Costuming:CT - 41st Elite

41st Elite Corps

Model CT-6218, Photo by Paul Tizzano

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Description: 41st Elite Corps Prefix: CT Detachment: Clone Trooper Detachment Context: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith The 41st Elite Corps includes several types of troopers and is formed by the combined forces of Sarlacc Battalion A, Battalion B, and Green Company. The 41st specializes in operations performed on alien planets or under extreme conditions. Shown here is their grey and white armor scheme.

For 501st membership only the requirements in black need to be met. In the page below, items listed in blue are recommended features that will improve the quality of the costume. Items listed in red are intended to further enhance the finished costume. Special Notes: • The “Animated” armor design, seen in 2008 The Clone Wars Cartoon Series, differs from the “Realistic” armor design used to create characters from the theatrical films, video games, and graphic novels. See this thread at 501stclonetroopers.com for the differences between the sculpts. (This may require an additional forum account.) • Armor parts shall be made from fiberglass, ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene), or a similar rigid material. This includes vacuum formed plastics as well as properly finished and smoothed 3D printed armor forms. See this thread at 501stclonetroopers.com for examples of acceptable and unacceptable levels of 3D print finishing. • All numerical measurements given in CTD CRLs are approximate. Measurements should be followed as closely as possible while not affecting the proportionality of costume details. Proportionality should take precedence over exact measurements.

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 Realistic style Clone Phase II helmet. Some "name brand" helmets may be unacceptable. Helmet mohawk on dome. Black eye lens. Helmet frown is charcoal grey in color. Vertical hash marks on each side of helmet cheeks are a dark blue color. Wire or plastic mesh is utilized inside the helmet to cover the open pieces of the frown. Ear caps are painted a dark grey Primer grey stripe around back of dome. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks. Armor is weathered with shades of grey.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Helmet has the appearance of a neck ring.

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	Neck Seal Neck seal is black in color with vertical ribbing or smooth in appearance. No logos or labels are visible. If the seal is not incorporated as part of the undersuit, a balaclava or other similar covering is acceptable.

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	Under Suit Black non-textured material, either one-piece or two-piece construction with no visible zippers or logos.

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	Shoulder Armor Realistic style Clone Shoulder armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white, and overlaid with primer grey. Shoulders are tear drop in shape with all rounded edges. Shoulders are not symmetrical. The armor slightly curves back at the bottom of the shoulder. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks, that expose underlying white. Armor is weathered with shades of grey.

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Upper Arm Armor Realistic style Clone Upper Arm armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white, with grey detail. Approximately 1 inch from the top of the upper arm, a 1 inch grey stripe encircles the entire arm. Optional paint addition: 5 horizontal primer grey bars, approximately 3/4 inch by 2 inches. There is a dimple on the lower area of the back of the arm. The outside of the bicep has a hard line edge at the front that turns in. The inside of the upper arm is rounded. Armor is seamless. No visible traces of how the armor was assembled are shown. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks, that expose underlying white. Armor is weathered with shades of grey.

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Elbow Armor Realistic style elbow armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white. Elbow straps have a raised detail line at the top and bottom of the strap. Armor has two parallel dashed detail slots on each outside edge of elbow at the strap connection. Elbows are mirror images of each other with a notched area on the outside of the elbow above the detail marks. Armor is weathered with shades of grey.

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	Forearm Armor Realistic style Clone Forearm armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white, with grey detail. Approximately 1 inch from the top of the forearm a 1 inch grey stripe encircles the entire forearm. Both left and right forearms are mirror images of each other. Right forearm has a compad with 8 small buttons,1 Large main button, and 1 slightly smaller rectangular button. Forearm tops have a flattened triangular area that have a ridge that comes to a point at the top of the forearm. Armor is seamless. No visible traces of how the armor was assembled are shown. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks, that expose underlying white. Armor is weathered with shades of grey.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Compad has detail antenna on its left. Instead of a hard edge the top of the forearm has a bone ridge.

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Hand Plates Realistic style Clone Hand Plates armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white, and overlaid with primer grey. Hand plates are mirror images of each other. Hand plates have a top curving ridge that come to a point over the index or middle finger just past the main knuckle of the hand. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks, that expose underlying white. Armor is weathered with shades of grey.

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	Gloves Realistic style Clone Gloves. Black over the wrist gloves made of leather, nylon, or other low pile fabrics. Gloves do not show any labels or logos once the armor is on and cover any exposed skin.

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Chest Armor Realistic style Clone Chest armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white with grey details. Two detail slots on right raised chest area. Four vertical primer grey hash marks are located the right chest next to the detail slots. Following the edge of the shoulder straps, a 1 inch wide primer grey stripe extends to the lower part of the chest and then follows the underarm curve. Chest and back armor match together at the sides with no open gap. A seam line is present. Shoulder straps are slotted into the detail ridges of the top connection points. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks, that expose underlying white. Armor is weathered with shades of grey.

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	Back Armor Realistic style Clone Back armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white with grey details. The previous one inch primer grey stripe continues from the side of the chest armor onto and back, curves upward, and ends at the rear under arm opening. Rear center plate has detailed area that contains 4 circles. Under the circles at the left side of the back there are two parallel lines. On the right side of the back there is a squared detail. Chest and back armor match together at the sides with no open gap. A seam line is present. Shoulder straps are slotted into the detail ridges of the top connection points. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks, that expose underlying white. Armor is weathered with shades of grey. A second detonator is centered on lower back. Detonator is painted matte or satin white. (3) buttons on left side are grey. End cap detail has center knob that is white. Detonator is connected by two protruding brackets.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Realistic style ROTS Phase II Clone Radio Pack, no back plate detail is required because it is covered by the Radio Pack. The radio pack matches either the "slimline" or "full sized" version. Radio is painted matte or satin black. Radio consists of a horizontal top plate and vertical face plate. Radio has an antenna mounted on top left. There is a small curl knob near the antenna base. Radio has a static bar on front face that bends back at two 90 degree angles to attach to side of the radio. Radio has 3 knobs, dials, or lights on the bottom right corner.
	OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable): Highly detailed resin back box plate cover with circuitry insets. If Radio Pack is build removable the detail back box plate is required.

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	Abdomen Armor Realistic style Clone Abdomen armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white, and overlaid with primer grey. Four 1/4" diameter holes per side on indents of abdomen. Eight holes total. Abdomen section wraps around the wearers body and is sealed at the sides or back. Abdomen armor is completely contained under the chest and back armor. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks, that expose underlying white. Armor is weathered with shades of grey.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Armor is seamless at the sides and closed in the back. A detail plate covers the seam line and hides all work.

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	Codpiece and Posterior Armor Realistic style Clone Codpiece and Posterior armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white. Codpiece and Posterior armor connect at the hips. Hip connection should have the appearance of a button greeblie, and the correct detailed shape at the connection point. Armor is weathered in shades of grey

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	Belt Realistic style Clone Belt. Armor is painted matte or satin white, and overlaid with primer grey. Ammo Belt includes belt boxes and rear detonator. (8 )boxes total are attached to the belt. (4) on each side of abdomen. Detonator is centered on the back of belt. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks, that expose underlying white.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Belt Boxes are notched and fitted flush with the details of the belt. Left Rear belt box has two square buttons in the top left corner and an equal symbol detail at the bottom right. Right Rear belt box has a bar with two small cylinders centered with an equal symbol detail on the bottom left. From the rear two belt boxes the belt has a ribbed detailed appearance.

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	Thigh Armor Realistic style Clone Thigh armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white, with grey detail. Approximately 1 inch from the top of the upper edge, a 1 inch grey stripe encircles the entire thigh. Front of thigh armor has a flat triangular area near the knee. From the top of the triangle, a ridge line travels up the front of the thigh to the top edge. Rear of the thigh has an indention. Armor is seamless. No visible traces of how the armor was assembled are shown. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks, that expose underlying white.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Outside lower edge of the thigh comes to a point. Inner lower edge is rounded.

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	Knee Armor Realistic style Clone Knee armor. Armor is panted matte or satin white, with grey detail. Grey "V' -shape stripe follows the bottom edge of knee armor. Knees have a protruding flat area in front oriented towards the top of Knee. Knees bend around the front and connect to white detail clips that connect the strap on each side. A white colored flat strap, about 2 inches wide, wraps around back of leg. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks, that expose underlying white. Armor is weathered with shades of grey.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Flat Strap has raised 5/8 Inch wide grey center strap.

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Lower Leg Armor Realistic style Clone Lower Leg armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white with grey detail. Lower Legs are mirror images of each other. The front of the armor has a triangular detail at the top of the leg and a hard ridge line down the front of the shin. Back of lower leg armor features arched indentation, just under the calf, that follows down to the ankle. Bottom of this indentation features a smaller arch detail at the heel. Outside of the calf is closed. Calf can have an access area on the inside of the leg. Calves are seamless and have a trap door access through the indent in the rear of the lower leg. Grey areas are weathered with various scuff marks, that expose underlying white. Armor is weathered with shades of grey.

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Boots Realistic style boots Animated style boots are not permitted. Boots are optionally either white or grey. Boots are ankle high or tall enough to cover the ankle and eliminate any black undersuit visible at the ankle. Boots are lace-less Boots have armor detail to include a natural seam at the toe and a strap that goes over the top of the foot with two (2) protruding discs at each side of the strap. There are no markings or labels from the shoe maker. Boots soles are flat. Boots soles are colored primer grey.

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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.

	Radio Box Back Armor Radio Box Back Armor is used as an alternate to the standard back armor. Radio Pack is not used with this style back armor. Armor is painted matte or satin white. The previous one inch primer grey stripe continues from the side of the chest armor onto and back, curves upward, and ends at the rear under arm opening. Rear tank has detailed area that contains 4 circles. Under the circles at the left side of the back there are two parallel lines and the the right of the back there is a squared detail. Top of the tank has a thermal detonator with three buttons. in the recess under the back tank, there are two radio boxes. Chest and back armor match together at the sides with no open gap. A seam line is present. Shoulder straps are placed underneath the chest to connect to the back.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Shoulder straps are slotted into the back armor, into the detail ridges of the top connection points. Highly detailed resin insert should replace softer details.

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	DC-15S Blaster Manufactured by BlasTech Industries, the DC-15S is smaller in scale than the DC-15A blaster rifle. Although it has a shorter range than that of the “A” model, it is easier to handle with a higher rate of fire and features a folding stock for braced firing. Realistic Clone Style DC-15S Blaster. Blaster may be scratch built out of plastic, wood, metal or cast in resin. Blaster has realistic Episode II or Episode III details: Wire frame sight. Folding stock. Twelve radiator fins evenly spaced along the length of barrel. Igniter detail knobs. Charge magazine clip on right side. Total length is approximately 26 inches (66 cm). Because of the scale, the Hasbro version is incorrect.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Charge magazine detail on clip is metal to gun metal grey in color. Detail bolts and screws are metal to gun metal grey in color. Igniter knobs have some copper coloring. Blaster is weathered.
	OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable): Functioning Blue LED is installed in barrel.

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	DC-15A Blaster Rifle Manufactured by BlasTech Industries, the DC-15A is a Tibanna gas cartridge powered weapon. Hyper-ionized blue plasma bolts are more than capable of penetrating armored units. Exceptionally effective against both droids and contemporary targets. Realistic Clone Style DC-15A Blaster Rifle. Blaster rifle is scratch built out of plastic, wood, metal or cast in resin. Blaster has realistic Episode II or Episode III details: Flip up sight in down position. Ten radiator fins are evenly spaced along the length of the barrel. Power setting adjuster detail lever. Sniper Scope attached under rifle in storage position. Charge magazine clip on left side. Igniter detail knobs. Total length is approximately 55 inches (139.7 cm). Because of the scale, the Hasbro version is not allowed.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Charge magazine detail on clip is metal to gun metal grey in color. Detail bolts and screws are metal to gun metal grey in color. Igniter has some copper coloring. Power setting adjuster detail lever is metal or gun metal grey. Sniper scope is metal or gun metal grey. Blaster is weathered.
	OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable): Functioning Blue LED is installed in barrel.

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