AT-RT Driver

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Model CX-62202, Photo by C. Kuby
Description: AT-RT Driver
Prefix: CX
Detachment: Armored Cavalry Detachment
Context: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

AT-RT drivers serve with several different units within the Grand Army of the Republic. They are specially trained to pilot AT-RT walkers (All Terrain Recon Transport) onto the battlefield. These specialized troopers aid in patrol and scouting duties by providing quickly deployed support forces.

This is a visual guide used for 501st costume approval, not a how-to for construction. Construction details are found at the costume's Detachment website. Measurements provided here are are generalized, and not criteria for approval. All 501st costumes are proportionate to the wearer in terms of size, fit, and scale. During evaluation, both text and images (CRL and Reference) must be considered. When in doubt about a feature of a submitted costume, GMLs should post questions in the Legion forum's DL/GML peer review section.

Required Costume Components

The following costume components are present and appear as described below. For 501st membership only the requirements in black need to be met. This Detachment defines additional, optional costuming details that may be listed in blue and red. Please visit the Detachment website for more details on these options.

Helmet dome is painted camo-green, sides & face are painted camo-tan.
Visor, area around the eyes, ears, and rear of helmet to be painted matte-white.
Two white stripes, about half the width of the belt (see below) are on the dome of helmet going front to back.
Grey stripe along the back of the dome (going side to side).
Rectangular "grid" on the rear of helmet to be painted black.
Vocoder is painted black, area around the vocoder to be painted grey.
Directly above the vocoder is a "square-like" indented section - above this, is a silver greeblie.
Five black stripes, or vents, on each side of helmet cheeks.
Three small vents either side of the eyes.
Between the eyes is a raised rectangular section.
AT-RT style antenna is mounted on the left of the helmet, in a one-third circle detail on the ear **Antenna is painted black, and one-third circle is painted white).
Flat dark lenses.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Sides and face are covered with tan leather or similar material.

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.

Neck Seal

Neck seal is black in color with vertical ribbing or smooth in appearance.
No logos or labels are visible.
If the seal is not incorporated as part of the undersuit, a balaclava or other similar covering is acceptable.

Under Suit

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

Shoulder Armor

Armor is painted camo-tan.
Shoulder Armor has eight points and curves around the upper arm.
Armor attaches securely to the shoulders of the vest.

Upper Arm Armor

Armor is painted camo-tan.
Tubular in shape, with the same circumference from top to bottom.
Cut at a sloping angle only at the top (for the arm pit).

Elbow Armor

Armor is painted camo-tan.
On each elbow there are detail slots that look like an equal symbol (located on the outside of the body, near the connection point of the strap).
Straps are made of brown or tan elastic.

Forearm Armor

Armor is painted camo-tan.
Both forearms are mirror images of each other.
Right forearm has communication pad with eight small buttons, in two rows of four.
One large main button, and one slightly smaller rectangular button at the top.
Smaller button is closer to the elbow.
Forearm tops have a flattened triangular area that starts at the wrist & becomes a ridge which comes to a point at the top.
Armor is seamless.
No visible traces of how the armor was assembled are shown.

Gloves

Black over the wrist gloves made of leather, nylon, or other low pile fabrics.
Gloves cover any exposed skin.
Gloves do not show any labels or logos when the armor is worn.

Hand Plates

Armor is painted camo-tan.
Handplates are mirror images of each other.
Handplates have a "top curving ridge" that comes to a point over the index or middle finger, just past the main knuckle of the hand.

Flak Vest

Brown in color.
Made of leather, or similar material.
Vest has piping on the seams of the neck, shoulder and arm openings.
Shoulders do not flare outward like wings.

Chest Armor

Armor is painted camo-green.
Three horizontal red lines are painted on the left breast.
The bottom line is smaller than the two above.
Chest and Back armor match together at the sides with no gap.
A seam line is present.
There are no shoulder straps, or visible straps of any kind.
Chest Armor has a characteristic "seam-line" or "channel-grove" running horizontally across the top of the chest.

Back Armor

Armor is painted Camo-Green.
Back and Chest-plate match together at the sides with no open gap, just a seam line.
Attached to the back armor is a tank.
Tank is similar in design to the standard Biker Scout & Kashyyyk Trooper.
Painted Camo-Green.
Top of tank is flat with a detail piece, painted Black & Grey.
On top of the tank, at either end, is a round Grey or Silver greeblie.
On top of the tank, in the middle, is a Grey or Silver cylindrical spine-shaped greeblie & a smaller Black greeblie.
At bottom of tank, on either side, is a round ring representing the exhaust port. The ring is half the width of the belt (see below) in diameter.
Tank may have a black stripe detail traveling horizontally across.

Abdomen Armor

Armor is painted camo-green.
Abdomen armor is cut just above the fourth Ab-Hole and sits approximately one to two inches below the bottom of the Chest Armor.
Abdomen armor follows the contour of the bottom of the Chest Armor until it comes level with the side of the Codpiece, then is cut at ninety degrees just before it curves around at sides (see picture).
Brown Vest showing behind is acceptable.
The middle of the abdomen section is indented with a large "Y".
Within this indent is a smaller raised "Y", coming halfway down, leaving the rest of the area indented.
Four small holes, approximately a quarter inch in diameter, are on either side of the raised "Y", in the indented area.
Eight holes in total.

Belt

Belt is black standard two inch nylon webbing.
Buckle is a large round silver or grey ring, using the pin & hole method of attachment.
Located on either side of the buckle are three "bullets".
The bullets are slightly longer than the belt is wide.
Each "bullet" is spaced half the belt width from each other.
Six bullets in total.
Two grey belt boxes, one larger than the other, both with square flaps are on the belt.
The larger belt box is positioned above the right thigh & slopes at the top.
The smaller belt box has no slope & is positioned above the left hip.

Codpiece and Posterior Armor

Armor is painted camo-green.
Two black camouflage lines extend vertically down then out to the sides, on both armor parts.
Cod and posterior armor are connect at the hips.

Thigh Armor

Armor is painted camo-tan.
Black camouflage line starting at the top (joining up with line on the cod) coming down the outside, then returning up to the rear (matching up with the line on the posterior).
Front of armor has a flat triangular area near the knee. From the top of the triangle, a ridge line travels up the front of the thigh to the top.
Bottom rear of the thigh has a indentation.
Armor is seamless.
No visible traces of how the armor was assembled are shown.
Half way down the left thigh there is an ammunition strap with cartridges spaced 1" apart from each other.
Strap is tan in color & made of leather or similar material.
Strap is slightly smaller in width than the belt.
Strap wraps all the way around the thigh.

Knee Armor

Armor is painted camo-tan.
Knee armor wraps around the front of the leg.
From the top center, a raised detail line is present.
Knee armor is strapped using brown or tan color elastic.

Lower Leg Armor

Armor is painted matte or satin white.
Lower Legs are mirror images of each other.
The front of the armor has a triangular detail at the top of the leg and a hard ridge line down the front of the shin.
Back of the lower legs has an indentation just under the calf that extends to down to the ankle.
Calf can have an access area on the inside of the leg.
The outside of the calf is closed.
Calves are seamless and have a trap door access through the indent in the rear of the lower leg.
Outside of the lower leg has a pointed tip at the top and the inside of the lower leg is rounded off at the top.

Boots

White, ankle high or tall enough to cover the ankle and eliminate any black undersuit visible at the ankle.
Boots are lace-less.
The boots have armor detail to include a natural seam at the toe and a strap that goes over the top of the foot with two protruding disks at each side of the strap.
There are no markings or labels from the shoe makers.
Boot soles are flat.
Boot soles are colored primer grey.

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.

DC-15A Blaster Rifle

Manufactured by BlasTech Industries, the DC-15A is a Tibanna gas cartridge powered weapon. Hyper-ionized blue plasma bolts are more than capable of penetrating armored units. Exceptionally effective against both droids and contemporary targets.

Realistic Clone Style DC-15A Blaster Rifle.
Blaster rifle is scratch built out of plastic, wood, metal or cast in resin.
Blaster has realistic Episode II or Episode III details:
Flip up sight in down position.
Ten radiator fins are evenly spaced along the length of the barrel.
Power setting adjuster detail lever.
Sniper Scope attached under rifle in storage position.
Charge magazine clip on left side.
Igniter detail knobs.
Total length is approximately 55 inches (139.7 cm).
Because of the scale, the Hasbro version is not allowed.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Charge magazine detail on clip is metal to gun metal grey in color.
Detail bolts and screws are metal to gun metal grey in color.
Igniter has some copper coloring.
Power setting adjuster detail lever is metal or gun metal grey.
Sniper scope is metal or gun metal grey.
Blaster is weathered.
OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
Functioning Blue LED is installed in barrel.

Cannon Strap

Black in color & made from "cracked" leather, or similar material.
Connected to the cannon & worn over the wearers right shoulder, coming down to the wearers left hip.
On the strap, positioned in front of the chest, is a round silver landmine. The landmine is cone-shaped but with a hole in the middle & greeblie detail.
On the strap, positioned over the right breast, are four bullets, half the width of the landmine in length, side by side.

Heavy Duty Cannon

This weapon is connected to the strap over the shoulder.

This CRL is available as a PDF

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