Memorabilia UK

This weekend I attended MEM, which is a twice yearly convention style event. Its a good event for the UK Garrison as we always turn out in force, and have a good social get together. This weekend we had around 80 costumers in attendance.

It wasn't as busy as usual, but we had some good fun troopiong and Sat night had a party to celebrate the UKG 10th Anniversary (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Ian Liston was there, I presented him with honourary ACD membership - thread HERE

Here's some pictures from the event

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Some guy with a terrible cardboard gun, so i confiscated it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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AT-AT Driver CRL

NOTE: CURRENTLY IN DRAFT








An Imperial AT-AT Driver/Crew must have:
ALL of the following costume elements are required in order to be eligible for 501st Legion membership:



AT-AT helmet
Constructed in ABS from a kit or ready made, Fibreglass moulded, or an Imperial TIE Pilot helmet from Rubies or Don Post, painted White and reinforced. The helmet must be modified in the following ways:

• Two Red Imperial cog decals either side of the Mohawk.
• Painted Red dot on the centre bump of each ear.
• Flat or bubble lenses (Green or Black)
• Two small squares either side of the Mohawk. Left hand side is Red, Right Hand side Gray or Silver. There is a small Red dot above RH square.
• Two Forehead 'Clock Greeblies' in the recessed area in front of Mohawk. The recessed areas are White. Also there is a small Silver knob just below the centre of the Mohawk.
• Two black 'Soda Siphon' greeblies on the sides of the face to the sides of each lens. They have a small section of ribbed Grey tube extending up and into the top section of the helmet, above the lenses.
• Small Black rectangular Greeblie with a small White vertical stripe, on the inside of each Grey Tube, tucked partially under the top section of the helmet.
• The mouth/frown is painted Black and the bottom half of the centre tooth is painted Red.
• There are Aluminum Tusks in the recessed areas of the chin where the hoses on a Tie Pilot would go. They are conical at the tip.
• The center 3 Vocoder chin bumps are painted Black. The center bump has a small area at the top that is not painted.
• Three Black stripes running from front to back along the cheek tubes, where a TK tube stripes would go. The top stripe is twice as thick as the lower two, and the forward edges of the stripes are cut at angle, the top side being longer.
• The back of the helmet has 2 Grey cylinders/Canisters to each side of the Mohawk that the hoses attach to. The RH one has a Red stripe and the LH one has a Black square painted on it. They are topped with an aluminum washer greeblie.
• A rectangular “pill box” on the back of the Mohawk, painted Black or made of Black plastic. There is also a small Red square on the left side above the pill box.
• NOTE: A White or Grey neck seal or balaclava should be worn to cover the neck.

Helmet detail:
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Jumpsuit
(Note: The jumpsuit design is the same as most imperial costumes using jumpsuits: AT-ST Driver, TIE Pilot, Imperial Crew, Imperial Navy Trooper, Imperial Gunner):

• One piece light grey coverall/jumpsuit/flight suit with a front invisible zipper.
• Approx 1.5" (38.1mm) tall mandarin collar with a chevron shaped, left-over-right velcro closure.
• On the left forearm there is an empty commpad pocket approx 5" (127mm) wide by 5.75" (146.05mm) tall with no flap and a 2.25" (57.15mm) window in it.
• On the left bicep, there is a code cylinder pocket with no flap, and vertical stitching dividing it into pen sleeves.
  The bottom front corner of the pocket is cut off at a bevel on the side pointing in view direction
  with the broader upside forming the border of the pen sleeves.
• The right bicep has a cargo pocket about 6" (152mm) wide and 5.75" (146mm). The pocket has a 2"(50.8mm) flap.
• 2 large chest pockets and 2 large front pockets below the belt without any zipper or flaps
• 2 leg pockets with flaps similar in proportion as the one on the right arm sleeve. Size may differ.
  (Usually the width of the front pockets equals the width of the leg pockets)

Armor

• White chest and back TK style armor, with large flat surface on the chest plate for the chest box.
• Snow Trooper style shoulder bells, rotated 90 Degrees, so the ridges of the shoulder bell go along the top, as worn by the Snow Commander.
• Circuit Board detail plate on rear of back armour, Black, White and Gold in colour. Grey angled greeblie in centre of the circuit board plate. See illustration below.
• Stormtrooper Style ribbed shoulder bridges connecting the front and back armour plates, in White.
• Gray webbing 'Ejection Harness' extending from the below front armor to the back armor under the crotch. Two loops wrap around each leg at the knees and are attached to the rest of the webbing at the crotch. This is the same set up as used on the X-Wing pilots.

Rear Armor detail:
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Chest Box
Roughly rectangular Chest box attached to front armor plate with the following details:

• Size of Chest Box is approx H7" x W7.25" x D2.5"
• The top of the Chest box is angled at approx 45 Degrees at the front, sides and rear forming an apex.
• Small angled extension on top of Chest box approx H0.75" x W2.00"
• The lower half of the Chest box is slightly shallower than the upper half.
• There are two cylindrical 'donut' extensions on each side of the box, one above the other, approx 2.35" (6 cm) in diameter.
• The upper donut is slightly wider than the lower one and has a hole for the hose that runs from helmet to Chest box.
• Custom circuit detail and greeblies on front of Chest box - refer to illustration below

Chest Box detail:
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Hose

• Grey ribbed hose running from rear helmet canisters, over the shoulders and to the upper donut extensions on the Chest box.
• Hose is approx 1" in diameter but the actual size used is unknown at present.

Gloves

• Gray or White leather gloves with a 4-6 inch cuff. The brand name WELDAS SOFTOUCH
  Tig/Mig gloves appear to be the closest to the screen used gloves.
• White Damascus D650 Gauntlets or White/Grey Fencing gloves are a perfectly acceptable alternative.
• The left glove cuff has a small commpad on it, approx 1.5" x 1.5" with the outer section slightly curved, and the inner section straight. The Commpad has a circular centre section about 3/4" high, and topped with a small silver disk, slightly smaller than the centre section in diameter.

Boots

• White or light Gray “moon” boots. These are very hard to find without some kind of decoration on them, but they are out there.
• Snowtrooper style Canadian Muk Luks with ALL lace loops and 'D' rings removed.

Screen used boots
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Imperial AT-AT drivers are encouraged to have:
These costume elements are encouraged, but are not mandatory for 501st legion membership.
(This list provides costuming options that although optional, but will increase the level of accuracy of the costume) :

Helmet:

• OPTIONAL - Helmet can be painted Light Grey as per the real prop - Armour and Chest box must match the helmet colour
• Red dot on the center bump of LH ear only, RH ear has no red dot on some promo photographs
• Interior of Soda siphon has a clip, that should be outlined in Red Paint
• Larger white bump just to rear of Right ear should be Red
• The Left helmet tusk should have a Red tip.
• White Rubber trim lining the bottom edge of helmet. Trim should be plain and semi glossy
  (no metal supported trim etc with ribbing or similar uneven surfaces)
• Interior of Helmet Painted Black.
• Half moon plastic disks behind the tusks, supported by an (as of yet) unrecognized white attachment.

Armor:

• Cone shaped knurled thumbscrew on the front and rear of each shoulder strap
• White rubber trim around top and side edges of the chest and back armor. There is no trim on the bottom edges. Trim should be plain and semi glossy (no metal supported trim etc with ribbing or similar uneven surfaces)

Jumpsuit:

• All pocket flaps have to be pointed to form a chevron shape.
• Small Triangular flap about 1" in height on the centre rear of the Jumpsuit collar.
• Chest being seperated in shoulder piece with a seamline dividing the upper and lower chest area
• Trapezoid racing style shape seperates chest center and flanks with the two chest pockets each side
• Extension folds in the back reaching from the center of the shoulder to the center underneath the axles

Communications pad:

• Clear Raised buttons, in a row along the flat side of the commpad, four or five in total.

Boots:

• White or Light Gray Moon boots, with no exterior markings or fasteners and a serrated sole.

Voice Amp

• Rom FX or Hyperdyne style voice amplifier, with all wires hidden etc

Imperial AT-AT drivers may have:
Optional elements listed as acceptable here may not be traditionally associated with a costume, but are not so unreasonable as to detract from it. (Please keep in mind that some of the following items, such as the belt or sidearm, may not be allowed at certain canon/high profile appearances):

Helmet:

• Red stripe on rear of Mohawk, approx 1.5" wide with the lower end coming to a point like an arrow. Can be painted or Red Electrical tape.

Cog Emblems:
Optional Imperial cog emblems can be worn on each of the arms, about 1" below the shoulder seam.

• Silver or White "Imperial cog" on a black background
• Red "Imperial cog" on a White background

Side-Arm:

• Choice of E-11 Blaster, SER-14 Short Range Blaster, DL-44, Merr Sonn "Power 5" or DH-17 Blaster

Holster:

• White leather or leather-like material constructed to fit the side-arm chosen, attached to a White or Grey leather belt with AT-ST/TIE/Imperial Officer style Belt Buckle

Weathering:

• AT-AT helmets and jumpsuits may be worn in a shiny, clean "parade style" (As seen in ESB during the AT-AT Cockpit scenes), or lightly weathered to a battle scarred look.

AT-AT Commander CRL

NOTE: CURRENTLY IN DRAFT






An Imperial AT-AT Commander/General Veers must have:
ALL of the following costume elements are required in order to be eligible for 501st Legion membership:



AT-AT Commander helmet

• Open face helmet based on the shell of Snowtrooper/Snow Cmdr. and AT-ST Driver.
  made of ABS/HIPS/Styrene/Fiberglass. The base consists of the dome with rim and helmet skirt.
• The helmet is to be painted in Grey-Green or Gray colour.
• "Imperial Code Disks" are positioned on both sides of the helmet skirt.
• A "Rangefinder" is attached centered to the right side of the dome aligned to the rim
• A black trim is covering the edge of the helmet skirt and forehead of the dome
• Black elastic/fabric Chin strap. Please not there is NO chin cup unlike the AT-ST helmet.
• There are 6 screw cover greeblies positioned equally around the bottom of the helmet skirt (3 on each side)
• Silver/metallic cylindric 'Spine shaped Greeblie' bar in the rear centre of the helmet skirt. The bar is divided in 11 segments with the thicker 6 segments ideally fitting into the 6 depressions of the helmet skirt.
• There are 5 flat rectangular clips, positioned equally around the helmet where the dome meets the skirt. (1 in the centre, 2 on each side)

Goggles

• Black trimmed military style goggles, with a Light Gray/Tan strap.

Uniform
(Note: The Uniform design is the same cut as most Imperial Officer costumes ):

• Imperial Officer Uniform Gray or Gray/Green in colour and cut as per standard Imperial Officer. Preferably Tailored to fit.

Armor

• Snowtrooper Chest plate, painted to match the Helmet.
• There are 2 Red square greeblies on the right of the centre depression, and 2 White squares on the left side (refer to illustration)
• Three gray knobs and one red knob on the right side of the chest plate
• Red, Gray and White knobs on the left side, just to the left of the centre depression.
• TK style back armor, painted to match the Helmet.
• Circuit Board detail plate on rear of back armor, with Custom back detail and greeblies (refer to illustration)
• Rank badge, on the top left section of the chest. Rank not to exceed General.
• Snowtrooper Style ribbed shoulder bridges connecting the front and back armour plates, painted to match the helmet and armor. Alo there are 3 small screw cover greeblies in a triangular formation at the front of the strap, and one at the rear of each strap.
• Snowtrooper style abdomen plate, painted to match Helmet and Armor, with circular loop pattern in the centre, secured by a Black leather belt.

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Gloves

• Standard Black leather Imperial Officer gloves, to be worn under the Uniform sleeve cuff. No gauntlets.

Boots

• Standard Black Imperial Officer High leg boots, smiliar to Riding boots.

Imperial AT-AT Commanders are encouraged to have:
These costume elements are encouraged, but are not mandatory for 501st legion membership.
(This list provides costuming options that although optional, but will increase the level of accuracy of the costume) :

Uniform

• Uniform tailored to fit the wearer.

Helmet

• Fold down comm-link Microphone, attached to RH inner side of helmet in a curved shape with a small conical end. Painted in Black

Goggles

• Goggles should be angular, and not rounded in shape.
• Strap should be light Gray, and approx 1.5cm in width, with a small buckle on the Right hand side.

Holster

• Black leather Holster attached to belt and worn on Right hip.

Imperial AT-AT Commanders may have:
Optional elements listed as acceptable here may not be traditionally associated with a costume, but are not so unreasonable as to detract from it. (Please keep in mind that the following items may not be allowed at certain canon/high profile appearances):

Side-Arm:

• Merr Sonn "Power 5", Blastech DL-44 or Imperial Short Range Blaster

AT-ST Driver CRL

NOTE: CURRENTLY IN DRAFT




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An Imperial AT-ST Driver/Crew must have:
ALL of the following costume elements are required in order to be eligible for 501st Legion membership:

Jumpsuit
(Note: The jumpsuit design is the same as most imperial costumes using jumpsuits: AT-AT Driver, TIE Pilot, Imperial Crew, Imperial Navy Trooper, Imperial Gunner):

• One piece light grey coverall/jumpsuit/flight suit with a front invisible zipper.
• Approx 1.5" (38.1mm) tall mandarin collar with a chevron shaped, left-over-right velcro closure.
• Cog emblems on both shoulders.
• On the left forearm there is a com-pad pocket approx 5" (127mm) wide by 5.75" (146.05mm) tall with no flap and a 2.25" (57.15mm) window in it. (Size might vary to match your com-pad)
• On the left bicep, about 2"(50.8mm) below the cog emblem, there is a code cylinder pocket with no flap, and vertical stitching dividing it into pen sleeves.
  The bottom front corner of the pocket is cut off at a bevel on the side pointing in view direction
  with the broader upside forming the border of the pen sleeves.
• The right sleeve has a cargo pocket about 6" (152mm) wide and 5.75" (146mm) on the bicep approx 2"(50.8mm) below the cog emblem. The pocket has a 2"(50.8mm) flap.
• 2 large chest pockets and 2 large front pockets below the belt without any zipper or flaps
• 2 leg pockets with flaps similar in proportion as the one on the right arm sleeve. Size may differ.
  (Usually the width of the front pockets equals the width of the leg pockets)

Cog Emblems:

• Placement on both shoulders with top edge of the patch 1" (25.4mm) below the shoulder seam.
• about 3.0"-3.5" (76.2mm-88.9mm) in diameter with a silver or white "imperial cog" on a black background

Communications Pad:
Imperial Commpad on the left sleeve - Colour scheme can be either of the following

• ANH style (Scanning Crew) - Black colored base with button detail matching the scheme of the imperial scanning crew in ANH
• ROTJ style (TIE Pilot/AT-ST Pilot) - White or Grey colored base with button detail matching the scheme of Imperial Pilots
• The pad is located in the left arm window pocket.

Helmet:

• Open face helmet based on the shell of Snowtrooper/Snow Cmdr. and AT-AT Cmdr.
  made of ABS/HIPS/Styrene/Fiberglass. The base consists of the dome with rim and helmet skirt.
• The helmet is to be painted in Grey, Grey-Green or Olive tone
• "Imperial Code Disks" are positioned on both sides of the helmet skirt.
• A "Rangefinder" is attached centered to the right side of the dome aligned to the rim
• A black trim is covering the edge of the helmet skirt and forehead of the dome
• Black Chin strap and chin cup
• Silver/metallic cylindric spine shaped'Greeblie' bar in the rear centre of the helmet skirt.
  The bar is divided in 11 segments with the thicker 6 segments ideally fitting into the 6 depressions
  of the helmet skirt.

Rear Helmet detail, and Imperial Cog

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Imperial Code Disk:

• A silver/metallic stepped cone shape appearing to be 3 disks stacked on top of one another.
• The bottom disk is 1" (25.3 mm) the middle disk is 3/4" (19.1 mm) and the top disk is 1/2" (12.7mm.)
• There is an indentation in the center of the top disk about 1/4" (6.4 mm)

Rangefinder:

• Rectangular box about h/l/d 1.85" (47mm), 1.65" (42mm), 0.4" (10.16mm) with a slight bevel
  and details on it (specifications see "should have"). The box is in the same color as the helmet.
• Ring shaped antenna on top of the box with about 1.5" (38.1mm) in diameter and 0.35" (9mm) depth being cut at the top

Goggles:

• Black dust goggles with tinted lenses and plain black strap about 2" (51mm) without logos, slogans or decorations

Belt:

• The belt should be constructed from a non-textured, black leather or a leather-like material,
  approximately 2" (50.8mm) in width (up to 3" (76mm) is acceptable)
• To the right of the buckle, a single large snap or rivet about .5" (12.7mm) should be visible
  about 1" (25.4mm) from the buckle.

Belt Buckle:

• The buckle should be constructed from a Rectangular brushed metal plate, or metal looking material.
• The size should be approx 2 5/8" (66.7 mm) high and 4 1/8" (104.5 mm) wide with 0.5" (12.7 mm) radius and slightly rounded corners.
• Buckles are adorned with an "Imperial Code Disk" at the center.

Boots:

• Calf high black leather or leather like material.
• Free of laces, decorative stitching, buckles on the instep or any other embellishments.
  (adjustment straps on top of bootleg are OK)
• German "jack boot" style boots are most canon.

Gloves:

• Black, leather or leather-like, enclosed fingered, non-textured, fitted gauntlet style.
• No buckles, straps, decorative stitching, etc.

Imperial AT-ST drivers are encouraged to have:
These costume elements are encouraged, but are not mandatory for 501st legion membership.
(This list provides costuming options that although optional, but will increase the level of accuracy of the costume) :

Jumpsuit:

• All pocket flaps have to be pointed to form a chevron shape.
• Chest being seperated in shoulder piece with a seamline dividing the upper and lower chest area
• Trapezoid racing style shape seperates chest center and flanks with the two chest pockets each side
• Extension folds in the back reaching from the center of the shoulder to the center underneath the axles

Cog Emblems:

• Vinyl cog patches are most canon
• Silver cog emblems are most canon

Communications pad Colour Scheme:

• For AT-St drivers the TIE-Fighter exhibition style compad in white is most canon

Helmet:

• 1 Screw or bolt cap (covering screws/bolts holding the rim of the liner) on each side.
  These are located on each side on an axis about 1" (2,54mm) behind the rangefinder
  and about half the length above the rim border.
• Black chin cup should be glossy or semi glossy
• Rubber trim lining the edge of helmet should be plain and semi glossy
  (no metal supported trim etc with ribbing or similar uneven surfaces)

Rangefinder:

• 1 screw cap or cylindric knob approx. 0.4" (10.16mm) in diameter in the upper left corner
• 2 cylindric pins lined up in the lower left corner of the box
• 1 cylindric pin in the upper right corner of the box
• 1 Rangefinder main detail (Revell V8 carburetor (not the Han Solo half)) aligned at the
  lower right corner of the box

Goggles:

• Goggles shouldn't be round Military type. A square-like frame with angled sides is considered most canon
• Dark green lenses are most canon

Belt Buckle:

• Canon buckles have a slight horizontal curve around the body.

Boots:

• Canon boots are the West German Border Guard 'Knobelbecher' version

Weathering:

• AT-ST helmets and jumpsuits may be worn in a shiny, clean "parade style" (As seen in ROTJ on the Death Star, in formation for the arrival of Emperor Palpatine), or weathered to match the battle weary look as seen on the characters during the battle scenes on Endor

Imperial AT-ST drivers may have:
Optional elements listed as acceptable here may not be traditionally associated with a costume, but are not so unreasonable as to detract from it. (Please keep in mind that the following items may not be allowed at certain canon/high profile appearances):

Side-Arm:

• Choice of E-11 Blaster, SER-14 Short Range Blaster, DL-44, Merr Sonn "Power 5" or DH-17 Blaster

Holster:

• Black or dark Brown leather or leather-like material constructed to fit the side-arm chosen.