/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

What's the best way to make the foot part? Everything else seems pretty obvious but the foot part is stumping me because they don't look flexible. I know boot covers are the obvious answer but it looks like the boots are supposed to made out of hard metal. The problem with using a stiff material with no joints or seams would be being unable to walk and I actually wanna walk in my costume without falling on my face