Thread:Sinthorion/@comment-25359794-20150718153037/@comment-27723099-20150718173043

You can't change the equipment of your hired troops, except maybe dunlendings who will pick up any armour that is better than their current armour. And you can /summon completely custom NPCs, including hired NPCS with a custom armour.

For these boxes, I recommend to look at the source code of one of the templates.