What colour for the Indy IV Aldens?

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Fri May 16, 2008 6:37 am

Do you think they used the present 405 brown colour, or made some pairs in a new (old) shade?

: If they used the present brown we all own a perfect SA Indy IV pair! Your opinion please!

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:35 am

i think they look more caramel to me.....perhaps a result from distressing?

Kittlemeier · Post by **Kittlemeier** » Fri May 16, 2008 1:59 pm

Looks like they painted them with flat tan camo paint.

TonyRush · Post by **TonyRush** » Sun May 18, 2008 11:49 am

they're either very dusty or very worn. Looks light tan to me....very far from the color I got a couple of months ago when I bought my Aldens!

Andymac84 · Post by **Andymac84** » Sun May 18, 2008 12:51 pm

Do you think they do not used Harrison's own Aldens? Which he used in the former movies,too?

GoldenHistorian · Post by **GoldenHistorian** » Sun May 18, 2008 12:59 pm

they look REALLY scuffed.

TonyRush · Post by **TonyRush** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:23 pm

Andymac84 wrote:Do you think they do not used Harrison's own Aldens? Which he used in the former movies,too?

I guess I never got the impression that Harrison used his own boots for all three movies.

I guess I interpreted the story as Harrison suggesting that he use his Aldens at the beginning of Raiders....and then the usual "costuming routine" took place like normal: lots of pairs of boots bought, distressed and used by Harrison and the stuntmen.

It never occurred to me to wonder if Harrison would still be wearing the same pair of Aldens today that he wore 27 years ago when he filmed Raiders.

Tony

GoldenHistorian · Post by **GoldenHistorian** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:32 pm

i can sense sandpaper look at the pic and you can see just above the sole an area of origional colour of the aldens and it isnt that neat so i would say they have scuffed them with sandpaper like the jacket.

whipwarrior · Post by **whipwarrior** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:39 pm

What color? Sandpaper.

GoldenHistorian · Post by **GoldenHistorian** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:43 pm

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:46 pm

I think they ordered some pairs from Alden in a special colour.

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Sun May 18, 2008 3:58 pm

Indiana Strones wrote:I think they ordered some pairs from Alden in a special colour.

i'm leaning towards this opinion. if you sand paper standard 405's, you'll ruin the moc toe stitching....beyond what you see here......unless you are reallllllllllly careful. but then again, the shot with the jackets shows all the extra boots as well. i'd hate to be give the job of distressing all those boots and ensuring that the moc toe isn't ruined. i guess it can be done but it'd be easier just to order them in that colour....that is of course, if alden plays ball with the big three

GoldenHistorian · Post by **GoldenHistorian** » Sun May 18, 2008 4:08 pm

yea i would say they were ordered in a special colour but i can see roughness around the boot and the colour above the sole sure looks like the standard colour.

Indiana Max · Post by **Indiana Max** » Sun May 18, 2008 5:02 pm

Very very dusty and rough

I think the original colour isn´t far away from the old one

conceited_ape · Post by **conceited_ape** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:10 am

I'd say they're old stock. As in 1989 or older.

Risu · Post by **Risu** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:17 am

If you look at where the upper is stitched to the main body, its not like current Aldens, or at least not mine. The bottom of the piece of leather the laces go through is stitched onto the other part right at the mocc stitching, whereas on my pair it has about 7 mm below it with an extra row of stitching. These seem to be pretty old. Also, it looks kind of like mud on those boots, not just dust.

conceited_ape · Post by **conceited_ape** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:35 am

There's a good shot of them in The Ultimate Guide. They're practically suede!

Andymac84 · Post by **Andymac84** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:15 am

conceited_ape wrote:I'd say they're old stock. As in 1989 or older.

Agree

nicktheguy · Post by **nicktheguy** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:55 am

they're grey

stealthboy · Post by **stealthboy** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:01 pm

nicktheguy wrote:they're grey

And notice they're *outside* the jacket!

nicktheguy · Post by **nicktheguy** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:47 pm