I need help with a custom leather boots texture. | Blockbench | Page 1

tawny solar Mar 13, 2026, 2:58 PM

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I'm trying to create a 2D custom boots texture using CustomModelData in a resource pack, but the model is not appearing in game.

Minecraft version: 1.21

My resource pack structure is:

assets/minecraft/models/item/leather_boots.json
assets/minecraft/models/custom/armor/toffy_link_boots.json
assets/minecraft/textures/item/toffy_link_boots_icon.png

leather_boots.json:

{
"parent": "item/generated",
"textures": {
"layer0": "item/leather_boots",
"layer1": "item/leather_boots_overlay"
},
"overrides": [
{
"predicate": {
"custom_model_data": 1543
},
"model": "custom/armor/toffy_link_boots"
}
]
}

toffy_link_boots.json:

{
"parent": "item/generated",
"textures": {
"layer0": "item/toffy_link_boots_icon"
}
}

Command I tried:

/give @s minecraft:leather_boots{CustomModelData:1543}

But the texture doesn't change.

Did I place the files in the wrong location or miss something?

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little skiff Mar 13, 2026, 5:07 PM

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tawny solar I'm trying to create a 2D custom boots texture using CustomModelData in a resour...

Just to make sure, when you say "1.21" you mean 1.21.0?

little skiff Mar 13, 2026, 5:10 PM

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tawny solar I'm trying to create a 2D custom boots texture using CustomModelData in a resour...

the ingame command needs to be
/give @s leather_boots[custom_model_data=1543]

tawny solar Mar 13, 2026, 5:11 PM

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little skiff Just to make sure, when you say "1.21" you mean 1.21.0?

ohh now i mean 1.21.11

little skiff Mar 13, 2026, 5:11 PM

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oh, yeah, then that's no longer how it works

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override/predicates have been replaced in 1.21.2 and moved to their own .json files (aka item definition files) in the minecraft/items folder

tawny solar Mar 13, 2026, 5:12 PM

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little skiff the ingame command needs to be `/give @s leather_boots[custom_model_data=1543]`

i try /give @s leather_boots[custom_model_data=1543] but its the same thing

little skiff Mar 13, 2026, 5:12 PM

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yeah, cause the system no longer works the way you did it

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do you specifically need to use the CustomModelData item component or would you be fine with using something else? (which is easier imo)

tawny solar Mar 13, 2026, 5:14 PM

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little skiff do you specifically need to use the CustomModelData item component or would you ...

yea its oky

little skiff Mar 13, 2026, 5:17 PM

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k, in that case do the following:

Delete your leather_boots.json item model. Keep your custom toffy model and texture where they are.
Create a file called toffy_link_boots.json in assets/minecraft/items
-# this is completely separate from your item models in models/item !
in that new file write this:

{
  "model": {
    "type": "minecraft:model",
    "model": "minecraft:custom/armor/toffy_link_boots"
  }
}```

3.  Ingame, run `/give @s leather_boots[item_model="toffy_link_boots"]`

tawny solar Mar 13, 2026, 5:25 PM

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ok now thats what i have assets\minecraft\models\custom\armor\toffy_link_boots.json inside i have {
"format_version": "1.21.11",
"parent": "item/generated",
"textures": {
"layer0": "item/toffy_link_boots_icon"
},
"display": {}
} and i have on this path assets/minecraft/items {
"model": {
"type": "minecraft:model",
"model": "minecraft:custom/armor/toffy_link_boots"
}
} like u said and i have on this path this assets\minecraft\textures\item toffy_link_boots_icon.png that is currect?

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How do I put it on the player?

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It means its visible but how do I put it on the players leg?

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@little skiff

little skiff Mar 13, 2026, 5:32 PM

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tawny solar It means its visible but how do I put it on the players leg?

Do you generally have an armor texture as well? (not just an icon)

tawny solar Mar 13, 2026, 5:34 PM

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little skiff Do you generally have an armor texture as well? (not just an icon)

yea i have just icon like i want only the boots

little skiff Mar 13, 2026, 5:34 PM

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icon texture and armor texture are 2 separate things though

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In general you'd have the following for armor textures:
assets/minecraft/equipment/toffy_link.json

{
  "layers": {
    "humanoid": [
      {
        "texture": "minecraft:toffy_link"
      }
    ],
    "humanoid_leggings": [
      {
        "texture": "minecraft:toffy_link"
      }
    ]
  }
}```
And then you put your armor textures in `assets/minecraft/textures/entity/equipment/humanoid/` and `/humanoid_leggings` and call them both toffy_link.png

And ingame you then give yourself the item like 
`/give @s leather_boots[item_model="toffy_link_boots",equippable={slot:"feet",asset_id:"toffy_link",equip_on_interact:true,swappable:true,damage_on_hurt:true}]`
-# (you can ommit the parts you don't need, like the damage_on_hurt part if your item shouldn't have durablity loss)
If you _only_ need the boots then you can sip the humanoid_leggings part in the file and the second texture in that folder as well