Battlefront Shadow Stormtrooper

![TX_BattleFront_Shadow_Stormtrooper_Full_Body](TX_BattleFront_Shadow_Stormtrooper_Full_Body.jpg ?link&resize=400,400"TX_BattleFront_Shadow_Stormtrooper_Full_Body")

Model TX 16112, Photo by Dennis Maloom
Description: Battlefront Shadow Stormtrooper
Prefix: TX
Detachment: Spec Ops Detachment
Context: Battlefront

In stark contrast to the standard Stormtrooper, Shadow Stormtroopers are equipped with all black armor. This unique colored armor provides them with the benefit of stealth, carry flash grenades and are the most dangerous enemies in the game.

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.

• Lenses must be sufficiently dark enough to obscure the costumer's eyes. They are bubbled and may be either mirrored, black, or silver-black.
• The body of the ears are black. The bars have three to four bumps and are black.
• The frown must have either 6 or 8 teeth cut out and any coloring must not leave the indented area. Teeth must be silver and If there are spaces between the teeth the wearers face must not be seen.
• The tube stripes are blue in color and may number between 9 and 15 per side with the curve bends extending backwards. These may be hand painted or decals.
• Vocoder (vertically ribbed chin detail) is silver.
• The aerators (cylinders on either side of the vocoder) are black and the screening is black.
• Traps (trapezoids on dome of helmet) and tears (area beneath corners of eyes lenses) are black and may be hand painted or decals.

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

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

• These must be securely mounted in front and may free float in back.

• One on each shoulder. The shoulder bells are considered effectively symmetrical; they may worn interchangeably on the left and right shoulders.

• Biceps are fully closed.

• Forearms must appear to be fully sealed and enclosed.

• Roughly square in shape with rounded edges, the hand plates are mounted securely over the back of the glove.

• 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.

• Overlaps the abdominal armor.
• Has a white imperial cog that is 3” to 3.5” in diameter on the left breast area of the abdominal armor.
• A black flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip is present around all edges.

• Black plate contains the “O II design with little or no overlap of the kidney plate.
• A black flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip is present around all edges.

• The abdomen and cod piece are combined/fused to a single plate/one piece.
• The abdomen armor has a button area with 9 gloss black buttons approximately 7/16” in diameter.
• Abdomen armor button detail is inverted compared to ANH/ESB.
• A black flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip is present around all edges.

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• The kidney and posterior are combined/fused to a single plate/one piece.
• There is no gap between the posterior and kidney armor.
• A black flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip is present around all edges.

• Belt face is made of plastic (ammo) belt. It is comprised of 6 rectangular boxes with no square buttons.
• Belt proper is made of black canvas or similar heavy material and must be 2 to 2.5” wide.
• The drop boxes dangle from the sides of the plastic belt via black straps and are aligned under the plastic tabs of the ammo belt.
• Drop boxes are 5.5" long and 2.5" wide.

• (a.k.a. O2 canister) attaches to the back of the belt.
• This is an all black cylinder 2 to 2.5" in diameter with black end caps and a black control panel pad, with controls closest to the right end cap.

• The thigh armor may open and firmly close in the back allowing the two halves to appear sealed when viewed by spectators.
• The ammo belt is installed on the bottom of the right thigh.

• The shin armor is able to open and firmly close in the back allowing the two halves to appear sealed when viewed by spectators.
• The trapezoid knee plate is affixed to the top of the left shin.

• Black leather or leather-like, above ankle height, with a flat sole, and small U-shaped elastic sections on both sides of the ankle with no buckles or laces.
• Jodphur-type boots or an equivalent style. All stitching must be black, and unnecessary or decorative stitching must not be present. Elvis / Mariachi boots are not acceptable.
• White, or other color boots may be painted black so long as the boots are maintained to remain the proper color.

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 real or replica Lewis Mark I machine gun. For this prop, the magazine disk and bipod of the original gun are left off.
• Refer to visual reference for accuracy.

• Based on a real or replica Lewis Mark I machine gun. For this prop the magazine disk and bipod of the original gun are left off.
• Modified version of the T-21 and is shorter in length. Refer to the visual reference for accuracy.

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• Refer to visual reference for accuracy.