B-wing Pilot Presentation (Canon)

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B-wing Pilot Costume

• An Advanced Costume Guide
• By Alex Blue Leader Buirch(Blue Banshee
  Leader)
• Version 1 (1/26/2015)

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This Presentation...

• The purpose of this presentation is to...
• Detail the B-wing pilot costume standards for the
  Rebel Legion
• Explain the B-wing pilot costume
• Provide reference and information for the
  construction of a B-wing pilot costume
• Offer general B-wing pilot information

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A/SF-01 B-wing Starfighter

• Rebel Alliance fast attack bomber starfighter
• Sometimes called the blade wing
• Designed by Admiral Gial Ackbar and produced by
  Slayn Korpil
• Wide array of heavy weapons and heavy shielding
  and armor
• No astromech socket
• Notoriously difficult to pilot B-wing pilots
  were some of the best pilots in the Rebel Alliance

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The B-wing Pilot

• One of the most interesting pilot costumes in
  original trilogy
• Very detailed (many small parts)
• Distinctive red flightsuit/coveralls and gray
  flak vest (multi-colored fibers)
• The helmet was designed to look like it held the
  pilot's communication gear and was not intended
  to appear as a protective piece of equipment

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Notable Pilots
Nien Nunb
Ten Numb
Keyan Farlander Palso Thern
Poor confused pilot
Braylen Stramm
Gina Moonsong
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Rebel Legion Standards(As of January 2015)

• Required
• Red flightsuit with open collar folded down and
  correct pockets, no visible zippers
• Tan, beige or taupe gaiters with strap made of
  same material
• Black boots and black gauntlet gloves
• Scoop-necked gray flak vest with tab on the
  bottom and two ribs near top, white 2 webbing
  side straps, squared back panel
• 2 white webbing ejection harness that loops
  around legs and attached to the tab of flak vest
• Accurately sized and detailed chestbox, and hose
  covered in white material, black shoulder straps
  and black side-release buckles

• Must Have at Least One
• B-wing pilot helmet (or X-wing, Y-wing pilot
  helmet)
• Cloth pilot cap
• Silver flares on belt

• Optional
• Metallic silver code cylinders
• Nien Nunb/Ten Numb-style breathing mask

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• Those are the basic standards... But the outfit
  can be made even more accurately!

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Flightsuit

• Originally, Jaybrand Raceware white racing
  coveralls dyed red
• Pockets added, zippers hidden or removed
• What shade of red? Hard to say, each reference
  picture has a different shade of red

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Flightsuit
Source Star Wars Costumes (2014)
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Flightsuit

• No commpad pocket (or commpad)
• No code cylinder pocket
• No rectangular pocket on right arm
• No rear pockets
• No visible zippers or Velcro closures
• Only one set of leg pockets
• Chest zipper hidden by long strip of material

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Flak Vest

• Medium or light gray material with multi-colored
  fibers (possibly emergency/disaster relief
  blanket)
• Two ribs near top of front vest
• Unique front vest shape and square back piece, 2
  white webbing side straps

• Female end of 1 black plastic side-release
  buckles attach to vest just below shoudler
  straps. Buckles attach to vest via smooth black
  clasps or simply by black webbing
• Ejection harness sewn onto bottom tab
• Greeblies near bottom of vest (two different set
  styles)

Source Star Wars Costumes (2014)
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Ejection Harness

• Harness made of same 2 white webbing as belt and
  vest side straps
• Folded in half (half point stitched onto tab of
  vest with two rows of stitching), ends loop
  around the front of legs and come up in the back,
  sliding under a flat sliver metal slide to be
  held in place.
• Frayed ends of cut webbing should be coated in
  glue so that they don't unravel.

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Chestbox

• Hard chestbox
• There are at least four different styles
• Accurate dimensions are 9 x 9
• 1 black webbing straps attach it to flak vest
  via male end of 1 black plastic side-release
  buckles
• Hose attaches to bottom left side of chestbox and
  end is tucked under flak vest. Hose covered in
  white material

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Chestbox Stlye 1

• Worn by Ten Numb (pre-production) and Keyan
  Farlander

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Chestbox Style 1

• Gray computer amp, similar to 201358-1 M series
  connector

BENDIX bulkhead connector (threaded exterior)
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Chestbox Style 1 (Variation)

• There is a known variation to this style of
  chestbox with a different, long greeblie down the
  center trench and a different type of greeblie on
  the side.

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Chestbox Style 2

• Worn by Palso Thern and various other pilots

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Chestbox Style 3

• Worn by Nien Nunb and various pilots
• The greeblie in the trench is also one of the
  parts of Admiral Ackbar's rank badge
• The round connector-like piece on the vest looks
  like a BENDIX connector but isn't, it is a solid
  piece with a flat face

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Belt

• Belt is 2 white webbing, same as ejection
  harness
• Second layer of webbing on front, two triangular
  black safety stitches
• Six flare loops on front right side (amount of
  silver flares optional)
• 2 black plastic side-release buckle on back
• Belt is worn over ejection harness

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Belt Box

• Hard plastic black box
• Smaller box on front with various details
• Computer plug-like piece on top of smaller box
• Roughly 5.5 tall, 2.5 wide, 1 thick
• Small white rectangle on right side of larger box
• Attaches or clips to belt on front left
• Also worn by A-wing and Y-wing pilots (A-wing
  pilots alternatively have small red square on
  side instead of white)

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Gaiters

• Material is unknown (probably canvas, leather or
  vinyl)
• Two ribs on front (material folded over, stitched
  down)
• Black 1 side release buckle near ribs
• Strap made of same material as gaiters, square
  stitch in front center, ends sewn into seam on
  back
• Roughly mid-calf length

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Pilot Cap

• Standard unmodified WWII AN-H-15 flight cap
• Any leather color
• Replica AN-H-15 with soft foam ear domes may be
  preferred-- real cap may not fit under helmet
• Cap made of brown leather or faux-leather (Nien
  Nunb/Ten Numb style) also acceptable
• Cap is not required but is recommended

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Boots and Gloves

• Black leather gauntlet gloves (i.e. X-wing pilot,
  TIE pilot, etc.)

• German jack boots (i.e. X-wing pilot, TIE pilot,
  etc.)

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Helmet

• Hard helmet
• Designed to look like it holds the pilot's
  communication headset
• Loosely based on the A-wing pilot helmet with top
  shield removed
• Numerous different styles, no two helmets have
  same set of greeblies
• Might not fit over authentic AN-H-15 (perhaps why
  they are never worn together in Return of the
  Jedi)

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Helmet
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Helmet Details

• Three styles of visor...
• Amber visor, silver/gray bracers on sides, two
  pin stripes near top
• Yellow-green/clear gradient, silver/gray side
  bracers and crown, thick pin stripe at center
• Crimson/clear gradient, silver/gray side bracers
  and crown, thick pin stripe at center
• ...Or not visor at all!
• Visors are actually the top shield of an A-wing
  pilot helmet molded in transparent plastic!

• Four colors of edge trim...
• Black
• Brown
• Red-brown
• Light golden brown

Source The Prop Store of London
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To Wrap Up...

• The B-wing pilot costume is a unique costume with
  some very interesting and detailed parts. While
  it can be a challenge to put together once
  completed it is a fun costume to wear. With it's
  large chestbox and unique helmet it will
  definitely turn some heads!

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• Questions?

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• Thank you!
• May the Force be with you!