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[Rainfly]

My boots are posing the greatest problem for me right now. I cannot afford $150+ to commission a pair and I am not super confident in my skills to make the boots. I have seen several posts here condemning (viscerally) store bought "rubber" boots. I found these on cabelas. If the texturing was sanded off and the top of the boot cut, would these be remotely passable?

 

http://images.cabelas.com/is/image/cabelas/s7_830981_007_01?rgn=0,0,1868,2000&scl=5.2631578947368425&fmt=jpeg&id=1IZe3n-E-aOZMcxwV95L2D

 

If not, can someone post a picture of what white rainboots look like with the armor? I find it hard to imagine that they look THAT bad.

[Chunk]

Sorry Alex, but they wont be allowed.

 

I myself havn't built a pait of scout boots. But I have read the tutorials over & over. Im thinking I can make a pair & I think if you read the tuts til you understood them fully. You could too for a fairly cheap price.

Work Boots $30 (Walmart)

Vinyl $20

E6000 $4

Rivets .02 Ok you'll probably have to buy them in a pack $4

Velcro $3yd

Your time

The whole list around $60

Take your time & it can be done.

One of these days when Im slow in building riding suits I'll make another pair of boots.

[bjsavage7]

I find it hard to imagine that they look THAT bad.

Trust us...they would. They really would.

Listen to Chunk. With a little time, effort, and patience, they can be done and you'd also have the satisfaction of doing them yourself.

[Chef]

Yeah, just have a look at the boot tutorial and read it through a couple of times.

 

It is actually pretty fool proof. Just take your time, measure twice... cut once.

 

You'll save yourself a stack of cash. Base boots will be about $20-30 and a metre of vinyl will be about $10. Some glue, a few push pins, some velcro and a stack of time and you'll be golden.

 

The hardest part is getting the toecap bit stretched. But just take it steady and it'll all come good.

 

 

It's the one bit of the scout that I try to get everyone to just have a go at. You'll surprise yourself, and then you'll have the confidence to just try the rest.

[Guest hel0wrench]

I've never built any costume before and I'm finding the boots to be pretty easy. I'm not getting as much time as I would like to complete them, but like Chef said, it's really a confidence booster to know you've made part of your costume and it's giving me what I need to continue with the rest.

[Dart]

When you see them side-by-side, you'll see just how bad they really do look.

 

They're not really that difficult to make. Just take your time, read the boot tutorial and you'll be just fine. You can always ask questions here.

[Rainfly]

Wow, that really felt like a big group hug. Thanks for all of your confidence boosters. Ill give it a go.

[Dart]

Dude, you'll learn so much while making your costume. I have a garrison-mate who bought his first TK but since then, he's learned how to do all of it himself. He was all thumbs at first but after teaming up with some other folks in the garrison, and just doing things by trial and error, he's now one of our go-to guys for building TK's and clones (he's built 3 TK's, 1 clone and modified one of each to fit him).

 

Point is, you'll learn everything you'll need by just doing it. Like we've said, if you need a nudge in the right direction, that's what we're here for.

[Guest SUP_Ronin]

In my opinion the boots are the absolute lamest part of this costume. I realize the goal is to be movie accurate, and the accepted boots everyone uses generally are. So my criticism is NOT in people's costume boots, but rather the movie ones. Some lousy marine vinyl glued onto a pair of workboots/shoes just seems so weak and unfunctional. I think the shrimp boots would have been much cooler and I wish they had used them or a variation of them in the movie like some nice white leather biker boots, accented with gators or something would have been sweet. Shrimp boots are a heck of a lot cheaper, but they just aren't accurate. Please understand, I'm not trying to bag on the requirements, but the whole rest of the costume is so cool then they drop the ball completely on the boots as far as the movie prop is concerned. I find it unfortunate but what's done is done and all we can do is emulate what they used in the movie. Unless of course you don't really care and want to have something you can use in a flood as well as your armor set. :-)

 

I feel I should clarify a little. The required boots look great from the outside, it's what's underneath that seems so dysfunctional. Really it's more of a gator that's been attached to the boot/shoe. Seems like it would be hard to even tie up the shoes. I like building stuff and will make my own boots per the tutorial. I just wish they were super cool like army surplus tanker boots, or the ones that the fleet officers get.

[Rainfly]

Nate, that is the source of my frustration too. I would have absolutely no problem spending a large amount of time/money on a pair of boots if they served a purpose outside of being screen accurate. I cannot use the boots for ANYTHING outside of trooping, which is disappointing.

[TheRookie]

I second what the other Nate said... that's going to get confusing... But It's easy if you take your time, and for those who feel that the costume as a whole is going to be hard... It could work as an ego booster, and might even teach a lesson to new guys patience. That you can't build a good set of armor right out of the box... that is if you start with the boots.

[Rainfly]

ITS WORKING! LOOK MA NO HANDS!

 

 

 

after inhaling way too much e6000 and cutting way too much vinyl and stepping on way too many tacks... one boot is done.

 

Let me just relish in my sense of self accomplishment for a moment.

 

..done

 

now let the criticism begin

[bjsavage7]

Looks good man. I'd say other than cutting the screen-accurate notches in the soles (which you should just go ahead & do ), the dog bone droops over the edge of the sole just a tad much. Perhaps trim that just a bit.

[Chef]

Hey Alex, I'd be very happy with your first step into the world of costuming.

 

Very neat job. I did say it was fairly straightforward.

 

Do the boot soles for definite. I wouldn't concern yourself too much about the dog bone. Yes it does come over onto the sole, but it keeps that join nice and tidy underneath.

 

 

Well done.

[Guest hel0wrench]

Nice work! Looks like you'll be a costumer yet! Make the notches, they're not hard to do once you figure it out, just like everything else. I did mine with a cheap $2 aluminum exacto imitation knife.