Finding Jayne's Gaiters

POSTED BY: hisgoodgirl
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 13:33
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MOBIUSCORPUS

Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:36 AM

I used tubular webbing from REI for the straps and wide elastic for the actual gator part. It looks very close, and stays in place better than any non-stretch material would have. The elastic was either 2 1/2" or 3", I can't remember which off the top of my head.

BOWLWOMAN

Thursday, June 21, 2007 3:32 AM

Ok, that makes sense. I really didn't think the larger strips were tubular webbing. In fact, it looked a lot like grosgrain ribbon to me. :) If you used elastic, then I wasn't too far off.

I'm thinking about going to Petsmart and getting 6 of their adjustable nylon dog collars to use for the buckles and straps. Did you wind up using 3/4" or 1"? They carry the collars in 5/8, 3/4, and 1 inch, and I figured it would be a lot easier than trying to thread the webbing into the buckles. Plus, my local REI was out of the 1" buckles and their webbing stock was pitiful to say the least.

BTW, thanks for replying so quickly. I saw in your profile you hadn't posted much since last August, so I didn't know if you were still around or not.

I'll post a pic of hubby's costume at the CSTS showing on Saturday, but I'm not sure if he'll have his gun prop painted or not. Plus, I don't think he'll be able to take his knife in b/c the venue serves alcohol and a 9" blade would therefore be illegal, but we'll at least have the sheath attached.

MOBIUSCORPUS

Thursday, June 21, 2007 3:38 AM

I dug them out and measured. I used 3" elastic with about 1" of overlap. The buckles and webbing are 5/8". In retrospect, 3/4" might be closer, but these look very close.

As for posting, I actually haven't been on in awhile, but I have email notification setup on this thread... :)

BOWLWOMAN

Thursday, June 21, 2007 3:42 AM

Wonderful. That's exactly the info I needed. :) Thank you so much for your help. Now I just hope Petsmart has 6 black collars in stock...

I'm trying to get this done for Saturday while finishing up my thesis since the first draft is due to my committee on Friday. Did you find it fairly easy to construct? I'll probably have a few hours on Saturday, but between the thesis and the 8 month-old, I haven't had a ton of time lately. I'm just trying to gauge if I'll actually have the time to get this done. To me it looks like it should only take a couple of hours, but you never know.

MOBIUSCORPUS

Thursday, June 21, 2007 3:51 AM

I think it took me about 2-3 hours. It wasn't that bad. The worst part was that I didn't have a small enough needle for my machine, so I kept catching the elastic...

Also, I rolled and stitched (kinda like a hem) the bottom edge, since it looks in the pictures like they're kinda bulky and wide at the bottom.

WEBCHIEF

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 1:33 PM

I've made an awesome discovery (or at least I think so).... Jayne's gaiters.

Having made a Jayne costume to debut at Dragon*Con this year I faced the prospect of making Jayne's gaiters. Nothing out at any of the outdoor sporting goods stores comes close. My wife and I researched the pictures and made a go of it. I think they looked great for what they were. Then I got home and looked at people's pictures from Dragon*Con. I happened to be going through shots of the guys in Starship Trooper costumes and my jaw hit my desk... All the soldiers in Starship Troopers are wearing the EXACT SAME GAITERS!

It makes perfect sense considering the Starship Trooper armor was used in Firefly for the Alliance soldiers... just painted purple.

Hope that helps folks in locating screen accurate parts!

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