Description: Stormtrooper, Return of the Jedi
Prefix: TK
Detachment: First Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment
Context: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

"An entire legion of my best troops awaits them". - Emperor Palpatine (ROTJ)

Outfitted with newly designed armor and the new series of BlasTech E11's, the Stormtroopers were the main garrison for the newly constructed, second Death Star. The Emperor stationed the Empires’ finest Legion of Stormtroopers to defend the defense shield for the Death Star. They were the main strike unit during the battle on the Forest Moon of Endor.

These highly trained elite soldiers cannot be bribed or swayed from their dedication to the Empire.

The Stormtroopers are not only the first strike team units sent into critical combat situations, but are also assigned to keep a watchful eye over the Imperial officers who might betray the Emperor’s cause.

Garrisons of Stormtroopers are stationed on worlds throughout the Galaxy to keep order, and stop any Rebel uprisings.

Even though the Stormtroopers are an independent unit, having their own command structure, ranking system and support facilities, they still serve on Imperial vessels, and operate along side the Imperial army and navy.

The Stormtroopers are shielded by hardened, plastoid,composite armor, fitted over a black environmental body glove, with a built-in life support system. The imposing white armor not only protects them from harsh environments, but also gives limited protection from blaster fire.

Stormtroopers carry an array of equipment and weapons ,wielding blaster rifles and pistols with great skill.

The Stormtroopers, having the combined training and battle tactics of both an Army soldier and a Marine, makes them highly adaptable and a very skilled force.

Rebellion slang terms and nicknames for Stormtroopers:

Whitehats

Plastic Soldiers

Boys in White

Plastic Boys

Stormies

The 501st approval requirements are listed in black.

FISD Defines two additional, optional levels of costuming excellence: Expert Infantryman and Centurion. In the page below, requirements for Expert Infantryman are listed in blue. Centurion requirements are in red. Please visit the FISD web site for a full description of these standards.

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

Special Notes:

• Visit the Frequently asked questions page for information on the Rubies Supreme Stormtrooper costume.
• Blasters are not required for legion membership per our weapons policy.
• The armor parts shall be made from one of these types of materials or like materials: White fiberglass, ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), or HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene).

The following costume components must be present and appear as described below for approval .

• Traps (trapezoids on dome of helmet) and tears (area beneath the corners of eye lenses) are gray.
• Rear traps and tears have vertical black lines.
• Lenses may be flat or bubble, smoke or green in color, sufficiently dark enough to obscure the costumer's eyes.
• The "ear" bars have three or four bumps, and shall be gray or painted gray, with a black outline. Painting the bumps with rank stripes (Highlighted) in black is optional.
• Frown is painted black and overlaps the teeth area. Eight total teeth on the frown are cut out.
• Tube stripes are medium blue, should be 13 per side, but can be between 9 and 16 per side with the curve bends extending backwards.
• Vocoder (vertically ribbed chin detail) is painted black.
• Aerators/Hovi mix tips (cylinders on either side of the vocoder) are black or painted black.
• Tears, traps, and tube stripes should be decals, but can be hand painted, or decals that replicate hand painted.
• Mesh may be used behind the frown to obscure the face of the wearer.
• Note: The FX helmet is considered deprecated (to be avoided), though is acceptable for Legion requirements.
• Note: A stock (out of the box) MRCE and/or EFX PCR helmet does not meet the basic 501st requirements without the major modification that are necessary. Please visit FISD/whitearmor.net for more info on these modifications.
  

• Ears shall have no visible screws per side.
• Traps/tears and tube stripes shall be decals (with the correct ROTJ details), not hand-painted or decals that replicate hand painted.
• Traps/tears may be either ANH gray or a slightly bluer shade of ANH gray.
• The ends of the frown shall be rounded, not tapered to points (not like ANH/ESB) and not squared ended like the ESB MKII.
• Ear bars shall have four bumps only, not three.
• Correct 'Hovi mic' aerator tips.
• FX helmets are not allowed.

• MRCE and/or EFX PCR helmets are not allowed.
• ANHv2 helmets are not allowed.
• Lenses shall be bubble green only.
• Ear bars shall have only one or two bumps painted in black (rank stripes).
• Neck trim shall be of an s-type profile rather than a u-type profile.

• Black with horizontal ribs, fitted to the wearer, and extending from the base of the neck to the top of the Adam's apple.
  

• These shall be securely mounted in front and may free float in back. They may be affixed with rivets, Velcro, or adhesive.
  

• No visible rivets are allowed.
• Shoulder straps shall not have a flat end at the ends of them. They shall be ribbed 100%.

• These shall be affixed in the front (no snaps, rivets or brads shall be visible).
• These shall be affixed in the back (no snaps, rivets or brads shall be visible).

• One on each shoulder. The shoulder bells are considered effectively symmetrical; they may be worn interchangeably on the left and right shoulders.
  

• Shoulder bells are rounded at the corners.
• Shoulder bell straps 1/4"(6.3mm)wide shall be present, worn higher and shall not be visible across the biceps armor like in ANH.

• Shoulder bells shall have foam padding inside.
• Shoulder bells shall be slightly pinched and should be worn slightly higher, compared to ANH/ESB.

• Biceps are fully closed.
  

• Forearms are fully closed.
  

• These shall be clam shell, or snowtrooper-style hand plates and not the trapezoidal design seen in A New Hope. The hand plates are mounted securely over the back of the glove.
  

• Black in color, made of either rubber, nomex, leather, or leather-like material, with no visible straps or logos/designs. The fingers are enclosed, non-textured.
  

• Gloves shall be rubber or rubber like chemical gloves in black.

• Chest plate overlaps the abdominal plate.
  

• A white flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip shall be present around all edges, bottom, both sides and neck area.

• Fabric or elastic strip connecting chest to back shall be either black or not present.
• Ideally the AM/FX style chest plate should be replaced with a more screen accurate type. If using an AM/FX style chest plate, it shall be trimmed at the bottom and sides to eliminate the over elongated appearance and to give a more accurate look (Note: Return edge is not required but shall have the rubber gasket).

• Back plate contains a "O II" design.
  

• A white flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip shall be present around all edges, bottom, both sides and neck area.

• Back plate shall have no, or minimal overlap of the kidney plate.
• Ideally the AM/FX style back plate should be replaced with a more screen accurate type. If using an AM/FX style back plate it shall have no, or minimal overlap of the kidney plate and shall be reshaped to emulate a screen used back plate by properly trimming and re-shaping (stretching) the left and right edges of the armor to contour to your body. (Note:Return edge is not required but shall have the rubber gasket). Note: There is currently no tutorial available for this, but you can see an example of this Mod and visual comparison at whitearmor.net

• Black non-textured material, either one-piece or two-piece construction with no visible zippers or logos/designs.
  

• The ab plate has a button area that matches the color pattern shown (3 dark blue + 6 charcoal grey or black); buttons are approximately 7/16" (11mm) in diameter.
  

• The three dark blue buttons will be the three buttons closest to the belt.
• A white flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip shall be present around all edges.
• Ab plate button detail shall be inverted compared to ANH/ESB.

• There shall be no visible split rivet/brad on the cod/crotch and no visible rivets or brads on the left or right side of the ab plate, unlike ANH/ESB.

• It is allowable to have a separate kidney/butt plate for 501st requirements. If a separate kidney plate is used, it shall line up with the ab plate, with the top of the kidney plate being flush to or under the back plate.If a separate butt plate is used, it should be below the bottom of belt and line up with the kidney plate, with minimal gap between it and the kidney plate.
• The crotch tab of the butt plate area may or may not have visible snaps.
  

• A separate kidney/butt plate is not allowed - the kidney and butt plate shall be combined/fused to a single plate/one piece.
• A white flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip shall be present around all edges.
• The edges of the hip area should be rounded/curved (not like the straight lines found on the ANH/ESB butt plate).

• There shall be no visible side rivets on the kidney plate, unlike ANH/ESB suits.
• There shall be no visible snaps, rivets or brads on the crotch tab of the butt plate tab.

• Belt face is made of plastic (TK ammo belt).
• Belt proper is made of canvas, canvas covered material, leather, or vinyl, between 2.25" (57mm) to 3" (90mm) wide. The color is to be white to off-white.
• The drop boxes dangle from the sides of the front plastic belt (ammo belt) via white straps and are aligned under the plastic tabs of the ammo belt.
  

• Belt shall be tightly woven nylon/cordura style material, or may be canvas, or canvas covered, and the color is to be white to off-white. Leather or vinyl are not acceptable.
• Belt shall be between 2.25" (57mm) and 2.5" (64mm) wide, not 3"(90mm) as in ANH/ESB.

• (a.k.a. O2 canister) attaches to the back of the belt. This is a gray cylinder between 2" (50mm) and 2.5" (64mm) in diameter with white end caps and a white control panel pad, with controls closest to the right end cap.
  

• The thermal detonator needs to be attached via metal clips approximately 1"(25mm) wide, and shall be all gray without silver stickers or silver paint.

• The thermal detonator control panel shall have correct ROTJ details, not ANH/ESB.

• Thigh armor shall be closed in the back.
• The ammo belt shall be installed on the bottom of the right thigh.
  

• The thigh ammo belt shall be standard rivets.
• The bottom corners of the thigh ammo belt shall be rounded off.

• Greaves close in the back. The trapezoid knee plate (sniper knee plate) is affixed to the left greave and may have two visible brads or rivets securing it to the greave.
• The AM greaves (shins) shall be on the proper legs, with a new cover strip. The cover strip edge shall be facing the inside of the leg. Note: There is a manufacturer defect with the AM greaves (shins) that may cause you to wear the them improperly. Please see the Tutorial titled :"AM armor shins: the proper way to assemble and wear", on the whitearmor.net
  

• White leather or leather-like, above ankle height, with a flat sole with a short heel, and small U-shaped elastic sections on both sides of the ankle with no buckles or laces. Jodhpur/Chelsea-type boots or an equivalent style is acceptable. Elvis or Mariachi boots are not allowed. .
  

• There shall be no seam on the front of the boot (e.g. CABoots are not allowed).
• Boots shall be lightly scuffed.
• Boots shall have a white sole (can be painted).

• Made of black leather or leather-like material.
  

• Holster shall be worn on the right.
• Holster may be omitted from this costume.

• Holster shall be attached via straps behind the belt using two rivets in the middle of the strap.

Items below are optional costume accessories. These items are not required for approval, but if present must meet the guidelines below.

• 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.
• D-ring mounted on the rear.
• Correct style scope.
• No power cylinders on the magazine housing.
• Scratch-built, resin cast, Hyperfirm rubber cast blasters shall have a total of 7 U shaped channels on blaster (all holes on barrel shall be covered).
• If using the popular commercially available Stormtrooper blasters, you shall grind off the T-tracks and replace them with U shaped channels and cover the open rows of holes (total of 7 U shaped channels in all).
• Correct greeblies on the left rear area shall be present (door catch and two "hammers").