The Empire State Troops, valiant soldiers in gleaming plate mail, stand tall with pikes and shields. The reason you may think standard troopers wore puffed sleeves is probably because landsknecht regiments were comprised of pikemen, halberdiers and handgunners too. Now, the variety is what I like most, even if it is not the best pose or dressed the way I would like.

They are one of relatively few bands that I know of, whose recordings are proof that they are of an embarrassingly rare breed of great live bands. State Regiments are mostly infantry, and may be equipped in a variety of different ways with different types of armour and weapons. It is exactly like a woman of mediocre looks drawing your gaze away from unadorned real beauties with her inhumanly red lips and weird blue eyelids. Otto approves this action as he loves to be around gunners, being himself a Hochland Long Rifle hefting gun nut.There may be some among the GW fanboys who are utterly mystified how I could find any non-GW product superior to a GW product in any respect. If you want to find out more about the advantages and disadvantages of using miniatures from alternative manufactures for Warhammer Fantasy Battles, see my guide here. The provincial State Troop armies are commanded by the Elector Count, while in the case of city-states the responsibility goes to the Burgomeisters. I have never expirienced old school stuff because I've only been in the hobby 4 years but personally I think the new figures look better. There are exceptions to this, of course, such as the Carroburg Greatswords (an infamously hard-bitten regiment who wear blood red uniforms despite hailing from the Reikland) [1a] [3a], the Death's Heads of the Ostermark [1a] [3a], the Scarlet Guard of Stirland [1a] [3a], or the Hochland Blackshields.

Consequently there is a high degree of overlap in terms of looks, armour and armaments for the two kits. They care about compliance with the laws and in times of war they are the main forces of the Empire. I am aware of all this, but when you said elites I thought you excluded all common soldiers, hence my comment.These heads look big even on heroic torsos so they will only look still bigger on more realistic bodies. Just like any other body of troops, a regiment can fight as a totally independent unit under the command of its own leader, but the Empire troops are also trained to fight in a slightly different way. I run swordsmen 5x6 and a 50-man halberd horde 10x5, with a priest in the halberds carrying a stubborn crown. The short of it is Halberdiers are better the wider their formation is – and only against opponents that aren’t going to decimate you before you get to attack. This box set of multi-part Empire State Troops have the ability to be assembled with spears, halberds or swords.