HUGE Ships Hove Into View For Mantic Games’ Armada
April 15, 2021 by brennon
Mantic Games has added four new ships to their webstore for you to use in their naval Fantasy wargame, Armada. Each of the four factions to date is getting their BIG ships which can be used to turn the opposition into driftwood.
Basilean Dictator // Armada
Leading the way, we have the absolutely huge Basilean Dictator. As you can see, these ships are absolutely massive next to some of the existing vessels in the game. They are a massive sink in terms of points but you get plenty back in terms of firepower and brute force. The Dictator can also be used as the named vessel, the Hegemon’s Fury thanks to the additional card in the set.
We've seen a Human/Basilean option and that means we should move on to the Orc one next! Here comes the monstrous Orc Ripper Hulk!
Orc Ripper Hulk // Armada
As well as being designed to blow a hole in the most armoured of ships, a Ripper Hulk also does what it says on the tin. It could very easily carve its way through an enemy ship, even one of the Dwarfen ones! Much like with the Basilean ship above, the Ripper Hulk can also be built as the Maul if you prefer.
If you prefer your sailors to be undead then you can also call on the power of The Empire Of Dust. They have a new ship, the Monolith.
Empire Of Dust Monolith // Armada
Again, it's cool to see all the cannons on the deck and the oars which are churning through the sea too. I also like that they went full ostentatious with the design here. This is effectively a floating temple and I think it looks epic. This can also be made into the named ship, Shobik’s Wrath.
The last of the ships is for the mighty fleets of the Dwarfs. Here we have the Dreadnought which is going to blast its way through the puny wooden ships of their opponents.
Dwarf Dreadnought // Armada
These ships are all available in resin and come with some alternative parts which can be used to turn them into their named variants. It is very cool to see Armada getting more love from Mantic as they are the only ones really staking a claim in the Fantasy Naval Warfare genre.
One day we'll get back Uncharted Seas! Until then, I am tempted to get my hands on one of those Dwarf fleets.
Which of these big ships has caught your eye?
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RIP AND TEAR! *doom music intensifies*
Load the guns let fly the Dragons of war the games afoot.
Fabulous sets of ship’s.
Love the detail but I’m still not taken on the dwarf design but I am notoriously picky
No, you’re absolutely right, next to the other races the dwarf ships are stubby, plain, ugly, and unimpressive. I’m already hoping they get redesigned for the inevitable Armada 2E that we all know will be along in a few years.
So you’re saying it fits dwarfs and their players perfectly?
You wouldn’t happen to be an elf by any chance @poks ?
I’m not sure if he is, if he was he’d be arrogant, vain, complain endlessly and act superior (with no real reason to do so) 🙂
I’ve been really impressed by the Mantic resins for this game so far – they’ve been really fun to paint. I bought in on orcs but that Empire of Dust fleet is really tempting for building a second force… but the Twilight Kin they announced last week is too good to pass up. Very happy to see them supporting the game with releases so well. Given it only launched back in November, there’s plenty of fun stuff in the range
I think games need more than 2 factions to be viable systems, so in a way the game needed the additional factions anyway.
What is nice is that all of them appear to have something unique.
Totally agree. 4 factions within the first four months even given Covid was better than I was expecting (maybe I just set my bar too low). Now we know there will be two more by the first year anniversary and an expansion that introduces fliers. Like you say, they look different (and hopefully feel but haven’t been able to play properly obviously).
Faction 5, the Twilight kin, (Naughty elves) is due out mid year
I guess eventually Armada will feature all Kings of War faction.
I do wonder if that makes sense for every one of them, because I kind of doubt they all have need for a navy within their respective realms.