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I'm attempting to create an Empire Army involving a lot of state troops, however, I would like to save as much money in the process as possible. Are there are any 3rd party models in the heroic scale that could stand in for swordsmen, halberdiers and spearmen that I could purchase in large packs (10 or more models to a pack)? Thanks!

They're not heroic scale, but warlord's Pike and shotte range is nearly the same as state trooper.

Heroic I have no idea.

I would look at these two possibilities from Perry in plastic, very good miniatures and excellent value for money. Have seen them used in several empire armies

https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=2471&osCsid=m65ot86sefk4mrd84rhvrspem1

https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=2490&osCsid=m65ot86sefk4mrd84rhvrspem1

Or maybe the warlord pike and shotte stuff

http://store.warlordgames.com/collections/thirty-years-war-1618-1648

 Salad_Fingers wrote:
I would look at these two possibilities from Perry in plastic, very good miniatures and excellent value for money. Have seen them used in several empire armies

https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=2471&osCsid=m65ot86sefk4mrd84rhvrspem1

https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=2490&osCsid=m65ot86sefk4mrd84rhvrspem1

Or maybe the warlord pike and shotte stuff

http://store.warlordgames.com/collections/thirty-years-war-1618-1648

Those are good miniatures, but he was looking for heroic not true scale.

If they're true scale but in their own units wouldn't they work? Especially since they have their own command section.

Artizan has ones with proportions that might be better:

http://www.artizandesigns.com/prod.php?prod=1748


http://www.artizandesigns.com/list.php?man=20&cat=137&page=1

Useful forum for some comparison pictures, worth reading through the whole post

http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=6724.75

I also think its useful to remember when dealing with scale that people come in different shapes and sizes, one of the reasons i quite like mixing different companies miniatures at times