Make Your Own Gambit Costume

We know there are a lot of Gambit fans out there, and a lot of them would love to see a really good Gambit costume that they can wear.  Unfortunately, Marvel has not licensed any costume producers (that we know of) to make a quality Gambit costume.  In light of this, we decided to search out the best components of Gambit’s costume available and piece one together ourselves.  You can actually buy each of these items to make a real Gambit costume yourself.  We are going to base this costume off what Gambit’s costume looks like in the X-Men animated TV series.

Starting from the top, we have the black hood and neck piece that Gambit wears.  For this, we found a balaclava/dickie combination.  You can cut a hole in the top and on each side to allow your hair and ears to be exposed.

Next we have the shirt that Gambit wears underneath his trench coat.  It looks pink in the TV show, but we thought a red shirt would look better in real life.  The best shirt that matches the Gambit costume is a red Under Armour shirt.

Possibly the coolest clothing part of the Gambit costume is the brown trench coat.  I know the model in the picture looks like a cowboy, but this coat, with its high collars, fits perfectly with the Gambit costume, and its price is tough to beat.

Like almost all superhero costumes, the Gambit costume has some form-fitting components, the pants being one of them.  But Gambit pulls them off pretty well.  The best black pants for this costume are these Under Armour pants.

A blue tactical belt was hard to find, but we did find this blue belt that looks pretty cool.

You might laugh at what we found for the cool leg pieces that cover Gambit’s knees and below, but they’re the closest thing to what he wears.  Baseball catcher’s leg guards actually look a lot like Gambit’s leg pieces, and these do just fine.

Believe it or not, the shoes were one of the toughest parts of the Gambit costume to find.  We chose a pair of black tactical boots (for all the fighting Gambit does).  There doesn’t appear to be any model of these boots that would match the color of the leg pieces.

The retractable bo staff that Gambit uses is not a readily available weapon for purchase, but we found something similar.  This expandable baton is not quite as long as Gambit’s staff, but it will get the job done.

And of course, what would the Gambit costume be without a deck of cards?  It’s just too bad we can’t change the potential energy within the cards into kinetic energy.

This Gambit costume isn’t perfect, but it sure will make you look and feel like our favorite Cajun hero.  Let us know what you think about our selection of pieces by commenting below!

Jack Stewart is a writer for SuperheroLegacy.com