Andy from the Southern Cross Garrison, my GML is working on a G.I costume as well, he's not awesome with forums but will hopefully jump on board with this discussion as he has some questions..
along your thinking his take on this after they aren't greaves, more leather gaiters:
(TBH at this stage i don't know the functional difference between greaves and gaiters?)"
His comments mainly relate to the greaves
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Firstly, they look like gaiters with the downwards flair right in front of the heel.
Secondly, the lack of any cutout below the knee suggests that the shins are made of leather as opposed to armour. If it were armour, it would be impossible to bend the leg given how high on the shins these come.
Thirdly, the overall colour, lighting and texture of the shins matches the boots rather than the rest of the armour worn by the Grand Inquisitor.
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thanks
andy