I mean, they're comfy enough, and they look okish sort of if you squint (I just hope the 501st approve them otherwise I"ll be rather moody). Soles definitely need a trim to fit the MCR spikes better. I think I'll definitely splurge one day and get myself some decent ones eventually. I've got a custom shoe maker near me, but I have suspicions they'll be over $800 AUD to get them made!
It looks to be based on the Book of Boba Fett version, there are some small differences in the shape and features from the ESB/ROTJ original packs. If your build is just a personal project and you want to paint it up in ROTJ colors it will look awesome no doubt, but just a heads up if you are trying to apply for costuming groups you may run into an issue with this style jetpack for a ROTJ costume. Like BudaFett said, you can always DIY and get creative to re-build shape things with bondo but but just depends what's important to you and how much work you want to get into.
Yikes! They just look like random ink splotches, this isn't really weathering.
The second picture, which is the condition the boots arrived in, certainly does look like ink splotches. I'm assuming the original owner of the boots never bothered trying to get approved with them. If however it's the first picture you're referring to with the boots significantly darker (which I've reattached below), then your feedback is duly noted and I'll get the rattle cans out rather than the diluted acrylic paint and have another go if it ever stops raining around here.
Thanks mate, shall do (Alpha really is a ray of sunshine isn't he). I'm hoping to have another go at them this week. I soaked a lot of the paint out that I added, but the original splotches are refusing to budge. So I think I might have to pretty much start again. Paint the whole boot a light grey and go from there. All else fails I'll ship them down to a paint savvy friend (he's also making a ROTJ Fett) and he's going to airbrush them for me. So a frustrating glitch but I'll get there!
If they are Imperial Boots I've found they are a bit smaller than the standard shoe sizes. I'm a size 9 (uk) these are a size 9 (uk) but i wouldn't like to troop in them. They seem a size too small in my opinion. They look good but I'm convinced they had an issue when it came to sizing
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Couldn't find 'off white' sateen at my local shop that wasn't distinctly cream, so I"ve dyed it myself. Is it dark enough? Or does it need another swim in the dye bucket? The first attempt.......went wrong. It's a gorgeous mottled dark grey. So on to the custom it goes.
