The Eternal Darkness - Grave Tusken - The Creation Of The Boots

The creation of the boots

I could not find any good base boots for the boots of the Grave Tusken costume, so I thought that I might as well try to make my own boots from scratch to see if I could actually do it. Now that I've figured out that I can make a simple form of boots, it will be a useful experience that might help me in the creation of another pair of boots for a different costume.

To make the base of the boots, my feet were traced onto a piece of paper, then a thicker line was drawn around them to make them look more like proper boot soles.

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Now my very first scratch built boots are completed and are not looking bad at all and very similar to the original Grave Tusken boots. Though the boots are simple, they are still very comfortable to wear and walk around with, so I am very pleased with them. Feel free to use any ideas from this tutorial, and good luck making your own Grave Tusken boots.

Project details

Project duration - 3 days.

Costs spent - $0 USD.

Accidents - I sewed one of the boots to my sock.

Thanks to

Whoever made the foam mat that I used for the soles.

Whoever made the sweater that I cut apart.

The poor animal who's leather I used for these boots.

The paper boot soles were traced onto a foam mat, then the foam soles were cut out.

To make the foot and calf sections, the arms of a thick tan sweater were used.

After the front of the sweater arms had been sewn shut, the arms were then sewn onto the boot soles with a thick thread.

A few more rounds of thread was sewn into the sweater arms and soles to make sure they don't fall apart.

Spray glue was also added underneath the sweater arms to bind them to the soles.

The sweater arms were folded in an angle where they were sewn permanently this way to make the right shape for the feet and calves.

An extra piece of sweater fabric was sewn onto the top of the boots to make them taller.

To make the metal toe shields of the boots, two pieces of aluminum were cut out and hammered to the right curve.

After beating the living fudge out of the metal plates, they finally had the right shape.

A strip of leather was spray glued onto the boot before the toe shield so that the leather would go underneath it.

After the toe shield had been glued into place, more leather was spray glued and sewn onto the foot of the boot.

Many strips of leather were sewn on in a spiral shape along the length of the calf.

Various shoe polish creams were used to give the boot the proper colors and weathering.

Now that the left boot was done, I started making the right glove since I have one more leg to cover.

The back of the top fabric that was added to the boot was left open to make it easier to get my foot into the boot.

A strip of leather was spray glued to the base of the foot before attaching the toe shield.

The five curved metal parts of the right boot were made out of thin plates of aluminum.

The plates were hammered to the right curve and made to interlock with eachother.

A thick thread was used to sew the metal plates onto the boot.

A large piece of leather was cut to the right shape and glued onto the front of the boot and the metal plates.

A few more pieces of leather were sewn onto the front piece without sewing them onto the bottom of the calf to make it easier to get my foot through it.

The rest of the side was then sewn shut without attaching it to the calf.

Two more pieces of metal were added to the top of the boot, and more shoe polish cream was used to weather the boot to the right color.