I had an old customer contact me last year to make him a pair of Clone Trooper boots from the Star Wars movies. The research turned up no pictures of actual footwear but the information that the armor had all been computer generated. Major gasp of surprise! I dug out the Visual Dictionaries and went through the pictures. It was an interesting meeting at the shop. We had plenty of time since the armor was still in production and there was really no deadline. The guys made up nine different sets of bits and pieces to try to get something that you could actually get your foot into and would look like the pictures. Since the bottom of the boot looked like it had been inspired by some sort of sport shoe, we did a soft toe. To get the seamless look of no opening, added a zipper in the front which would be covered by a molded leather spat attached with Velcro. Then added the strap. It actually was a very close real world interpretation of the Elite Clone Trooper picture that we used as a reference.
We’ve had another request for a pair and he’d like them more as a pull on boot. Since he’s not opposed to adding a zipper on the inside of the boot, we can use a more conventional type of construction. He, however has armor issues that we’ll need to address. The back of the leg armor is rubbing holes in the boots he’s now using.
The troops had just finished patting themselves on the backs for pulling off the Clone boots when a request for a boot based on his Final Fantasy character arrived. That one just required cleaning up a computer generated drawing. Pulled that one off too.
white Clone Trooper boots
boots for Final Fantsy character
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