Boots tutorial (Painting) - Tidus Cosplay (Patreon)

Hey guys! I will be showing you how I painted my Tidus shoes from Final Fantasy X! This is an easy method that anyone can do and I hope you try it for yourself!

Take your base boots and tape off the section you DO NOT want paint on, you can do this with painters tape or any tape that is just not SUPER sticky. I got these boots from Goodwill buuuuuut....they ended up not working out for me so I got some old cosplay boots I had laying around and used them instead but the method still applies!

Alright! So here we go, the boots are now tapped and you can now get ready to paint them! The paint I use is....

Design Master spray! I have talked about this paint loads of times but will continue to do so, its purpose is to spray flexible things such as flowers and the paint moves with you so it is great to use on shoes cause it will not chip off! BUT let me say, only use it on NON fabric boots, like leather-esque boots, it does not take to fabric boots well. So yes, lets get to spraying! You will need atleast three coats to get an even finish!

Now that you have fully sprayed it is time to take off the tape!

There we go!! So, as you can see the paint may seep through under the tape which is normal! Just take some black paint and  paint over those spots.

The yellow was a bit TOO yellow for my liking, so I mixed in some orange acrylics with some yellow and did ONE light coat of it atop the boots to give it a color that matched Tidus boots better, since you are painting atop the Design Masters spray it will not chip off as easily and this is find to do in small amount.

And there you go! Easy customizeable shoes! you can do this with ANY leather-esque boot for your cosplays, this is just an example I did for Tidus!! So, next time you can't find boots in the color you need for you cosplay, focus more on the material/look of the boot than the color, cause that can always be changed!