ARC-170 Clone Pilot

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Model CP-3824, Photo by Anna Rossmann
Description: ARC 170 Pilot
Prefix: CP
Detachment: Clone Trooper Detachment
Context: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Seen flying over the Battle of Coruscant, Clone troopers that became pilots were renowned for their reflexes and spatial awareness. Although these soldiers are known to fly a variety of fighters, this armor is known to be worn for ARC-170 Pilots.

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 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 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.


  • The “Animated” armor design, seen in 2008 The Clone Wars Cartoon Series, differs from the “Realistic” armor design used to create characters from the theatrical films, video games, and graphic novels. See this thread at 501stclonetroopers.com for the differences between the sculpts. (This may require an additional forum account.)
  • Armor parts shall be made from fiberglass, ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene), or a similar rigid material. This includes vacuum formed plastics as well as properly finished and smoothed 3D printed armor forms. See this thread at 501stclonetroopers.com for examples of acceptable and unacceptable levels of 3D print finishing.
  • All numerical measurements given in CTD CRLs are approximate. Measurements should be followed as closely as possible while not affecting the proportionality of costume details. Proportionality should take precedence over exact measurements.

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Helmet

  • There are three recessed triangles pointing toward the center of the earcap on each side of the helmet.
  • Recesses are painted grey.
  • Mohawk on top stretches towards the back of the helmet.
  • A transparent orange visor covers just over the wearer’s eyes and is notched at the bridge of the nose.
  • Wearer’s eyes are visible beneath visor.
  • The face area has a black line running around the perimeter of the face cut out.
  • There is a grey communicator inside the helmet with black details.
  • There are five recessed black vent stripes on each side of the helmet under the cheeks.
  • Vocoder and aerators are painted black.
  • Helmet paint must match one of the available paint schemes as seen in ROTS. The choices are:
  • Yellow and black detailing across the dome and ears.
  • Red and yellow detailing on center mohawk.
  • Blue detailing matching Jai’Galaar.

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Chest Armor

  • Chest and back armor are connected with white elastic bands under each arm.
  • Shoulder straps connect the chest and back armor.
  • The harness feeds through the shoulder flaps on the flak vest, and connects to the center of the chest armor directly above the chest box.
  • Armor is weathered in realistic fashion with scuff marks / carbon scoring.

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Pilot Chest Box

  • Left side of the box has three elevated details with rows of LEDs within them.
  • The first row has blue LEDs; with the second and third row having red LEDs.
  • Right side of the box has elevated details, a row of four red LEDs, with a row of three blue LEDs below.
  • The bottom of the chest box has an O2 canister attached.
  • Chest box is mounted to the chest armor.
  • No visible attachment methods are seen.
  • Aerator tubes are connected from the chest box to the aerators on the helmet.

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Back Armor

  • Chest and back armor are connected with white elastic bands under each arm.
  • Shoulder straps connect the chest and back armor.
  • A black harness is present and is fed through the shoulder flaps on the flak vest, meeting at the bottom center of the back armor.

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Flight suit

  • Grey Republic Flight Suit.
  • Grey non-textured material, either one-piece or two-piece construction with no visible zippers or logos.
  • Imperial cog patch on left and right biceps.
  • Cog is centered between shoulder seam and top of bicep pockets.
  • Small pockets are present on each bicep.
  • Large pockets are present on the outside of each thigh directly above the knee.
  • Pockets have top triangular flap.
  • The appearance of shoulder and knee pads sewn into the flight suit should be present.

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Elbow pad

  • A grey strap with black pads is used to hold the pads in place.
  • Grey strap is made with the same material as the flightsuit.
  • The black padded section is worn over the elbows.

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Gloves

  • White over the wrist gloves made of leather, nylon, or other non-pile fabrics.
  • Gloves cover any exposed skin.
  • Gloves do not show any labels or logos when the armor is worn.
  • There is a seam separating the forearm and the hands.
  • The left glove should have a boxed area with six grey rectangles in a two by three grid.

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Flak Vest

  • The vest is sleeveless and tucks under the belt.
  • Shoulder flaps are attached to each side of the flak vest.
  • Shoulder flaps should be able to slide harness underneath.
  • There are three black rectangles visible on each of the shoulder flaps.

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Harness

  • Harness is made of black elastic band.
  • Elastic is approx. 2 inches wide.
  • Harness has connection pieces that are painted white.
  • Central “Y” connection piece is trapezoidal in shape, with two button details located on the top corners.
  • Front connection points mount to middle of chest armor above chest box, with rear connection point on the bottom center of the back armor.
  • To attach the harness, feed underneath shoulder straps on flak vest.

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Belt

  • Belt buckle is an inverted U-shape that flares out on either side.
  • Belt buckle has a central vertical groove, separated by a circular groove outline.
  • Belt features vertical ribbing on either side of buckle.
  • The belt is fed through three grey sleeves, or fed through elongated belt loops on the flight suit.
  • Sleeves are made of the same grey material as the flight suit.
  • Belt is only visible in the front and two small sections in the rear, between the belt loops/sleeves.

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Boots

  • White, knee-high leather boots with black soles.
  • Soles feature grooved details
  • Rear of boots feature a vertical black leather panel.
  • Seam line is present around ankle circumference.

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.

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DC-15S Blaster

  • Realistic Clone Style DC-15S Blaster.
  • Blaster may be scratch built out of plastic, wood, metal or cast in resin.
  • Blaster has realistic Episode II or Episode III details:
  • Wire frame sight.
  • Folding stock.
  • Twelve radiator fins evenly spaced along the length of barrel.
  • Igniter detail knobs.
  • Charge magazine clip on right side.
  • Total length is approximately 26 inches (66 cm).
  • Because of the scale, the Hasbro version is incorrect.

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 knobs have some copper coloring.
  • Blaster is weathered.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):

  • Functioning Blue LED is installed in barrel.

DC-15A Blaster Rifle

  • 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.