Custom Renaissance Boots » LOR http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com Made to order footwear for Renaissance Faires, SCA, fantasy and science fiction fans Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:42:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Strider boots are ready for mud http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/2010/02/strider-boots-are-ready-for-mud/ http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/2010/02/strider-boots-are-ready-for-mud/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:24:36 +0000 admin http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/?p=149 All the parts have finally arrived for the Aragorn character from The Lord Of The Rings and are assembled. The shoe laces were made from braided 1/8″ cotton rope found at Home Depot (boy, did they look at me funny when I told them what I needed) and the rope wraps are drapery and upholstery [...]]]> All the parts have finally arrived for the Aragorn character from The Lord Of The Rings and are assembled. The shoe laces were made from braided 1/8″ cotton rope found at Home Depot (boy, did they look at me funny when I told them what I needed) and the rope wraps are drapery and upholstery trim. The laces were tea stained to give them the right base color. The dirtying is in progress. I experimented with dirt from  the yard (right color but wouldn’t stick), ashes from the grill (same issue), water and finally clay cat litter for the adhesion. Used borrowed barn boots for dirt placement and glopped it on and set them to dry. My test swatches looked great so now I just have to wait and then chip off the excess. A wire brush will finish of the faux wear patterns.

Strider boots with out the dirt

Strider boots with out the dirt

Lace detail on LOR boots

Lace detail on LOR boots

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