Jump start on my boots.

[Shyrax]

I have about 2 weeks before I can order all of my armor and soft parts. The current plan is to shoot for Lancer with SC armor, a KS helmet, LSFU softies, and Target modified boots. I went ahead and picked up the boots at Target last night thinking that I could get a jump start on them. After studying Witness's pics of his cut soles, I can't tell where the cuts stop. Per the pic below, should they stop at line 1, 2, or go all the way up through the top by the threads (line 3)? Sorry for my squiggly lines. Hard to draw on my laptop. Also, how deep should the cuts be?

 

 

I went by JoAnn's and Hancock Fabrics to pic up the vinyl. Could not find any that I really liked though. Most were to thin and gave the impression that the right boot will crush from the weight of the blaster. Where do most people pick theirs up from and is there a specific item number/part number (not sure what to call it) that I should be looking for?

 

The CRL says something to the point that the boot should come up to almost touch the knee armor. Since I do not have the armor yet, is there some way for me to figure out how tall the boots should be? Is there some magical mathematical formula that the people who sell boots on here use when making boots for someone else? This will also go for how big around the top of the boot needs to be since I do not have the flightsuit yet.

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

[4505Marcel]

If your going for SC armour id make your boots about 70-75mm BELOW your actual knee cap bro as the armour will hang down about 50mm below your knee cap, the 70-75 will give you the little gap required to look right.

 

Are the sole on your boots all the same colour as they look a couple of different shades? You really want boots with one colour soles bro

[Shyrax]

Thanks for the info. The boots are the same ones linked to in the pinned topic "Biker Scout Boots". Hope they are correct. Since the bottom and the top of the soles are made of different material, I guess they take the flash from the camera differently. They are actually the same colors. That little stripe between them (between the numbers 1 and 2 on the photo) is a little different though.

[Dart]

Yeah, the boots that are in the tutorial have changed universally, it seems. Now, they've got a couple of colours on them instead of just being a solid tan. I'm not sure if it'd affect any Lancer application but I'm not the one to ask...

[Shyrax]

Hope they are still good for the Lancer.

[Chex]

Same boots that Dave uses, so they should be good for Lancer, I think. Oh, and you can go all the way to 3.

[Shyrax]

The top edge doesn't look big enough to cut.

 

 

So.. I ended up with this. I can still go higher if needed.

 

 

For the back, I am thinking more of the same but with the horizontal line going through them. My problem will be clearing out the area above the horizontal line without cutting the top edge. Maybe that is why people are carrying it all the way up. No way to clear out this area without doing that.

 

 

So what are your opinions on the toes? Are they looking close to what they should?

 

 

 

[Shyrax]

Moving to build thread.

 

http://forum.bikerscout.net/index.php?showtopic=7685&hl=

 

 

[4505Marcel]

I personally dont cut the toes as they seem to wear out really quickly from past experience, only the heel is required to be cut at present for Lancer so thats what I do to mine.

[TB-7076]

The front segments of the soles had been just slightly recessed anyways - probably due to the problem Marcel mentioned.

 

This Sierra variant is just a relative of the original boot but it shows well (you can see the same in a Schwarzenegger movei cap with the original boots)