TB - Biker Scout
501st Legion Pathfinders detachment : http://www.bikerscout.net
For help with this costume, please contact: TB-3444
A Biker Scout costume MUST have:
Helmet
White licensed (Don Post, Altmann’s, Rubies, etc) or fan-made helmet with a flat smoked/dark tinted lens. It must include a grey and black striped "nose" decal or paint. The face of the snout area must be painted medium grey, outlined with a black stripe, and contain a dark grey snout greeblie with black aerator. There should be a medium grey "squared fish hook" insignia decal on lower forward corner of left visor blind. There are two medium grey trapezoidal rear helmet decals with thin black vertical stripes. And there are black vent stripes on rear helmet hump.
Neckseal
Black balaclava or neck gaiter.
Undersuit
Black, zippered cloth one-piece long sleeve coverall, jumpsuit, flight suit or racing suit. Make your own using the Green Pepper Butte Jumpsuit pattern which can be bought from Seattle Fabrics. It is easy enough as long as you have someone who knows their way around a sewing machine to help you out and can be tailor-made to suit you perfectly. Alternatively you can buy a black flightsuit from most military surplus stores. The lighter the material the better because heavy equals hot and you’ll be more than hot enough anyway. Try to find one without too many pockets and zippers as most of them will need to be removed or covered up.
Knee armour/protectors
White armoured pieces with sloped end above the knee.
Chest / back plates
White scout breastplate (with dark grey badge stripe on right breast) and scout back plate (with "bullet tank", topped with a black resin topper piece) connected to each other on the sides and over each shoulder with white elastic.
Shoulder bells
White armoured scout shoulder bells.
Bicep armour / protectors
White armoured plates with black "T-bit" detail. They should be secured around the arm with a black elastic strap.
Forearm armour / protectors
White armoured plates secured around the arm with a black elastic strap.
Cumberbund
White duck cloth scout cumberbund with standard imperial pouches that are white or slightly beige in colour. When worn the slanted pouch flap sides must face outwards. Again you can make your own. There are tutorials on BSN and on various other websites. The pockets can be a bit difficult to get just right but a bit of time and care is all that’s needed. Very high quality fan-made sets are available for approximately 700SEK but there is usually a fairly long waiting list for these. Details can be found on BSN.
Belt
White 2" webbing belt with scout buckle on the face and 4 utility cases attached to the belt sides. There should be a white rear belt canister with a gray ribbed hose segment enclosed within a rectangular box attached to the back of the belt. It should also have two trapezoidal hip boxes hanging from each side of the belt from two straps that connect with black plastic clips. These straps should be white or slightly beige in colour to match the pouches.
Gloves
Black leather or leather-like enclosed fingered, non-textured gauntlet style gloves with no extraneous buckles, straps, or zippers. Ribbing should be present over the knuckles portion of the gloves.
Boots
White textureless leather or leather-like calf high laceless boots with a wrapping over the instep with beige soles of working boots. Rear calf enclosure of boot may be zippered or secured with Velcro, but neither fixture should be visible.
While it is possible to buy professionally made boots, the majority of scouts prefer to make their own. This is not a difficult job, only takes a few hours and will give you great results tailor made to your own feet and legs. Here is a tutorial. It is easier if you have someone to help you.
*Note: all armour must be made of ABS, HIPS, styrene, or fiberglass, and should be properly fitted to the costumer via trimming, shimming, etc. Also note that scout trooper costumes that are commercially available may not acceptable for membership. It is recommended that you contact your GML or the LMO before purchasing a retail costume. Armour may be clean/shiny or weathered.
A Biker Scout costume SHOULD have:
Blaster
Resin, hyper-firm rubber or modified Kenner scout holdout blaster, painted black.
Boot holster
An armoured boot holster fastened to the right boot with either Velcro or rivets.
Gloves
Suede (or faux suede) finger tips on glove thumbs, index and middle fingers.
Undersuit
Suede (or faux suede) back flap and riding patches on undersuit. An elastic strap should go around the right thigh that runs underneath the right portion of the riding patch.
Flak vest
Black vest with short padded and ribbed sleeves, worn over the black undersuit and under the torso armour.
Paint
All hard armour should be glossy to represent “reflec coating”.
A Biker Scout costume MAY have:
Blaster
A Blastech E-11 blaster rifle, DLT20a sniper rifle or concept Scout carbine.