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Description: Death Star NCO
Prefix: ID
Detachment: Imperial Officer Corps
Context: Star Wars: A New Hope
Highly experienced enlisted men serving on the first Death Star as Senior Technicians and bureaucrats.
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For 501st membership only the requirements in black need to be met.
The Imperial Officer Corps defines additional, optional levels of costuming excellence. In the page below, requirements for Level 2 “Executor” are listed in blue. Requirements for Level 3 “Imperator” are listed in red.
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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.
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| Required Costume Components
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The following costume components are present and appear as described below.
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Hat
- Fabric is a medium weight field grey colored suiting material matching the pants and tunic.
- Base of the hat is conical, with a crown, proportionally fitting the wearer's head.
- Front and rear "flaps" overlap on the sides.
- Front bill extends down proportionally over the forehead, decorated with concentric stitches.
- Imperial Code Disk is positioned in the center of the front vertical flap.
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OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
- Fabric has a gabardine weave.
- Code Disk has a notch detail on the outermost disk.
- Crown is about 4" (101.6 mm) tall.
- Front and rear "flaps" are about 4" (101.6 mm) high.
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OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
Code disk exactly matches screen-used prop with the notch at the top of the disk.
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Tunic
- Fabric is a medium weight, field grey colored suiting material.
- Tunic has a right over left closure slightly offset from the center.
- The standing collar has square corners.
- The collar is made from brown fabric, closely matching the weave of the tunic.
- Sleeves are long with brown cuffs at the wrists.
- Sleeves have 2 seams, one along the bottom and one along the back.
- This uniform is free of code cylinder pockets.
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OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
- Gabardine style weave.
- The back of the tunic has princess seams that run vertically and turn outward to intersect the arm-hole seam at the vertical center.
- The collar is about 1.25" (31.8 mm) tall and remains open in the middle with a width of about 1/2" to 1.
- Sleeve cuffs are about 3 - 4" / 75 - 100 mm wide.
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OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
- There is top stitching visible approximately 1/2" / 12mm from the edge of the breast closure and it must have a lining sewn in.
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Belt
- The belt is constructed from a non-textured leather or a leather-like material.
- Belt's width is relative to the wearer.
- There are no loops on the belt.
- A single large silver snap or rivet is visible next to the buckle.
- The belt may be worn with the snap to the right or left of the wearer.
- The buckle is constructed from a horizontally brushed metal, or metal looking material.
- Buckle is adorned with an Imperial Code Disk at the center.
- Please refer to the Imperial Buckle reference page for information on accurate and inaccurate style buckles.
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OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
- Belt is made of leather and is approximately 2" (50.8 mm) in width, up to 3" (76.2 mm) is acceptable.
- Snap is worn to the left of the wearer.
- Buckle is flat or may have a very slight curve.
- Buckle size is approximately 2 5/8" (66.7 mm) high and 4 1/8" (104.5 mm) wide with 0.5" (12.7 mm) radius rounded corners.
- Snap or rivet is visible approximately 1" (25.4 mm) from the buckle.
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OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
- The belt is smooth with un-dyed edges.
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Trousers
- Fabric is a medium weight field grey colored suiting material matching the tunic and hat.
- Pockets are acceptable, although not visible with the tunic on.
- Pants are neatly pressed or ironed with a visible crease down the front and back.
- Pants smartly rest on the top of the shoes without bunching or giving any sloppy appearance.
- There is a brown tuxedo piping on the outer seam on the sides running from top to bottom. It is the same color as the collar and cuffs.
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OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
- Gabardine style weave.
- Piping is approx. 1/4" / 6 mm wide.
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Shoes
- Black, non-textured, leather or leather-like material.
- Boots are free from any visible adornment, straps, buckles (etc), and have a moderate heel.
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OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
- Boots are highly shined such as military dress shoes would be.
- Boots are Chelsea/Jodhpur ankle boots.
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