ESB Gloves!!

These are mine from within the past 6 months or so. I don't see much difference from bobbywan's, and these are likely the same as WPK's.

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Of course this is just an excuse to post another picture of this sweet rifle ;)


Phil

Rave on little Cheat!
 
Cool gun Phil!

And a cool thread!

I know, I know, I don't get here nearly as often as I like, but hey, I'm busy making gloves and painting armor right?

I do sell the gloves off of Ebay for the cost of the price of the last auction OR the Buy it now price ($99), whichever is more.

Would I pay that? Heck no; these are just gloves for cripe's sake. I really consider my gloves to be far down the line in the list of priorities for the costume, and that's why I start the auctions at $65, a much more reasonable price. It just seems like more and more people are needing them for whatever reasoning. I've even had people get multiple pairs! It's a mystery to me. This Fett guy must be some kind of cult figure or something ;)

Some info on the gloves: I've gone through about three different versions to get to where I'm at now, what with perfecting the dye, playing around with the accent patterns, getting the right base gloves, etc. Hence, the early gloves are not as accurate, but then they don't go for as much either.

I do not believe believe the original ESB gloves were gray material to begin with. I believe they white and then were dyed, just as I do them, and I believe they were reused for ROTJ, but by the time they filmed in the hot desert sun, they were sun faded.

Can you make them yourself? Heck yeah. There's no secret to them. You just have to sit down and do it. Some people just choose to go with a pre-developed item.

As with ANY piece of this costume, you have to make a decision on how much of it you can (and are willing) to make yourself, how much time you're willing to invest, how much money you're willing to invest, and how much effort you're willing to invest. If there is any one costume that will challenge you to juggle these factors, it's this one!
 
"Can you make them yourself? Heck yeah. There's no secret to them. You just have to sit down and do it."

Easy for you to say. I've tried and failed to make anything resembling a Fett glove. I've also failed to see many, if any, come close to making near as nice gloves.

Cutting... dyeing.... sewing.... getting the pattern right. I'd assume that I'd have to put at least 6 hours into the job plus the cost of materials if I wanted to come close to something accurate.

Figure out how much your time is worth to you and you might even come to OVER the $100.
 
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Hey, I paid $160 for PRE-PROs, so what do I know?:lol:

I LOST that $160 auction (my high bid was $160, actually), and offered ghostdevil the $160 on the gloves he was auctioning on the RPF. I used the auction as my basis for the price, being new to Fett and all.:facepalm But hell, most of the money I spent was made back on ebay, so it's not as bad as it sounds.

Actually, I prefer them, they're my favorite design. I may go for "unique" before I go "accurate". They stand out more, and I never liked the "blah" of the white-to-gray ones. They disappear in the commotion of the costume. For ESB, it's fine- the gauntlets are "blah" too (ooh, I'm gonna get burned for that one!:lol: ). I never liked the ESB gauntlets or jet pack- too plain. But since I'm doing an ROTJ suit- which has always been amalgamated into the PRE-PRO for the action figures, I figure it's at least acceptable (for now).

I *MAY* try to see how light I can make them, though. I've got some ideas.
 

SFPROPS wrote:


Cutting... dyeing.... sewing.... getting the pattern right. I'd assume that I'd have to put at least 6 hours into the job plus the cost of materials if I wanted to come close to something accurate.

Figure out how much your time is worth to you and you might even come to OVER the $100.
Don't forget to factor in that the white padded areas on the backs of the hands and fingers are handstitched on. Talk about painstaking.
 

BobaFettish wrote:


SFPROPS wrote:

Cutting... dyeing.... sewing.... getting the pattern right. I'd assume that I'd have to put at least 6 hours into the job plus the cost of materials if I wanted to come close to something accurate.

Figure out how much your time is worth to you and you might even come to OVER the $100.
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Don't forget to factor in that the white padded areas on the backs of the hands and fingers are handstitched on. Talk about painstaking.

True enough. It basically boils down to how inclined you are to do your own work. I have had a lot of people that did try to do it on their own and ended up saying heck with it and got some of mine anyway.

FYI, if anyone's considering bidding or buying a pair, though they can be gotten for less, the average price does stay right around the Buy-it-now price of $99 or close to it. That includes the off Ebay buyers. Incredible demand. People just aren't satisfied with using ski gloves anymore. :)

BTW, I really appreciate all the support everyone has given me over the gloves. Lots of people have emailed back to thank me when they got them, and I really enjoyed seeing the gloves being sported at Cel II and on the occassional website. My wife keeps saying I should have some sort of business card to pass out when we see a Boba Fett at a convention or something who doesn't have a pair, but I'm pretty happy what just word-of-mouth has done. Thanks again guys.

*Edited for formating*
 
Thanks! Hey, you're gauntlets arrived safe and sound yesterday. Just got around to opening them tonight to make sure the post office didn't use them for softball practice. Back to the base-coating again :D
 
I've noticed in your auctions, you always say the gloves are for medium to large hands . . . . what if you're some freak of nature like me who has freakishly small hands? Do you make anything to accomodate us? :)

Jer
 

Ego wrote:

I've noticed in your auctions, you always say the gloves are for medium to large hands . . . . what if you're some freak of nature like me who has freakishly small hands? Do you make anything to accomodate us? :)

Jer

Because the base glove material is so stretchy, you'd have to have REALLY small hands. I have had auctions w/ the small size before, but they're just not that much in demand so I don't do them that often.

If you win an auction (or do a private purchase), you can always let me know you want the smaller size and I can make you a pair per spec as long as you're willing to wait an extra couple of weeks for them to be completed.

The same goes for the material to be used on the accents. If you want it to match your vest, you can send the specific material you want to be used and I will use that and take a little bit off your final price.
 
Here are pics of my Slave I gloves compared to Dean O's Slave I gloves. Mine are the lighter gloves and were an early version. Shows how far Shelby has come. Heck he may have even made more improvements since Dean's version...

I am hoping once I find a glove with the button closure wrist and get in the right gauntlet, back of palm and back of finger material that I can beg and convince Shelby to make me a set from those materials. :D

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Yep, those are versions 1.5 and 2. I am now on version 3 (which includes slight pattern revisions and perfecting dye to be a uniform gray). Whatever version I do with the new material will be version 4 ;)

The funny thing is, I myself, do not have a pair of my newer gloves (or actually even my older ones for that matter).

Boy, you really DID lighten those up didn't you Art!
 
lol, KEEP THE NEXT PAIR! lol... Is it just that you don't have a costume ready so the gloves aren't a priority or is it a nagging in the back of your head, something like, "well the NEXT version will be the best and I'll keep a pair of those" and you just keep making revisions?

Phil
 
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