For my Normans in Italy project I also wanted a unit of Swabians. I read somewhere that they used "hand and a half swords" sometimes one handed with a shield and sometimes with two hands, so I wanted something that didn't look too crazy one handed. For the base figure I used some Gripping Beast Anglo Danes as I liked the different look to my Victrix Normans. After rummaging through my bits box I came across GW Empire City troops sword arms. The swords were larger than the normal swords on the Normans as GW tends to run a bit larger. I just sliced off the hand and sword, cut off the metal hand, and glued the sword hand on. I'll post some pictures of them when I get back home on Tuesday. Hope this helps.