Hi all,

Just put in my first order with Mersey Wargames for some Seven Years War bits. I’m planning on using Black Powder for the ruleset, but adapting it for 6mm scale.

I’m curious how others on here handle Black Powder units in 6mm:

On the Workbench – Austrian Army 26th Mar 2026

On the Workbench – Prussian Army 26th Mar 2026

On the Workbench – Bits & Bobs 28th Mar 2026

On the Workbench – Baccus Reinforcements 28th Mar 2026

Cheers Andy

Before you go for the old trope of "Hungarian" colours and "German" colours I suggest you go to the superb Kronoskaf SYW site and look up the Austrian army. You will see the situation is a bit more complicated! 

I don't play SYW or Black Powder very much, but I do play WSS and Napoleonics. My figures are based like yours in the picture, so when I am playing with rules which require physical formation changes, I typically use single figures based on round or arrow bases to indicate by position which formation a base is in, if that is necessary. Occasionally, if the battle is small, I use multiple bases for a unit - two bases typically works fine.

I think it is worth looking at this blog for a gamer who plays Napoleonics with General de Brigade (which uses somewhat similar concepts for formation) and this blog for a variety of troops for Black Powder itself, for approaches using a smaller number of figures on smaller bases..