Boot images.
Does anyone have any ideas for base shoes? Maybe a link to an store that stocks similar?
Been trying to narrow those down as well since I figure if I can't even find the boot, why am I trying to do the rest lol. I first thought they were paratrooper boots with a special toe added. When I was in the service one of my co-workers was a parajumper and had style kinda close, as in the laces go closer to the toe than normal combat style boots. But then I figured the lines on the toe caused that to be an illusion.
I was praying Adidas made a boot to make this easier since the toe looks like their shoes.....of course not, too easy right? I have searched US, Russian, South American, Canadian and Chinese boots but still nothing with that toe pattern. I started again to think it was added, but then if you find just the right images, the tongue of the boot has the same lines in it. I was thinking why would they go through the trouble to add the lines to the tongue when you won't see it?
There is also the issue of the lead designer, Alexandra Byrne, who loves to custom make outfits BUT if time is an issue will buy items off the internet (her own words even) and did this for Guardians of the Galaxy. When she does this she likes to order from China and modify. I would assume the leg area if all custom, but the rest of the boot is hard to say.
I have an image that shows most of the bottom of the shoe so you can see the pattern. It is VERY similar to the classic Nike SFB, but not quite the same pattern. I figured if the sole pattern can be identified -OR- the etch mark on the outside heel, we can figure out the company that makes the boot and go from there on the rest of it. I have searched for images with the heel being clear enough to get any idea what it says....no luck. It's small, so thought 5.11, but could not find a boot that looked like the image. I did not think of checking boot soles to see if 5.11 was similiar.....doh. Maybe I will have time tomorrow?
Anyway, sorry I can't be of much help.... still trying to work on it though when I have bad weather days I can't do much else.