Why Empire soldiers dressing like a clown?

[SpaceBunny]

Aren't they supposedly to be in war-torn world with heavy armor soldiers to fight giant Chaos & Ork?!? WTF with all the bright color & fancy hat/ feather on theirs helmet?!?!!! Same thing can be say for the zombies, way too bright clothing.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=692157335

Thanks Sigmar there's mods that fixed the hats & make clothing less vibrant

[Recon]

You should read up on the fluff for the said faction, and maybe do some historical research as well. You might be suprised.

[DawdlingDan]

I thought the empire were a bunch of jesters.

[Wild Randy]

They are based on mind-late Holy Roman Empire provincial military style.
Google Landsnechkt - I think I spelt that right.

[SpaceBunny]

Make no sense since where did they find the time & resources to be so FANCY while war, war everywhere. Also shouldn't their clothing be covered in black smoke from theirs rifles & cannons.

[Cord Hetzer]

Originally posted by SpaceBunny:

Also shouldn't their clothing be covered in black smoke from theirs rifles & canons.

Simple answer: no. Smoke from black powder weapons just doesn't do that, not in any relevant way.

[Soka Ried]

Originally posted by Pissed off Sun:

They are based on mind-late Holy Roman Empire provincial military style.
Google Landsnechkt - I think I spelt that right.

I think you mean Landsknecht

[SpaceBunny]

Originally posted by Cord Hetzer:

Originally posted by SpaceBunny:

Also shouldn't their clothing be covered in black smoke from theirs rifles & canons.

Simple answer: no. Smoke from black powder weapons just doesn't do that, not in any relevant way.

Did you see ever civil war or wwi soldiers their clothing are greyed out from all the smoke, explosion, fire...

[Cord Hetzer]

Originally posted by SpaceBunny:

Originally posted by Cord Hetzer:

Simple answer: no. Smoke from black powder weapons just doesn't do that, not in any relevant way.

Did you see ever civil war or wwi soldiers their clothing are greyed out from all the smoke, explosion, fire...

I took part in two reenactments of the battle of Waterloo (as prussian militia, "Landwehr") with 2000+ soldiers on both sides + cannons etc., i pretty much get the picture. Sure, there's smoke everywhere, at times you don't see ♥♥♥♥ and there's the smell of sulphur in the air, but neither your clothes nor your face get black in any relevant way.
The greyed out clothes you mean come from sitting in dirt and dust for weeks without any chance of cleaning them, not the powder smoke. So yeah, you could say the units in the game are too clean in general, but that has nothing to do with powder smoke. Then the dwarfs, orcs etc. should be much more dirty, too.

[Elfgore]

Go to the workshop, there are several mods that add a lot of cosmetic flair to the empire. One gives every Empire unit a decent amount of armor and Greatswords full plate. Another mod removed those stupid hats some of them wear with actual protective helmets.

Edit: Called MEN OF THE EMPIRE. Fits what you need perfectly.

[SpaceBunny]

@Cord Hetzer Ok, I guess you're right. The reason I got that impression come from 1st hand experience too, at the end of the range I was like WTF why am I so dirty and smell terrible. But yeah probably just dirt and sulphur smell.

[Flatbuffer]

Please do not insult The Empire Of Man. Balthazar Gelt is not to be messed with.