Yea, i can see why he's a pikeman. Took me a minute cause i looked at the photo first, but now that you mentioned he was too poor to afford his own weapon, the pose makes sense.
And yes, unfortunately, the 40mm ranges are dead. They are not nearly complete, but at the time we started, our focus was so firmly fixed on our 60mm painted figures, we just decided to make what we had and call it a day. C'est la vie.
Maison Militaire won't stock the 40mm, but they will order them and import them for you. They have an open order with us now, so if you want 40mm figs just tell them what you want and they'll do the legwork. In any case, carry on with the big mini project - i want to see games played images. ;-)