One of the effects of throwing Instant Sunshine around is a requirement for new trousers.
The Under Fire Miniatures Cold War Soviet figures are dressed in the correct trousers with the uncomfortable high boots. This is fine for troops at the outbreak of war, after a few years, the parade ground uniform will undergo some modification.
The first thing was to use a small length of greenstuff on each boot which was sculpted with a knife blade to form laces. Once that was set, more greenstuff was used to restyle the trouser cuffs.
An additional bag was added to the belt, again using greenstuff.
The base still needs to be sculpted with Milliput.