I'm going to cover the feet with plastic wrap, shape up a shoe-shape with some Ape-oxie on top of that...and then cover with leather which I will glue together. I'll just fake the stitching by doing a top stitch. I was trying to sew up the shaft, but I don't think I have enough leather...using the extra gloves I was cutting up from my Dr. Zaius gloves.
Also someone had a super cool idea about the shield--I can make the back separate, and mold/cast those separately...glue them together after it's cured. Don't have the right sized balsa, though...I need the thinnest ones they sell and by the time I remembered, I already passed the store and was too lazy to swing back around.