01Hawk Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 After trying to find something solid colored and reasonably priced and that I could try on in a store , I just gave up. So instead I bought expensive boots and will just use them and be comfortable lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01Hawk Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Starting to make cuts ... Are these going to be ok? Was trying to make them a consistent width of the xacto knife to make cleaner cuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROW62 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Carve the sole is a very good detail on the boots, may be the half of the way in my opinion, good job bro! Gio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB-7076 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I'd try to make the ridges thinner so that the lower carvings are longer than the upper ones. At least in that perspective the carved sections - lower and upper - seem to be equally proportioned though if you look cloesely you can see the original shows a difference in length of upper and lower. Also the second carving from right the center of the boot usually is thinner than the others if you look at the reference you also placed next to the boot. But as your heels - like most btw. - are lower in general I understand that this might be hard to achieve the right proportions. It is already hard enough not having the right tools for such a job. My current are even lower so that I had to skip it completely Other than that - nice work going beyond the average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01Hawk Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 It is tough to get a feel for what the distances/widths are supposed to be. Those cuts are on the inner face of the one boot and like you said they should be thinner and gapped better. I think I am going to try and blow up the picture and make a stencil of the spacings, even if it is just holding the boot up to the computer screen for sizing. I was thinking about it last night - does anyone with original boots have the ability to provide a stencil of at least the outer side? If not just measurements of what each raised area should be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01Hawk Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 I don't know why I didn't think it this earlier but here is my next attempt. I am going to go buy a cheap pair of boots at good will to practice on first to make sure it works. Blew up a picture from SC site on my screen. Held the actual boot up till it was sized correctly. Then took Vellum tracing paper and taped it to the screen. I lightly traced the pattern from the screen onto the paper. I am going to transfer the pattern to the boot base. May need to shift it a bit to accommodate the different sized/contour of the sole but I think it should make it look better than just random notches. The perspective of the pic with the actual boot in it looks off but when you stick it up flat to the screen it is a match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB-7076 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 It is tough to get a feel for what the distances/widths are supposed to be. Those cuts are on the inner face of the one boot and like you said they should be thinner and gapped better. I think I am going to try and blow up the picture and make a stencil of the spacings, even if it is just holding the boot up to the computer screen for sizing. I was thinking about it last night - does anyone with original boots have the ability to provide a stencil of at least the outer side? If not just measurements of what each raised area should be? Can do that but you have to wait until friday or weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01Hawk Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Working on the whole suit today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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