Costuming:BH - Montross

Montross — Star Wars: Open Seasons

Model BH 2556 , Photo by Chris Williams

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Description: Montross Prefix: BH Detachment: Bounty Hunters Guild Context: Star Wars Expanded Universe Montross “The Brutal,” was a former Mandalorian warrior turned bounty hunter. He was banished for leaving Jaster Mereel, Jango Fett's mentor and father-like figure, to die at the hands of Tor Vizsla, the leader of the Death Watch during an ambush on Korda 6 — Star Wars: Open Seasons (first visual representation). Montross would later become the fierce rival of Jango Fett. - Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (second appearance), and a Hasbro action figure.

For 501st membership, only the requirements in black need to be met. The Bounty Hunters’ Guild defines an additional optional level of costuming excellence. In the page below, requirements for Level 2, referred to as “Infamous”, are listed in blue. These optional requirements are meant for those who strive to meet the highest level of screen accuracy. Please visit the BHG web site for a full description of these standards.

This Visual Guide has been reviewed by the detachment staff and the LMO team and is certified for use as a minimum approval guideline for GMLs. GMLs are free to approve this costume type. This document is not intended to be a detailed how-to on costume construction; rather a visual guide to be used for 501st costume approval. Details on construction may be found on the respective costume detachment web forum. GMLs uncertain about an aspect of submitted costume shall post questions in the appropriate DL/GML peer review section of the Legion forum. Measurements given in this document are intended to be approximate and generalized; not criteria for approval. Requirements for all 501st costumes are proportional to the wearer in scale, fit and size. Text descriptions are only one part of the guideline. GMLs and costumers must consider both text and pictures (CRL and Reference) when reviewing the costume.

Required Costume Components

The following costume components are present and appear as described below.

Helmet Helmet has a dark colored, full one piece “T” visor. Helmet has a rangefinder and stalk on the right side. The mandibles and head band are a medium blue color. Earcaps match comic-style as closely as possible to reference, and are a dark/royal-blue color. Rangfinder box matches color as earcaps. The dome, inner and lower cheeks, key slot area and the back of the helmet are a dull silver in color. On the left-side of the dome, just above the visor is an “M”-like emblem in a medium-dark yellow Helmet is heavily weathered.

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	Neckseal Dark-blue color, matching arm sleeves and pant legs. Plain/void of any patterns Extends to cover collar/neck hole area. Weathered lightly

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Undersuit Full bodied, with short sleeves. Pant legs are dark-blue in color, matching arm sleeves and neckseal Sleeves a light-medium blue, matching color of cape. Vertical stitched lines into the pant legs, spaced equally, which extend from bottom to underneath the girth belt/flak vest, and are present on both the front and back of the legs. Soft knee pads, covered with matching fabric and stitch lines attached to pant legs. Appear fitted when worn Pant-legs are heavily weathered.

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	Arm Sleeves Dark-blue color, matching pant legs and neckseal. Glove portion wraps around the inner-thumb and fingerless. Extends over knuckles and inner-palms. Arm hole has 2 thick line details which wrap around the arm Appear form-fitting and extends to upper forearm Heavily weathered

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Cape Light/Aqua blue in color, matches short-sleeves of the undersuit. Attaches to the left and right-ends of the collar armor, covering the edges. Cape extends to behind the knees, covering the back and sits underneath the jetpack. May fold/lay heavier to the left or right side, varying reference provides deviations. Heavily weathered, with shredding and holes present along the outer edges/bottom.

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	Flak Vest Dark/Navy-blue in color. Made of either leather or heavy fabric. Vest allows for the attachment of chest, belly, and collar armor. Back of vest has cut slits to allow the Jetpack harness straps to feed through. Vest is long enough to be worn under the girth belt but does not extend below.

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Chest Armor Consists of collar armor, left and right breast plates, a center diamond and an abdominal plate. Armor is made of a solid material such as fiberglass, styrene or sintra. Armor has dimension giving the feeling of thickness and depth. Left breast plate has two indented horizontal bars. Dull silver in color, with narrow-lined square sigil in dark-red, applied between the left and right pectoral plates. Sigil is weathered such that it exposes the silver of the armor randomly. Center diamond plate between breast plates has an indented vertical rectangle as shown in visual references. Chest Armor attaches securely to the front of the vest. Heavily weathered.

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Shoulder Bells Large, similarly shaped to that of a Scout Trooper shoulder bell, but larger/wider. Has trapezoid or similarly shaped notch cut into the front and back edges. Medium-Blue in color, matching the color of the helmet’s mandibles. Narrow-lined square sigil in dark-red, centered. Sigil is weathered such that it exposes the blue of the armor randomly. Extends over upper arm and undersuit short-sleeves. Attached via flak-vest upper arm hole, and are not be overtly visible. Lower portion has a dark brown leather or leather-like strap which secures over undersuit short-sleeve and around the upper arm/bicep. Bells sit in line with the top of flak-vest arm holes, and do not extend above or below that plane. Bells are to also be centered on the arm. Heavily weathered.

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Jetpack Jetpack has the following main components: One center tank and two side fuel tanks “Piano keys” stretching horizontally at the top of the main body on each side of the center raised strip. One center missile. Two side mounted thrusters / nozzles. One beacon light and one stabilizer. Jetpack attaches snugly against the back via two discretely visible shoulder straps, sandwiching the cape between it and the wearer. Jetpack is silver, with medium-blue highlights, which match the helmet’s mandibles color. Blue highlights are: Base of rocket, top and bottom tips of side-fuel tanks, and vertical bottom-step portion of pack. Heavily weathered.

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Girth belt/Minor Belts and Pouches Girth Belt Dark-brown, made of leather or leather-like material. Girth-belt is tall enough to cover the middle of the abdominal plate and extend over-top of cod piece. Secured in back, hidden. 4 plain leather tabards/leather strips of equal material, equally spaced and extending to the upper-calve are attached to along the rear of the girth belt. 2 narrow leather strips, representing an upper-holster strap, are present on both sides. These connect at the back-center to the front-center, arching over the wearer’s mid to low thighs. May be plain or added details to represent functionality. Minor belts Center-belt: Narrow-leather belt runs directly in the middle. Front-center of belt ends has silver loops, bridged by leather piece, with rectangular detail etched or stitched. Leather-bridge piece is attached to left-side silver loop, and feeds through the right-side silver loop, and underneath the belt. Lower belt: Wider material, sits flush with bottom of the girth belt. Centered is a silver/dark silver skull detail missing lower jaw and is taller than the lower-belt. Has 4 pouches, 2 small (one visible snap) and 2 large (2 visible snaps), mirroring each side. Note: inconsistent reference may allow varying options for belt pouches. Example shown is based on action figure design. Entire Belt assembly is weathered.

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	Cod Piece Armor is made of a solid material such as fiberglass, styrene or sintra. Armor has dimension giving the feeling of thickness and depth. Armor is dull silver in color. Codpiece is worn under the girth belt. Heavily weathered.

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	Boots Tall, heavy tread, black or lightly blue boots Extends over-top of shins/calves Void of external straps/buckles Heavily weathered

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Optional Accessories

Items below are optional costume accessories. These items are not required for approval, but if present appear as described below. If adding in an accessory after initial approval, the item still needs to be submitted to local GML for approval before use.

Backplate NOTE: This armor piece is concealed by the cape, so is considered optional. Costumers are free to replicate it and use it for greater accuracy, but it is not required. Armor is made of a solid material such as fiberglass, styrene or sintra. Armor has dimension giving the feeling of thickness and depth. Armor is silver in color Back Armor has two rectangular slots, over the shoulder blades, to allow for the Jetpack straps to feed through. Back Armor attaches securely to the back of the vest.

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	Blasters Black-rifle as seen in comic

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• This CRL is available as a PDF

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