>>11175885I could see having a dozen or so of them, as a special guard, kind of thing Like the Guards of the Fountain Court of Minis Tirith. But yeah it is stupid to have them on every single solider.
That said, army builders never seem to worry about such things as logic, or reason, or if something make sense. Just as long as there are a shit load of, preferably expensive, minifigs on a baseplate.