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I'll dig through some things as well and see what I can pull for you

I started with a pattern similar to this:
http://www.fleecefun.com/long-hooded-cl ... -free.html

It's a medieval cloak pattern that is actually fitted over and around the shoulders, as opposed to the more typical half circle or rectangle styles.

The pattern needs to be modified, of course, starting with not including the hood. Then:
The opening moved from the front to the side.
A little extra added on where those side edges to create the necessary overlap and finished look.
Some added material and pleats to get the right overall look. Pleating diagonally, instead of just straight across the seam really does wonders. Echoing the oft stated advice in this forum: play with it a LOT before you sew it all down.

IVLIANVS wrote:I started with a pattern similar to this:
http://www.fleecefun.com/long-hooded-cl ... -free.html

It's a medieval cloak pattern that is actually fitted over and around the shoulders, as opposed to the more typical half circle or rectangle styles.

The pattern needs to be modified, of course, starting with not including the hood. Then:
The opening moved from the front to the side.
A little extra added on where those side edges to create the necessary overlap and finished look.
Some added material and pleats to get the right overall look. Pleating diagonally, instead of just straight across the seam really does wonders. Echoing the oft stated advice in this forum: play with it a LOT before you sew it all down.

That's really interesting actually, I'll have to run it by my brother, he's more than likely gonna be sewing the thing, and another question actually, should I line the outer robe before cutting or wait until later?

you'll want to use the same pattern pieces for the lining as you do for the outer shell. The difference is you will need to make the lining the mirror opposite of the outer shell and they will need to be slightly smaller in size as well.

Well now that I've got that all sorted, now for the inner robes. As far as my brother knows he doesn't believe he's be able to tackle it, anything I could do or show him?

Starwarsgeek18 wrote:Well now that I've got that all sorted, now for the inner robes. As far as my brother knows he doesn't believe he's be able to tackle it, anything I could do or show him?

The inner robe is 10x easier than the outer cloak... It's a basic thawb pattern with a mandarin collar. You should be able to find any number of monk type patterns that could be modified for use.

Something like this? https://www.etsy.com/listing/124832574/ ... r-medieval

for the inner robe, as mentioned is a standard basic thawb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawb).

What you see on the front of the CRL image of the inner robe is the same you'll see on the back. Nothing fancy. I personally wouldn't buy a pattern for it as it's so simple. A couple of quick google searches should bring back lots of free sources that will be more than acceptable instead of buying a pattern. Any good seamstress should have no problems whipping one up using just a mental pattern. Just keep it simple with no pockets, no wrapping parts. It's just a very basic drop over your head robe that can be closed with a zipper/etc. at the back. The only parts that will be visible are the sides at the arm slits; which for ROTJ means only your right-hand side will be a little visible.

I am on a bit of a budget with this so I'm trying to keep things simple for my brother so patterns would be preferred.

Something like this...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/56 ... 1beb91.jpg

The inner robe for the "Gandalf" pattern is usually pretty straightforward. You just have to make sure that there is no opening at the front of the neck and that the robe is modified to be the proper length.