EVO Trooper

Model TX-5036, Photo by Julie Graham
Description: EVO Trooper
Prefix: TX
Detachment: Spec Ops Detachment
Context: The Force Unleashed

EVO Troopers are a specialized type of Stormtrooper that wear armor designed for extreme conditions.

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.

• Traps (trapezoids on dome of helmet) and tears (area beneath the corners of eye lenses) are gray
• The only acceptable lens colors are Dark Green, Smoke and Black. Lenses must be sufficiently dark enough to obscure the costumer's eyes.
• Frown and the groove along the side of the helmet is black.
• There is an orange stripe that is offset on the left side of the helmet above the lenses.
• Two black, vertical stripes run along the back of the “cheeks”.

• 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.

• One on each shoulder being flat black in color.
• Five holes on both shoulder bells.
• The left shoulder has an offset orange stripe running vertically.

• Biceps are fully closed.
• The left Bicep has an offset orange stripe running vertically.

• Forearms are fully closed
• The left forearm has an offset orange stripe running vertically.
• The left forearm has a tube attached to the inside edge.
• Both forearms have straps running around the circumference of the forearm.

• 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.
• TK handplates are not acceptable
• Each finger has two plates with the thumb having a single, longer plate.

• 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.

• Chest plate overlaps the abdominal plate.
• Chestbox mounts on the chest plate with a central box and a lower tube.
• Two hoses lead out of the box into the helmet
• A single hose extends out of the tube and attaches to the abdomen plate.

• Back plate contains a "O II" design with little or no overlap of the kidney plate.

• Styled after the ANH Sandtrooper packs with some minor changes:
• The frame of the pack is in two separate sections; one extends around the sides and top of the pack, with the other section laying below the bottom box
• A hose extends around the left and top side (as you look at it) of the pack.
• The lower box is taller than standard Sandtrooper packs

• The ab plate has a button area with 8 black buttons and one white button; buttons are approximately 7/16" in diameter.
• A circular detail is present on the right side, just above the belt. • A hose coming from the chestbox attaches to the left side just above the belt.

• It is allowable to have a single or separated kidney/butt plate.

• If a separate butt plate is used, it should line up below the bottom of the belt with with the ab plate, with minimal gap between it and the kidney plate.

• Belt face is made of plastic (ammo belt). It is comprised of 6 rectangular boxes, with two large circular greeblies on the ends of the belt.
• Four rectangular pouches mount on the belt, two on each side.

• The thigh armor is closed in the back.

• Calf armor closes in the back.
• Knee plates mount on both legs.
• The right calf has 4 tubes, similar to the forearm tube, mounted on the outside.

• White leather or leather-like, above ankle height, with a flat sole, with no buckles or laces.
• Jodhpur-type boots or an equivalent style.
• Elvis or Mariachi boots are not acceptable.
• There should be no seam on the front of the boot.
• A "dog bone" shaped strap covers the bridge of the foot.

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 Sterling sub-machine gun, scratch-built, or a modified commercial toy Stormtrooper blaster.