Weathering JW Boots

What can I do to weather my JW Boba boots? Should I just wear them in the mud and dirt, or use pastels and chalks, or airbrush on some tempera paints?

What has worked for you?

Yes pastels is the way to go. Dont forget misted here and their with some black and red. .Take a good look at the boots in the REF CD you'll know where the misting and weathering goes. That is the way I did mines.

I walked with my MC's through a mixture of dirt, water and motor oil. It weathered up the soles perfectly.

For the fabric parts, I used pastels. Black, dark grey and rust brown in some areas to simulate blood spatters. I put most of the dried blood around the edges of where the toe spike meets the boot. I mean hey, what did you think Boba uses those toe spikes for anyways? Hehe.

I also used a file and roughed up the toe spikes.