4str0m3ch
Well-Known Member
I decided to put my rudimentary sewing skills to use and knock up a set of Han Solo's pilot gloves using what I could find on Amazon/eBay. Most leather driving gloves seem to have the knuckle windows, so I kept my eye on a set without. I eventually found these, which aren't the softest leather, but come in a variety of colours and have the general aesthetic of the Falcon gloves, except for the leather button flaps.
Firs thing I did was remove those using a stitch ripper. They were sewn into the piping, so other than a small raw edge, the piping was completely secure still.
Next I sourced some 20mm black hook and loop, and cut it to length. I melted/scraped off a square section from one of the ends of the hook side to accommodate sewing it to the glove. I also got some 25mm black cotton ribbon/webbing to use as a backing for the Velcro. I sewed these together, folding over the ends of the webbing to stop it fraying. These four straps were sewn to the gloves over where the original straps were, using matching brown contrast thread.
After this, I gave them a weathering pass with a sanding sponge and some burnt umber and black acrylic dry brush to look like gun oil or engine grease.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with these, and the total cost is about £20 plus an hour or so of build time!
Firs thing I did was remove those using a stitch ripper. They were sewn into the piping, so other than a small raw edge, the piping was completely secure still.
Next I sourced some 20mm black hook and loop, and cut it to length. I melted/scraped off a square section from one of the ends of the hook side to accommodate sewing it to the glove. I also got some 25mm black cotton ribbon/webbing to use as a backing for the Velcro. I sewed these together, folding over the ends of the webbing to stop it fraying. These four straps were sewn to the gloves over where the original straps were, using matching brown contrast thread.
After this, I gave them a weathering pass with a sanding sponge and some burnt umber and black acrylic dry brush to look like gun oil or engine grease.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with these, and the total cost is about £20 plus an hour or so of build time!
