NEW 19th century Naval flags

Today I'm releasing three new, long due naval flags sets, that were ready at the time of retiring from active work but hadn't been released yet.

All three correspond to 19^th century Navies; while the Japanese one can be used for any naval setting between 1870 and the end of WWII, the other two are specific to a couple of Italian states during the Napoleonic Wars period.

Out of these two, the first one corresponds to Sicily, where the king of Naples sought refuge after the French invasion. The traditional ensign and flags of the autonomous kingdom of Sicily were reformed to reflect the Bourbon dynasty irredentist claim on Naples. On the other hand, the French rule over Naples produced an entirely new set of flags with a white-and-red checkered fringe around a light blue field.

All them are already available for purchase in my eBay shop.

NEW! WSS Catalan Infantry flags booklet

I have taken advantage of my recently endeavoured task of reviewing WSS painting guides, for also to resume a few past projects that had been left hanging following the closure of Minairons.eu.

Among these pending projects is a a new, freely downloadable PDF document —this time dedicated to specifically Catalan military flags during the War of the Spanish Succession. As usual, this new booklet is already available for download on our Free Stuff page, or directly right here by just clicking on any of the twoe images in this thread.

I truly hope it’s to your liking; please be sure to let me know once you’ve had a look through it!

But I also took the opportunity to finish a good number of new DIN A7 sheets of flags —covering the Age of Sail, the Spanish Civil War, and even the War of the Spanish Succession, in the scales typically used to date. I'm planning to start bringing them to market very soon —in about ten or twelve days. I will make the appropriate announcements here on this blog, and they will be available for purchase in my eBay shop.

Stay tuned!

GSD229 Rubí's IR painting guide, reviewed

Today, I consider my general review of the WSS Austrophile regiments painting guides be complete, after checking the last one I had published so far, which is the regiment the Marquis of Rubí --after being appointed Viceroy of Majorca by Charles III-- hurriedly raised in 1713 to reinforce Majorcan defenses, while inside a Barcelona city that was already under siege...

I have found no fundamental discrepancies with Boeri, Hernàndez & Riart's encyclopedic work, but just a couple of side notes worth to be added. Despite one of such notes concerns the regimental flag I have already published under codes 15GSC229, 20GSC229 and 28GSC229, I have considered that no changes were deemed necessary yet --let scholars debate before!

Therefore, I have already made available an updated v1 version of this particular painting guide (GSD229), that can be freely downloaded from our Free Stuff page, or directly right here by just clicking on the image above.

Announcement in advance: I am currently awaiting the chance to acquire a new book on the matter, hopefully allowing me to check my current list of Two Crowns Spanish Infantry guides too --a task I'm going to start by mid-November, most likely. Besides, the substantial increase of my library on this matter will help me design and publish new flag sheets and guides of both sides --something hopefully happening next month too.

GSD211 Saragossa/Alcaudete IR painting guide, redone

Keeping up with my WSS Austrophile regiments guides review, today it's been the turn for the GSD211 Saragossa City one (a regiment better known perhaps as Alcaudete), whose v1 version was admittedly fragmentary and incomplete. Thanks to the latest work by Boeri, Hernàndez & Riart I have now been able to thoroughly review this unit history and uniformology from its creation to its ultimate withdrawal to Italy, and beyond.

Therefore, I have already made available an updated v2 version of this particular painting guide (GSD211), that can be freely downloaded from our Free Stuff page (or you can download it right here, by just clicking on the image above).

No amendments are needed to our flag sheets xxGSC211.

GSD210 Alacant/Richardi IR painting guide, reviewed

I have just checked my GSD210 Alacant/Richardi infantry regiment painting guide against the latest work on this subject by Boeri, Hernàndez & Riart. Thankfully, most of my compilations were correct, having to mend just a few details such as the grenadier cap style.

I'm happy to let you know it is already available an updated v2 version of this particular painting guide (GSD210), that can be freely downloaded from our Free Stuff page (or you can download them right here, by just clicking on the image above).

Besides, no amendments are needed to our flag sheets xxGSC210.

GSD204 & GSD205 Valencian regiments guides, redone

While reviewing the newest informations about the Austrophile regiments of Valencia (both City's and Kingdom's), for if something in my own painting guides had to be mended or completed, I have noted with dismay these were in flagrant contradiction with the pre-existing source I had based my own work on. Plainly, while my former source assigned blue coats to the Valencia City regiment and green coats to the Valencia Kingdom regiment, this new encyclopedic research I'm currently reviewing does exactly the opposite --even specifying the precise shade of green used!

After some hard thought and a side verification with a couple of additional sources, in the end I've chosen to give credit to the far more comprehensive work of Boeri, Hernàndez & Riart, even if this meant having to redo the affected painting guides from start to finish. As hastily as I've been able to, here you have ready for free download the painting guides GSD204 City of Valencia I.R. and GSD205 Kingdom of Valencia I.R. at our Free Stuff page (or you can download them right here, by just clicking on their respective image).

No corrections are compulsory to our flag sheets xxGSC204 or xxGSC205 after this review, apparently.

GSD203 Queen's Own I.R. painting guide, updated

I have just completed my review of the GSD203 Queen's Own infantry regiment painting guide, following the revealings given in the latest paper on this subject. I have found no mistakes in it, thankfully; but I've found instead a lot of supplementary information allowing me to give a more complete picture on this particular unit uniformology and history, until its ultimate reformation in Milan after the 1713 withdrawal.

Therefore, I'm glad to let you know to have already updated and uploaded a new v2 version of Queen's Own I.R. painting guide (GSD203), which is available for free download at our Free Stuff page.

No amendments are necessary to our flag sheets 10GSC201, 15GSC203, 20GSC203 or 28GSC203, either.

GSD202 Ahumada I.R. painting guide, updated

There are major changes in my painting guide for the Ahumada infantry regiment, after reviewing the latest research that Boeri, Hernàndez & Riart published in recent dates. The only information I had at hand so far was that one given by Kühn and Hall referred to this regiment's uniform and equipment in 1716, once that unit had been withdrawn from Spain to be redeployed in Naples, and later Hungary.

Now their whole uniformity history is fully known since at least 1705, and this knowledge may deliver you a few surprises! This is why I have just updated and uploaded a new v3 version of Ahumada I.R. painting guide (GSD202), which is already available for free download at our Free Stuff page.

No amendments seem necessary to our flag sheets 10GSC201, 15GSC202, 20GSC202 or 28GSC202, thankfully.