First Animation of Plate Legs

[Pirate]

<--- It's posted as my avatar.
It looks really weird, kind of ike a machine is pumping something and it jumps up the body of the character.. not as easy as seems >.<

[Crush]

Try to keep the lower legs about the same length and shorten the thights instead.

Another way to approach the problem might be to begin with animating the kneecaps on the naked leg first and construct the lower leg and thights when the knee animation is perfect.