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Model TK-4625, Photo by Jason Kreis
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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).
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| Helmet
For 501st 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 sufficiently dark enough to obscure the costumer's eyes.
- The gray "ear" bars have three or four bumps, with a black outline. The bumps may or may not be painted.
- Frown is painted black and overlaps the teeth area. Eight total teeth on the frown are cut out.
- Tube stripes are medium blue, numbering between 9 and 15 per side with the curve bends extending backwards.
- Vocoder (vertically ribbed chin detail) is painted black
- Aerators (cylinders on either side of the vocoder) are black.
- Tears, traps, and tube stripes may be hand painted, decals, or decals that replicate hand painting.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
- Ears shall have no visible screws per side.
- Traps/tears and tube stripes shall be decals, no hand-painting.
- Traps/tears may be either ANH gray or a slightly bluer shade of ANH gray.
- The ends of the frown shall be squared off, not tapered to points.
- Ear bars shall have four bumps only, not three.
- Correct 'hovi mic' aerator tips.
- FX helmets are not allowed.
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- MRCE 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.
- Neck trim shall be of an s-type profile rather than a u-type profile.
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| Neck Seal
For 501st approval:
- Black with horizontal ribs, fitted to the wearer, and extending from the base of the neck to the top of the Adam's apple.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
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For level three certification (if applicable):
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| Shoulder Straps
For 501st approval:
- These shall be securely mounted in front and may free float in back. They may be affixed with rivets, Velcro, or adhesive.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
- No visible rivets are allowed.
- Shoulder straps shall not have a flat end at the ends of them, they shall be ribbed 100%.
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- These shall be glued in front.
- These shall be glued in the back.
- Should straps shall be made foam other of flexible material instead of rigid plastic.
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- One on each shoulder. The shoulder bells are considered effectively symmetrical; they may worn interchangeably on the left and right shoulders.|
- Shoulder bells are rounded at the corners.|
- Shoulder bells shall be slightly pinched compared to ANH/ESB.||
| Biceps
For 501st approval:
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For level two certification (if applicable):
- No shoulder bell straps across the biceps.
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For level three certification (if applicable):
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| Forearms
For 501st approval:
- Forearms are fully closed.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- No return edge on the inside of the front of the forearm is allowed.
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| Hand Plates
For 501st approval:
- These should 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.
- Hand plates may be sewn on to the gloves at five points equally spread out with 2 on the sides and 1 in the middle front.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
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For level three certification (if applicable):
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| Gloves
For 501st approval:
- Black rubber, nomex, leather, or leather-like material, with no visible straps or logos. The fingers are enclosed, non-textured.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- Gloves should be rubber or rubber like chemical gloves
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| Chest
For 501st approval:
- Chest plate overlaps the abdominal plate.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
- Moulded lip around the bottom of the chest plate shall be present.
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- Fabric or elastic strip connecting chest to back shall be either black or not present.
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| Back
For 501st approval:
- Back plate contains a "O II" design with little or no overlap of the kidney plate.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- Back plate shall have no or minimal overlap of the kidney plate.
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| Under Suit
For 501st approval:
- Black non-textured material, either one-piece or two-piece construction with no visible zippers or logos.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
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For level three certification (if applicable):
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| Abdomen Plate
For 501st approval:
- The ab plate has a button area that matches the color pattern shown (3 dark blue + 6 black or all black); buttons are approximately 7/16" in diameter.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
- The three dark blue will be the three buttons closest to the belt.
- Moulded lip around the bottom of the ab plate (cod) shall be present.
- Ab plate button detail shall be inverted compared to ANH/ESB.
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- There shall be no visible rivets or brads on the left or right side of the ab plate, unlike ANH/ESB.
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| Kidney & Butt Plate
For 501st approval:
- 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
- The crotch area may nor may not have one visible snaps.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
- A separate kidney plate is not allowed - the kidney and butt plate shall be combined to a single back plate.
- Moulded lip around the sides of the kidney plate shall be present.
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- There shall be no visible side rivets on the kidney plate, unlike ANH/ROTJ suits.
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| Belt
For 501st approval:
- Belt face is made of plastic (TK ammo belt). It is comprised of 6 rectangular boxes, with three square buttons, one centered in the middle and one on each end.
- Belt proper is made of canvas, canvas covered material, leather, or vinyl, 3 to 3.5" wide. The color is be white to off-white.
- The drop boxes must dangle from the sides of the plastic front belt via white straps and are aligned under the plastic tabs of the ammo belt.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
- Belt shall be canvas or canvas covered, leather and vinyl are not acceptable.
- Belt shall be between 2.25" and 2.5" wide, not 3" as in ANH/ESB.
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- Belt shall leather, vinyl, or polyeurathane webbing, and the belt color shall match the armor.
- There shall be no square buttons covering the three belt rivets (one in the center, one on each side of the ammo belt).
- Corners of ammo belt shall be cut at right angles, not 45 degrees as in ANH.
- Drop boxes are closed in the back.
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| Thermal Detonator
For 501st approval:
- (a.k.a. O2 canister) attaches to the back of the belt. This is a gray cylinder 2 to 2.5" in diameter with white end caps and a white control panel pad, with controls closest to the right end cap.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
- The thermal detonator needs to be attached via metal clips approximately 1 inch wide, and should be all gray without silver stickers or silver paint.
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- The thermal detonator control panel shall have correct ROTJ details, not ANH/ESB.
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| Thighs
For 501st approval:
- The thigh armour is closed in the back.
- The ammo belt shall be installed on the bottom of the right thigh.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- The thigh armor belt shall be connected by brads/split rivets only - standard rivets are not acceptable.
- The bottom corners of the thigh armor belt shall be rounded off.
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| Lower Legs
For 501st approval:
- Greaves close in the back. The trapezoid knee plate is affixed to the left greave.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- There should be no visible rivets used to secure the sniper plate to the left greave.
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| Boots
For 501st approval:
- White leather or leather-like, above ankle height, with a flat sole, and small U-shaped elastic sections on both sides of the ankle with no buckles or laces. Jodhpur-type boots or an equivalent style. Elvis or Mariachi boots are not acceptable.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- There should be no seam on the front of the boot (e.g. CABoots are not allowed).
- Boots should be lightly scuffed.
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| Holster
For 501st approval:
- Made of black leather or leather-like material.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
- Holster must be worn on the right and affixed via two loops over the belt.
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For level three certification (if applicable):
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| BlasTech E-11 (canon)
For 501st approval:
- Based on a real or replica Sterling sub-machine gun, scratch-built, or a modified commercial toy Stormtrooper blaster.
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For level two certification (if applicable):
- Folding stock (does not need to function).
- A real or replica ammo counter - based off of a Hengstler counter - should be present.
- D-ring mounted on the rear.
- Correct style scope.
- Two power cylinders on the magazine.
- Scratch-built, resin cast, Hyperfirm rubber cast blasters should have a total of 6 t-racks on blaster (leaving the lowest row on the Hengstler side un-covered).
- Popular commercially available toy Stormtrooper blasters have a total of 7 T-racks (if you cover all the rows of holes) or 6 T-racks (if you cover the "open row" of holes on the Hengstler side. * Below this, you must grind off the lower T-rack and drill a new row of holes).
- No ESB/ROTJ greeblies on the blaster are allowed.
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For level three certification (if applicable):
- Hasbro blasters are not allowed, even conversions.
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