Let's discuss...UNIFORMS!!!

[Trax]

Since the colours of the different nations uniforms were , well, not very uniform during most of this century, I think CA will , like in previous games, assign a colour to a nation and have that as the base of it's uniforms.

England will be red, French White/Blue, Austria White/Red, Prussia Black, Russia Green, Spain will get something off yellow perhaps, the Americans blue, etc.

Edit - and then someone comes in with a realims mods and gives units better and more individual skins.

And then they will run out of colours due to the 50+ factions thingy and someone will end up with some perverted tone of pink.

[Darsh]

http://pfef.free.fr/Page_Principale.htm

a good site about French uniforms during 18th century

[Yoram777]

Scotland



Schotten Halkett 1753 / Schotten Gordon 1757 / Schotten Dundas 1786


(Names are in dutch and they are possibly Scottish regiments of the Dutch army)

[Yoram777]

Switzerland

Zwitsers Schmidt 1771




Zwitserse Gardes 1752 Sapeur / Tamboer


Zwitsers May 1787


(names are in dutch and they are possibly Swiss regiments of the Dutch army)

[Trax]

Are those Swiss and Scottish regiments of the Dutch army?

[Yoram777]

Are those Swiss and Scottish regiments of the Dutch army?

There is a very good chance you’re right, but all I know for sure is that they are Scottish and Swiss and that they were once in the Netherlands.

[Hohenstaufen]

Swiss soldiers were in many armies throughout europe as merceneries, am I right?

[PooFoo]

Spain (no one has done them I think):

[KLAssurbanipal]

all Units which You posted Guys are frem XVIII century. It is correctly.
but units posted by Viriatus are not ETW period. They are late Napoleonic ERa.
I have 200 hundred pics with XVIII cen uniforms.
Tomorrow I will posted some of them.

Polish Grenadier and Officer:



French Artillery:


Hessen grenadiers:
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/2...ibgardecm1.jpg
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9839/hesi01mm8.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/535/hesi02hm3.jpg

French grenadiers:


French line:


Gardes Francaises


Spain:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2...wieku01qp1.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/517...wieku02cc3.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3...wieku03zn3.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/864...wieku04cg1.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9...wieku05vr2.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7...wieku06rc2.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8...wieku08yh9.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5...wieku09ks0.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3...wieku10bq4.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5...wieku11ss9.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6...wieku12yl5.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2...wieku13ci2.jpg

Hey, I've just removed the image tags like I did in the OP, just so it doesn't get too image heavy. ~ Scorch

[Yoram777]

A Spanish uniform + - 1790

[schoenkoenig]

I really hope they don't go the route of having a "national colour."

What seems better, IMHO, is to give every unit a command with their colours displayed prominently. The Habsburg flag is very distinguishable from the French Flag, just to list a case where primary infantry colour would be the same.

Besides, even if you get a bit confused, you can only select your own units, and can't attack your own, so it's no big deal?

But yes, I really do hope they sharpy divide the period into a pre-Napoleonic and post-Napoleonic period, because the uniform changes were quite significant. Additionally, I really hope they have a variety of infantry units available, to bring in some of the diversity, most especially for cavalry. Perhaps they could even implement random (well, chosen from a list) colours for infantry facings to distinguish regiments on the battlefield? I think it'd do wonders to have something like that.

[HorseArcher]

I really hope they don't go the route of having a "national colour."

They will.

[Mellons]

Im hoping they dont follow the previous TW games colour. This era wasnt melee combat heavy as the others and should be easier to track with units kept in lines trading fire apart from each other. Plus having 50 factions would be a eye sore to see. Imagine (purple, mauve, puce) ick.

[snuggans]

whats the name of the hat that the GB 17th light dragoon regiment wears?
really geeking out about them, liked seeing them in The Patriot.

[Scorch]

Just a quick note, please do not post too many pictures in one post, as the thread will become too image heavy. A few is alright, but if there are many, please include them as links. Also, direct scans of books and other copyright material is not allowed. Thanks.

[Antiochus]

The best uniforms have France, Prussia and Russia, I think.
I don't like British uniforms!

[imchotek]

French pikeman:

[KLAssurbanipal]

And what about the Portuguese army? Which by the way was integrated at that particular moment in the English army? See this thread for the best Portuguese unit at that time

http://www.napoleon-series.org/milit...cacadores.html

or this for some insight in the Portuguese army under British rule

http://www.napoleon-series.org/milit...ueseranks.html

Nice uniforms, but this is Late Napoleonic Era (1807-1815), so it's not Empire TW period.


Gabriel A, Prussia should be blue with red, not black

[Gabriel A]

Nice uniforms, but this is Late Napoleonic Era (1807-1815), so it's not Empire TW period.


Gabriel A, Prussia should be blue with red, not black

I didn't say what it should be.

I wrote what I believed CA would do.

http://s1.directupload.net/images/070825/8r8GCGTf.jpg

[Orko]

Prusssia should be dark purple