The Knee Pads/Boots

There are three major parts to the lower area of the Biker Scout costume:
The protective Knee Pads
Vinyl or Leather Boots
and The Boot Holster which holds your blaster.

The kneepad for the Biker Scout is more of an overall cube shape than anything. It has these odd looking ridges cut into edges of the facets of the kneepad. The top of the kneepad has a rounded look to it due to the 3 beveled surfaces. The bottom of the kneepads have a slight outward curve along the edge, they are not supposed to be completely straight.

The knee pads are 21 cm tall, 16.5 cm wide and 10.25 cm deep. for normal sized males figures. The bottom of the knee pads should be slightly curved, not straight. This allows for a more comfortable wear of the knee pads.

We made carboard templates and transfered those onto sheet plastic., which we taped together to make a negative mold for us to pour liquid plaster into.

Notice that we positioned two flat rods across the top opening of this template. This is to keep the top of the mold from opening too wide when the heavy liquid plaster is poured into the mold. The sides will sag a little due to the weight, but it will keep it's general shape long enough for the plaster to solidify.

Once the plaster is dry we will turn the mold upside-down, slide the plastic off the hard plaster and sand down any problem areas that occured in the process.

You'll want to refer to our plaster casting and vacuumforming sections to make your final vacuumformed armor parts.

The boots used in the movies were normal hiking boots that had leather or vinyl sewn and glued onto the tops of the boots and custom made the 16 inch tall upper parts of the boot. The website, "The Parts of Star Wars" partsofsw.com, has some detailed info about the hiking boots used for these costumes. I believe it was a HIGH SIERRA hiking boot, the same boot used by Arnold Schwarzzenager in the 80's action flick "Commando".

Making the boots yourself can be a diffficult, if not frustrating, task. While propmakers will custom make you a pair of boots for about $150 - $200, there are a couple of websites like "TK-312's Endor Base" that will show you how to make the boots yourself. StudioCreations has not attempted to custom make a pair of Biker Scout Boots yet. Sorry.

NEW FIND - Professionally made custom-sewn leather Scout Boots are being offered at www.CaBoots.com for $150.00 or more (prices fluctuate with demand). I like these boots, they are a little snug, but they are very well made and the leather is stiched to the sole of the boot.

If you are on a budget, Lacrosse (a shoe/boot manufacturer) makes a nice PVC vinyl boot, called the "Majesty", that is kinda similar to the tread pattern, color, and height of the ILM biker scout boots. There is a 16 inch tall and an 11 inch tall version of this boot. Short people should probably go with an 11 inch tall boot while normal to tall people should buy the 16 inch tall boot. You want to buy one size smaller than you normally wear, the LaCrosse boot fits a little larger than normal shoes.

July 2006 - NOTE: Lacrosse no longer makes the Majesty boot. They sold the mold to Onguard. Customers can find stores that stock Onguard in their area by calling Onguard directly at: 1-800-365-2282.

If you remember from the movie, the right boot has a holster attached to it for quick unholstering while riding the speeder bike. This holster is by far one of the worst designs I have ever seen ever to come out of ILM's art department.

The holster does not support the gun/blaster fully. It lets 1/2 of the weapon hang out to top of the holster, making the weapon susceptible to falling out of the holster while walking or moving the leg around. You might want to add some velcro to the inside of the holster to help keep the weapon in place.

Costumers like trying to match the movie props as best as possible so we tried to build it like ILM did. Below are some images of the holster as it was displayed at the "Magic of the Myth" exhibit that was on tour in the early 2000's. Thank you, Lucas Films , for allowing the fans an opportunity to see these amazing costumes and props in one exhibit.

We custom sculpted our boot holster and vacuumformed it. You'll notice that there are two major components to the boot holster, the main holster and a shroud.

Our boot holster measures 21.5 cm tall and 14.5 cm wide.

Once you have created your master mold or sculpture, you'll want to refer to our plaster casting and vacuumforming sections to make your final vacuumformed armor parts.

We have found it very useful to rivet a plastic plate to the inside of the boot to help keep the boot rigid. The blaster and holster will weigh down the upper part of the boot and this extra bit helps the boot keep it's round shape.

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