Clone Shoes

[DTR1]

I bought a $19 pair of Starter brand, white leather shoes from Walmart size 12. I just finished the templates for the right shoe and the left shoe will get done soon. I purchased some white vinyl from a local store for $18 bucks for one yard of fabric. I will post pics of my build here tomorrow. I will have to see what I can use to solve the problem others have had with the bending at the toe.

Total investment so far:
$19- shoes
$18- white vinyl
$7- Extra strength Shoe Goo

$44- Grand Total

[DTR1]

Pictures of my templates. E3 Clone

First the toe filler Piece.



Second side filler Piece x2. One installs over the other.



Front view with filler pieces laid out.


The entire shoe Laid out and ready for transfer to vinyl.


One shoe template down and one more to go.

[the dark knight]

you should do these full time! just kidding, they look great so far!

[DTR1]

Tomorrow I do the left shoe.

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I just glued down the spacers for both shoes. I will let them set over night.



Be sure when you are transferring the patterns to the vinyl to turn them face down on the back side of the vinyl so they fit correctly when you go to glue them down. I figured this out for trial and error on my first cut. I had to do the first one over because the pattern was not lining up correctly.



I have the filler pieces glued down now I will let them set up for 24hrs before I go on to the next step. FYI be sure and ruff up the surface before gluing down your vinyl. This will give you a better set. I used a 200grt. sand paper and it did a great job.





More to come!

[DTR1]

Ok, more progress as promised. Second stage of Clone shoe assembly. I Laid out my patterns first.



Then dry fit them and trimmed off any excess before applying any glue to the shoe. When applying the glue be sure to work fast because the glue will start to set quickly. After you apply the vinyl to the glue you can let it set for a few min. It will still be workable so you can make adjustments. I put on a heavy coat but be sure to not use to much. Or your shoes will have bubbles in them. I also made sure to work from the front to the back of the shoe.





My shoes were pre- marked along the top edge of the sole from previous layouts so I had a ref. point when installing the vinyl.



Any excess glue was removed from the sole edge to clean them up for an even fit. The sides were done one at a time and overlapped on the heel of the shoe.







After each side was assembled I made sure to stuff each shoe with paper towels in order maintain there shape while drying .





The next step will be to add the toe and tounge of the shoes.



More to come.

[DTR1]

The vinyl is finished. Now I just need to fasten the corners. I'm not sure what I'm going to use. I'm thinking velcro?

Any way first I cut the toe panels and shins.



Then I glued them to each other and rolled them out, my paint cans were handy so I used them as a roller.



After rolling them together I glued them down to the toe of the shoe.







I attached some detail pieces to the tops of both shoes.





Then I taped everything together to dry and this is what I have.





I'm not to sure if they are going to work or not, first they have to get approved by the 501st and second they have to wear correctly.
They may need some tweaking here and there and I will try to use them if I can because you can't beat the price that's for sure. If they don't work out I'm sure I can find something.

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Here are the last photos of my completed clone shoes. I am waiting for my straps and I am keeping my fingers crossed that they will cover the snaps I installed to hold down the fabric. Next step finish everything else and troop in these boots to see what falls off.

I used velcro for the tongue closure and it seems to be working well. I used it on both sides, but I may glue down the outside in order to make them look a bit cleaner. I realy only need an access point on one side to get them on my feet.



I installed a button snap and a elastic fabric to help hold up the excess vinyl.



I am not a model, but here you go!



Last but not least the finished product with out the straps installed yet.





Thanks for following the build and good trooping everyone

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Ok a quick update on the completed clone shoe build. I decided to remove the velcro from the outside of each shoe and glue them down. Im glad I did it! It's a cleaner look and it made them look 100 times better. So in closing don't velcro the outside just use velcro on the inside.

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The clone shoes are now done. THX to a friend for the last piece to the puzzle they turned out great. Nothing left to do but weather them and wear them. The straps are velcroed on for now in order to fit them to my armour that's soon to be here.





Good Trooping

[dennybobbutt]

Wow these look really good iv been trying to find a pair of those kind of shoes like at Walmart or Target without spend a bunch of money I seen a pair with the same kind of souls so ill prob try that but looks sweet. Did you make the straps or did you buy them

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Researched CT.NET and was able to find the shoe straps. A little research goes a long way. There are allot of talented people on the boards.

Dallas

[Culvan]

Those are fantastic. It looks like you have solved some of the problems I've had with my shoes. I've had problems with the top bit of vinyl sliding out from under my shin armor. The other problem I've had is that the bottom of the calf has been digging into the vinyl and has nearly cut through it. The obvious solution is to remake the shoes periodically, but I thought you might have some ideas since you seem to have strong grasp on good footwear.

Did you custom make all your templates? Do you have them in a format that you could share? One way or another I expect to have to make my shoes again soon.

Andy

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Yes I did all my templates myself so I do have them. I am not what they call a comp. tech. but I am more than willing to share them if someone can tell me how to scan them in and what format to put them in for others to use. I'm not sure how that will pan out for others as far a scale and size? I have a few good ideas for the problem that you are talking about with the calf that just may work. Let me take a look at it and I will post it here soon.

Thx

[Culvan]

Yes I did all my templates myself so I do have them. I am not what they call a comp. tech. but I am more than willing to share them if someone can tell me how to scan them in and what format to put them in for others to use. I'm not sure how that will pan out for others as far a scale and size? I have a few good ideas for the problem that you are talking about with the calf that just may work. Let me take a look at it and I will post it here soon.

Thx

The size of the Templates will vary based on the size of the shoe. If you could lay it out on a surface with some contrast and put a couple of objects of known size around for scale reference (like rulers) you could just take a picture of it and upload it. It's a little difficult to do, but the further you can get away from it and use a zoom lens, the less distortion the picture will have.

I'm probably going to have to rebuild my shoes before too long. If you don't mind, I'd redo your templates in Visio and post them again as pictures.

Andy