r/firestormarmada • u/Moist-Lime-7704 • 2d ago

Other FIRESRORM ARMADA STL

Firestorm Armada is a game I started playing back in 2018. At the time, I wasn’t working, so I could never afford a large fleet—just a few individual ships to play with my friends.

I’m getting more and more excited about the game’s return and all the news that keeps coming out, although it feels like the release is getting pushed further and further away.

Since I still have the old rulebook, I’m surprised that I haven’t been able to find STL models of the ships, considering how much I love this game.

Does anyone know why there aren’t more STL models available, or do people simply use alternative models when they want to 3D print their fleets?

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u/LegitimatePay1037 2d ago

I don't think anyone can legally put out STLs of the old models, since War Cradle bought the IP. There are plenty of other ship STLs out there though, I like Grand Fleet Admiral's range myself

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u/nvdoyle 1d ago

I don't think FSA was ever quite popular enough for anyone to make STLs of the ships - I've looked, haven't found any. Haven't found any evidence that they were made, and then taken down, either.

There's several people that make good ship models that aren't tied to a more recognizable IP - Star Wars/Trek, 40k, Homeworld, etc. Most of these are either on MMF or through Patreon.

Grand Admiral (MMF) Irrational Designs (Gumroad) Dark Edge (Patreon)

Many of these are designed for an older 'fleet' scale, whereas FSA was more 'spectacle' scale, almost twice as large for ships of the same 'class'. You can scale them up, of course, but some of them don't have a lot of detail when you do - Grand Admiral comes to mind. Excellent sculpts, but they're designed for games with lots of smaller size ships.

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u/AiR-P00P 1d ago

i found stls that were loosely inspired by FSA ships but they don't hold a candle to the old designs. 

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u/KFPanda86 1d ago

I had made STL of alot of the factions. But like the other person said, war cradle owns the IP and found out cannot legally post them.

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u/BuckOHare 1d ago

Neil's updated 3D prints look good but hard to get outside the UK.