Okay, I admit, I'm a huge fan of the Hold Guard Armour, especially the colour schemes, OMG awesome, but I was wondering, is there a way to obtain it without looting it from a corpse or stealing it?
I'd just like to mention as well, I included both killing and coming across dead guards as looting from the corpse.
Best Answer
No. The only way to get most of the hold guards armors is by killing them, or stealing from them with the Perfect Touch perk.
Or you could just get an npc to come and murder them for you :P
There are a few armors you can get other ways.
List of hold specific armor
For completion sake this list contains not only the armors but also the shields and helmets.
Also, Adrianne Avenicci in Whiterun and Lucan Valerius in Riverwood sell only the Whiterun Guard's Armor.
Stormcloak armour is different though as they don't wear 'Stormcloak boots' they wear fur ones.
The stormcloak armour ID's are below:
Hide Helmet - 00013913
Scaled Helmet - 0001B3A1
Stormcloak Helmet - 000A6D79
Stormcloak Cuirass - 000A6D7B
Fur Gauntlets - 000A6D7D
Fur Boots - 000A6D7F
Hold armor list
And the Eastmarch Guard Helmet cannot be acquired at all without console spawning.
The Eastmarch helmets ID: 0010559d
Console spawning
If on a PC, you could spawn in the armour or maybe there is a mod to allow you to do so.
To find ID's to spawn in armour on a PC, click here. Hold Guard Armor from Elder Scrolls Wikia.
Then click your wanted armour set, look for the armour and under the picture is an ID.
Hope this helped.