How hard would it be to make upper leg / * / crotch armor that bound to the legs, rather than hung from the waist? I don't like the idea of swinging armor. I want something that will strap in tight and not move around when I am moving.
I also picture a thick armored belt with a large circular low hanging piece of leather attached in the front, that has a metal decorative disc or something riveted to it, to cover the balls. This would cover the area from beneath the torso armor, but above the thigh plates. This is not easy to describe.
Idea #1:
What if your fighting pants were unarmored from the knee down, so you could get them in your boots and wrap your greaves around them, but the upper area had leather plates riveted to them? You could never wash them I guess and the rivets would scrape your legs. What if the upper area was some sort of "pair of armored shorts" that you strapped on and could take off?
Idea #2 This seems very doable in armor grade leather. Main straps are around the thighs with smaller straps that hook to the belt to keep it from slipping.
This is what I don't want the * part to look like.
Idea #2 cont.I like this because it has separate plates for the upper hip area. Lots of open spots though.
Maybe go this route for the * coverage or to fill in spots where large plates won't let you move very well.
A Belt like this, but without the hanging **** under the cool rams head crotch protector buckle thing
I'm throwing some pictures up because I see pieces of how it could come together and I am having trouble explaining what I am thinking.
Thoughts?