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Published: 2007-11-23 05:30:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 4486; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 469
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Photo of one of the hoof boots from my 2006 faun costume. The construction's a mish-mash of wood carving, sewing and leatherwork.Questions regarding the construction, etc, will not be answered. I will not take commissions for these, nor will I give information as to how I did them. Not out of wanting to keep a "trade secret", but because they are NOT safe. I will not risk somebody hurting themselves on my advice.
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so yeah, totally killed what i had intended to write about- so i will just say those are rather nifty. What kinda issues did you have with them that makes them so unsafe? I can imagine balance is an issue. I hope you did not injure yourself with these things.
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I didn't injure myself at all. They're designed to take advantage of some personal quirks, but even then they were not the easiest things to walk in. Because of the dangers inherent to the way they're designed (ie, won't work well for the average person) I don't share info on them or make them for others. Rather than risk being sued because somebody followed my advice and got themselves hurt, I just don't give any info on them at all. There are tutorials out there for similar ideas that are safer for the wearer. If I ever revisit this one, I'll be approaching the feet differently.
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Those would be so cool, if I could walk in them. ^_^
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they look awesome..but as you say..quite dangerous for walking :')
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Weeeeeell...I can pretty much guess what you did here. Either you took a boot and glued a wooden hoof on the bottom, or you got some thick, eightes-style disco boots and cut off the heel. Either way, I can agree with you-very dangerous!
What you could do to make them MUCH safer is do the same as in these three photos [link] by slapping on car bondo, then sanding and padding them. Next, take two lengths of flat aluminum rods an attach them to the bottom of the hoof like this guy has done (watch carefully as he walks around, you'll see the rods sticking out in back.) [link] (make sure the screws are recessed into the rods, so that they are flush with the surface of the rods)
The rods and car bondo make the legs more like high heels, instead of balanceing on the balls of your feet on small platforms. You can hide this comment if you want so that people wont try it, but this might help you the next time you try to make a faun costume.
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Wait, sorry; not bondo. I belive it is a paint-on type of fiberglass.
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HA! It's car bondo with fiberglass fibers!
...overpost much?
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I'm someone that would go in harm's way to get a good costume, and have been contemplating some similar design for a gargoyle/creature since it looks silly on flat feet, so I know where you "stand" in these, haha. Though, I would like to see you stance and entire body from a normal angle to see how they look.
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Hello ^^,I wanted to ask you As it is the structure of the leg in order that it(he,she) was staying with the form of that of an animal
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they're quite cool...im in the process of thinking of how to do faun legs/hooves myself..dont worry..i wont ask for your secretyness ^_^
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