Another Scout Boot build

[silverBoyd]

Hello fellow Scouts. I figured I would start "another Scout Boot build". I searched and searched for work boots with an even colored sole as well as one that doesn't show stitching. Apparently in the US, these are hard to come by but I was able to get my hands on a pair. I found them at WalMart of all places. I bought a pair of Brahma Steel Toe work boots at Walmart for $23.97.

Turned out, the Steel-Toe boots were $4 cheaper than the non-steel toe boots. Plus, the material on the steel boots was better too in my opinion. I"m not planning on going Lancer status but I'm going to cut out the grooves around the soles. Love the way it looks. Think it makes the boots look so much better. I spent an hour hand sketching both boots last night. Here's what I have so far...

Spent the afternoon cutting out 1 of my boots. Still need to finish up the heel on it though.

------UPDATED 01.12.13------

After 2 days of working on the first boot I finally have the soles finished on it. Most of it was cut by hand using an Xacto knife but the heel was partially finished using the engraving tool on my Dremel. The soles are a soft rubber and were hard to get clean edges at times. But I'm happy with the final result. Now to just get them covered by vinyl in the next week or two.

[gowinme]

Lookin' good! I bought a pair of the non-steel toe version. I'll be following this!

[bjsavage7]

So far so good.

I like the look of those boots. The soles are solid in all the right spots & they're already the right color.

[silverBoyd]

got 1 yard of white marine-grade vinyl today at a local fabric store. Plan on starting to cover my boots in the next few days

[silverBoyd]

Finally had some free time to start on the vinyl. Got the first stretching completed and am going to let it sit for a bit before hitting it with the heat and restretching / pinning

[silverBoyd]

It has been some time since updating this but I have recently decided to finish my Tusken build before finishing my Scout. Nevertheless, I am helping a good friend of mine who is on these boards, NegativeEleven. He's working on finishing his scout and I'm making his boots for him the same way I am making mine. I'll continue this thread with the boot build since he bought the same base boot as I did.

 

This weekend, I was able to pin the marine grade vinyl to his boots and after an hour or so of working with the heat gun I glued the vinyl to the boots utilizing E6000. Once it rested overnight I took a box cutter and trimmed off the excess from around the soles.

The cuts were a bit uneven in places but those will be finished off with the 1/2" trim around the edges later on to give it a clean look.

 

Next, I took the measurements of his legs and calves and sketched up a few templates in AutoCAD for the tall parts of the boots. Cut them out of paper first to fit the boot. Only took 2 tries of re-drawing the template to get it just right. I took the template sketch offered by "Army Scout" and tweaked it to fit our base boot style better.

Once that was done I then measured across the boot to figure out the "dog bone" pattern. Once those were mocked up I traced the templates onto my marine-grade vinyl and cut them out.

Now I'm just awaiting a free day this week to get a chance to sew the stitching to the "dog bone" as well as sewing on the Velcro and stitching the top of the boot.

[silverBoyd]

Finally have the boots completed. This afternoon I used the sewing machine to put the stitches on the "dog bone" and the sew-on velcro attached. I'm pretty happy with the end result. Here are a few more "build" pictures of the final stages of the boots. If you need more explaination, just look up the great boot tutorial made by "Army Scout".

(1/2" trim applied to bottom of boots using E6000)

(Rivets & rivet washers applied to both sides of the upper boot material)

(Once the rivets were in place I added a small region of E6000)

(finished pictures of the main boot piece and "dog bone" applied)

I think they turned out pretty nice. The sewing machine needle didn't like the vinyl too much so some of the stitching looks a little weird. Tried 2 types of needles.

[NegativeEleven]

Any of you experts got an opinion on these? I'm trying to do everything right since this will be my first costume submitted to 501st for approval.

[NegativeEleven]

I've got my 3rd Annual Star Wars Day party here in Charleston, SC next weekend. Jeff at SC said he'd try to get my armor here by then, but it's looking like it won't make it. I'm borrowing KS armor since I have most of the soft parts done. My modified Kenner blaster doesn't sit well in the KS holster, so I added a piece of sintra to raise the side up a little more. I've got some styrofoam packing material in there too to make it tight. I might add a white elastic strap at some point. It's tough because I'm borrowing it and don't want to do anything to the holster than can't be undone. Glue and tape come off. He said it's fine to put tiny holes (I used screws, into a sintra boot insert, with rubber stopper on the tip that broke thru) because he's gonna rivet it to his boots when he gets them finished.

 

[Centuri]

Silverboyd, I think your dog bone is upside down?

 

my understanding is the curved part faces down toward the toe.

[silverBoyd]

Silverboyd, I think your dog bone is upside down?

 

my understanding is the curved part faces down toward the toe.

 

i noticed that too after looking at pics....thanks for the heads-up

[silverBoyd]

finally finished a 2nd pair of Scout boots for a friend of mine. Also carved the soles for him too. I learned some tips since my first pair. Got the dogbone on the correct way this time too. The marine grade vinyl is pretty easy to work with overall. I think the hardest part is getting the vinyl stretched over the toes (front half of the boot). After that it's a breeze. I had to resize my templates in AutoCAD for this set since the first pair I made was a size 8 1/2 or something like that. These were for a size 10. Took me 3 tries to get it sized just right. Also had to scale the dogbone up from 10" across up to 10 1/4" to get a nicer look when placed on this boot. Even though I'm glad to be finished with them I'm actually kind of bummed to see these boots go.

 

[Dane]

What did you use to make the cut outs on the soles? Looks good!