How to make a Gort costume

Step 5 Making Gort's Boots

The boots might be one of the more expensive parts of the costume unless you happen to have some "sacrificial" ones around like I did. If I hadn't had these, I probably would have gotten some cheap rubber boots and used them to keep the cost down. See photos of before and after paint job.

All you do here is stuff the boots with newspaper to stabilize the uppers and to keep paint out of the insides. Then paint and let dry. Mighty purty boots...