I've made basically those same boots four or five times in sculpts, and it never took me less than a few weeks. That in the photo is like two hours work. Did I mention I love mesh?
It's on a notecard in the avastar group in world. I can send it to you next time I log in if you send me an IM and remind me. I don't know if it will help much if you don't have avastar. If you do have