Cad Bane - Denal Armor

Model BH-74259, Photo by Ricky & Rod Resurreccion
Description: Cad Bane, Denal Armor
Prefix: BH
Detachment: Bounty Hunters Guild
Context: Star Wars, The Clone Wars.

Cad Bane was the galaxy's most notorious bounty hunter during the Clone Wars era and was a specialist at hunting Jedi. Loyal to only credits, Bane would take on any job � for the right price. He always goes to great lengths and employs infernal cunning in order to complete his missions.

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 listed in blue and red. Please visit the Detachment website for more details on these options.

• Phase I style helmet.
• Movie style helmets are not combined with animated armor.
• Narrow fin on dome.
• A blue stripe covers the top of the fin (sides remain white) and continues down to the eye lens.
• Black eye lens extends down through the entire frown area.
• A pair of red macrobinoculars are mounted to the helmet.
• A blue band wraps around the helmet over the lens.
• Blue stripes extend diagonally from below the eyes to the cheeks.
• These stripes finish at the cheeks with a curved edge, turning toward the rear of the helmet.
• Raised bump at each ear, 1" � 1.25" in diameter.
• Four Vents on each side of helmet.
• May be painted black or grey, or cut out and filled with black mesh.
• Primer grey indented helmet band around back of dome.
• Raised white circle at the back center of the helmet.
• Rectangular indent at the back center of the helmet may be primer grey or heavily weathered white.

• Mask is made from high quality latex or silicone material.
• Color of mask (�flesh�) is medium sapphire blue, similar to PMS 7683 C, with darker blue present in wrinkles and scarring.
• Eyes are rounded red lenses or similar, incorporated into the mask so no gaps are visible, and dark enough to hide wearers� eyes.
• There may be two horizontal scars on the top quarter of the snout.
• There are horizontal forehead wrinkles, under-eye wrinkles, and vertical snout wrinkles that start at the upper lip.

• Animated Phase I Chest Armor.
• Lower portion of the chest has a curved notch for the abdomen armor to fit into.
• Chest and Back Armor match together at the sides and shoulders with no open gap.
• A seam line is present.
• Shoulder straps are placed over the chest and back armor at the seams.

• Animated Phase I Abdomen Armor.
• Top edge of the armor is curved to match the chest.
• Abdomen armor protrudes out in the middle to match the shape of the chest.
• Four inset lines divide the abdomen armor into segments.
• Abdomen and Kidney armor connect at the sides with no open gap.
• A butted seam between abdomen and kidney armor is acceptable.

• Belt is approx. 3" tall and divided into 1.75" wide segments.
• The front segments have a key/slot detail.
• Belt boxes are mounted at the hips.
• Codpiece and Posterior armor connect at the hips.
• Butted seams are permitted at this connection if required.

• Two rectangular boxes with one mounted on each side of belt.
• The top side of the box is tapered outward.
• There is an inset detail near the top of each box.

• Belt is approx. 3" tall and divided into 1.75" wide segments.
• Posterior armor and Codpiece connect at the hips.
• Butted seams are permitted at this connection if required.
• Detonator is centered on the back of belt.
• Detonator has no control buttons.
• The detonator has (2) lines set in approx. �" � ?" from the edges.
• Lines may be recessed or painted on.

• Kidney and abdomen armor connect at the sides with no open gap.
• A butted seam between the kidney and abdomen armor is acceptable.

Animated Phase I Back Armor.

• Rear center of back armor has detailed area that contains a O11 pattern.
• Shoulder straps are placed over the Back and Chest armor at the seams.

• Armor has a blue stripe down the center.
• Shoulders are padded so as not to rest flat against the arms.
• The top of the bell sits �" � 1" above the natural shoulder.

• Armor has a blue stripe down the center that lines up with the shoulder.
• Armor has a notch on the lower area of the back of the arm that matches up with the elbow armor.
• Armor is seamless with no visible traces of how armor is assembled are shown.

• Armor has a blue stripe down the center.
• Left forearm has compad with 4 main square recessed areas and 1 slightly smaller square recessed area.
• The smaller recess is closest to the elbow.
• Armor is seamless on the outside edge.
• Due to the shape of the armor, a butted seam is acceptable on the inside if required.
• Elbow plate is integrated into the forearm, extending up to fit into the notch on the bicep.
• Elbow plate is divided in half: Blue on the outer half, white on the inner.
• Relative to the wearer's torso.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):

• Armor is seamless with no visible traces of how armor is assembled are shown.

• Hand plates are mirror images of each other.
• Hand plates have an angled peak that comes to a point over the index or middle finger, just past the main knuckle of the hand.

• Front of thigh armor has a flat triangular area near the knee with a notch cut out for the knee armor.
• From the top of the triangle a ridge line travels up the front of the thigh to the top edge.
• The upper outer edge has an angled section.

• Knee armor is integrated with the lower leg.
• The armor has a flat center triangle below the knee plate, with the single point facing downward.
• The calf detail of the armor has a ridge wrapping around the back of the leg.
• Due to the shape of the armor, a butted seam is permitted on the inside or back of the leg.

• Animated Clone style backpack.
• Centered toward upper back surface is black Galactic Republic Insignia of proper scale.
• One indented red detail straddles edge on each side of pack just below fabric top flap.
• Backpack has a tan/khaki fabric covering top, which has tabs extending down side of pack attached with snaps.
• Fabric top angles inwards on back so back flap is trapezoid shaped.
• Sides of pack have two pockets each: Top is triangular and bottom almost square.
• Detonator tube attached to underside.
• Shoulder straps are dark charcoal grey or black.
• Pack is weathered to match all other armor pieces.

• Neck seal is black in color with no ribbing.
• No logos or labels are visible and may be part of Undersuit.
• Neck seal closes in the front via (2) small black snaps.

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

• Black over the wrist gloves made of leather, nylon, or other low pile fabrics.
• Gloves cover any exposed skin and no labels or logos are visible when armor is worn.

• White, ankle high or tall enough to cover the ankle and eliminate any black Undersuit visible at the ankle area.
• Boots are lace-less and have flat soles.
• Boots have a center strip running from the toe to the ankle.
• A strap across the top of the foot, and 2 flat white discs on either side of the foot, terminating the strap.

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.

This is the animated variant of the DC-15S blaster carbine.