TIE Pilot Armour
TIE Pilot armour is entirely black in colour. It is free of any decals (with the exception of a Garrison Logo).
If a Garrison logo is worn, it must be either white or silver and worn on the chest-plate on the bottom left-hand-side of the pilot.
Care must be taken to ensure that the colour of the armour must match.
The armour is usually made from black glossy ABS, but fibreglass and pepakura builds can also be used.
The armour consists of the following individual parts.
- Chest plate -
A plate that covers the chest area of the pilot. It is a glossy black colour. The edges may be trimmed with black car trim. - Back plate -
A plate that covers the back area of the pilot. This is very similar to TK armour. It is a glossy black colour. The edges may be trimmed with black car trim. - Shoulder Straps -
A strip that connects the chest-plate to the back-plate via the shoulders. It is a glossy black colour. Plastic shoulder straps ideally shouldn't be load bearing. - Octagons -
They are octagon shaped plates that are connected to either end of the shoulder straps with a rivet. The rivet does not need to be load bearing. It is a glossy black colour.
A webbing system should ideally be used to ensure the following.
- Plastic shoulder straps aren't load bearing - due to pilots wearing a chest-box, there is more weight being forced on the shoulder straps. If normal plastic is used for the shoulder straps, there is a strong chance that this will split and break.
- There is no clamshelleffect on the chest-plate and back-plate - When walking or even in strong wind, the chest-plate and moreso the back-plate have a tendency to flap. This is called the clamshell effect. To avoid this, a webbing system should be used to connect the chest-plate to the back-plate around the lower side rib area.
Chicago screws should hold the Octagons to the armour.