Hi Texas Gamer,
I too am new to the period, and I too have gone with Front Rank Miniatures to build my Marlburian British army.I then decided on a particular battle of the period, that being "Blenheim" as this is well documented.I purchased Iain Stanford's book "Marlborough Goes to War" which gives a good and reliable account of the battle and a well researched Order of Battle for the British/Allied and the French/Bavarian forces.I then purchased Robert Hall's colour plates on most of the British uniforms of the regiments that took part at Blenheim.These are both available on the Pike and Shot Society website.
As at Waterloo the British contingent at Blenheim was only a small percentage of the British/Allied army with there only being 14 battalions of infantry and 13 squadrons of cavalry.This being a small enough force for me to start off with and happy with
On the subject of using Front Rank Miniatures, I've discovered two thing's you may want to think about..........
A) There 28mm in size and the only other manufacturer that fits in with them is Reiver Castings.Foundry Miniatures are smaller being 25mm.
If like me you like a variety of poses in your figures then this could be a problem.
B) Although nicely sculpted the Marlburian British infantry are wearing "gaiter's" which is wrong for the period and they should be in stockings as with their French, Austrian and Dutch figures.
As for basing them for BLB, I have decided on 18 figures for each battalion and not bothering with the Pike base that some people are now saying were still in use at Blenheim.
For the Left Flank base 6 Line Musketeers in two ranks of three
For the Right Flank base again 4 Line Musketeers with the inclusion of 2 Fusiliers as Line Grenadiers on the extream right and front rank
For the command base in the centre I'm basing the officer in the front centre flanked by two drummers and in the second rank a musketeer behind the officer and this time flanked by two standard bearers/ensigns carrying the colonel's flag and regimental flag.
If it is the British army your thinking of building you may like to read the posts on my Tread "Blenheim OOB" some information may help.
Hope this helps...............Ray.