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Command Centurion

The Cylon Empire has one Leader, but many Command Centurions to carry out his orders. Command Centurions oversee Basestars or planetary based military outposts. Command Centurions are for the most part identical to the standard Centurion... However, they have superior programming to make decisions for themselves and order lower ranking Centurions. Another difference is their rank is visually shown by gold armor. Also their voice has a lower pitch than standard Centurions.

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TV Screen Cap property of Universal Studios

Command Centurions are an advanced fully robotic humanoid automaton beyond the understanding of Colonial technology. Their physical form is influenced by their original reptilian creators, the Cylons, and man-kind which they seek to destroy. They have a very deep monotone voice, single roving red eye and mirror-like gold colored armor. They acknowledge their orders without question from superior I.L. Series, Baltar or the Imperious Leader with the phrase "By Your Command." They then lead their legions of Centurions into battle to further the might of the Cylon Empire.

Standard armament for a Command Centurion is a short sword. However Command Centurions will arm themselves with laser with rifles as needed.

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Inside of the Chest
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Chest

-Made of either silver golden plated vacuformed plastic or fiberglass
-A strap of Velcro inside the chest which goes behind the front cap of backpack provides additional support [pictured bottom left]
-Two Velcro points on the inside lower left and right corners attach to ribs [pictured bottom left]

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Altered by Cylon-Knight

Ribs

-Made of either golden plated vacuformed plastic or fiberglass
-Designed to hold the chest piece in place by forming a "belt" of sorts that goes around the wearer's mid back

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Back Pack

-Made of either golden plated vacuformed plastic or fiberglass -Screen-accurate type made of six parts held together with golden tape (Some builders fuse the parts into one unit)
-Housing for MP3-Player/speakers (for looped Cylon eye “Warble” sound effect) is optional. (Some builders house sound systems in the chest piece.)
-Disc, two hoses and sticker are used to detail the backside

Additional image(s): Side View

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Shoulder Bells

-Made of either golden plated vacuformed plastic or fiberglass
-There are four bells, two per side with slightly different shapes that stack slightly offset. (Some builders fuse the two bells into one unit per shoulder)
-Held in place by Velcro to each other and to the under suit

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Altered by Cylon-Knight

Bicep Armor

-Made of either golden plated vacuformed plastic or fiberglass
-Screen-accurate type made of two halves held together with golden tape (Some builders fuse the two halves into one unit)
-A "floating" armor part not directly attached to the under suit - held in place by tension to the wearers' arm
-Not a perfect circle, much more oval in shape

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Forearm Armor

-Made of either golden plated vacuformed plastic or fiberglass
-Screen-accurate type made of two halves held together with golden tape (Some builders fuse the two halves into one unit)
-Stickered details featured on right and left forearm parts

IMPORTANT NOTE:

-The nozzled forearm armor belongs to the right arm
-The smooth forearm armor belongs to the left arm.
(click above links for detail photos)

DO NOT GET YOUR COMMAND CENTURION ARMS BACKWARDS!!!

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Gloves

-A "found object" costume element
-Modified mid/late 1970s Cooper #28 "Armadillo Thumb" hockey gloves

Screen accurate details:

-Forearm section of the hockey glove is cut off up to the cuff
-Painted black. (Leather dye may also be used.)
-Cuff has black vinyl overlay (fabric match to the under suit)

Notes:

-The fingers of a screen accurate set of gloves have no "knuckle" detail or flex points. The fingers are just one big unbroken bar of padding. Some newer style Cooper gloves exist with a knuckle that are EXTREAMLY close stand ins, but technically not screen accurate.
-Also note the "bars" that go across the back of the hands end with pointed tips, not square ends.

Photos Courtesy of Red Eye
Altered by Cylon-Knight

Photos Courtesy of Red Eye
Altered by Cylon-Knight

Under Suit

THE single most complex part of the costume! If done right no one will notice your under suit... if done wrong everyone will know something is "off" with your costume but probably not realize exactly what. The under suit literally holds the entire Centurion together and sets the tone for the quality of a replica.

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Photo Courtesy of Red Eye Altered by Cylon-Knight

Photo Courtesy of Red Eye Altered by Cylon-Knight

Screen accurate details:

-Made of heavy black lycra fabric (spandex can be substituted for lycra)
-Consists of upper “jacket” and lower “pants” section, both with zippered closures
-Black vinyl ribbing detail on the neck, elbows and upper torso/stomach.
-Ribbing count: Neck: 20, Elbows: 9, Body: 40
-Black vinyl patches featured on the upper arms, forearms, thighs and calves. Additional small vinyl details on the back
-Jacket section has Velcro attachments for shoulder bells

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Metal Mesh Skirting

-Skirting found along the back waist line of every Centurion.

Screen accurate details:

-Screen accurate type is made by a company called “Whiting & Davis”, which is still business and sells them here.
-Size: 24" x 24", weight approx. 1.8 lbs
-Connects in three spots to the under suit (left and right corners and center)
-Golden in color
-2mm squares - clipped corners form the mesh with hooks added to attach to the undersuit [Detail Photo]

Low cost alternatives:

-Various sparkling fabrics that have a metal look

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Belt

-A "found object" costume element
-Modified camera man power belt was made by a company called “G&M Power” (Model: GM4X1NP - 110 volts)

Screen accurate details:

-Seven power cells
-One connector ports/status lights box
-The belt is modified by plastic golden plated covers attached with Velcro to each power cell
-The power cells in the belts were actually functional and utilized on Centurion costumes to power the eye scanner. A power cord from the belt can be seen running up the back of Centurions, up the back of the neck and into the helmet at the base of the skull.

Low cost/other alternatives:

-Vinyl covered wooden blocks attached to a wide black belt
-G&M 6 cell camera man belt could be used as a close substitute for the GM4X1NP
-Cine 60 camera man belt is another alternative - they vary with 6, 7 or 8 power cells

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Boot Armor

-Made of either golden plated vacuformed plastic or fiberglass
-Screen-accurate type made of two halves held together with chrome tape (Some builders fuse the two halves into one unit)
-Held onto the boots with Velcro; not meant to be permanently attached onto the boots like on some non screen accurate replica costumes

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Boots

-A "found object" costume element
-Modified leather Georgia Lines Men boots that date to the mid/late 1970s.

Screen accurate details:

-Size is specific to the wearer.
-The boots are modified by the strap cut off of the outer ankle
-Golden paint applied to the heal, sole edge and toe.

Low cost alternatives:

-Many "look-a-like" boots can be found online. However, being a calf-high leather boot they are all still mostly around $100 brand new.
-Check "biker" apparel stores or even leather repair shops sometimes carry (or can order) such look-a-like boots

Notes:

-The golden boot armor around the top is a free floating part of armor; they are not permanently attached to the leather boots.
-From time-to-time screen correct Georgia Lines Men boots can be found on eBay, however as they are used their size and condition will be hit-or-miss. Builds will move along faster with a good "look-a-like" while keeping your Cylon eye open for Georgia boots if you are after screen accuracy.

Weapons & Accessories

Photo by Profiles in History

VERSION 1 SIDE PANEL
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VERSION 2 SIDE PANEL
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Rifle

-Constructed of black vacuformed plastic or wood
-Muzzle and bayonet are made of translucent Plexiglas
-Side panels are custom built details - made from bits of off-the-shelf model kits (mainly based on the mid 1970s Revell/Monogram U.S.S. Missouri kit). Many common replica side panels are soild cast copies off screen used master
-There is also a variation on the side panel itself. The first panel version was made from the aforementioned U.S.S. Missouri upper deck parts while the second panel version was made from various model parts which we still need to identify. Do you know what kind of parts were used on the version 2 side panels? Then please contact us at imperiousleader@byyourcommand.net.
-Hero type rifles had electrical tape wrappings
-Stunt type rifles have no electrical tape wrappings
-Sequential light electronics and sound effects are optional

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Sword

-The Command Centurions never drew their swords on screen. It is unknown if they had silver or golden blades... however speculation is they would be silver, to help reduce production time and costs.
-Short sword constructed of either golden-painted wood or golden plated plastic (an actual metal blade is of course possible, but not recommended for safety reasons)
-Matching golden plated scabbard is worn on plain black leather belt (buckle worn on the back)
-Belt attaches to scabbard via a metal bracket [Detail Photo]

Trivia:

Cylon Empire member, Galactifan, has found that the Cylon sword actually pre-dates Battlestar Galactica. It can be seen in the Lost In Space, third season episode titled "Condemned of Space" (1967). [Detail Pics: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ]