thats how i wanted to do it. lol
But future projects are different, i will probably incorperate a lot of mats
Anyways, thanks for tagging along
Means a lot
Should be an update fairly soon.
Untill then, Have fun and keep building everyone
