This was a cake for a soldier who was retiring out of the Army after 20 years. It is similar to a popular pin on pinterest but she was adamant this is what she wanted. I catered it to her husband and put my own spin onto it. With her whole hearted approval) Instead of a clean camo pattern I wanted it to look shoddy, patchworky, old and rundown. After all 20 years in the army you are wore out and a little rough around the edges. I used a pair of old army boots to model the ones on top, added a few scuffs and broken laces and “dented” the dogtogs. HOWEVER the flag I chose to NOT age out of respect for our country. The only “aging” I did on the flag was to slightly fade the colors. Yellow band of fondant represented the yellow ribbons she hung for every deployment he did. The boots are rice crispy treats covered in modeling chocolate.