Palpatine1977

Third coat done! Starting to actually look white now haha, this really tests my patience (or lack thereof ). But I am not going to give in haha, at least three more light coats! And then, possibly some sort of sealer or something of the sort to add some protection... any suggestions regarding that would be much appreciated

Wow, very nice job thanks for sharing And for the heads up for anyone who wants to go that route!

Haha, sorry about that! xD

Hmmmm, well my friend did say to me "why the hell didn't you just use spray paint" lol.. I've thought about it but I couldn't see it holding up as well, but that's of course just speculation I've never tried lol. And by all means you should post that pic BTW I did put on the third coat today, but didn't have time to take pics, will post some after Spider-Man tonight

Awesome Can't wait to see how it goes!

Second coat done! You can really see a difference on the shoe that has two coats This stuff is weird, goes on and seems to dry extremely quickly and almost has a chalky appearance to it.. but it is very nice stuff to work with, definitely recommend it.

Short form: ANH/ESB ROTJ haha but seriously, yea check out the CRL's

Alrighty, soooo.. first coat done! First, I used this green tape to cover the entire sole area of the shoes.. that was 45 mins of my life i'm never getting back lol.. but according to the cute little frog on the package it keeps paint out, and lines sharp O: we'll see. This is what the result was. The paint I am using is Angelus white leather paint, and I decided to go with sponge brushes because I feel you get less brush streaks and no chances of a stray bristle becoming a permanent part of your shoe lol (also, easier to get in all the nooks and crannies). I plan on doing 5 or 6 very light coats because if you just did it all at once, it would probably crack and peel like a mofo.... end results for tonight! Going to let these dry fully overnight an will be doing a second coat tomorrow

Haha you go first! xD I will begin painting today, nervous

Yup, and you better believe there's tons of people waiting xD so it's either paint your own, now.. or wait for those... Personally, I am extremely impatient, so I got my own haha

Oh and BTW I actually recently contacted TKBoots and unless you were willing to wait months to then be put on a waiting list.. you're unfortunately (because TKBoots are fantastic) going to have to outsource.

Im guessing you could technically use either of those.. but you want to use the actual stuff made for that purpose.. if you use one of those you run the risk of badly damaging the leather, so if you want to avoid shipping I would visit a local leather shop or maybe even a boot shop, and they could probably hook you up. I'm actually dying some boots right now, have a thread up, if you wanted to watch my progress and learn from my mistakes haha http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/27114-dyeing-black-boots-white/

They would definitely work yes, the elastic isn't accurate but as long as there are no other visible seams, they're good for centurion.

Okay so I had time today to strip the boots, here are the steps it took to take the finish off. Firstly, on a beautiful day like today, it's important to remember to stay hydrated Any fellow Canadians will know what this is lol. But seriously, it is very important to do this either in a very well ventilated room, or outside... I attempted to do this in my bathroom (because it can get messy) but that stuff is powerful haha, quickly moved it outside xD Here is the stripper I used, called Fiebing's Deglazer.. Picked it up on ebay for like 8 bucks, works great. Also make sure you wear gloves at all times, and keep in mind you will definitely not be using these rags again, so don't use your grandmothers embroidered kitchen towels, I just picked up a whole bunch from the dollar store, like 0.25 each lol. So with a ton of elbow grease, and a lot of deglazer, your towels should look something like... This. That's a sure way to tell you're doing something right haha.. I actually decided to go ahead and use the entire bottle of deglazer, seeing as I will never use it again. This is what the shoes came out like after vigorous scrubbing... It may be a bit difficult to see anything because of the lighting, but as you can clearly see in this comparison pic, the pretty sheen that was there is but a memory now haha (notice on the after picture, the shoe almost looks greyish) After using a lot of deglazer, and destroying six towels, I let them air dry in the sun for about an hour, and then brought them inside.. I used hot water mixed with household detergent and another clean towel to scrub the daylights out of them once again, this was to ensure that here is no residual leather stripper on them (for obvious reasons) and bonus; they now smell pretty haha. There was a little bit more dye that came off with this, as the water was a nasty grey colour afterwards... So then just rinsed any remaining soap off them and dry scrubbed them really good with a clean towel. Tomorrow I will begin to dye them, but I'm going to let them completely dry overnight at least before starting that.

Ok so I am very pleased, seems my hours of research and searching has paid off! My boots finally came in today (shipped from the UK), these are a black pair of size 45 (US 10) Shires Woodstock Jodphur Boots. Now these are by no means easy to come by, unless you happen to have very small feet, I have found that sizes 45, 46, 47 are very hard to get, and if you do happen to find a pair.. getting them to ship them internationally lol. In my opinion, from scouring these boards and also my own Blu-ray captures, these are the most accurate stormtrooper boots you can find without actually having an original screen worn pair haha.. Anyways, this thread is to show the complete before, after, and everything in-between for making black boots look like the ones worn on screen. So without further ado here are the boots as I received them. Notice on the backs how they have the correct "v" pattern sewn into them.. This will not be seen when you are wearing them, but just a nice detail. And the soles have to be the least important part, but another detail I like is that they don't have any sort of ridiculous tread on them like a lot of the boots I came across did, and because of that the also make a lovely clicking sound when you are walking on a flat surface.. kinda like a stormtrooper xD So overall I am extremely pleased with these, and would definitely recommend them to anyone who wishes to get just a little bit more accurate than buying white leather boots (also there is a long wait list for those as I understand). These type of boots generally run about 25.00 - 40.00 GBP so they're not too bad Will be updating this thread with my progress, hopefully starting today!

Wow, those look terrific!

Well according to the CRL it is only ANH troopers... But thats only to get certification, after you get certification I presume you can do what you want lol

Aurebesh xD Yea it is their TK number, normally this is not allowed, no.

Are you talking about the stickers with someones TK number or Garrison?

Well, you ordered them all at once, so they will be shipped all at once.. seeing as you placed the order all at once, you would have been discounted on shipping seeing as he would only be sending one package out as opposed to two, shipping is calculated on whichever is the higher price, weight or dimensions of the box.. I would obviously be dimensions since none of these items weigh hardly anything.... So, you would have needed to place them as separate orders and pay separate shipping.. I guess your options are to wait.. or cancel the whole order, and re-order them separately, or if you can get in contact with him, workout a deal where you pay him the extra shipping to have the other two items ship out immediately.

For the love of all that is sacred, nooooo.. I really really hope that they change the look before airing the show, because I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that I laugh every time I see that helmet xD

Wow, the amount of detail going into this build is just awe-inspiring.. I'm just sitting here watching the updates like I cannot wait to see the end result!! Fantastic.

Well, I think if you were to just un-snap the cod and butt piece, and remove the butt.. you should technically be able to sit down lol, althought it may not be very comfortable.. now for those of us with the original suit strapping... cant really sit down haha

ANH and ESB stunt = awesome. ANH hero = alright. ROTJ = hideous

I could be mistaken because I am a bit of a noob tbh, but Death troopers are considered "expanded universe" therefore non-canonical and as such they cannot become EIB/Centurion or be used to join the 501st.. But I am not 100% on this.