On to the boot gaiters. Got the boots in my size from eBay for about $30 used, only problem is they're the grey kind. I plan to use some plastidip to get rid of the grey rim at the sole, will update on that later.
I thought the gaiters would be pretty simple to draft and assemble. Boy was I wrong!
Saran wrapped and taped my leg and traced and cut the pattern from there. Transferred those to paper so I could add a seam allowance and clean them up a bit. I had some faux leather laying around which seemed like the perfect material for this. The first fitting was not looking great and it took a lot of pinning and re-sewing to get them fitting a bit better. I also trimmed one of the panels too far and had to sew it back on. Added velcro in the right places and the end result isn't terrible but I'm not happy with it. Unfortunately I only have exactly enough material for two gaiters and I can't seem to find the same material in store, so I'll go with the same pattern for the right leg. Will probably end up re-doing these at some point to try and make them a bit better. I also have to figure out placement of the knee armor but these feel a little low to me.
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Also did the gloves. I didn't want to spend $50/pair on gloves so I went to eBay and found a couple of pairs for a total of $30.
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The brown ones are super nice, love them as just gloves. Both pairs are "kevlar" lined though so I did go in and rip that out of the black pair. Was relatively simple to cut the fingers off, I used my last knuckle as a guide. Turned out pretty good in my opinion. Just need to sew the velcro for the handplates on now.
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