making red sandals for ninjas

[Tiermann]

Those look great,  a very nice bit of detailing.

[Klickteryx]

it seems they didnt wear completely black gear and that red is not at all 'bright' in darkness

As I understand it, the black ninja comes from traditional plays. In the plays the ninjas are invisible assassins and so wear all black to disappear against the black background of the stage.
The real life ninjas were infiltrators. They'd dress up to fit into where they were going, do what they had to do, then leave.
More Mission Impossible and not so much League of Assassins.

[cheng]

thanks Tiermann

...The real life ninjas were infiltrators. They'd dress up to fit into where they were going, do what they had to do, then leave...

agreed and climbing over heavily guarded castle walls at night would make black clothes most logical for the mission...maybe after that, remove them to reveal fake uniforms of castle guards