I'm trying to put together a Colonial Marine uniform and was wondering. What style boots do I need?

Jungle boots with the green/OD canvas

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Martin 'Victim' Victory
A86/TQ3.4.49421E3
UKCM 13th Regt. 1st Batt. Freebooters


you can't take the PUNK outa Spunkmeyer

Like these Vietnam Jungle boot - panama sole:

http://www.armynavysuperstores.com/jboots.htm

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Nope, they're Vibram soles.

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=10468&p=158894&hilit=vibram#p158894

But to be honest, no one bothers checking so get whatever jungle boots you can find.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

Actually, I seem to recall commenting on a thread a while back where Harry (I think) points out that both types were used in the film.

I check everyone's feet!

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-Spat

Yes, Spat. But, that's for personal reasons, not uniform reasons.

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"Screen what? I wouldn't know screen accurate if it were driving a bus and ran me over during the parade."

LCpl. Av "Spectre" Taylor
Long Range Infantry Support

No, I'm not the one here with the foot fetish. I just like to make sure people's costumes are 110% accurate!

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-Spat

Pah! What does Harry know?

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

Yup, Hicks does wear the Vibram sole.

But I have noticed that Gale Ann Hurd (when doubling for Vasquez) wore boots with no discernable sole pattern:

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Vasquez wore regular leather combat boots, not the jungle boots. Those have a different sole than the jungle boots. This link has some pretty good ref pictures: http://lastpatrol.wordpress.com/referen ... bat-boots/

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A06/TQ2.0.92142E1

The boots I found are like these 'cept more weathered and worn. Sole's in very good condition as weel, that was a nice surprise. They'd be good?

That will certainly suffice. My boots are all black, because I originally had a black and grey camo scheme instead of the standard. Now that I use screen accurate BDU's, I really need to get around to getting the right boots....

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"Screen what? I wouldn't know screen accurate if it were driving a bus and ran me over during the parade."

LCpl. Av "Spectre" Taylor
Long Range Infantry Support

I've got 4 or 5 sets of 1980s dated vietnam jungle boots. I can cut anyone here a good deal if I have your size.

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BANNED USER

They may be the wrong sole pattern , but yes, they'll do fine.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Yup, and the pilots wore black jump boots.

Me? I wear Magnum Classic because I like to be comfortable.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

I agree with vicky on this after not being able to walk very well the day after drops i have switched to magnums, while not seen on screen they are far more comfy and the greaves hide most of the boot anyway

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SSgt Kris "Bloodsucker" Kobus, VAS.
A09/TQ2.0.12136E1

Didn't Gorman wear the black ones too?

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AKA: Simon

Here's an old 'hiker's trick' for breaking in new boots. Wear a pair of nylon booties on your feet inside your socks. It allows you to walk all day in new or old boots while greatly reducing the chance of blisters. I wear them to all sorts of events and my feet are always fine.

They may be the wrong sole pattern
Do they need to have the right sole? I don't want to be harrased just 'cause they have the wrong sole.

No, you won't be harassed. We're not that kind of costuming group. Wear fluffy pink slippers for all we care.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

Depends who you ask.
Personally, unless the person harrassing me over such a minute detail is the exact same actor in the exact same outfit with the exact same props from the movie, I'd tell 'em to get stuffed!
I draw the line at, "Looks good enough to look the part". Kevin Burton's armour being a classic example.

Be as accurate as you can *and* as you care to be. It'd be nice to be 100%, but this is just dressing up for fun and there will always be limits and limitations. First and foremost, be happy, satisfied or simply content with what you can achieve and focus more on enjoying yerself!

F**kin' A!



Or do as I did and buy a very old pair which had already seen some wear and tear.

I can wear my boots for 12 hours of walking standing around on Drops with no rubbing or blisters.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Be sure to get the right size also.
Jungle boots tend to be smaller than the normal boot, so if your 9 then try a 9-wide or even 10.

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AKA: Simon

I recently found a boot called OTB 455MBG JungleLite Boot, pretty close to the original Jungle Boot in looks but SO much more comfortable, a lot like Magnums in design.

http://www.botachtactical.com/otb455mbg.html $39.98 down from $142.99, they still have most sizes available.

-Eric