Steampunk Shoes Work and Progress

This is a walk-through for how I made my shoes in the above steampunk-y costume I wore for Anime Matsuri. They took me hours. It was still really fun. I had never done wood work before. So, it was a new and informative experience. 

These were the first, so called, concept (snapchats) drawings.

...I am a dork. 

I ended up getting these shoes because they were about $5. But.. they are two and a half sizes too big. Oh, well. I do not think I will wear them very often.
I got a little help gluing some 2x4s together to get height for the platforms. Then, cutting the shape of the sole of the shoe. 

I cut off the heel of the boots and traced the line of the sole of the shoe onto the side of the platforms and used the band saw to cut and shape it. 

Surprisingly, they fit nicely. 

Then, I sketched on my designs onto the side of the platforms...


Drill press... 

Chisel and hammer... I felt like one of Santa's elves.

Dremel tool... 

Progress...  

(By this point, I had ruined three bits... Ugh.) 

Then, caulking and screws through the sole to secure it... 

Then, paint and tadaaa!