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Duffman's boots are pretty tall by boot standards, the only thing I could come up with was rubber rain boots. Since there aren't a lot of WHITE work type rubber boots it was up to Krylon yet again (thankfully rubber is one of the surfaces listed on the spray cans). This was probably the most expensive portion of the costume since the boots were new and $20. But it's not like they'll be useless after Halloween... just white.
Like the cans, many coats to get them looking right (4 in this case). I masked off the red toes and soles of the boots. I'm not sure if I'll keep them red or not (technically they should be all white) but I figured I'd see what they're like with red and if I want them all white, paint them then. Heck of a lot easier to add more paint than remove it.
All done. Kind of like the red as it is. However, putting it all together it looks wrong with the costume, so I'll probably end up painting the red.
A note about rubber rain boots, they only come in full sizes. So I had the choice between toe crushingly small 9's or swimmingly large 10's. I would have rather had the 9s size wise, but I went for 10s. I figure I'd rather wear 4 pairs of socks than lose feeling in my feet.
The shirt was actually pretty easy to do. This is a pre construction shot. I used some heat transfer paper from Office Depot and an even bigger enlargement of the same duff logo. Sizing the logo to fill an entire 8.5 x 11 sheet works about right for this medium T-shirt.
The shirt after heat transfer - big difference eh? Actually the ink did smudge a little and the sides curled a little white, but overall it looks really good. If i don't completely ruin the shirt through the course of the night I'll probably wear it as a normal shirt :)
Ahh the shorts, I didn't want to shell out for a pair of red jockeys or, uh, tighty reddies, so I took some old white boxers I had and bought some RIT red dye ($0.99).
I ended up soaking the shorts in a double strength dye concentration for the full 30 minutes, I wanted them red.
They're not red. Kind of orange actually. That and they're huge and look nothing like the super hero jockey/cod piece. Time to look for some red jockies.
Also pictured, the cape. It's velvet on one side, but was also the least expensive of the red cape options save sewing one myself. I had a hard enough time shortening the samsonite belt, I wasn't about to try and sew a cape.