larping shoes

being one who plays a barbarian what i do is either wear my plain o black army boots and or my new rocks. as the new rocks may be out of many people price range i would suggest the army boots. and IF u want to go the extra mile it is very easy to get faux fur and wrap it around the ankle part giving the "fur" look. and said fur can be easily attacked with pins, buttons, and the like

I agree that if you can't make the price jump to just get a (wonderful) pair of Son of Sandler boots, go with a decent set of hiking boots in IG colors - of course with the already suggested option of a fur wrap if you want.  I will say though, if you can afford them (I think mine were 250 but that was 5 years ago), Son of Sandlers are great.  After years of constant abuse mine are only just now starting to get worn down, and thats just the appearance - they are still water tight and relatively comfortable.  I just never took care of the leather so now I'm paying the price in scuffing and stiffness. 

There are websites and other places that sell special spatts and/or IG looking covers to boots, so they look IG.


As so... just make sure you account for the overall size of your foot and boot before buying 1 of these.

I hate to say this, but do NOT go with the toppers like those.  I bought a pair, and the first time I put them on they ripped right apart - before I even got to the game.

If you're going for toppers, go with fur (being a Barbarian), or get ones made from good leather, and not pleather / vinyl.

Its not hard to make leather/fur wraps to cover your boots and even higher up on your shins. They can be an extension of shinguards/greaves, or just cover the top of your boots to obscure the brand label and obvious modern stitching. Look me up in game and we can discuss it in game (we can rp it in character so as not to ruin the atmosphere). I can also give you ideas on how to do it yourself, but can also make them for you if need be. Its much simpler than you might think as far as labor and material cost is only as authentic or elaborate as you want to go.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone  I think I'm going to see what I can do with a fur wraps, and see if maybe there is a way I can make them run up my legs as shinguards. Does anybody have any suggestions on that?