I never had the desire to put together my own costume. Usually, a mask and coveralls were enough for me. These lightsabers was a factor to wanting a better costume. My journey towards my costume is still progressing. I have been searching for stuff throughout the past year. Here's what I have found and done so far.
I started my costume with just a Sith robe from jedirobeamerica on ebay. I wasn't sure what I wanted but I did know that the dark side is what beckoned to me. It is easier to goto the dark side. This sith robe is big. Like Emperor robe in terms of what it covers. The cloak part of the robe can cover everything and some. The hood when its fully on covers my face easily. I leave it half way and I am staring into the ground and the back portion of the hood kinda drapes behind your head. Very nice look. The robe is very distinct but I needed another item to finish the look between being a wizard costume and a star wars one. I already have a force fx Vader lightsaber but I wanted to try out another lightsaber.
so with the Robe in my possession , I figured a lightsaber would complete my minimalist costume by then. I could go like dark jedi with the robe and saber. I've been reading & researching about custom lightsabers around that time. It led me to saberforge on etsy. The crossguard was a new saber during that time and I went ahead and ordered it knowing Halloween is coming up in a few months.
Halloween approaching I wanted a mask. The only mask I liked was Darth Revan. Searched eBay for a sith mask I liked. Got various results. quality was something I wanted and ebay is kinda hit & miss. I went to etsy and found lionsdendc. Their Revan mask 2 is great. Still mask under hood, I felt I could use it towards this dark jedi costume.
The next piece I got were LARP bracers from ColonialArmory on Etsy. Around this time, I was looking into progressing this dark jedi costume into a Sith Warrior based on the Old Republic videos. Robe, saber, mask already. The one where the Sith transport crashed into the Jedi temple and the transport opens up to reveal many Sith warriors. Yup, that one. My idea was to carry a crossguard with that sith warrior look. When I wear the sith robe and raise my lightsaber, the robe's sleeves kinda show my forearm. I wanted that covered with some forearm armor. After a brief search on etsy, I found the ones I was looking for. Unfortunately, the main armor of the sith warrior was rare and expensive. Plus, it sealed the costume for me once I had the armor. So again thinking for more flexibility in terms of the costume, I decided to go back into the dark jedi clothing where I can have a variety of choices to go with.
I picked up black inspection microfiber gloves from ebay to wear with these bracers. I didnt want to wear just any dark glove. I wanted to hold my lightsaber as close to not wearing gloves as I can. These microfiber inspection gloves not only does that but also keeps my hands just right. I was really getting into this costume.
This led me to Amazon for boots and pants... (and boots n pants... and boots n pants, nbootsnpantsnbootsnpants...lol sorry!) Searched for something near Anakin Skywalker boots. Found them. Boots are high knee. Pants were different. Now when i put on the costume, I was using black jeans. I wanted something lighter and a bit more friendly with air. This ended up being thai yoga fisherman shorts. It was charcoal/grey. Now these were loose, it had a wrap for belt, and these shorts went down to my shins. Thought its perfect with my new boots. Its lightweight and allowed air to circulate under the robe. Really liked it so much I bought a Jedi one in brown/beige just in case. At this time, I really liked were my costume was going again. I wanted to complete the clothed look so I decided to find some sith undergarment but there wasnt going to be time before Halloween for me.
It's Halloween already. I was using black nike or adidas long sleeved microfiber athletic shirts for my top under the robe. Like I said the minimalist costume had me going with what I already had for a bit until I wanted something better. I was wearing the robe all day and night for Halloween. During the day activities with parties, I wanted to take the sith robe off for comfort. Hours in that wasnt anticipated. During the evening, walking and standing around with it wasnt too bad. Air was moving around. Reactions were great and even better when I ignited my saber. Mask, saber, and hooded robe alone was distinct. However after a full day in the sith robe, I was totally drained. I weighed what was good and bad with the costume so far. after some time, i decided its time to move on from the sith robe.
Went back to etsy and found HamptonsJediOutfit. Here I found not only the under tunic but also the hood/cape. By this time, i figured the sith robe was just too big to wear after I got everything. Hood + cape would be nice to wear as I keep the hooded look. A black under tunic and hood/cape would allow me to take off the robe and still be complete in costume.
Since then, I have progressed more into Darth Revan. My following Saberforge orders were with this in mind. So now its just hood/cape, mask, tunic, bracers, gloves, lightsabers, wrapped yoga shorts, boots, and robe. I haven't found the armor I want just yet. I was thinking about using part of the Mandolorian armor set (top) to take care of the chest pieces. With the arrangement and distinct colors, I think it can work.
So, I hope my journey helps you out sorting the costume your looking for. I am content with how far I have gone so far. Thought I could save some money by buying everything separately. I dont like penny pinching for quality though. There are times when I thought I did well. I didnt think I would be like this towards my costume. Definitely, buy the cosplay set if you know what you want. It just saves time and money. I know this now. I guess I will be Darth Revan for the next couple of years until I'm inspired or see an opportunity for another.