I'm willing to wait as long as possible (Within reason) to get one.
What is "reasonable"? And what happens after the time allotted has expired?
Bootskins really are fairly easy to create if you follow the restrictions. You should give it a shot. You may come up with something great. Google for bootskin tutorials and "bootskin buddy". that should get you started. MS Paint can do a lot of what you need, but a more feature-rich app will make it easier. I use the free paint.net to do what I need. It's pretty easy to use.
While every once in a while you'll see a request fulfilled it's pretty uncommon. Most skinners skin for themselves and then share it with the community. The few requests I've seen fulfilled usually appealed to the skinner anyway.
So let's see what you have. If you need help with a specific task . . pop back here and ask. Someone is always around to help someone else trying to do their best.