My highest praise for the efforts of your reenactment group, but as you say it - it's a:

reconstruction of the ancient models

So why not trust this ("my") source ?

Hi Sergio ! My source for the "fuchsia-hue" is: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/bandsabaude/index1.html I like this colour very much, since my Napoleonic Neapolitan also have it on their flags. So it's not totally out of place. :wink: And it also could be a faded version of the Savoyan Crimson, couldn't i...

Reggimento Saluzzo (old uniform) and the General de Rabutin:

@Belg Your picture of the Guards Colonel's flag http://www.naran.it/wargames/bandiere/Piemonte/Piemonte_Guardie_a_piedi_a.jpg is ident with the first picture I posted http://www.silent-night-games.at/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/2-austrian-salute-2012/IMG_7981.jpg the source for the other flag: http...

Thanks for your kind words, I will forward them to Tom too.

The mastiff is - I think - from the Warlord Celt mastiff blister (one of my Savoyan Generals also has one on his base).

And I'm definitely playing wargames since the 70's - I started with Bruce Quarrie's Napoleonic rules in 1974.

Update: some pics of the French enemies - painted by my dear friend MThomas = Thomas Mang (some of you met him at the Salute 2011): http://i48.tinypic.com/259ib21.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/f4qkar.jpg http://i50.tinypic.com/ofc30g.jpg http://i49.tinypic.com/sgo9xw.jpg http://i47.tinypic.com/2iw4ndl....

I collected and painted Foundry in my earlier days, but now changed to Frontrank.
Yes, it's a matter of taste, but it's also the size.
They're easier to paint for an old half-blind guy like me.
I can still see (most) details.

Great stuff.

Unfortunately dont't fit with my Frontranks .....

You can play nearly every army aggressive ...... or defensive take the army you like best: style, uniforms/colours, prominent commanders, a certain campaign etc. pp. flick through the books and the Internet, read about their battles and generals, and then make your choice that's the way I fell in lo...

I'm searching concerning bavarian units from 1690 to 1720, but I couldn't find any prove.

I think Bavarian soldiers didn't wear oakleaves or the like on their tricornes (at any time).

Maybe you should try it here:

http://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/

I always received great help from British Museums

Anyone an idea or reliable source:

which armies wore field signs on their hats etc during campaigns or battles (for easier distinction) ?

I definitely know from the Austrians (oak-leaves).

Maybe this could be of help: The History and Topography of the County of Clare by James Frost Part III. History of the County of Clare Chapter 30. Reign of James II. and William and Mary. 1689 to 1700. Clare’s yellow dragoons sent to Ulster; The regiment acts badly at the Boyne; Letter from Lord Cla...

This plate from the VAE VICTIS homepage http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZfyXQu00hxU/SkjQMR7uBAI/AAAAAAAAAj4/xADQS18t0qY/s400/HISTO-ProvincesU0.gif shows the regiment as No.3, it's number in the army listing and that would correspond with the painted version I think, it's one of the cases where it's very u...

Nice paint job.

According to C.S.Grant's book "From Pike to Shot 1685 to 1720" this regiment had an ash grey coat with yellow lining, white stockings and white buttons.
The rest was not known (to Mr.Grant).