Hoth Pilot gloves/compad

Kyle Darklighter (Garrett K McCarthy) · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject:

Actually the Hoth gloves are fairly easy to make. Just grap a set of gray swede gardeners gloves from Home Depot and sew a cuff on it reenforced with heavy interfacing.

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Do a Google Image Search for TIG Welders Glove Gauntlet and you will find lots of gauntlets in many colors, of which some are the correct white/grey for this costume and not too expensive.

They seem to be the most common in the UK ...
Be careful that many have logos on both gloves that don't come off, so you may have to buy two pairs and remake the cuff.
I believe that the prop-makers of the movie used real-world TIG welding gauntlets that luckily had a logo only on the left cuff.
To sew through thick leather, I found the best method was to hand-crank the sewing machine without thread just to get the seam holes and then sew it by hand.

These are the best pics of the original gloves and the wrist comm pad that I have found on the 'net:

Rando Mextra (Mark Bradley) · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:04 pm Post subject:

Picked up a pair of these about a half-hour ago:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=488

If you have a Harbor Freight location near you, you can pick up a pair right now for $5, or a package of 3 pair for $10.

I'm not necessarily planning on a Hoth costume right now, but I couldn't resist these for the price just in case some day I change my mind...

Mark

Mieal Deneb (Rachel Orange) · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:16 am Post subject:

Oooh, I think we do have a Harbor Freight. Thanks guys for all the great ideas. I'm sure I'll find something...hopefully something will fit a ladies' hands. Smile

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Orin Mallix (Rick Kerman) · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:26 am Post subject:

Good call on Harbor Freight. The gloves are perfect a long as they fit you. My wife has much smaller hands but we went to Lowes and found similar garden gloves that fit her better. They don't extend as far but we plan to cut the cuffs off the ones from HF and sew them onto the ones from Lowes. It's the same color leather so it should do fine.
Does anybody know where I can find any grey suede in quantity? I'm trying to work on the boots.
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Katsu Ma'roy () · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:15 am Post subject:

OK...maybe I'm just tired, but I can't seem to find a good pix (or better a supplier) for the gauntlet compad. Would someone send me a link or two.

Oh, and for the record, Box Pleats on Acetate is a Beyotch. That is all.
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edgejedi (Jase Fox) · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:14 am Post subject:

Schph Gochi (Phyllis Schulte) · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:51 pm Post subject:

also see this thread..

http://www.rebellegion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22789

note especially the mold for the Hoth Snowspeeder Pilot wrist comm..

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navarre1095 (CHARLES GRAY) · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:44 pm Post subject:

Those are the best I've seen so far. Thanks for posting that.
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I believe that the comm pad was a "found item" that was spruced up. Probably a white plastic panel of some sorts.
I have found five of these panels in the Snowspeeder's cockpit! One of them is in the instrument panel. The other four, each being on each side of the pilot and gunner respectively.

It is very hard to see from these pics, but I think that the "teeth" in the front could have been made of transparent plastic.
The Snowtrooper Commander and AT-AT drivers wear similar gloves as the Rebels but with a different comm pad on the gauntlet cuff -- and there are better pictures available of that one. That comm pad does have similiar looking teeth, that are apparently of transparent plastic. Unfortunately I noticed this only after I had started making my own.

Jedi Knight Obi (Chad Pulliam) · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 2:06 pm Post subject:

Anyone have a new link for these? Link is for our old site and we since moved everything over to the new. Looking for a Commpad for my Hoth Gloves as well
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JediXXL (Gil Guemes) · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 3:46 pm Post subject:

I can look into who is providing these currently.
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Jedi Knight Obi (Chad Pulliam) · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 2:41 am Post subject:

Thanks Commander
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JediXXL (Gil Guemes) · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 5:04 am Post subject:

Waiting on replies, but Darth Lars advised Baron Flux may be the go to guy for these.

Jedi Knight Obi (Chad Pulliam) · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 10:07 pm Post subject:

Sounds good. Should receive the Jacket within the next month or so
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