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| Imperial Army Trooper
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Model TX 87690, Photo by Shane Fitch
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Description: Imperial Army Trooper
Prefix: TX
Detachment: Spec Ops Detachment
Context: Star Wars Empire by Dark Horse Comics & Expanded Universe / Legends
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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.
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Special Notes:
- Optional Battle Armor is made from one of these (or similar) types of materials:
- Fiberglass.
- ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene).
- HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene).
- Soft parts may be slightly weathered with scuffs/dirt.
- Blasters are not required for legion membership per our weapons policy.
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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Helmet
- Open face helmet whose base consists of a dome with rim and helmet skirt.
- The helmet skirt is to be smooth all around with no indentations on the rear.
- A telemetry unit is attached centered to the right or left sides of the dome aligned to the rim.
- The telemetry unit consists of:
- Rectangular box with a slight bevel and details on. The box is in the same color as the helmet.
- 1 telemetry unit details closely resembles the reference photos.
- The helmet is to be painted in Olive tone with a flat or satin finish.
- A black trim is covering the edge of the helmet skirt and forehead of the dome.
- Black chin strap and chin cup.
- May be replaced by the Olive Hat listed under optional accessories for approval.
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OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
- crew caps are positioned on both sides of the helmet skirt where the chin cup straps meet the hemet.
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Goggles
- Goggles should have a square-like black frame with angled sides and dark green lenses.
- Not needed if the hat option is worn.
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Green Imperial Flight Suit
- One piece olive green coverall / jumpsuit / flightsuit with a front invisible zipper and mandarin collar.
- Each shoulder has a patch as noted below.
- 2 large chest pockets.
- 2 large cargo pockets sit on the outside of each leg from around mid-thigh and not extending past bottom of the knee, with a rectangular flap covering the top.
- There are no leg pockets below the knees.
- Rank bars of any kind are not permitted
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OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
- Mandarin collar is closed by a chevron shaped strap across the neck
- A single snap is present near the chevron point
- Snap does not need to functional.
- Snap should be Olive Green in color.
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Imperial Army Patch
- A shield shaped patch.
- The patch has an Imperial cog symbol approximately 2.75 to 3 inches in diameter.
- The background of the patch has a more narrow shield shaped design on top of a box colored a darker shade of green.
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Olive Gloves
- Olive Drab, wrist length gloves constructed of leather, kevlar or similar material.
- Enclosed fingers
- No buckles, straps, etc.
- May have three stitched lines or square padding on the back of the hand.
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OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
- Gloves are made of leather with the correct set of parallel lines stitched on the back of the hand.
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Web Harness
- Olive green colored, double strap “H” harness which travels from the lower back, and up over the shoulders.
- The harness system attaches to the belt.
- Harness is made of 2 inch olive green nylon webbing.
- Visible snap-hook style fasteners that attach to belt eyelets are acceptable
- Tri-glides may be present on front or back of the suspenders.
- Back of suspenders may be permanently fastened to belt, but not required.
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OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
* The main body of harness fasteners are discreetly hidden behind the belt.
- Tri-glides are present on the front suspenders for harness adjustment.
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Belt
- Belt is a nylon military style quick release web belt.
- Belt is olive green in color.
- Belt is grommeted with eyelets along both sides of its length.
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OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
- Belt buckle is Olive Green in color.
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Belt Pouches
- Belt pouches are olive green in color and should be made of nylon or similar material.
- A minimum of 4 small pouches are required, which may consist of any combination of double handcuff, small utility pouches, magazine pouches or other molle style pouches of similar size.
- Two pouches should be placed in front - One on each side of the belt buckle where the harness meets the belt.
- The remaining pouches may be placed anywhere on the sides or back of the belt.
- Any additional OD green MOLLE style pouches are encouraged to fill out the belt, but are not required.
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Boots
- Calf high black leather or leather like material.
- Jackboot style is acceptable, see gallery.
- Free of laces, decorative stitching, buckles on the instep or any other embellishments.
- Boots may have a single adjustment strap at the top outside of the boot, with the buckle no wider than 1". This need not be functional.
- Zippers on the inside of the boot are acceptable, so long as they are concealed.
- If the zipper is not covered by vinyl/ leather, it is painted black.
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OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
- Olive green 8”-9” high boots.
- Free of laces, decorative sticking, buckles on the instep or any other embellishments.
- Zippers on the inside of the boots are acceptable, so long as they are concealed.
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| Optional Accessories
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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.
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Hat, Olive
- Fabric is a medium weight suiting material of olive green.
- Base of the hat is conical, with a crown about 4" (101.6 mm) tall.
- Front and rear “flaps” overlap on the sides and are about 4" (101.6 mm) high.
- Front bill extends 3" down, decorated with (5) (6) or (7) concentric stitches.
- An Imperial Code Disk may be positioned in the center of the front vertical “flap,” but is not required.
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E-11 Blaster
- Based on a real or replica Sterling sub-machine gun, scratch-built, or a modified commercial toy Stormtrooper blaster.
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DH-17 Blaster
- Scratch built or high-end prop replica.
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E-11 Holster
- Holster is made of Nylon, leather or similar material.
- Black or Olive Green In Color
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