Costuming:IG imperial ground crew

Imperial Ground Crew

Model IG 21202, Photo by Jeremy Bitz

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	Description: Imperial Ground Crew Prefix: IG Detachment: Imperial Gunnery Corps Context: Star Wars: Rogue One Imperial Ground Crew are technicians charged with performing regular maintenance on Imperial craft and safely directing air traffic.

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.

	Imperial Ground Crew Helmet Note: Helmet proportions are critical to construction. For specifics, please visit the Detachment. Helmet is comprised of five main pieces: Dome, Eye Lens, Jawbone, (2) Ear Cups, and Fabric Liner Helmet is glossy, or semi-glossy black. Helmet may have light weathering. Around the base of the Dome, there is a thin, raised lip that covers the entire perimeter of the base, including the Ear Cup wells. On the front of the Dome are four round holes in a diamond pattern, aligned with the centerline of the helmet. These are 0.75" (18mm) in diameter, are 0.25" (6mm) deep, and have a flat bottom. The top and bottom holes are 2.375" (5.4cm) apart measured from the centerpoints. The left and right holes are 3" (7.5cm) apart measured from the centerpoints. The Eye Lens is tinted transparent plastic that matches the curve of the Dome. The Eye Lens is sufficiently dark enough to obscure wearer's eyes. The Jawbone's top deck is recessed below the front lip. Two small rectangular indents may be present near the front of the deck, but are not required. The front edge of the Dome is roughly parallel to the top edge of the Jawbone when viewed from either the right or left sides The bottom edge of the Jawbone is angled to be roughly parallel to the Ear Cups when viewed from either the left or right side. The Jawbone has a circular cutout on each side where it meets the Ear Cups. The radius is approximately the same as the outer surface of the Ear Cups. The Jawbone is joined to the outer edge of the Ear Cups. The Ear Cups do not overlap any surface of the Jawbone. Ideally, there is a small, visible gap between the Ear Cups and the circular cutout of the Jawbone. The Ear Cups are an oblong shape with circular ends. Ear Cups have an outer ring on an oblong dome. At the bottom of each dome is a knob containing 12 evenly spaced, small grips. Three indents are present on the front face of the knob in a triangular configuration radially around the centerpoint of the knob. The indents can have either a flat or a hemispherical bottom, and are uniform in size. There is a fabric hood/liner attached to the inside of the helmet extending past the Ear Cups and the dome, matching the edges of the helmet. It can be black, faded black, or charcoal gray in color, and is of similar weight to the suit. There are two silver male snaps under the Ear Cups near the Jawbone on each side. A single snap cap is positioned on the front near the two snaps, which may be painted to match the color of the fabric. Painting is optional. There may be a black adjustment strap at the back with a single silver adjustment buckle, but this is not required.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): The Eye Lens may retract upwards into the helmet.

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Imperial Ground Crew Suit One-piece matte charcoal gray jumpsuit with a front lapped zipper. All topstitching on the suit is done in light gray, beige, or off-white thread. There is a mandarin collar with 4–6 rows of evenly spaced topstitching and an edge-stitched rounded tab closure. Collar is high enough for the back top edge to come up to, or just under, the base of the skull. Tab closure wraps all the way around the collar to secure left-over-right. A silver Imperial Cog emblem, on a black background, is present on both shoulders. Cog is a physical patch and not an iron-on or thin applique It is recommended (but not required) that the cog is made of rubber or a rubber-like material. Sleeves are two-piece. On the left forearm there is a commpad pocket with no flap and a window. On the left bicep, below the cog emblem, there is a double bellow style upper arm pocket with double tab closure. There are no pockets on the right sleeve. Wrist cuffs are secured with tabs. Back has a yoke and 2 pleats placed on each side approximately halfway between center back and the side seams. Pleats have 2 rows of stitching. Back yoke is not pleated. Front has two angled chest pockets with four evenly spaced rows of topstitching and three additional rows of topstitching above the pockets. There is a visible waistband that is half the width of the belt. 8 rows of topstitching are evenly spaced from center front on either side of the zipper. These rows of topstitching continue below the waistband on the pants to the ankle. Outermost row of topstitching approximately aligns with the center front of the leg. The side seams, center back pants seam, both arm seams, armhole seams, back yoke seam and the shoulder seams on the suit are flat-felled in appearance, and topstitched with two lines of stitching.

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Chest Armor Note: Armor proportions are critical to construction. For specifics, please visit the Detachment. Armor is glossy, or semi-glossy black. Armor may have light weathering. The chest armor attaches to the back armor with rubber shoulder straps that have a rectangular rib detailing. Straps pass through openings in the front and back armor and connect on the inside. Mount points are present at the top of the chest armor. On the left-hand side mount point, a circular recess in upper left is present. The Chest Armor is comprised of the Chest Base with three major attachments: Front Plate, Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 The Chest base is approximately the width of the wearer and covers from the base of the neck to the bottom of the rib cage. The Chest Base has two small slots/holes in the upper left corner on the left hand side with rounded endds and are painted in red. The slots may optionally be backed with translucent plastic and illuminated in red. There is a recess on the front surface in the wearer’s upper right-hand corner for Attachment 1. There is a recess on the front surface in the middle of the wearer’s left-hand side for Attachment 2. There is a recess in the top-center of the front surface for the Front Plate. Underneath Attachment 1 are two details. A disc washer with metal knob and a metal top hat washer. The knob is cylindrical with a conical tip. The top hat washer and the knob are 0.50" (1.25cm) in diameter. The disc washer is 1" (2.5cm) in diameter. Base Armor extends under the arms to join flush with the side/kidney armor. Method of connection is not visible. The top of Front Plate is square/rectangular with a groove running from the top almost to the end. The bottom of the Front plate is wing shaped with a small horizontal slot on the left-hand side and is aligned between the left edge of the groove to the middle of Attachment 2. A buckle is present on each side of the wing, connecting to the Wrap Armor. When viewed from either side, there is a hollow space between the wing section and the Base Armor. Attachment 1 is rectangular in shape with top and bottom faces that are sloped. When viewed from the side, it is trapezoid in shape. In the middle of the attachment is a Blue plastic 1.5" (38mm) square. It is 3mm in thickness. Above the Blue square is a horizontal slot with rounded ends. It is the same width as the square. Attachment 2 is wedge shaped with a rectangular base that has sloped sides. At the top of the wedge are 5 small shallow rectangular holes with rounded ends. It is partially obscured by the Front Wing

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	Back Pack Armor is glossy, or semi-glossy black. Armor may have light weathering The main body is trapezoidal in shape with top edge being wider than the bottom. The top edge is approximately the width of the wearer’s shoulders. When viewed from the side, the main body of the pack is trapezoidal in shape. There is gray foam that is visible between the pack and the wearer’s back. There are two large grooves that run the entire length of the pack that form a V-shape. Attached to the top of the pack at the far left and right sides are two asymmetrical trapezoidal mount points for the straps. On the top surface of the pack on the wearer’s left-hand side positioned next to the groove, there are two small slots with rounded ends. These may be painted red or backed with red plastic.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): The two small slots may be backed with translucent plastic and illuminated in red.

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Wrap Armor Armor may be a single piece or two separate pieces that meet at the center of the back. Armor uses the same, or similar, material as the chest armor and backpack. Armor may have light weathering. When worn, the backpack covers the back portion of the armor (i.e. it is visually obscured) The buckle connecting the chest armor to the wrap armor will be, or appear to be, firmly connected to the wrap armor. The armor has four angled parallel grooves on each side that are positioned under the arms. The grooves slope upwards starting from the front moving backwards.

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Batons Batons are glossy, or semi-glossy black. Batons may be lightly weathered. The Batons are long enough to extend above wearer’s head when placed in the back armor, and the Batons should not extend below the armor. The Batons have round handles with endcaps. The ends have four prongs that hold four orange rectangular “lighting” panels. A square orange light panel is present at the end. The surface sits flush to the ends of the prongs and side light panels. At the base of the wand on each surface is a rectangular panel with a circular hole.

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	Black Gloves Black, fabric gloves with leather/leather-like accents on the palm and index finger. Gloves cuffs are worn under the sleeves

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Knee Pads The knee pads are a hard black plastic trapezoidal dome mounted on a black fabric pad. Knee pads may have light weathering. The hard pad has four caps with one each located in the upper and lower “corners” of the trapezoid. Two elastic straps are used to secure the knee pads. One at the top and one at the bottom. The bottom strap passes through a black metal or plastic buckle on the side of the pad. It fastens at the back of the knee. The top strap wraps around and connects to the front of the pad.

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	Boots Mid-Calf high black leather or leather like material. Boots must be mid-calf height, Officer height tall boots or similar are not acceptable. Boots may have a single adjustment strap at the top outside of the boot, with the buckle no wider than 1". Buckle need not be functional. Buckles should not be shiny/can be painted dingy grey or gun-metal color. Hobnails may be present on the front of the boots. Tread on the soles and heels is acceptable Zippers on the inside or back of the boot are acceptable, so long as they are concealed by the same material as the boot and not visible German “knobelbecher” style boots are most canon.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Boots are made of leather. Boots have the top adjustment strap/flap.
	OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable): Original German boots (or “Knobelbechers”) or an authentic replication thereof.

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Imperial Ground Crew Belt The belt shall be constructed from a non-textured leather or a leather-like material, approximately 2" (50.8 mm) in width (up to 3" (76.s mm) is acceptable) The buckle is constructed from a horizontally brushed metal, or metal looking material. The buckle may have a slightly curved surface, but this is not required. The buckle size is approx. 2.5" high and 4 1/8" wide with rounded corners. Buckles are adorned with an Imperial Code Disk at the center. A single large snap or rivet is visible approximately 1" from the buckle. The snap is to be worn on the wearer’s left side. Is worn at the waist. There is a visible gap between the belt and the Wrap armor. A 2" wide black elastic strap connecting the backpack to the belt is optional

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	Belt Boxes Dimensions are approximately 1.75" wide by 2.875" tall by 1.25" thick. Each box has a “step”. The “lid” attaches to the belt and is the full height and width. Depth is approximately 5/8" (half the total thickness). The smaller “box” sits flush inside the lid. Two boxes are worn with one on each side of the belt buckle.

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	Imperial Communications Pad Rectangular communications pad, with buttons and detailing as shown, on a grey or silver background. Pad has three raised cylinders near the top. Middle cylinder is blue and right cylinder is red Pad has two raised rectangular areas in the center of the pad that are painted dark gray, weathered gray, or black. Pad has a recessed u-shape on the middle right. Comm pad is contoured slightly to fit the arm. Bottom of the pad includes a third raised rectangular area feature in the lower section that is painted dark gray, weathered gray, or black. There is a small raised ring in the lower center, and larger ring with a raised circular center in the lower right.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Red and Blue cylinders are translucent.

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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.

	Balaclava A balaclava is a black head sock/hood that is worn under the helmet and is used primarily to hide any view of the wearer's skin and/or facial hair.

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• This CRL is available as a PDF

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