Sam's Blog: How to Draw Storm Troopers

Storm troopers are fictional elite soldiers of the Galactic Empire from the movie series Star Wars. A popular character for cosplay, collectors and fans, they're also a fascinating drawing subject!

Edit Steps

Draw two lines and one rectangle.
Draw two lines and one rectangle. This forms the basic guideline for the height of the body and placement of the head.
Draw one arm top and one leg beginning.
Draw one arm top and one leg beginning. For the top of the arm, draw one oval shape as shown. For the leg top, draw a slanted rectangle as shown.
Draw the torso.
Draw the torso. Draw another slanted rectangular shape, positioned as shown by the red lines.
Add in the other top of an arm and top of a leg.
Add in the other top of an arm and top of a leg. As before, draw one oval for the arm top and a slanted rectangle, as shown, for the leg top.
Draw in the base of the legs.
Draw in the base of the legs. Draw two rectangles as pictured.
Complete the missing joins.
Complete the missing joins. As shown here, there are a number of additions needing to drawn in:
- Draw ovals for the helmet features;
- Draw ovals for the hands/ends of arms;
- Draw a triangle to join the body and legs;
- Draw in a knee and two feet or end of legs.
Fill in the various details as shown in this image.
Fill in the various details as shown in this image. Create more shape and flow by rounding out some of the leg and arm lines.
Outline the drawing so that the proper image of the storm trooper is revealed.
Outline the drawing so that the proper image of the storm trooper is revealed. Erase the lines that are not of use anymore.
Color in the storm trooper.
Color in the storm trooper. Use black color only for the coloring of the image and leave the white background of the paper to bring out the usual white of the storm trooper's outfit.
- Use shading techniques as shown, to give a sense of depth and light interplay.