TDKR- The Definitive Bane Costume Thread...

aimeekitty

Active Member

• Jan 23, 2012

• #41

not really related directly, but I wish they'd gotten a bigger guy to do Bane, it seemed like part of the point of his character was to be huge, and this guy really just isn't... even from the standpoint these movies are taking which is "kinda realistic"

ah well, just mho!

 

Jango Wes

Sr Member

• Jan 23, 2012

• #42

Rdmaul said:

The boots are custom designer I am guessing But jungle boots are going to be about the closest things unless you want to custom make boots.

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I don't think they were custom made, minus the straps. I've had these boots since 1992 and wore them until we go the desert boots. If the newer ones weren't the base for the boot with a worn down sole, I'd be willing to bet they were the generation prior which did come with a thinner sole. If you look in the picture, you can see the rivet that holds on the bootlace eyelet that I referred to in my previous post (the paint coming off showing the brass).

Wes

 

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terryr

Sr Member

• Jan 23, 2012

• #43

Check these out. Another thread mentioned the site and I looked at the boots. Very close, or maybe a match;

USMC M1951 Combat Boots

USMC M1951 Combat Boots

EDIT: there's a beat up pair on Ebay that look the same as Banes. Sold in June 2011, so maybe they are Banes.

 

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Jango Wes

Sr Member

• Jan 23, 2012

• #44

Terry,

I don't think those are a match. Again, look at the brass rivets on Bane's boots. The boots you show have eyelets all the way up. I could be completely wrong, but I don't believe I am. The soles on the issue boots can wear pretty quickly, and I honestly think them to be the ones Bane wears.

Wes

 

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terryr

Sr Member

• Jan 23, 2012

• #45

The boots you show have eyelets all the way up. I could be completely wrong, but I don't believe I am

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Click the link.

They were made from leather and, rather than standard eyelets, the upper part of the boots were equipped with lace hooks (speed lacing).

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Banes boots look like hooks, while the ones you show have speed lacing.

 

Celtic007

Sr Member

• Jan 23, 2012

• #46

Here's a decent pic of his boots, you can see the sole pattern

 

tk1055

Sr Member

• Jan 24, 2012

• #47

Hmmm.... The sole looks like the bottom of my old Army issue Engineer boots...And the straps on his "H harness" are from old ALICE gear. The base straps look to be old Pistol Belts and the over strap looks to be M1956 suspenders.

 

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terryr

Sr Member

• Jan 24, 2012

• #48

The way the heel overwraps around the sides excludes everything we've tried so far.

 

Celtic007

Sr Member

• Jan 24, 2012

• #49

That could be an added piece like the strap over the tongue.

 

Pandemic

Well-Known Member

• Jan 24, 2012

• #50

I think the boots are either the new issue USMC sage boots or they remind me of the air force green boots that are black washed in oil.

 

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terryr

Sr Member

• Jan 31, 2012

• #51

The soles on his boots looked redone to me.

Then I happened to be in a second hand store today and saw some military short boots with new soles. There was another with the same soles, worn down quite a bit.

 

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terryr

Sr Member

• Jan 31, 2012

• #52

Found American Biltrites website.

American Biltrite > Footwear Components

The D87 Nitrile Full Gum Soles looks petty close. And the A11 or A42 heel.

So, I would say, for a close match get an old work or army boot. Have it resoled as above. Go to Tandy Leather and get shoe lace Hooks and rivet them on. While there get some leather and 4 buckles. Make the straps and add them suede side out.

 

Rdmaul

Sr Member

• Feb 8, 2012

• #53

I thought id post up a pic of my Gotham City FX mask painted up, I need to hit it with a sealer but I am happy the way it turned out. I used the referance shots from the Stadium scenes since I figured that was the most natural light the mask was in for filming, I will take some more shots tonight

 

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DJHAMMERHEAD

Active Member

• Feb 9, 2012

• #54

A lot of Airsoft enthusiast use the same type of pants (Crye Precision's GEN 1 Combat Pants) for their "Load Out".

Cheaper replicas are available from any airsoft equipment dealer on the net..

 

Rdmaul

Sr Member

• Feb 16, 2012

• #55

Hey guys I posted this in my thread but here is a shot of the Wrst Guard made in full leather, it was dyed darker after the pictures were taken but it gives you the jist.

 

Haywire

Sr Member

• Feb 17, 2012

• #56

I wondered if anyone might know where to find the hardward for the front of the straps (the ones with red string through them in the photos)?

 

AZspidey

Well-Known Member

• Feb 17, 2012

• #57

I am not building a Bane costume, but I am helping a friend out. Just wondering what everyone thinks about these boots. Yeah I know they dont have the speed laces or the bottom strap, but Im thinking these are the best thing found so far that could be modified.
-Todd

 

Comedian03

Well-Known Member

• Mar 6, 2012

• #58

Thought I'd post this for anyone interested. It's in regards to the coat Bane wears. Lindy Hemming the costume designer for the movie did an interview with GQ about the coat:

"Bane was meant to look like a cross between a dictator and a revolutionary," she revealed. "I designed the coat myself - it took a year. We took inspiration from a Swedish army jacket and a French Revolution frock coat and amalgamated the two. It was a pain to have made, because in LA shearling is not their sort of thing: there weren't the tailors who could work with the fabric."

So it looks like it's not a jacket that'll be found in any vintage surplus stores or anything.

 

Rdmaul

Sr Member

• Mar 28, 2012

• #59

Haywire said:

I wondered if anyone might know where to find the hardward for the front of the straps (the ones with red string through them in the photos)?

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Alice straps from ww2, I have a extra set lying around. I paid like $10 for the on amazon.

 

RudiR

New Member

• May 8, 2012

• #60

terryr said:

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Banes boots look like hooks, while the ones you show have speed lacing.

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Bane's boots have ruff out leather on the lower and smooth leather on the uppers. I just looked at WESCO (West Coat Shoe Company). It looks like the sole is a Vibran # 700 sole. They could have had them or what of the other boot companies that build custom boots.