Straw Sandals Zbrush

manilamerc

How would you guys go about making these





I want to make it look real like the picture. This site helped me alot

http://www.badking.com.au/site/tutorial/learning-the-ropes-and-curve-insert-meshes/

but what about the base? the part where person stands on. How would I sculpt that? Would I need to sculpt that or would it be better to use an alpha?