Making some gauntlets
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ItsThatGuy
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:love Cal you never cease to amaze me! Looking great!
BTW - thanks for pushing me over to these forums! I'm like a kid in a candy shop...if they only had a male variant of Zam...
BTW - thanks for pushing me over to these forums! I'm like a kid in a candy shop...if they only had a male variant of Zam...
MaulMaus
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At this rate I may get this costume done before I'm in the old folks home! 
What about Jango? (Or Boba for that matter?) Those are great costumes too!
What about Jango? (Or Boba for that matter?) Those are great costumes too!
okay, laugh at me
Oh, I might have to sell some stuff on E-bay to afford these,....my oldest son, maybe. It'll be worth it...these gauntlets are awesome!
And much better than my ones made from two-liter soda bottles and felt. I had real metal on the back of my gloves, though (jaggedy). And it does fall off occasionally,...what do ya'll advise to keep those on? I don't know if being in Florida matters, sometimes pieces have to sit in the vehicle in the summer sun and get REAL hot. I've tried Gorilla Glue and that stuff troopers use that has to be mixed before using...maybe I lose mine because I keep bumping them on walls and stuff when I'm wearing them. I was thinking of making something with some tiny loops on the underside and sewing it onto the gloves (sewing IS something I can do).
ZamGram
Oh, I might have to sell some stuff on E-bay to afford these,....my oldest son, maybe. It'll be worth it...these gauntlets are awesome!
And much better than my ones made from two-liter soda bottles and felt. I had real metal on the back of my gloves, though (jaggedy). And it does fall off occasionally,...what do ya'll advise to keep those on? I don't know if being in Florida matters, sometimes pieces have to sit in the vehicle in the summer sun and get REAL hot. I've tried Gorilla Glue and that stuff troopers use that has to be mixed before using...maybe I lose mine because I keep bumping them on walls and stuff when I'm wearing them. I was thinking of making something with some tiny loops on the underside and sewing it onto the gloves (sewing IS something I can do).
ZamGram
MaulMaus
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Uh..oh... She's got the Zam Bug!
When you start considering selling off your first born! I'm not sure how MonCal is gonna work these, but if they are like ZIA's were, they should be tight enough at the wrist not to fall off. And the two parts were held together with a long pin - if that makes any sense.
I know what you mean about the heat - in Arizona we have the same problem! I actually try to avoid using a lot of glue for just that reason!
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MonCal
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Thanks guys / gals
Tony.. good to see ya here and I know what you mean. The zam is one of the coolest costumes. I am happy I have someone who can wear it hehe
Yeah, the gauntlets will hinge open like the originals and have a pin.
And zamgram, I think you're talking about the guards that go on the back of the glove and thumb? the originals had little loops of wire fiberglassed to the piece and they were sewn to the glove. I haven't decided if I want to do that or not. We used "goop" when we attached those guards to our first pair of gloves and they won't come off without ripping the leather.
Tony.. good to see ya here and I know what you mean. The zam is one of the coolest costumes. I am happy I have someone who can wear it
heheYeah, the gauntlets will hinge open like the originals and have a pin.
And zamgram, I think you're talking about the guards that go on the back of the glove and thumb? the originals had little loops of wire fiberglassed to the piece and they were sewn to the glove. I haven't decided if I want to do that or not. We used "goop" when we attached those guards to our first pair of gloves and they won't come off without ripping the leather.
ItsThatGuy
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I used to be a store manager for a custom frame shop, and we used E-6000 all the time as a safe, yet semi-permanent solutions for tacking fabrics down in shadow boxes. We would also re-enforce it by sewing the fabric down. It takes about 24 hours to cure. It's basically a type of silicone glue. So heat will not melt it, and it's water proof too.
I'm just not sure it will hold up to trooping, not on a hand plate at least. It's worth a shot.:confused
I would say you could put a 1" elastic strap on the under side of the hand plate and having it "threaded" thru the glove. Cutting two slits in the glove that would be consealed by the hand plates...
Just my 2 credits...
I'm just not sure it will hold up to trooping, not on a hand plate at least. It's worth a shot.:confused
I would say you could put a 1" elastic strap on the under side of the hand plate and having it "threaded" thru the glove. Cutting two slits in the glove that would be consealed by the hand plates...
Just my 2 credits...
Foxbatkllr
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Use some thin rare earth magnets for the hand plates. Sew some into the gloves and epoxy some onto the hand plate.
MonCal
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The upper part of the left gauntlet is separate from the lower part. It slides onto the arm first. The lower part will have the hinge so you can clamp that onto the arm while the upper part is up around the elbow. Then the upper part will sort of "snap" into the lower part. I'm designing it so it will have a "key" on the underside and will rest on the raised ridges on the back of the lower half........ if that makes sense
ItsThatGuy
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ItsThatGuy
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Hey Cal - Don't hate me for being critical, but I know how you are with detail. So I thought I might point this out!
On your left gauntlet (shown below) for the two notch's (the square over the rectangle along the center crease) IMO they (the square and rectangle) should be raised, and not recessed.
Let me know what you think compared to these two images:
On your left gauntlet (shown below) for the two notch's (the square over the rectangle along the center crease) IMO they (the square and rectangle) should be raised, and not recessed.
Let me know what you think compared to these two images:
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MonCal
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I'll probably offer the handguards either way.
And yeah those raised pieces will be made separately along with the small little squares on the other side of that gauntlet and the worm shaped thingy on the other gauntlet I really thought I'd have those done this week but I've been too busy with a local convention this weekend and CIV coming so I will hopefully have it all done in time for CIV.... don't know about the Boushh project now though :facepalm
And yeah those raised pieces will be made separately along with the small little squares on the other side of that gauntlet and the worm shaped thingy on the other gauntlet
I really thought I'd have those done this week but I've been too busy with a local convention this weekend and CIV coming so I will hopefully have it all done in time for CIV.... don't know about the Boushh project now though :facepalm
