Mimban Trooper

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Model TD-82480 , Photo by Jim Tripon
Description: Mimban Trooper
Prefix: TD
Detachment: Mos Eisley Police Department
Context: Solo: A Star Wars Story

They are part of the 224th Imperial Armored Division on Mimban, a mining planet located in the Expansion Region. Owing to the planet's swampy environment, their armor was heavily customized to allow for optimal operation, theirs had additional space between plates at the shoulders, hips, and knees, allowing a greater range of movement. Some were equipped with bandoliers. They wore waterproof capes, which were necessary for wading through the swamplands of Mimban during the Mimban campaign.

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. MEPD defines additional, optional costuming details listed in blue and red. Please visit the Detachment website for more details on these options.

Special Notes

Armor is scaled proportionately to the wearer. 3D printed components must have no visible print lines and must be smooth for a realistic appearance. The “FX” style helmet is no longer acceptable for new approvals. For weathering, see the Sandtrooper Weathering page.

Helmet

All parts are weathered and look battle worn.
A processing dome is mounted on front of the helmet.
Processing dome must appear to be mounted to the helmet by oval shaped bolts.
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 are flat material, green in color, sufficiently dark enough to obscure the costumer's eyes.
The "ear" bars are grey or painted grey, with a black outline. Painting the bump with a 1 or 4 rank stripes in black is optional.
Frown is painted gray and does not leave the teeth area. Eight total teeth on the frown are cut out.
Tube stripes are medium blue, numbering between 9 and 16 per side.
Vocoder (vertically ribbed chin detail) is painted black.
Aerators/Hovi mix tips (cylinders on either side of the vocoder) are black or painted black.
Tears and traps may not be hand painted.
Tube stripes are recessed, and the recessed section painted blue.
Frown mesh must be present and be wire screen mesh. It shall be dark metallic or dark grey in color.
Note: The helmet is accurate in detail and proportion to official references. It should be symmetrical unlike an ANH helmet.
Many commercially available helmets or those considered disproportionate in size or shape are ineligible.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Rank bar area on ear must be of the correct RO style and pattern, no ANH style ear bumps allowed.
Head opening has black trim running all along the edge.
Brow trim should be positioned 1/4" above the eyes.
Ear screws must not have a visible slot mark and be flush to the ear.
Any gap between the ears and helmet will only appear to be a seam, not any bigger.
Correct 'Hovi mic' aerator tips.
Chin section has a well defined seam from the angles of the mouth.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
Only 12 tube stripes per side are allowed.
The Tube stripes are completely hollowed out with a blue section underneath.
Rank bar area on ear must be of the correct RO style and pattern, no ANH style ear bumps allowed.
Frown wire screen mesh is dark grey in color, and there is nothing behind it that closes off the gaps.
Vocoder is tubular in nature with a visible gap between the outermost section and the helmet.
The inside of each tear will be a raised area that is grey, with the black lines being engraved, not painted.
The frown shall be recessed to the proper depth, unlike standard ANH.

Neck Seal

Black with horizontal ribs, fitted to the wearer, and extending from the base of the neck to conceal the entire neck.

Under Suit

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

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Shall be fully ribbed from top to bottom with all horizontal ribbing. The rib knit is horizontal at the chest, arms, and knees.
The hip section shall not have ribs.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
Gaskets are located at the knee, and fabric and ribs are exactly the same as the Undersuit shirt.
The armpit area shall have the correct hexogonal mesh detail.
Stitching shall be present between the ribs of the rib-knit fabric

Shoulder Straps

They may be affixed with Velcro or adhesive.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
These shall be inserted behind the chest tabs and into slots of the back plate.

Shoulder Armor

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
One on each shoulder.
The shoulders are considered effectively symmetrical; they may be worn interchangeably on the left and right shoulders and may have a black elastic strap that wraps around the inside of the bicep.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
There is no swoop on the shoulder bell raised area.
There is no elastic strap that wraps around the inside of the bicep.

Upper Arm Armor

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
Biceps are fully closed.
Both biceps are symmetrical and interchangeable.
The front strip is beveled and approximately 1/8" thick that does not extend beyond the bicep, and has a smaller cover strip layered thereon.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
Biceps must be constructed using the butt joint and cover strip method. Overlap construction is not allowed.

Forearm Armor

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
Forearms are fully closed.
The front strip is beveled and approximately 1/8" thick that does not extend beyond the bicep, and has a smaller cover strip layered thereon.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
No return edge on the inside of the front of the forearm is allowed.
Forearms must be constructed using the butt joint and cover strip method. Overlap construction is not allowed.

Hand Guards

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
Roughly pentagonal in shape, the hand plates are mounted securely over the back of the glove. As an alternative to plastic, these may be made out of latex or latex-like material.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Hand guards shall be made of plastic.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
Hand guards should follow the correct RO shape, ANH hand guards are not acceptable.
A small indent in the front of the hand plate shall be present.

Gloves

Black in color, made of either rubber, nomex, leather, or leather-like material, with no visible straps or logos/designs.
The fingers are enclosed, non-textured.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Gloves shall not be made of rubber.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
Gloves shall made of a nylon material.
Palms of gloves shall be shiny black fabric or leather or leather like material.
On the index finger shall be a stitched piece of fabric made from the same material as the hand's underside that while stitched to the finger
Has one cutout towards the end of the finger that reveals the netted material underneath.
Gloves shall have the correct leather pattern along the fingers/palm.

Chest Armor

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
Chest plate overlaps the abdominal plate

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
There are raised trapezoids at the top of the shoulder section beneath which the straps insert.
The chest and back shall be connected by black extensions pieces.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
AM chest plate must be replaced with a more screen accurate version.
Top pectoral out lines swoop correctly outward.
Bottom of ribcage flares correctly outward.

Back Armor

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
Back plate contains a "O II" design.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Top of box wall shall have a trapezoïdal indentation at the top.
There is a roughly 8mm circular indent near the right top corner of the back plate.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
Bottom of back plate is curved and extends past the kidney plate
AM back plate must be replaced with a more screen accurate version.
The O cog shall have 16 spines.
The 11 bards have raised lines on one end.

Abdomen Armor

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
The abdomen armor has a button area that matches the color pattern shown (2 blue 6 gray); buttons are approximately 7/16" (11mm) in diameter.
Left control button area is a raised box with four buttons, the bottom being blue and the rest grey. The buttons are recessed.
The back edge of abdomen plate is angle cut at approximately 70 degrees and has a small gap between the ab and kidney. At the slant, is a wide strip covering the end.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Any gap between the abdomen and kidney armor is no more than 1/2" (12.5mm) wide.
Any shims used to achieve this effect are of a similar material and color as the abdomen and kidney armor. Shims fit flush and seams are allowed.
There are two vertical notches on either side of the front vertical bar that connects to the ab plate details, approximately 1" long.
The cod armor is separate from the ab plate.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
The abdomen plate detail has two horizontal bevel details cut-out along the top.
Button details are recessed and bordered with a thin edge.
The right front raised area is rectangular with correct raised detail, unlike ANH.

Cod Armor

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
The cod may or may not be seperate from the ab plate.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
The cod shall be a seperate piece from the ab plate.

Kidney Armor

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
A separate kidney plate is present, split from the posterior armor.
The front edge of the kidney armor is cut approximately 70 degrees and has a small gap between the ab and kidney.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
The kidney armor is closed in the back by a rectangular plate.

Posterior Armor

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
A separate rear armor piece is split from the Kidney Armor

Belt

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
Belt face is made of plastic (TK ammo belt).
The drop boxes dangle from the sides of the front plastic belt (ammo belt) via white straps and are aligned under the plastic tabs of the ammo belt.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
There shall be no smaller square buttons present like on ANH belts.
It is entirely made of plastic in two pieces, with the halves joining directly in the middle of the wearer's side waist. The rear half overlaps the front half's ends.
Belt has indents and tabs along the outside belt boxes to sit flush against the ab plate.
Drop boxes shall be connected to the belt via black Velcro, not white.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
The ammo boxes across the front are all made separately from the main belt and are secured to it.
The ammo boxes on the very left and right of the belt are more square instead of rectangular like the center ammo boxes, and the 2nd to last ammo box is a more fat rectangular shape versus the regular rectangular shape of the center boxes.

Thermal Detonator

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
(A.K.A. O2 canister) attaches to the center back of the belt.
Detonator consists of an all grey cylinder, without silver stickers or silver paint.
The cylinder is roughly 3" in diameter and approximately 8" long with including the white end caps on each end.
The white control panel pad faces upwards, with the controls/round washer style detail closest to the right end cap.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
There shall be a vertically oriented raised oval detail similar to but smaller in scale to a Deathtrooper chin greeblie.

Thigh Armor

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
Thigh armor shall be closed in the back.
The small ammo belt is installed on the bottom of the right thigh.
The front strip is beveled and approximately 1/8" thick.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Right thigh ammo belt is secured using glue, no visible rivets shall be present.

Lower Leg Armor

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
Greaves close in the back.
Knee plate must be aligned with the ridges on the shin.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Knee plate must not have visible rivets or fasteners attaching it to the shin.

Boots

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
Boots are above ankle height and made of white leather or leather-like material.
Small U-shaped elastic sections on both sides of the ankle.
Flat sole with a short heel.
No buckles or laces.
Jodhpur/ Chelsea-type boots or an equivalent style is acceptable.
Elvis or Mariachi boots are not allowed.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
There is no seam present on the front of the boot.
Completely black soles that are all 1 piece, with no separation at the heel. It is a completely straight sole.
The wearer's inner side of the boots have zippers, which no Chukka boot elastic.

Poncho

The Poncho must be weathered, dyed black and have leather grommets. It needs to be styled after the Plash Palatka.

Bandolier

The bandolier must be weathered.

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.

Pauldron

All parts are weathered or look battle worn.
See the Sandtrooper weathering page for more information.
A black, orange, or white neck ornament made of leather or a leather-like material, worn over the right shoulder.
Option: If choosing to replicate a screen used configuration of equipment, specific colored Pauldrons are required. See the MEPD Website for more details.
Note: Screen used configurations also include differences in the number of pouches and individual backpacks styles.

Backpack

All Sandtrooper armor parts are weathered.
Styled after the Jedha Sandtrooper pack.
A loose interpretation is allowed, but screen accuracy is encouraged.
If choosing to replicate a screen used configuration of equipment, a correct style backpack is required.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Comprised of two main boxes, that are the approximate width of the Back Armor.
Correct bend on frame.
No personal liberties such as LED lights, etc.
Correct backpack parts

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
The backpack must match on screen visible details.

E-11 Blaster

Manufactured by BlasTech Industries, the E-11 is standard-issue for many Imperial troops. Light, compact yet powerful, the E-11 blaster is always in high demand throughout the galaxy.
Based on a real or replica Sterling Airsoft Gun, Sterling Sub-Machine Gun, scratch-built, or a modified commercial toy Stormtrooper blaster.
A small flashlight shall be mounted on the right side of the blaster centered over the T-Tracks.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
Blaster shall be based on a real or replica S&T Sterling L2A1 AEG Airsoft Gun. (Folding Stock does not need to function)
D-Ring shall be present on the rear end cap.
Scope shall be a real or replica M.H.R. (Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co.) M38 Telescope. 1943 model is preferred.
Counter shall be a real or replica Hengstler 400 Series counter. Eagle logo is preferred.
Power Cylinders shall be mounted on top of the magazine well. R1 style power cylinders are preferred over ANH style.
6 rows of T-Tracks cover the Sterling receiver holes except for the lower left row with the bayonet lug.
Flashlight shall be a real or replica Element M300A Mini Scout Light.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
Scope shall be a real or replica 1943 M.H.R. Co. M38 Telescope, 1942 model is not allowed.
Counter shall be a real or replica Hengstler 400 Series counter with Small eagle logo. Large eagle logo is not allowed.
Power Cylinders shall be R1 style, ANH style is not allowed.

BlasTech DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle

Based on a real or replica MG-34 machine gun.

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):
A DLT-19 is an MG-34 with T-tracks on the barrel, ejection port cover added, and a small disk on left side.

OPTIONAL Level three certification (if applicable):
A flashlight shall be present.
A black sling shall be present.