Sky Trooper

Model TX-6647, Photo by Tarisa Matsumoto-Maxfield
Description: Sky Trooper
Prefix: TX
Detachment: Spec Ops Detachment
Context: The Sky Troopers appear in the Disney Star Tours II 3-D attraction ride.

The Sky Troopers are a highly trained unit with specially designed armor, with distinctive gray unit markings. Their armor is very light weight, but can withstand high altitudes and the pressure from G-forces. They are equipped and trained with Z-7I Jetpacks. The Z-7I Jetpacks were especially designed with a more stable gyro, a larger fuel tank and higher thrusting power for the Imperial Forces, by Mitrinomon Transports. The Z-7I Jetpack, makes the Sky Trooper units extremely fast and maneuverable, enabling them to get behind enemy lines quickly, and to set up ambushes, when ground troops and large vehicles are unable to do so. Wielding the BlasTech DC-15A and DC-15S, the Sky Trooper units are well known for their marksmanship. They are also trained in the use of hit-and-run attacks and often provide Stormtrooper units with air cover during pitched battles. With the combination of the Jetpack and their marksmanship, the Sky Trooper units are a very formidable weapon for the Empire.

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.

• A unit stripe in a medium gray shall be present on the cap of the helmet. The unit stripe starts between the eyes and above the brow and flares out to cover the outer edges of both back traps. (trapezoidal indentations) and ends at the ridge of the cap where the back meets and extends below the bottom of each trap.
• Variant to the cap unit stripe: You may have a thin silverish white stripe running through the center of the medium gray unit stripe, from the front to the back of the cap.
• The two side traps (trapezoidal indentations) are kept white.
• Variant to side traps: You may have a small black horizontal stripe inside of the side traps.
• Lens may be flat or bubble, smoke or green in color, sufficiently dark enough to obscure the costumers eyes.
• Below the brow, and in between the ears and eyes, a gray trapezoid with a black outline shall be present. These maybe a decal or hand painted or decal that replicates hand painted.
• Frown is painted black and overlaps the teeth area, with the front of the teeth being highlighted in medium gray. Eight teeth on the frown are cut out.
• The chin area shall be painted gray.
• Vocoder (vertically ribbed chin detail) is painted black.
• Chin shall have two hose ports, one on each side of the vocoder, where the ribbed black hoses connect.
• Tube Stripes, there are two variations that you may have:
• Variant 1. A solid medium gray stripe, running the length of the tube, with the ends slanting toward the ear. These may be a decal or or hand painted, or a decal that replicates hand painted.
• Variant 2. Straight stripes, black in color, with medium gray in between the black stripes, numbering between 9 and 16 and slanting toward the ear. These may be a decal, or hand painted, or decals that replicate hand painted.
• The “ear” bars may have three or four bumps, shall be gray or painted gray, with a black outline. Painting the bumps with rank stripes (highlighted) in black is optional.
• Tears (area beneath the corner of the eye lenses) are gray with a black outline and have vertical black lines inside the gray area. These maybe a decal or hand painted or decal that replicates hand painted.
• Mesh maybe used behind the frown to obscure the face of the wearer.
• Note: The helmet is accurate in detail and proportion to official references.
• Many commercially available helmets or those considered disproportionate in size or shape are ineligible.

• The hoses shall be ribbed, black in color, with a 1.25”/ 3.2 cm diameter and be 18” to 21”/ 45.7 cm to 53.3 cm in length.
• They shall connect from the helmet hose ports to the chestbox side ports.

• 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/designs.

• These shall be securely mounted in front and may free float in back. They may be affixed with rivets, Velcro, or adhesive.

• The shoulders are considered effectively symmetrical.
• They may be worn interchangeably on the left and right shoulders.
• A unit stripe, medium gray in color, running through the center and flaring out at the top, shall be present.

• Biceps are fully closed.
• A unit stripe, medium gray in color, located on the outside of the biceps, shall be present.

• Forearms are fully closed.
• A unit stripe, medium gray in color, shall be present on the raised design area that has indention.
• A unit stripe, medium gray in color, shall be present on the cover strip/overlapping areas.

• 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.

• Hand plates shall be medium gray in color.
• There are two variances of the hand plates. You may choose from one of the variances, but may not mix the variances:
• Variant 1. Clamshell or snowtrooper-style hand plates.
• Variant 2. 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.

• Chest plate overlaps the abdominal plate.
• A unit stripe, medium gray in color, shall be present on the chest plate. It will start at the bottom of the center of the chest plate and flare out closer to the neck.
• A white flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip shall be present around all edges.

• Main body of chest box shall be white.
• Rectangular box with a rounded bottom, approximately 7” high, 7.25” wide, 2.5” deep, or 17.8 cm high, 18.4 cm wide, 6.4 cm deep.
• The top edges of the Chestbox are angled at approximately 45 Degrees.
• Two round medium gray buttons are present on the left side of the top of the chest box.
• The front of the chest box has five 1” square x 1/8” thick detail pieces, or 2.5 cm square x 0.3 cm thick detail pieces.
• The configuration of the detail pieces from center to right is:
• white - center lower
• gray - top, black lower
• red - top, red - lower
• There are three rocker switches (one black, two red) on the left side. The configuration from center to left is: black, red,red.
• There shall be two small, round, white buttons on the bottom of the black and outer red rocker switches.
• At the lower part of each side of the chestbox, there shall be a black gear-like greeblie.
• From the center to the left side of the tube, there shall be 9 medium gray vertical stripes.
• On the bottom left side of the tube, just below the medium gray vertical stripes, there is a small angled protrusion, approximately 0.75” high x 2” wide, or 1.9 cm high x 5.1 cm wide.

• A white flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip is present around all edges.
• Back armor contains a "O II" design.

• Based on the Mitrinomon Z-6 Jetpack, but the anti-vehicle homing missile/magnetic grappling hook was removed in the Z-7I and a modified, larger fuel tank was added.
• It is allowable to use the Merr-Sonn Munitions JT-12 Jetpack for the 501st requirements.
• Note: Shall have the 9mm warhead removed and the modified, larger fuel tank added.
• The JT-12 Jetpack has the bottom thrusters removed and replaced with the correct side thrusters.
• Note: The Z-6 is the model that Boba and Jango Fett use.
• The JT-12 Jetpack is the model that Mandalorians Death Watch and Jango Fett also use.
• The body of the Jetpack is white.
• A wide vertical strip, medium gray in color, is located on the center back of the Jetpack.
• Two, wide, black vertical stripes are located on either side of the medium gray center stripe.
• The two large indents, just above the vertical black strips on the fuel tank, are a medium gray.
• Black horizontal stripes are present on each side of the Jetpack.
• There are two variances to the black horizontal side stripes and it may be one of these two variances.
• Either 9 or 11 stripes per side.
• Each side shall have an equal number of stripes.

• A white flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip shall be present around all edges.
• The ab plate has a button area that matches the color pattern shown (3 blue + 6 gray); buttons are approximately 7/16" (11mm) in diameter.

• A white flexible U shaped gasket or molded lip shall be present around all edges.
• A separate kidney/butt plate is not allowed - the kidney and butt plate shall be combined/fused to a single plate/one piece.
• The crotch tab of the butt plate area may or may not have visible snaps.

• Belt face is made of plastic (TK ammo belt).
• Belt proper is tightly woven nylon/cordura like/style material or material with a tightly woven nylon/cordura like/style covering. Size 2.25" (57mm) to 2.5" (64mm) wide. The color is to be white to off-white.
• 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.

• (A.K.A. O2 canister) attaches to the center back of the belt.
• This is an all gray cylinder without silver stickers or silver paint.
• The cylinder is between 2” (50mm) and 2.68"(68mm) in diameter with white end caps on each end.
• The white control panel pad faces upwards, with controls/round washer style detail closest to the right end cap.
• The total length is approximately 7.50" (190.5mm).
• The thermal detonator is attached via metal or metallic-appearing clips approximately 3/4" (19mm) wide.

• Thigh armor shall be closed in the back.
• A unit stripe, medium gray in color, running vertically and center of the front and rear of both thighs shall be present.
• The ammo belt shall be installed on the bottom of the right thigh.

• Greaves close in the back. The trapezoid knee plate (sniper knee plate) is affixed to the left greave and may have two visible brads or rivets securing it to the greave.
• The AM greaves (shins) shall be on the proper legs, with a new cover strip. The cover strip edge shall be facing the inside of the leg. Note: There is a manufacturer defect with the AM greaves (shins) that may cause you to wear the them improperly. Please see the Tutorial titled :"AM armor shins: the proper way to assemble and wear", on the whitearmor.net
• A unit stripe, medium gray in color, shall be present on the front of both greaves. The stripe is centered, running vertically, and flaring out as it gets closer to the knees.
• Trapezoidal knee plate (sniper knee plate) shall be medium gray in color, with the small ridge style pattern at the bottom of the sniper knee plate, left white.

• Boots are above ankle height and made of white leather or leather-like material.
• Boots, including the heal and sole, are medium gray in color.
• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.