Barbarian leg and foot wear

[LadyStitch]

The next show I'm working on is being based on Hercules, and is full of barbarians & medival pesants.  I am trying to find ways to do footwear for my actors.  The girls, I have easy access to cute sandles, but for guys it is a challange.  I want to do some of them in where you wear a shoes but you wrap your leg with fabric and try it on with strips of leather, or even make gaiters.  do any of you have good images, or how to's on how to do this? 
These guys are going to be performing in a very little air conditioned theater, during July and August.  I'm making the shirts and drawstring pants out of cotton and linen, but I want to make sure they don't have to wear heavy boots, or so many layers they pass out.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

[DonaCatalina]

male footwear from the estimated era of Hercules.

[crazyrennie]

Didn't the Roman Legion also wear a style of hobnail sandle?

[DonaCatalina]

Roman legionary sandal replica

another version used by reenactors

[LadyStitch]

The "Hercules" look they are going for is the Kevin Sorbo type. 
Those look like simular sandles I'm finding for the peasant guys.  I'm trying to figure out how to do the leg wrapps for my hero types. Granted our "Herc" is 5'4" and is a muskateer type swordsman, but hey it will be intresting on the stage.   His buddy I coudl put him in anything now.  The last time I worked with him I had him in drag to the point that some audience people are not sure if it was a girl playing a guy, or a guy playing a girl. 

So far I'm thinking low opening shirts, with maybe a vest with it.  Poofy pants, and then sandles or the leg wrapped/graiters boots.

[Auryn]

I loved kevin Sorbo as Hercules...siighhh 
sorry
Everyone on that show wore boots


maybe a little more beastmaster


or more conan the barbarian
new conan


old conan (with andre the giant)



here is a link for someone working on a barbarian outfit
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/printthread.php?t=43212&page=3&pp=15

All of these boots look heavy.
My suggestion would be to find cheap pleather tall boots and wrap some faux fur on the outside.

[arbcoind]

Those pics *made* my entire long weekend!!

Gina

[amy]

Really..  I may have to go see this show.

[LadyStitch]

Yes very beast master/ Coan looking boots/ legwear.  I WISH my actors looked at good in a loincloth, but saddly I'll be lucky if I can get my Herc to wear a loose shirt where we can see some chest.