Sith Fleet Technician
Model IG-15577, Photo by ID-21177
Description: Sith Fleet Technician
Prefix: IG
Detachment: Imperial Gunnery Corps
Context: Star Wars: Episode 9 The Rise Of Skywalker.
Sith Fleet Technicians maintained and operated the weapon systems on board the Star Destroyers of the Final Order.
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 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.
- Helmet is comprised of three main pieces: Dome/Shroud, Visor and Face Shield.
- The Dome/Shroud is red with a semi-gloss or glossy finish.
- The finish is smooth without runs or streaks.
- It has a visible edge where the dome and the shroud join. It slopes upward from the front of the helmet towards the back.
- There are narrow, evenly spaced, parallel grooves that run from the front edge of the dome to the join.
- The grooves cover the majority of the top of the dome.
- The grooves are perpendicular to the front edge of the helmet.
- Two ear boxes are present with one on each side of the helmet. They follow the contours of the flare of the shroud.
- The upper corners are rounded/filleted.
- There is an oblong groove on the upper face of the box.
- An oblong indent is present and positioned on the face and is inline with the join edge. It is painted black.
- There is a groove that outlines the edges of the ear box. It is roughly 0.9 inches (2.5cm) from the ear box and starts where the dome and shroud meet.
- Narrow evenly spaced grooves run parallel to the bottom edge of the shroud. These cover almost the entirety of the front edges of the shroud.
- The face shield is black with three distinct sections: the center conical section in the middle and the two triangular sections on the sides.
- There is a raised lip on the top edge of the conical section.
- There are raised lips on the edges of the triangular sections where they meet the conical section.
- A dark, tinted curved visor exists between the dome and the conical section of the face shield. It sits behind the face shield.
- Fabric is a medium weight Black material with a satin or shiny sheen.
- Tunic is fitted to the wearer
- It has a vertical closure seam in the center on the front. Closure mechanism is not visible.
- It has a tall mandarin collar and is snug fitting.
- Sleeves are long and end at the wrist.
- There is a 1 inch (2.5cm) hem at the bottom of the tunic.
- The front hemline is approximately 1 inch (2.5cm) longer that the back and sides. The sides of the extended hemline are tapered.
- 2 inch (5.8cm) wide epaulettes are present on each shoulder. These are sewn to lie flat and run from the collar seam to the arm seam.
- There are two L-shaped seams on the front of the tunic, one on each side. They start from the middle of the epaulettes and go to the middle of the arm seam.
- Princess seams may be present on the back of the tunic.
- Worn on the left side of arm, above the wrist and below the elbow
- Rank consists of one black band sewn down to the sleeve with Aurebesh lettering embroidered on it. The edges utilize piping or an embroidered line on each side.
- The text in Aurebesh spells “STEMS"
- Edges and Aurabesh are red in color.
- Pad is oblong in shape. Outside edge is filleted and colored in silver. Surface of the pad is red. There is a black outline between the silver edge and face.
- A black ring detail exists on the left hand side of the pad
- Two vertical oblong shapes are present on the right hand side of the pad. These are approximately the same height as the ring detail.
- Pad is worn on the upper left arm.
- Fabric is a medium weight Black material with a satin or shiny sheen. It matches the material used for the tunic.
- Flared riding breeches have semi-stiff flares in the hip/thigh area, below the tunic and above the knee.
- Flare is trapezoidal in shape and fits snugly at the knee. Flare starts at the top of the thigh and ends just above the knee
- Pockets and waist belts are acceptable, although are not visible with the tunic on.
- Jodhpurs feature a distinct front fly closure.
- The legs are tucked into the boots.
- A pin tuck may be present on the front of each leg that extends to the middle thigh.
- The belt is plain black leather or leather-like material with no detailing that is 2 to 3 inches (5.8cm to 7.6cm) in width.
- No buckle is visible.
- The belt has two belt boxes worn on the left-hand. The boxes sit side-by-side. They have a semi-gloss or glossy finish to match the helmet.
- First box is rectangular in shape. Height is slightly more than the belt's width and it is about 1/3 wider than it is tall. It has filleted edges, it is red in color to match the helmet and has a small rectangular inset in the upper left hand corner. The inset is colored black.
- Second box is rectangular in shape and is colored black. A visible seam around the box close to the front face is present.
- Gloves are plain black leather, or leather-like material with no detailing or accents
- The gauntlets of the gloves extend from the wrist to nearly the elbow
- The gauntlets have a single pleat on the outside edge.
- Knee-high, black, lace-less, smooth non-textured, leather or leather-like material, with moderate to high-gloss shine.
- A strap and black buckle may be present at the top rear of the boot with the tab facing towards the rear but is not required.
- Boot seams closely match screen-used boots.
- Soles are flat.
- If zippers are present, they are on the inner part of the boot shaft only.
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.
- Based on a replica Glock 17 repeating pistol, scratch-built with added greeblies, or a modified commercial replica is acceptable.
- Details to be painted black and silver per reference photos.
- Black leather or leather like holster affixed to the wearer's right hip.
- 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.