Thigh piece a little 'pinchy' on the inner part?

[The5thHorseman[501st]]

I agree with Nick and his cut lines, don't cut the top of the thighs. It would solve one problem by creating another one.

[maxsteele[TK]]

Alright guys. Thanks for the suggestions. I had thought my thighs were catching up at the top of the thighs on the ab plate where it curves around the front of my thigh, which was the reason for me thinking to cut them down up there. I'm not so sure that it's catching down lower. I'll try to really identify exactly where the thighs are hitting the ab / cod.

 

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Edited April 11, 2014 by maxsteele

[SCTrooper[TK]]

On 4/12/2014 at 6:53 AM, maxsteele said:

Alright guys. Thanks for the suggestions. I had thought my thighs were catching up at the top of the thighs on the ab plate where it curves around the front of my thigh, which was the reason for me thinking to cut them down up there. I'm not so sure that it's catching down lower. I'll try to really identify exactly where the thighs are hitting the ab / cod. Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

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[maxsteele[TK]]

Hey Nick - I think what you're trying to show with the arrows is that my cover strips are not lined up properly?  Where you have the solid blue vertical line is where the cover strips should be?

 

I need to take another shot with my ab plate on and the thigh pieces rotated inward with the cover strips more in line to where they need to be.

 

So - when I walk with the thighs in the position of the pic I took above, they are catching on the cod piece down at the lower 2 arrows on each side.  And I think from this pic it's pretty obvious where they're catching.

 

When I walk with the thighs in a more rotated inward position, they are catching closer to the top of the thighs.  I haven't pin-pointed where at yet, but I'll be able to find out.

 

I'm still a bit afraid that I fitted my thighs wrong.  I was wearing them like the above pic when I sized and fitted them in the back, which would affect how they wrap around my thighs.  Rotating them inward will make the inside shapes different.  It's a mistake I don't believe I can correct without getting a new set of thighs.  I can only hope that I can rotate them inward, and shape them in a way that they don't catch on the cod and I can comfortably wear them.  Otherwise, I'll need to order a new set of thighs and re-size.

[SCTrooper[TK]]

Actually,the top of the thighs are about where they should be , I over exaggerated the vertical lines. Take your time, mine really pinched on the bottom of the cod. If you look at some NE build threads

you can see some over trimmed the top inner thigh. As you remove material from the bottom, the gap on the top will increase. I think this is because the thighs will tilt out a bit more towards the top, like they should. 

[maxsteele[TK]]

I gotcha Nick.  If I get the time tonight, I'm going to trim like the cut lines you have marked up in your post from yesterday.  Studying my close-up thigh pic, it looks like there's a little bump at the top that I'm trimming off so it's more of a diagonal line than an upward curve, and then I'll start trimming lower to get more of a scoop happening.  I'm not going to cut nearly as much as I drew in those lines to start off.  Just a mm or three at a time.  We'll see how it goes!

[maxsteele[TK]]

Well, I can't take a selfie while I'm trying to hold my thigh pieces up, but I at least now feel confident that I'm able to cut the thighs to where they're not catching on my cod and they look alright wearing them.  I'm not going to re-visit any cutting of the top of the thighs until I have a strapping system to hold them up on their own and see how it really is walking around.  Here are the thighs now that I've shaped and cut them down on the insides:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to everyone for the suggestions.  They certainly don't have the ANH shape to them, but they're definitely trimmed down where they were catching.

Edited April 13, 2014 by maxsteele

[SCTrooper[TK]]

Nice job!  Not only will it be comfortable, it should improve the over all look of your armor.