Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9058532-20130830001921/@comment-16502426-20130830031203

By my count, there are either 18 or 19 pedestals (one spot where one could be is blocked from view), and either 9 or 10 of them have gold-colored pieces. So my guess is that there are two of each color of each piece, and the reason there is less than the 24 that would normally add up to is because there happened to be less than 24 pairs.

Though it doesn't make a ton of sense why they would put pawns out there over other pieces, but then again maybe Ozpin has some significance planned for the pieces aside from simply what teams get put together.