Ortho Leg #2

After creating my first orthographic front view of the Zaku Kai, it became clear that I needed to refine the leg design. The first attempt was based on the drawing from the Zaku Kai front view drawing. It improved upon that work, but it was still a very rough attempt. The second version was a complete re-draw using some of the measurements from the first leg drawing.

This drawing attempts to emphasize a few features of the design:

• The front contour of the leg, from below the knee to the toe, forms a concave “sweep” down and forward. I wanted this contour to be reasonably smooth and continuous.
• Asymmetry of the lower leg, longer outboard ankle fringe.
• Convex curves on front and back edges of upper leg

As an early attempt I think I did a fine job with this drawing. However, when I re-integrated the leg drawing into the front-view drawing it seemed as though the knees were too low and the leg was too long overall. This was corrected in later versions of the drawing.