Costuming:TS snowtrooper commander

Snow Trooper Commander

Model Snow Trooper Commander, Photo by unknown

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	Description: Snow Trooper Commander Prefix: TS Detachment: Blizzard Force Context: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back These troopers wear specialized cold weather gear for frozen, hostile environments.

For 501st membership only the requirements in black need to be met.

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 See the Snowtrooper Commander Helmet detail page for more information. Clean white, molded plastic or fiberglass helmet corresponding to the same colors as the armor. Main helmet (dome and shroud) identical to standard snowtrooper. Helmet brow width should be approx. 1/2". Leeway given if scaled properly for larger or smaller-made helmet. Hard plastic face shield with two visually matching rectangular “nostrils.” Face shield extends to top of shoulder/collar area and flares outward. Rear of helmet has contoured extension which covers the rear neck area. Dark green flat lenses. Imperial disk greeblie. 2 Silver disk greeblies (Greeblie must have 2 steps or tiers ONLY), located on the left and right side of helmet (see reference pictures) Clean/unweathered (polished/shiny) appearance must be maintained

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Duster Made of white/off-white (ivory) medium to heavy weight Fleece or Wool material that "pills" after wear. Overall appears to fit loosely and/ or baggy to wearer. Not too tight or "slim" fit. Duster extends down to at least the tops of the boots but no further than the top of the ankle. Corners of the duster are rounded. Front portion of the Duster extends to either reach OR cover the top edge of the cod piece when worn. The front-open portion of the Duster wraps around the front, far enough to cover the sides of the codpiece. Lower outer quarter panels of the duster are lined with the same material (fleece/wool) making it appear heavier and doubled. Duster includes two belt loops, one on each side, horizontally at about the belly button line, and vertically in line with the shoulder (or where your resting arm falls at your side) Belt loops are made of the same material as the duster (fleece/wool), and wide enough for the abdomen belt, which is approx. 2 1/4"” wide. No external pockets are authorized There is no set securing method, but the bib portion of the duster can only be visible BELOW the ab plate, on top of cod piece Screen used dusters secure via centrally placed veclro. Clean/unweathered appearance must be maintained.

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Shoulder Armor See the Snowtrooper Shoulder Armor detail page for more information. Shoulders match visual reference. Shoulders have 7 trapezoid shaped boxes worn at the top, opposite of the standard snowtrooper. Worn with trapezoid shaped boxes on TOP, opposite of standard Snowtrooper. Rim is raised along the entirety of the shoulder bell, merging into a rounded detail mid-way on both sides. Shoulders are attached directly to the Duster via personal discretion. May appear “sewn” with faux thread, along inside-edge, in 3 spaces. Clean/unweathered (polished/shiny) appearance must be maintained.

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	Forearm Armor See the Snowtrooper Commander Gloves and Forearms detail page for more information. ESB-Stormtrooper-Style forearms. Forearms are constructed using the butt joint and cover strip method. Overlap construction is not allowed. Clean/unweathered (polished/shiny) appearance must be maintained.

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	Hand Plates Snowtrooper (ESB TK hand plates) style handplates are attached directly to the gloves. May appear “sewn” with faux thread, at the 4 "corners" of the handplate. Hand plates are mirrored design (both are different for each hand). Clean/unweathered (polished/shiny) appearance must be maintained.

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Gloves See the Snowtrooper Commander Gloves and Forearms detail page for more information. Gray welder's style gloves, externally all sued, with a 4-6 inch cuff. Suggested brand Weldas Softouch Tig/Mig gloves appear to be the closest to the screen used gloves as well as the Tilman 650 or 750 are acceptable. The wearer’s left glove cuff has a small compad on it, approx 1.5" x 1.5" in size. Compad has a circular center section about 3/4" high, and topped with a small silver disk, slightly smaller than the center section in diameter. Compad has clear/yellowed raised buttons in a row along the flat side of the compad, five in total. Clean/unweathered appearance must be maintained.

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Chest Armor See the Snowtrooper Commander Chest Armor detail page for more information. Rank bar two red squares over two blue (2 red squares on top). Silver Base plate must appear with horizontal groove between the red and blue squares (as though two metal plates are joined in the middle) Each corner of base plate has small drilled holes Rank bar located on the wearer’s left side. (See ref pictures for placement) Recessed area/box on the lower-center of chest plate contains 2 light gray squares on left, and 1 gray over 1 red on the right-side. 2 light gray horizontal lines separate squares down the middle. All details much match visual reference provided in the "Snowtrooper Commander Chest Armor Detail Page." Left-hand side of chest has two oblong shaped details which protrude outwards They are offset and staggered from one another, one being more forward The forward most oblong has a red circular bump/dot on the top (matching in size to others on chest armor) The rear oblong has a light gray circular bump/dot on the bottom 2 shoulder straps secured to the top of the chestplate with round-head bolts in the center of each strap end (same for rear chest plate connection) Mid-chest/Rib strapping to back plate. made of nylon or poly webbing with no distinguishable stitching at least 30mm wide. Elastic is Authorized. No noticeable stitching is present. Strapping from backpack is connected to chest armor via a metal wire-like, squared off "U"-shaped fixture. Fixture is secured via two rivets (Split or saddlers OR any flat-cap style), one over the other, and is attached to the inside of chest armor, protruding outwards. Hardware is silver Clean/Unweathered (polished/shiny) appearance must be maintained.

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Back Armor See the Snowtrooper Commander Back Armor Page for more information. Back armor (white) with various details as shown reference pictures must match (either variant) Backplate is raised-flat, structurally identical to TIE-Pilot style. A square, white, base plate secured by either silver pop rivets OR "socket button head" bolts on each corner onto raised backplate. Bottom of white base plate has centered rectangular extension with a notch at the very bottom-center. Extension has gold-circuit board-style, vertical lines (approx. 18). Vertical lines are separated by a white-spaced gap, the same width of the notch on the bottom. One narrow rectangle, off center to the left, light-gray rectangle (outline) between top 2 rivets/bolts must be present. Large-centered, 3 sided light-gray square (outline), beneath the narrow rectangle 3 flat-disks (matching the chest piece disks in size/shape) on inside, upper-right corner of light-gray square outline; left to right, red, white and light-gray disks 2 flat-disks on the inside left-side of light-gray square outline, positioned one “step” below the 3 upper-right side disks; left to right, red and light-gray disks One, unique shaped greeblie on lower-center part of backplate. Bottom of greeblie is in-line with top-line of gold-circuit board-style lines. Greeblie is light-gray, curved-open top with oblong shaped bottom with open circle on the upper part of the oblong. Lower oblong has a cut-out design with 1 single narrow curved “loop” in the center (See ref picture) Must match visual Clean/Unweathered (polished/shiny) appearance must be maintained.

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Abdomen Armor and Belt Armor is identical in design to visual references. Directly in the center is a silver disk greeblie containing three circular raised details/ dots with 2 rivet details,1 on top-center and 1 on bottom-center - never left or right Orientation of disk greeblie can alternate between having one dot at the top OR having two dots at the top. Two narrow vertical slits spaced on either side of Ab plate for the belt to feed through. Actual belt is made from a 2 1/4" wide stiff Poly Webbing material. Belt does not appear saggy and is flat and straight when worn Belt does not have any visibly obvious method of attachment and appears hidden as best as possible when worn. Suggested to overlap at the rear with velcro with the thermal detonator centered over it. Abdomen armor is worn with tapered side pointing down Clean/Unweathered (polished/shiny) appearance must be maintained.

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Thermal Detonator Attaches to the center back of the belt. Detonator consists of an all grey cylinder, without silver stickers or silver paint. The cylinder is between 2” (50mm) and 2.68"(68mm) in diameter with white end caps on each end. The white control panel pad faces upwards, with the controls/round washer style detail closest to the right end cap. The total length is approximately 7.50" (190.5mm). The thermal detonator is attached via metal or metallic-appearing clips, approximately 1" (25mm) wide. Thermal detonator belt clips are positioned with little to no gap between the clips and the end caps. Clean/Unweathered (polished/shiny) appearance must be maintained.

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Codpiece See the Snowtrooper Codpiece Armor detail page for more information. Physical details must match visual reference. Worn under the Duster, over the pants. A belt rig (not visible in costume) is typically used to wear the Codpiece Codpiece has at minimum a 1" and max of 1 1/4" elastic strap or poly webbing attached to the bottom-center "point" of the codpiece. Strapping should be attached at the "point" 2 rivets, side by side Screen accurate method utilizes 2, 7mm x 9mm single cap rivets, each fed through a M4 x 15mm washer. (side by side) This strap runs between the legs and attaches upwards to a point underneath the duster, commonly to the main belt of the cod-piece. Clean/Unweathered (polished/shiny) appearance must be maintained.

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Pants White/off white (ivory) pants required. Acceptable examples are karate Gi pants, “dockers,” “Dickies” painters pants, US army Cold Weather over-pants, or something similar. No pockets, zippers, or buttons are visible when trooper is standing or moving. Covering of these items by the codpiece and/or duster is acceptable. Pants fit somewhat loosely and have enough length to properly "blouse" over the tops of the boots. Clean/Unweathered appearance must be maintained.

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Boots "Moon" Boot style May be either White/Off white OR light-grey colored, per reference 3 Evenly placed, white horizontal lines approx. 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" wide each. Mimics PLACEMENT of boot straps on Snowtrooper Mukluks Preferred to have vertical treading on soles Leeway given due to scarcity of proper boots. Recommended alternatives are modified Tecnica brand Moon Boots or Italian military Alpine snow boots w/ added boot covers to mimic screen-used Clean/Unweathered appearance must be maintained.

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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.

DL-44 Blaster Pistol Manufactured by BlasTech Industries, the DL-44 Blaster has the ability to charge a heavier blast, nearly twice as powerful as similar pistols. Because the sidearm is highly modifiable and is one of the few blasters shown to have the ability to penetrate imperial armor, the Empire has placed heavy restrictions on this model and in many cases ownership is outlawed outside of imperial forces. Scratch built or high-end prop replica.

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	E-11 Blaster (ESB) Based on a real or replica Sterling sub-machine gun, scratch-built, or a modified commercial toy Stormtrooper blaster.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Folding stock (does not need to function). No ammo counter shall be present. D-ring mounted on the rear. Sterling based blasters have the correct M-38 or M-19 style scope. The M-19 scope is preferred. No power cylinders on the magazine housing. Scratch-built, resin cast, Hyperfirm rubber cast blasters shall have a total of 6 T-tracks on blaster (leaving the lowest row on the magazine housing side uncovered). If using the Hasbro E11 toy blaster and you cover all the rows of holes, the blaster will have 7 T-tracks total. But, if you want to have the correct number of T-tracks (6 total) with the lower row of open vent holes on the magazine housing side, then you shall cover the pre-existing rows of holes with T-tracks, and grind off the lower integrated T-track on the magazine housing side and drill a new row of holes in its place.

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E-11 Blaster (ESB Promo/Stunt) Based on a real or replica Sterling sub-machine gun, scratch-built, or a modified commercial toy Stormtrooper blaster. Folding stock (does not need to function). No ammo counter shall be present. Correct style scope. No power cylinders on the magazine housing. Scratch-built or cast blasters shall have a total of 6 T-tracks on blaster (leaving the lowest row on the magazine housing side uncovered). If using the Hasbro E11 toy blaster, it is modified to have the correct number of T-tracks (6 total), with a lower row of open vent holes on the magazine housing side. This is accomplished by covering the pre-existing rows of holes with T-tracks, then grinding off the lower integrated T-track on the magazine housing side, and drilling a new row of holes in its place. Two greeblies on the left rear area. Three studs on the right rear area. Add two scope block greeblies. Remove front bayonet muzzle disk. Remove magazine housing parts. Remove D-Ring mount. Swoosh trim on right side above the pistol grip.

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	Holster White, form-fitted DL-44 Blaster holster. 1 single, rectangular loop extends from the main body of holster to connect to belt. This loop should be at least approx. 2 1/4" wide Worn on wearer’s right-side, between the duster belt loop and ab plate Clean/Unweathered appearance must be maintained.

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