TB-5027 Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Good news everyone! I went to my first couple of troops and it was great. With all the pictures taken of my costume I managed to find what was wrong and how to fix them... ... Except my boots. I don't have the right stuff to make them durable. Granted I did a lot of marching, crouching, kneeling, and even some jogging because I was over-excited at the French Comic Con Vinyl cracking! Flap detaching, glue not holding... Same thing with more dramatic glue failure. I haven't been able to get my hands on E6000 so far. I've put so much efforts into these that I'm running out of patience. I don't have enough vinyl left to re-do them entirely, let alone taking the rivets out to re-attach the holster. So the other options are: buying new vinyl and better glue OR buying Scout boots from MC or Witness. If there's anyone out there with an extra pair of size 6 biker scout boots I would be interested... however unrealistic that may be. Anyway I thought I'd share these pics for those who might opt for the tough kind of vinyl for their own boots. It's a furniture type of material and not for clothing.
4505Marcel Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 Wow that sucks sorry your boots fell apart, I would have thought a better glue choice would have held. Im still on my first set of boots over 2 years and they are still holding strong. You really need a flexible glue like E6000 or Goop Ive used this on all my boot builds and have never heard of a set comming apart. Did you use a marine grade vynil? If you get stuck im UK based and can get you a set made up pretty quick pm me
Jello Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 Y'know, I had the beginnings of the same problem. I hit the spots that were coming loose with some E6000, and no troubles now. Keep looking for that stuff, it works wonders!
TB-5027 Posted August 2, 2011 Author Posted August 2, 2011 Okay I thought about buying new ones from Marcel but now I'm worried about the holster rivets that I can't break off... is it even possible? I'm worried that I'm going to miss out on lots of fun trooping because of these boots
Junglie Scout Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Holster rivets are really easy to remove. Coose a drill bit just smaller than the rivet head. SLOWLY......start to drill off the head of the rivet. Once you get far enough, the head will fall off and the rivet can be pulled out from the other side.....simple!! Have patience with your boots, I made 4 pairs before I got them close to being right and I'm working on a more accurate 5th pair right now!! Good luck and don't give up. I'm sure all the armourers out there have made loads of items before they got it spot on
TK-1179 Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 oh.. while removing rivets are easy, you may need to hold the rivet on the inside with pliers.. if the drill "catches" the rivet, it will just start spinning and ruin the hole for the rivet in the boot..
TB-5027 Posted August 21, 2011 Author Posted August 21, 2011 My finished boots made by 4505Marcel! I had to trim half an inch off both top and bottom of the holster (made by SC) so that it'd fit the height of the boot. Now that it's done I can't understand why I hadn't done that on my first pair of boots. And here's the calf strap I made out of elastic canvas material + velcro, and riveted to the holster, it helps support the weight of the blaster pistol (it's a KS). Side by side comparison:
TB-8719 Posted August 21, 2011 Posted August 21, 2011 That calf strap looks amazing, definatly gonna steal that for my own boots! Iam still waiting to hear from 4505Marcel, pretty sure iam gonna order those boots.
Arnie Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 I'm gonna steal your bootstrap idea for my build as well
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