Showoff Thread: Stormtrooper ANH Gloves with Rubber Handguards

[Stormtrooper]

I had no idea the hand plates were latex in the movie. :confused

Yes indeed they were - pause a few frames the next time that you watch A.N.H. (like when the trooper with the E-11 is searching the Falcon, walking past camera.... just before Han & Co. pop out of the smuggling compartments).
Look closely and you'll see the trooper's handplate has the paint chipping off and the brown colour of the latex below showing through, especially on the exposed edges and corners.

A lot of screengrabs/stills also show residue around the handplates (on the black gloves) which is either the glue used to stick 'em on, or instances where the costume department has hastily touched-up the paint of the handguards on-set, and gotten some onto the gloves by mistake :confused

I can also remember John Mollo stating in an interview, that they were cast in rubber. It wasn't until TESB and ROTJ that they realised vac-forming them in plastic was a helluva lot easier D'OH!

Keith - glad you like them mate I swear I'm not a regular customer at the online fetish store (not that there's anything wrong with that :confused) but it seemed a shame to waste money on shipping, so I stocked up on a ****, a couple of *****'s and a really cool 'glow in the dark' *** *****
:love j/k of course! LOL

Cheers,
John

 

[Stormtrooper]

Here's a few more pics that y'all might like to see :

Enjoy!

Cheers,
John

 

[Stormtrooper]

....like when the trooper with the E-11 is searching the Falcon, walking past camera.... just before Han & Co. pop out of the smuggling compartments).
Look closely and you'll see the trooper's handplate has the paint chipping off and the brown colour of the latex below showing through, especially on the exposed edges and corners.

And here's a screengrab of what I was talking about, right here:

Maybe I should go get the sandpaper? :love

Cheers,
John

 

[Stormtrooper]

I bet you shop there all the time:lol

Very nice handguards btw:thumbsup

Keith.

:lol yeah, and I've got a 5% discount loyalty card and all!.... I wonder if I could convert those leopardskin-fur handcuffs into screen-accurate ANH Chewbacca binders?

Glad you like the handguards, mate... I know you're an accuracy nut like myself

I have some liquid latex left over so I'll be posting in the Junkyard later on....

Cheers,
John

 

[TK8410]

Excellent job John, they look the bollocks mate :thumbsup

Cheers, Gord.

 

[DL 44 Blaster]

I just picked up two pairs at Home Depot about 10 minutes ago. Made by "Quickie". In the home cleaning section, 4.88 each. They come in medium, large and XL. :thumbsup

I was thinking...I think I'll cut some holes on the tops of the gloves (hidden by the hand plate) for ventilation.

I was just about to chime in and say that I saw these same gloves at Home Depot today! Dead on for the originals ......................

 

[natty15d]

Thanks everyone for the nice remarks... although it seems that I'm the last person on the planet to find this particular type of rubber glove! :lol
I hadn't realised that they were so common - obviously I've been looking in all the wrong places :rolleyes

Can some of the U.K. members tell me where they got theirs from? I've been up and down the aisles of B&Q dozens of times, checked army surplus stockists etc. etc.
Cheers,
John

Hi John

I juts picked up a pair with the same texture from Tesco.
The new hand gaurds look superb

Nathan

 

[Lear60man]

If you live near the Maida Vaile Marriott in North London here is where you can get some. I just saw them yesterday. Exit the Marriott and hang a right. About 3-5 blocks up on the right hand side you will come across a .99 Pence store. Bingo.

 

[Stormtrooper]

Hi everyone,

Thanks again for the kind remarks, guys!

I finally got around to doing a run of these - I have Signup post over in the Junkard for anyone who's interested in a pair

Cheers,
John

 

[Mr. No Stripes]

Hey John, I tried PMing you but your box was ful... do you by chance have a set of these availible. I may even want 2 sets if you got um

 

[Stormtrooper]

I have more of these available again - if anyone would like a set, slip on over to the Junkyard

Cheers,
John