The Eternal Darkness - My Costumes - Snowtrooper - Preparing The Gloves

Preparing the gloves

Since I wanted to use my Snowtrooper costume out in the winter cold, I lined everything to make them warmer, and since the gloves that are used for Snowtrooper costumes are just thin work gloves that are probably very cold to use in the winter, I wanted to add lining to the inside of these also so that I wouldn't freeze my hands off after spending about half an hour outside in the snow.

Finally I got some nice work gloves from a store where they didn't have them the first times I was there, and they were really cheap too.

The glove armor were a part of the complete armor and helmet set that I bought for this costume.

Here is a neat trick for you to remove tags from clothing.

Cut the tag right above the stitching until there is only one part of the tag between the stitching left at the end, then just pull the whole thing through the stitching.

Since the lining had started coming loose from some old green gloves I already had, I decided to use the lining for my Snowtrooper gloves instead.

A few holes in the lining had to be fixed, but other than that they were very good and warm.

After putting the lining inside the glove with my hand still in it, I noticed that the end of the lining was near the seam that were already on the gloves, so I decided to attach the lining by sewing at this same place.

The sewing was simply done with this metallic green old sewing machine.

Now both gloves have been lined and are looking much warmer.

The excess fabric of the lining was cut away after sewing.

The original glove armor from the movie were sewn onto the gloves through a set of small holes, so I wanted to do the same.

I slightly changed the position of the holes from the original setting so that I wouldn't have to turn the needle around inside the glove, or sew through the wrist elastics.

This configuration doesn't look too different from the original, but it made it a lot easier to sew the glove armor on.

The threads won't be that noticeable from great altitudes.

The same things were done to the other glove also, and now only the weathering remains.

I found that using oil paint worked very good for weathering armor as it will accumulate in cracks and give the whole surface a dirty look when rubbed over it with a damp cloth, and the good thing is that it can easily be removed with ordinary crapper paper.

The paint was slightly rubbed over the surface of the glove armor, and more was added to the edges on top of them.

Now that they are dirty enough, they are ready to get out in the cold to get even more dirty.

Now that my Snowtrooper gloves are finished, I'm glad I had some old gloves I could take the lining from. Now they are nice and warm to use outside in the winter cold, along with my other padded costume elements. Feel free to use any ideas from this tutorial, and good luck preparing your own Snowtrooper gloves.

Project details

Glove version - Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.

Project duration - 2 Days.

Costs spent - $1 USD.

Accidents - None of those.

Thanks to

Dan Laws for having made the glove armor.

Blue Wear for having made the work gloves.

Thinsulate for having made the green gloves and the lining.

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