Shulker Shell Boots

Idea

Shulker Shell Boots would be a specialty pair of boots, much like the turtle shell is a specialty helmet, and similar to the turtle shell giving 10 seconds of water breathing upon diving underwater, the Shulker Shell Boots would be able to block and reflect any incoming projectiles, much like a closed Shulker. Given that they're boots, and don't cover too large a portion of the player, I don't consider it overly powerful, and just a fun addition to the game without breaking it completely. The boots would have the same armour points as diamond (3) and I was thinking could either be crafted in the crafting table with two Shulker shells and a pair of boots, (Not sure which, however it may be nice to give more use to chainmail, which is moderately more far into the game than any other armour variants, and could still be out of the way even by the time you've reached the end.) Or could make use of the newly featured smithing table, used to combine netherite with diamond tools and armour in the upcoming 1.16 update. The shulker shell would be applied to the boots, and the resulting product would be 'Shulker Shell Boots'.

Design

As far as the design, I was thinking that the boots being worn by the player could look like two upside-down shulker shells on either foot, but was stumped on how to make a sprite for while in an inventory.

Conclusion

Overall, these boots would just be a fun item to add into the game, simply meant to bring more variety to the existing armour options.