Thanks Joseph!!
Your words are very encouraging! I'm going to work on your suggestions and thank you for the diagram, Very Helpful!
I ordered a set of gloves the other day from trooper_bay on ebay... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Flexible-Hand-Guards-and-Black-Gloves-COMBO-Star-Wars-Stormtrooper-Sandtrooper/331830987313?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=540916032818&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
They seem to meet the CRL basic requirements...
And, my brother is going to donate a pair of boots to me that he says looks like the right kind, but are brown... so we'll see if I can use them.