PO submission thigh question

[Honker]

As a bigger guy I wanted to double check my thighs as far as the cover strips go. I want to make sure everything is OK size wise to be able to submit for level 2. 

I know my left thigh rotated in this pic and have since taken care of the movement of the thighs and shins.

 

[bigwam]

Hello Dale,
I'm also a "big boy" at 105 kg.
I know the problem with the thighs. What you definitely have to pay attention to when expanding your thighs is that the proportions still have to be right.
You can do a lot with the coverstrips, but even that has its limits. You may need to add pieces to the legs to maintain the shape. If that doesn't work - Ross from RWA offers parts for us "big boys".
My armor is from Troopermaster. I used wider cover strips at the front and back (2 cm) and didn't completely join the two leg parts behind the stripes.
To answer your question: There will be a problem with your thighs for Lebel 2. The proportions are no longer correct. The stripes are too wide and the thighs are too wide in the lower area. The stripes also go down too far on the left thigh, so you just have to reconstruct the missing part. Everything should seem harmonious.
Here are pictures of my thighs (although my thighs are "relatively" normal - for me the problem is my stomach.)

I also had to "reconstruct" parts of the thigh because there was too big a gap in the knee area. Here are pictures of my thighs from the front and back.

And here are the areas in your case that could lead to problems at level 2:

Regards Thomas

 

 

[Honker]

I really appreciate your input. I'll look into a new set of thighs. My gml actually helped me assemble the kit and I was worried about the cover strips being too wide! Apparently they're just too long on the left let alone the taper of the thighs overall. Since these are glued on with good old Plastiweld... there's no removing them and being able to still use the existing thighs. This set came from MC/FAC. Nice kit for sure but uh... yeah, I'm gonna need new thighs

 

Was the width of the cover strips ok? There's about 3mm on either side of the strips

[bigwam]

I would make the width of the cover strips smaller.
I can check how wide mine are this evening.

[Honker]

That would be really helpful! I've already reached out to the maker for a price check 

[bigwam]

Good morning, my coverstripes on my thighs are approx. 22 mm wide.

[Honker]

Ok cool! I really do appreciate your help and input