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23" 3D Printed Victoria 8 Figurine - Part VI

For the shoes, I started with a rough shape just so I could nail down how long the straps needed to be.

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I laser cut it out of poster board and added the hardware. It took a few cuts to get it just right. I didn't want to risk damaging the figurine while trying to make the shoes, so I printed some additional feet to use as fixtures.

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Once I had everything nailed down, I cleaned the whole thing up and added some details.

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One last test fit before committing to cut them out of leather. Looks good.

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I then cut them out of leather and added the hardware.

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I cut the soles out of leather too.

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I engraved a space on the left foot so I can glue a paperclip to it. This will allow me to bend the toes up to conform to the shape of the foot.

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I then cut out some thin leather to go on top.

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I stained the thin leather pieces with wood stain just to grunge them up a bit.

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I then used the feet as gluing fixtures.

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Those came out awesome. They are way better than the last shoes that I made for the other figurine. If it wasn't for the keyboard, you'd think these were real.

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The embedded paperclip worked perfectly. I was able to bend the toes up to conform to the shape of the foot.

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Looking good. It's almost complete!

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See this project from start to finish:
23" 3D Printed Victoria 8 Figurine - Part I
23" 3D Printed Victoria 8 Figurine - Part II
23" 3D Printed Victoria 8 Figurine - Part III
23" 3D Printed Victoria 8 Figurine - Part IV
23" 3D Printed Victoria 8 Figurine - Part V
23" 3D Printed Victoria 8 Figurine - Part VI
23" 3D Printed Victoria 8 Figurine - Part VII
23" 3D Printed Victoria 8 Figurine - Part VIII
23" 3D Printed Victoria 8 Figurine - Part IX
23" 3D Printed Victoria 8 Figurine - Part X