I have slowly started to build a Nordland army and am trying to find info about them. I have read some internet stuff and am a bit divided in regards with army list to use. The Empire list or the Cult of Ulric one. Warhammer armies project has both.
If you want to follow 'canon', you have to choose your 'canon'. Is WAP 'canon'? Are the WRP background books 'canon'?
IMHO, the Warhammer Empire background published by GW between 1987 and 2012 leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Which is good.
I will be an amphibious force and at the moment I have started with a unit huntsmen and one with halberds. But is norscan style mercs part of the fluff?
I remember reading they could be. But I'm almost sure that wasn't from GW.
I am considering using some Oathmark humans as militia but would that be going too far from the Empire style to be in line with the fluff?
I'd say they fit very well! You could use some extra heads and puffed-up arms from Empire kits (or 3d prints), if you like to emphasize the Empire/Landsknecht look. Just remember that the 7th ed State Troops had a distinctly more Gothic look compared to the 4th-6th ed Empire troopers. So to a degree the Empire has 'officially' taken a step away from the completely puffed and slashed Landsknecht-look.
-Z