Costuming:IG imperial weapons tech

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Imperial Weapons Technician
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Model IG TBD, Photo by Haidee Guest
 
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Description: Imperial Weapons Technician
Prefix: IG
Detachment: Imperial Gunnery Corps
Context: Star Wars Rebels Season 2,3

Operating the immense weaponry of the Imperial starfleet are skilled weapons technicians dressed in specialized uniforms. The technician's features are entirely obscured by a large, sweeping helmet with a single wrap-around visor. The dark helmet helps suppress some of the dangerous flashback from such massive cannons as the turbolasers and specialized weapon systems onboard Star Destroyers.



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.


IWT helmet.png Imperial Weapons Technician Helmet
  • Helmet is comprised of 5 main pieces: dome, jawbone, scoop, visor, and commbox
  • The helmet has a matte, semi-gloss, or glossy finish.
  • If painted, the finish is smooth without runs or streaks.
  • Dome:
  • There is a Golden Yellow cog, centered on front top of the done.
  • Eye Lens:
  • The eye lens is tinted transparent plastic that matches the curve of the dome.
  • Jawbone:
  • The nose of the jawbone extends outward.
  • The wearer's chin is not visible outside of the jawbone.
  • The jawbone is affixed to the inside of dome using (2) screws or rivets on each ear.
  • Scoop:
  • The scoop is attached to the dome using (2) screws or rivets at the top of the helmet.
  • Scoop is slightly arrowhead in shape and curved to the contours of the dome.
  • Scoop can be oriented to point from straight back to about 60 degrees down.
  • Commlink Box:
  • Commlink box is located on left side of helmet.
  • Commlink box does not have any visible screws or other means that attach it to the dome
  • The Commlink Box has the following details:
    • Rectangular Blue Button — top front face of the commlink, plastic material.
    • Round Red Button — bottom front face of commlink
    • Round White Detail — side face of Commlink box in the lower left. This may be a thin piece of plastic, painted, or a decal
    • 2 Circular Grooves — side face of the Commlink box in the upper left corner above the round white button
    • 1 Horizontal Groove — Directly below the White Circular Detail
    • 3 Vertical Grooves — Right of the round white button. These run almost the entire span between the top edge of the commlink face and the horizontal groove.
    • Antenna
      • Positioned at the back of the top face
      • Unpainted metal finish.




Generic Balaclava.jpg 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.




IWT suit.png Imperial Weapons Technician Suit
  • Flight Suit is light gray in color.
  • Collar is a standing collar, meeting in the middle.
  • All front pocket flaps have chevron pointed closures.
  • Two Thigh pockets (one per leg)
  • Black stripe is present on each side from the armpit to the end of the leg.
  • Each arm has a black stripe from the base of the collar to the end of sleeve.
  • Upper Arms have the following features:
    • An Imperial Cog Emblem on a black circular background with Golden Yellow coloring
    • Cog Emblem may be an embroidered patch or a vinyl decal.
    • Have a pocket with chevron pointed closure. These are below the Imperial Cog emblems
    • Pockets and emblems are similar in width and are centered on the black stripe.
  • Commpad on wearers left arm, starting above the gauntlet.




IWT belt.png Imperial Weapons Technician Belt
  • Constructed from a non-textured leather or similar material.
  • Belt is approximately 2" in width.
  • Black in color.
  • Silver "Rebels" style buckle is constructed from horizontally brushed metal, or plastic material.
  • Within the buckle is a drawn circle.
  • (1) snap-rivet on the wearers right side of the buckle.
  • No holes or loops on the belt.




IWT legarmor.png Imperial Weapons Technician Leg Armor
  • Lower Leg Armor is black in color.
  • Armor extends down over the foot and at the sides and leaves the heal and toe sections exposed.
  • Silver "buckle" is present at the top on the outward face of the armor




IWT boots.png Imperial Weapons Technician Boots
  • Black calf or ankle-high boots/shoes are made from leather or similar material.
  • There is a patch over the top of the boots to hide any laces.
  • Patch matches color of armor.
  • Soles of boots are flat and match the color of the armor.




IWT gloves.png Imperial Weapons Technician Gloves
  • Black, leather or leather-like, enclosed fingered, non-textured, fitted gauntlet style.
  • No buckles, straps, or decorative stitching are permitted.
  • Three straight lines, on the back of the hand, are permitted.
  • Gauntlets may slightly flare-out, upward from the wrist to the mid-forearm




IWT commpad.png Imperial Weapons Communications Pad
  • Commpad sits on the Flight Suit, above the Gauntlet, on the Left arm.
  • Commpad is black in color.
  • It has a thin, raised border that creates a recessed area on the face of the commpad
  • Commpad has a gray square positioned in the upper right corner







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