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Published: 2012-11-27 11:33:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 190387; Favourites: 4174; Downloads: 1244
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After years of promising how to do this tutorial I finally got around to it!Sorry I'm so damn lazy guys.
Anyway I hope its easy enough to follow!
Enjoy!
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Sacrifice i'm afraid! I have a pair of heels that i use again and again in this way.
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Um, sorry to bother you, but do you know how to make knee-high heeled combat boots? If you don't, do you know a place that can show how to make them? If you can, it would be much appreciated.
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Try cosplaytutorial.com/list.php#bβ¦
Maybe you'll find something useful! :')
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HOLY HELL! I LOVE THIS! You earned yourself a watcher my friend, this is amazing!!
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I thought about doing that for my Lenalee cosplay, she has very "skinny" boots too x). But I was planning to wear flat shoes. Do you think it'll work as well? There won't be holes in the stocking, but that also means no glue point like you did on the heels... Maybe i could put glue directly on the shoes so the stocking are attached there, and then with the felt like you did in the tutorial...
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If it was me i'd stick the stocking over the shoe, cut a tiny hole anyway to put the glue in, then cover the sole with felt 
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ok thanks!
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i found thsi while surfing through cosplay help blogs and wow this will be hella helpful for my houka cosplay
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Question: The character I am considering doing has an odd pointed shape winging upward from the top here is a picture. How would I go about doing that - or would this technique only work with straight topped boots?
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Hmm this does only really work for straight top....though if you where careful and made that top detail from a light material you could perhaps sew it to the top of a stocking and use sock glue to hold it in place?
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What do you mean by "make the first hole where the heel is stretching"?
I'm sorry if this is a silly question!!
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No problem, my wording sucks ahaha. When you pull the stocking over the heel, the stocking will be very streched out at the tip of the heel. Cut a hole where the heel meets the stocking.
Does that make sense?
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Yes!! Thank you very much!
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This is awesome! I'm gonna have to remember this next time I need high boots!
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what did you do to get that nice neon band around the top
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The top of the stocking?
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This seems really nice except for one thing. I feel that having a felt sole for the shoe would cause it to not have enough traction and would cause the shoe to slip a lot while you're walking. I could be entirely wrong though since I haven't worn shoes like these so I was wondering how the traction actually is.Β
Also, I'm terribly sorry if someone has already asked you this but there are just way too many comments for me to go fishing around for the answer.
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i used easy liner, which is five bucks for ten square feet at walmart. excellent grip and easy to work with and cut.i also find it doubles a nice insoles.
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ahaha it fine
Without the felt your left with stocking fabric which is delicate and slippery. The felt gives excellent traction on most surfaces and protects the stocking fabric from ripping. If you are very concerned, you can buy off ebay stick on soles for extra traction, I sometimes just put little dots of hot glue on the bottom of the felt and thats acts like little rubber bits to add more friction.
Hope that helps!
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I see! I would assume that felt soles wouldn't have much traction on most surfaces but now I see my assumptions were wrong so thanks a bunch for clearing that up for me!
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No problem. The only surface felt hats it like...really slippery surfaces. But honestly ive done to like...5 cons in shoes like this and never had an issue!
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Since you have the hot glue out already, why not just add some glue swirls to the bottom? I don't think felt soles would be a problem walking on carpet, but for tile I'd add some grip.
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can always put some rubber or similar object as a second soleΒ
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I was thinking the same thing but I'm still curious about the traction of a felt sole
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well i guess it would depend on where you are performing. carpit and outdoor concreat/tarmac should be fine its shiny floors and lino will be slippyΒ
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This is such an amazing, cheap alternative to buying $300 boots.
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YUP! Plus you can reuse the shoes inside to make other "boots" . Ive used the same pair for 4 costumes!
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Holy crap!Β This is fantastic!!!!Β Thanks!
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This is genius...................love itΒ
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Wow, that's an amazing idea and much easier than other methods. Thank you for sharing!Β
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Hi there! I'm going to be using this tutorial very soon, and I was wondering what you would recommend using for the top? I saw someone say ribbon, but I want to try and using something with a little more stretch.
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Ahh late reply! Yeah ribbon is a pain tbh. I'd probs get a stretch fabric in the colour I want, sew that to the top of the stocking, Id probe put the stocking on, then wrap the fabric around the top and hand stitch it on. OR fabric glue has some stretch to it so thats another option!Β
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Alright. ^^ Thank you.
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is there any way doing it when you actually need it in black patent leather?
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You can get fake leather stockings xD Srs, ebay has em.Β
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thank you so much for making this ;w;
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