Mustafar Padme Boots Question

[Princess Liz Fett (Liz Welsh)]

I'm starting on Mustafar Padme soon, I wanted a judge's opinion on these boots. I was going to purchase some riding boots at Payless, but I soon found that the zipper was on the outside and I know that does not meet the standards, so I began searching for new suitable boots or ones that I could modify.
I found boots for sale on ebay, that have a piece on top that folds down. The boots come in 3 colors: black, brown and tan. I'm not sure if I should buy tan color or the brown color. The brown color looks very dark to me, almost black. I know that Padme's mustafar boots are brown, but I don't know if this color is TOO brown.
Here are the brown boots:



And here are the tan boots:



As for the tops of the boots that fold down, I think I will glue them folded down inside the boot so that they never accidentally pop out during a troop.
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Rebel Legion Costumer of the Year 2013

[Anakin Skywalker ()]

I'm not a jugde but I though I would give an input.
http://padawansguide.com/c3/p22.jpg (copy past to see link )
here is a pic of her boots from an exhibit.
The tan boot looks best from those photos, but the boots should be suede or faux sude.
7. Low-heeled, riding style plain dark brown suede or faux suede boots. Zippers must be hidden
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[Princess Liz Fett (Liz Welsh)]

Thanks, actually I had this discussion with a judge before. The boots are clearly not suede, they are leather. The judge was glad I pointed that out ans she agreed that they clearly are not suede.
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Legion Costume Judge: Royalty, Fringe, and Rebel Supporters
501st Legion member DZ-11177
Rebel Legion Costumer of the Year 2013

[Blue (Beth)]

Ideally something a bit less shiny if you can find them, but the style is correct.

[RebelSenator ()]

When I'm looking for costume boots, I usually check amiclubwear.com
they have a large selection of boots so you might find what you're looking for there.
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[Darth Penland (Jonathan Penland)]

I found these boots for my wife's mustafar. Pretty close I would say? Now I just need to hunt down boots for the battle arena with the right tread pattern/color.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FKH2Y70?vs=1

[Silvara (Anna Malinova)]

As I also work on this costume now I have two candidates for the boots:

first one is suede with short inner zipper, will need to cut down the upper part, or the second one no zipper just needs to remove the buckle I guess, its this kind of raw leather, which one you think is better? :

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[Anakin Skywalker ()]

I would go for the suede one
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"All who gain power are afraid to lose it."
"The whole thing stank, but our noses had been out in the cold for too long..."

[Blue (Beth)]

I second the suede.