I know Hofmann (RL Commanding Officer) personally, and we have already gone through all the canon standards for the Senate Guard outfit.

1. The helmet can come as two styles- one with the plumes with an open face, or one with a closed in visor with no plumes. There is only one supplier for the helmet, but as of now, the plumes are not provided.

2. The velvet robes should match the helmet. Royal Blue is the preffered color, but navy is acceptable. The pattern is the same as the EPII/EPIII Red Royal Guard. Here is the pattern:



3. A Senate Rifle or Force Pike must be included. These can be custom, but should be assembled and painted accordingly. Biker scout blasters are acceptable, but must include a thigh holster.

4. Underobes must be a complimentary shade of blue. Black pants are acceptable.

5. Gloves can be either blue or black, leather is acceptable.

6. Boots must be black.

7. Crimson armor in blue is acceptable, but must be worn with the robes.

pm me with any questions

Here are some pics of my Senate Guard

Thank you for posting this!

No problem...glad I could be of service!

Cool. Just out of curiousity, why are the blue guards allowed to carry force pikes? Was this shown in one the games or comics? I'd never heard of this before which is why I ask.

They have force pikes during the senate scene in EP2. My assumption is they sometimes use pikes while guarding the senate, and rifles when travelling.

On the subject of under robes I was looking at TPM to try and get a better overall look at the costume and I noticed that instead of robes the guards seem to be wearing either a shirt/tunic and pants or a jumpsuit. At the end of the movie when Palpatine tells Aniken that they will be watching him you catch a few glimpses under the robes. I can't see a waistline to indicate a shirt/tunic but pants legs are clearly visible.

I'll don't have a way to screen cap it here but I'll try and get a friend to take some to show what I'm talking about.

I think I may well have pm'd this to you but could you let us know how you got the visor into the helmet??

Finding it a swine to do and it's really beginning to annoy me a wee bit!

Is there a maker for the visors??