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Some kind of robot race.
From the forest moon of Endor “A band of small cuddly bear like creatures”
Its obviously fishmen.
The denials are such a blatant double deception , it cannot be anything else.
Unless its Marines in Spaaaaace! , obviously.
Awful spider-looking intergalactic tax inspectors. In Spaaaaaace! (had to be done)
Since we are “speculating”, I wonder if the shadow faction will be Canis based or in other words Dog Soldiers. It would be pretty cool since I haven’t seen it done before.
JAWAs!!?
Its definitely an army of Darrel clones, could you imagine the horror? Thats the real reason Mantic dont talk about them!
space ants. i’d buy them
It’s a man in black army. nobody talks about them. falsh what was I talking about o yes some dolar flare reflecting of swamp gas.
evil demon mutant super zombies (or fishmen) in spaaaaaaaccccccccccceeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
You don’t talk about it the 8th race? then it has to be an army of MACBETHS!
SPACE PIRATES! Or…. SPACE NINJAS!
Thundercats, silverhawks, or tigersharks (clones anyway)
maybe terminators?
as a fan of B5- it would have to be the shadows and minions…so…..
Octpus headed aliens with cloaking devices and a mean line in black ops
ps also it means its sorta like fishmen
pps if i can have 2= deep one style dudes
Legions of they Abyss.
@nogginthenog Agreed it’s either gonna be Marines or a robot race (Necrons).
Its obviously a young race of recently mutated rats that managed to follow mankind into space! looking forward to the cheese! 😛
A cybernetic variant of the Mantic Games staff.
You’re all wrong. It’s the Mysterons. They’ll come with a special torch so you can do the circle thing on your opponent’s models, and a comprehensive video guide for doing the overacting…
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This is the voice of the Mysterons…
Pure, natural evil. The opposite of order. Nature’s anarchy. Demons? 😉
Or maybe, an offshoot of humanity that has been lost for years and has only just been refound. Not part of the Corporation, not part of the Rebels and mostly naive about the universe.
Or another alien race, ultra militarised, like the Kree from Marvel.
SPACE RATS!!!
They must be some kind of horrible gribbly alien monsters if we don’t talk about them. Maybe they’re drawn to their own name, like a type of psychic beacon inviting them to come and slither or skitter or crawl into the homes of those who do and lay eggs in their brains while they sleep.
That’s weird. Words die if you stick them in chevrons. Ooo.
It’s important in my comment above as it had an important stage direction without which the final line doesn’t sound right (in the voices in my head):
“turn up Pompous to FULL!”
Space dinosaurs
Beast Masters…in space. A race which come from a dangerous home world teeming with creatures of death, from small insect like swarms to massive mammoth style beasts of war (no pun intended), snarling many legged attack millipedes and 30ft tall (8inch) tusked carnivorous hulks of rage, all controlled by a weak but highly intelligent race. Or fishmen I suppose.
Some sort of short, ball-like fungus with massive teeth and stubby little legs that lives in caves. And also in space. In space caves.
Dragon-men who have wings and use large bladed weapons, like axes, who have been dormant for hundreds of years but the dwarves Waring has awoken they’re slumber causing them to rise up to rule the land and the sky and all in their way shall burn XD
i belive this would be awsome for a small numbered but hugely powerful force.
Name a Race after Darrel (Dar-rels). They could be one of the Elder races. The Hero can ride around the battle field in a wheel chair wearing an adult diaper.
a race of shape changers could be fun 😉
Gotta be Space Hobbits!
Hey Warren you looks like you had lost weight!
It is very clear!
The eight race will be beautiful female half naked Amazon Warriors. 😉
You Sir have made my Day lol 😉
Pirate Ninjas. Can’t beat ’em Join ’em.
Last time we asked about the 8th race some honch in a cushy office at Mantic on Earth says “Go look at a grid reference”. We look. They don’t say why and I don’t ask. I don’t ask because it takes two weeks to get an answer out here. And the answer is always “Don’t ask about the 8th race”…
I say we nuke the 8th race from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
But there is no way to nuke them from orbit.
Because they don’t live in a physical place,they don’t have a planet for them, they aren’t a material race
they come from our mind.
While they expanded upon their power, the Corporation found this planet,with rich resources, there lived a Amphibious Race, using strange technology. the Humans tried to convince to “join” them, the Race didn’t accept it, so as usual they deployed the Legions Wrath upon the planet.
it was a massacre, the Amphibious Race simply couldn’t handle the sheer power of the Humans Arms and Armours.
While the Corporation looted the planet, they found strange aquatic temples, on the native language warning to not disrespect this Planet Soil.
“Bunch of Gibberish” they thought, and continue to loot on the whole planet and soon, the beautiful forest were destroyed and the where it was the immense ocean now it’s pure desert.
The Corporation left the barren wasteland in search for more resources, and then they quickly begun to forget the existence of that planet.
but something was happening. everyday a soldier would complain about heavy headaches, nightmares talking about Monsters with tentacles hunting them, calling their names & the names of their families & Lovers. But the command just ignored this
“Bunch of Gibberish” they said.
So life continued as usual, the Corporation continued to expand, but it was clear that something was wrong, until that fated day.
Nobody knew what happened, one day suddenly a entire Legion was destroyed by something, but there was no corpse of this thing, no photos, nothing.
the only thing they knew it was the records of the General of the Legion, saying that their men were being hunter by something with tentacles on their dreams, and according to them, they’re were losing the race.
“DreamHunters” it’s what the General called them.
But you know what?
This is a Bunch of Gibberish
every human know that there is no 8th Race, hahaha
Just A Bunch of Gibberish
Right?
Rabid Space Pandas who have enslaved kaolas as minions
Dragons in Space, they could all have both ranged and melee attacks, ranged being breath attacks also, they could be different elements to do different affects with the breath attacks. For vehicles and the like, they could just be bigger dragons. As for there space ships, they could be giant eggs and crash on the planet to invade.
Space Spartans or
Cosmic Chavs, complete with Burbury caps 🙂
Space Jellyfish.
Race 8. Mysterious, infinite in number, dark in character. I speculate that the 8 will be a race of infinite years and experiences, lords of time and masters of realities, suiting this war-wrought future to their will. They will keep themselves cloaked in a perpetual pall of shadow and their forms a secret until the time deemed right for the inhabitants of the universe to know their true masters, at which point the 8 will throw back the darkness and eclipse even the forgefathers in their mastery of technology and overwhelming firepower.
They are the manipulators, and the universe trembles from their cold laughter.
I’ll have a pint of what he’s having! 😀
me? why thank you sir!
Transformers or Reapers (from ME) or some sort of Guardians of the Galaxy like Galactus’ heralds… Imagine an army of sliver surfers WIN.
But it’s probably going to be something like the geth from mass effect, created by the space elves and brought about their downfall from being in supreme galactic control (seeing as there are no dark eldar), or would the space zombies fit that bill….
Space monks/Jedi? keepers of the peace/ordo xenus created by the old ones… space lizardmen with lightsabres…
The 8th race will be “Alien”-Style or like the really cool “Shadows” in Babylon 5. In fact, i hope it will be!
Some kind of mutant cockroach owepowered, survivors of a planet destroyed by nuclear war
Some kind of colorful, innocent looking slugs. Which are able to interface with other races via harpoon like nervebundles, thus controlling the victim. So you would have an army containing soldiers from the seven other races.
So as an advice: alwasy carry some salt with you!
I’ll echo a previous guess: space rats
My guess is that the 8th Race is some sort of an Elder race, Perhaps a Lovecraftian race of Space Horrors or an advanced civilization like the Xel´naga.
Mantis warriors! They will bite heads off and suck out innards! They will be lightning quick and use crystal based weapons.
I am going to say SPACE DRUIDS!! Madness I hear you say but please… let me show you!
They wonder around space being all druidy and pagany with their beards and staffs and putting spells and destroying all unbelievers of the Oak and betrayers of nature. There is a dark secret known only by these Space Druids. Legend has it that Ye Olde Oak was a tree from which all life stems but in these dark days of war and technology the olden ways have been forgotten and nature is dissapointed in its creations for abandoning it and letting it perish for “scientific advancement”. However all is not lost…through the correct rituals and sacrificing of many a virgin combined with a deadly concoction of herbs, spices and a few too many ciders these Space Druids have once again found a way to connect to the Ye Olde Oak. Before unlocking the secrets of the Oak they were a simple people, a tribal people not with the power to influence the world around them. This all changed when they unlocked the secret, nature itself has given them the power to spread across the stars in what can only be described as organic tree trunk like ships using only psychic energy and physical strength to over power non-believers. The true strength lies in the ability to transform their bodies into giant bipedial wolf like creatures allowing them to overpower many enemies…these super soldiers can be buffed up by the older more psychic beardier druids, Darrel for example. Yes its true in a firefight they are not so great and have very little armour to speak of but I guess when you have nature itself on your side…staying dead is something easier said than done!!
Hope you think they sound cool…I know I would find them interesting in a game revolved around shooting and heavy armour…would definately add a new dimension to the game!!
The 8th Race should be an alien race of space vikings that are constantly on the move, finding more worlds to settle. They have an insatiable thirst for battle, and they ride dinosaurs and pterodactyls into combat. Also, bears. Space bears. It would be an epic sight. The only problem is that it would be hard to balance them within the game because, lets face it, who could beat that. I don’t even think the Forge Fathers could stand up.
I’m thinking some sort of cross between the Inquisition and UNIT from the DrWho-verse, so a sort of shadow organisation that manipulates and judges everyone else and has access to it’s own cadre of highly elite armed forces for when mere manipulation isn’t enough.
It’s the Rocerus race, including such notable subspecies as Sharkarocerus, Crocarocerus, Taurarocerus. It will follow the dark tactical acumen by the shadowy Darr’el Dacheesarocerus.
All under the maniacal leadership of the Grand Poobahrocerus, Warren, who’s sole purpose is to let his minions conquer the galaxy in the name of his his chruch “Beer and Grand Narrative”.
Badgers. Space Badgers, along with Space Hamsters.
And Ronnie will get us to do the Models 😉
The 8th Race will be an Evil Corporation, who are highly creative and highly strung, they will be trying to defend a broken empire that has lost its soul and will wield mighty IPH’s to try and smash their foes, before setting their lecherous hordes of Administratum Legalis Juniors firing their CDG’s at all who might listen.
In the end though we’ll probably just smash em in the face with a BFG 😉
A new breed of robot killingmachines with the name Cybertrons or something similar.
The Eighth Race will be….the REAL beasts of war……
A four wheeled vehicle, it’s upper half a psychotic clawed maniac with grey hair
A Titanic monster….part human….part rhino….part shark….all terrifying…
A lean figure on the field…casting a baleful eye….he has the “Brush with Death” attack that removes all unpainted models in an instant.
All this and more….but wait….what about troops….who needs them…..behind these powerful characters are legions of generals all surgically melded to armchairs and ready to take the fight to everyone else out there….
some kind of crystal life form (instead of robots) . with Diamond blades, and light focus Lazer weapons. They travel to planets and consume natural resources to sustain and increase there race( like Rock candy)
Evil Space Habbits that seize planets…..to grow more potato’s in spaaaaaaccccceee!
Army structure;
Mech Suits-Tra’ors that tranform to hunt heratics….That hate potatoes.
Main weapon-Spud Gun, automatic chip-a-gripper.
Secret Weapon-Their hairy feet and The Milky Mash!
Hahahaha
After learning Frodo destroyed the ring, it sent the Hobbits mad! Sam lead the rebellion army due to Frodo leaving him (Yes Sam loved Frodo lol) After exploring space (Cause they hated middle earth-they were size-ism-That’s why the Dwarfs left, now the Forge Fathers) they found out they could make lots of money of selling Potato’s to Lepachauns. After making more money they made millions, advanced their technology and invaded Middle-Earth. And realised they could grow potatoes on the whole land. And so they conquered many more planets to grow more potatoes!…Oh they’ve really pimped them selfs out with golden rings lol
Normally I’d be speculating it’s some kind of machine race, or even a cyborg kind of race made up of various “other” races…which would be pretty cool, actually (especially if they are monstrous and non-human in nature)! However, I’m thinking Mantic is gonna try something new and different this time. They generally have been sticking with armies that are similar to other well known tabletop games, but I think this race will stand them apart from all the others. Perhaps a race formed of dark energy and twisted technology, using psychic powers to destroy and enslave it’s foes. This race could be coming from outside the known galaxy of Warpath, looking for new opportunities of conquest.
No one talks about the 8th race because it’s child abuse.
Having just done a 3 hour mini course for work on that subject I didnt find this funny…however last week I might have done
Reminds me of that Denzel Washington movie, where he’s trying to kill that demon, who only trys to kill him because he reseraches it. The demon can jump from body to body. Or maybe even some sort of shapeshifters, that can take the form of anyone, sorta like the fox gods on Asian mythos, where you end up telling your wife of 20 years about this one time you saw a fox-demon, then she starts crying because now that you told, she has to kill you and take your 3 halffox–demon kids with her back into the woods.
soooo… that would mean that the 8th race could be any model from any of the other races, plus their natural forms, which could be demonic, or just mildly alien. Doppleganger army, anyone?
sorta like the Zerg – just a tiny little worm that infects a larger host body, and controls it. Natural form is a tiny little thing, but it is never found outside of a host.
-Gepzo
A race of monstrous shark people who are slightly cannibalistic but, have such formidable fast attack tactics that the blood angels would be left shaking in there boots.
Plus it would give Warren a Sci-Fi version of Sharkarocerus for his favorite Sci-Fi RPG
The eigth race is definately “Beasts of War”Path
Its a race of Cyber-enhanced, genetically engineered Robot Dinosaurs! Created (Jurrasic park style) by the brilliant Prof. Gorenheim Voltamier as a private army for galaxy domination. But the professor made the mistake of making them a little too smart, and they started developing ideas and goals of their own. Prof. Voltamier realised this, but it was just as he was sliding down the gullet of what is now the head of the Sybersaurs, Rexapocalypse! Now free of his creator, Rexapocalypse continues to churn out Sybersaurs, but what his ultimate goal is remains inside his partially metallic head…
Warpath exploded in my face, which melted.
Forbode to speak….Liking the Antmen!
The seventh race? Nomads?
Space Mantis for the twelfth?
Squats!!!!!!
A race of ninja stealth cats that sneak into your room and destroy your models… In space!
I’m going to speculate. My speculation is Evil Undead Robot creatures from a million years ago. From another galaxy. Who are also an all consuming insectoid race with an evil übermind of galaxy spanning, cthulu style shenanigans. Who just happen to be shadow-like. And vampires. With fishmen slaves. They will have a desire to end all organic life, and will be split into two factions, one of which wants to devour, the other destroy. They have massive games of something called ‘murderball’ every seven days to decide which faction has control of the jihad against the ‘meat’. Which generally means they never actually fight anyone, because they’re all too busy bickering about which team is better and throwing lawn darts at the other team’s fans.
The Darellians. An ogre like race of bespectacled, nappy wearing mutants, with an unstoppable desire for beer and food which they will stop at nothing to obtain. Be afraid, be very afraid!
The Humanity!!!
Id repressed that memory of a dancy nappy Darellians
My vote is for “Grey’s” Using the Tau as a rough visual similarity, This keeps with the similarities to 40k but gives a lot of options for a unique faction.
Well, the number before 9 is never mentioned, so I’d have to suggest that the race after the 7th are turtles with elephants and planets on their backs.
The turtles can be teenage mutant ninja ones, if you like.
So long as they swim through space.
Scantily clad Amazoinian women!!
Drunk Irishmen
Spanish Inqusistion
Creatures from the Black Lagoon.
I’m hoping the 8th race is some kind of fallen race so twisted and abhorrent thir mere mentioing is taboo, hence the ‘we don’t talk about them’, so my guess is some kind of cannibal space pirates like in Firefly/Serenity
Miranda
Energy Beings, that way no models ever have to be made.
I think the 8th race will be a race of genetically altered dinosaurs that were stolen from Earth millions of years ago to be a slave race. They then rebelled against their masters and built an empire on the ruins. Their technology is old by most scifi standards, but they have a killer instinct and a tactical mind that can make the most of it.
…Or maybe some robots.
i want elementals! But it will prolly be dark evil robots!
“Eighth Race
There are two rules – Number 1) No-one talks about the Eighth race. We’re sure you can guess the second rule.”
I think the Eighth race is a dwindle species of imensly powerful beings able to inhabit or even mimic the appearance of other races. How can you talk about something when you dont know what they look like or that you are not part of the Eighth race yourself 🙂
Daleks?
Or more seriously to go with a fantasy theme (but better because it’s in space) some sort of fey race that could be an analogue of chaos from the human perspective with fauns, satyrs, zoats, erm sorry centaurs and the like but also fit fluff wise. Alessio seems to be harking back to a more mythological source with his vision of dwarves so a more traditional rather mythological race rather than “high fantasy” might fit in. With their tie to nature they’d fit with the space hippies and be a natural opponent to the destructive, resource sapping, human corporation. Now if only we can figure out how to fit a half man/half goat in power armour….
it’s quite OBVIOUSLY an army of Darrell clones armed with machine guns and “really big axes” – their choice of vehicles are an assortment of different types of hill…
Darrellings have often been sighted hiding behind these hills, hoping the enemy will “forget” they’re there. Just about no other race has fallen for this tactic.
In their spare time Darrellings enjoy watching the movie The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, on Star-DVD. It’s not uncommon for Darrellings to know this movie off by heart.
Mantic have confirmed that the entire range of Darrellings models will NOT be made in Finecast.
I think the 8th race is an army of the “awkward uncles” that no one invites to the family gatherings.
They’re too embarassed to mention them.
I think it’s going to be some form of evil mutant banana race. Mantic are going to produce equipment which you attach to real banana’s just like Mr Potato head. Each time they take a wound you peel part of the skin and once all the peel is gone wounds are taken by biting and consuming the banana. This would fit in nicely as it would be a large multi-wound race with fewer “models” on the board. But Mantic could go a bit to far with all the equipment and eventually lead into Mr’s Potato Head type of stuff thus causing the race to consume itself in which shoes to wear to the battlefield!
The 8th race is a peculiar race, yes, quite so. They live in the tunnels in the earth below.
Dr seuss was their leader, he was a witty man. Yes, you can call them quite the fan.
It’s his legacy that they fight to protect. The teachings of lesser races they brutally reject.
With hammer in hand they crush their foe. Rhymes are their passion, but death they sow.
Now, I bet you wonder what they look like. Unfortunatelly, those who know are impaled on a spike.
All that we know is that their weapons are weird. Their guns shoot blades, they’re rightfully feared.
Once they arrive there’s little to do. Drenched in the blood of the last planet they slew.
This is the end of my little tale. Before we kill you, drink up your ale.
We all try to pretend they dont exist but they are everywhere! its jedward!
An army of sentient koalas that favor HALO insertion tactics…
The eight race… let me be the first to say: “I, for one, welcome our new octopus overlords!”
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Some sort of Octo-Men.
I think it would be some squid like race whose body must be protected by an impenetrable exosuit. they scour the galaxy hell bent on EXTERMINATING any life form that is not their own.
I reckon that it’s got to be something like Fish Men. They’ve been joked about plenty and I’d almost feel like we were missing out if nothing like that actually turned up. Moreover though I think the idea’s been amusing because Fishmen, despite sounding funny, is actually quite a novel idea. I’m not sure it’s necessarily entirely original, but Fishmen, or aquatic like beings (aside from Mermaids) are one of the few sorts of races that’s very rarely made use of in Fantasy and Sci-Fi imagery.
We’ve all seen Orcs, Elves, Zombies, Dwarves, Ratmen, Gieger-esque Aliens, heck, even Bull and Cowmen (Minotards!), but Fishmen would actually be something quite new and could easily turn into something iconic for Mantic.
As regards theme or fluff, I think it could fit nicely with the mysterious air they’ve built up around the “8th Race”. It’s not hard to believe that even as races explored the galaxies that they might leave the deep, dark, oceans relatively uninvestigated and fail to notice the mysterious societies lurking below. Something a little like H.P Lovecraft’s Deep Ones would be fantastic. Cold, Alien, Foreign and mystical, with highly advanced technology (or at least, very *different* technology) and perhaps some unpleasant designs on the other races the uncover. I always thought the intentions of Lovecraft’s Deep Ones to breed was so unpleasant, because unlike races like the Borg, or Nids, they’re not an all consuming, assimilating force, but instead have a much more direct and personal threat to the individual.
The key for me would be different technology, rather than a primitive, or mechanically advanced race it’d be great to see a galactic race that challenges the approach of the other races in the galaxy without resorting to an insectoid hive mind or other such “natural” element.
If a general “aquatic” theme was taken there’d also be the options to expand into all kinds of artistic and thematic directions, from eels, sharks and other fish, to amphibians, reptilians and maybe even dinosaur like creatures. And who doesn’t want Fishmen riding giant Shark creatures or dinosaurs, I ask you!
Its quite clear that the 8th race is the Imperium of Man. The squats are still upset about that whole “written out of cannon” thing and so theyve countered by saying “Oh yea? Well well make our OWN universe and YOOOOOOOOOOOOURE not allowed in it.”
Its all very elementary treehouse politics really
The Forsaken Grafters
A species so deformed and manipulated, their original shape has been lost to time.
Each member of the species is in a constant state of near death. They must take parts from other races and graft them to their own, in order to survive. Horrific raids are done for parts harvesting on all the known planets.
After countless years of grafting other races body parts to their own, they have recently found a way to graft other things to themself to “enhance” their survivability both as a species and on the fields of battle. Seeing elite Grafters with alloys, plants, or even crystal implanted in their bodies and them having full control of their new “limbs” is a site few survive to tell about.
Darrelblob biological creature who was created long time ago by ancient race. Humans didn’t realize of Darrel’s superb tactician skills, so alliens kidnapped him and mutated him to Superb organism.
with any luck, a proper lovecraftian race – and hopefully with no damn legs. Slithery or floaty is the only true alien form.
Galactic Amazons. Chainmail bikini heavy armor, lots of fiddly bits.. and Big ass @#$@#$@ guns. No psuedo penis envy here boys.. These B@#$Ches be packing heat..
I would like to point out that the 8th race absolutely can not be fish men. Mantic quite clearly don’t talk about the 8th race. They’ve made it quite clear that they don’t talk about the 8th race… but they do talk about fishmen (in spaaaaaacccceeeee) quite a lot ergo fishmen can’t possibly be the 8th race 😉
An all female army of beer loving wenches at shoot laser beams from their breasts.
They have to do an all female army, we can’t have another game universe filled with testosterone pumped body builders who like nothing more than to flex their muscles whilst shooting big guns…
Bring on the all female army!
Maybe, they will fill up gap and they make some kind of aliens never seen before. They should be obviously humanoid, but not hard one like dwarfs or marauders, soft friend of nature, little grey man, smelling the flowers on his garden planet…. until war came to them. After killing some of their planets they start to build warfare. They always used symbionts. All the kinds of flora geneticaly changed to connect their bodies and work together. But now they build up guns and stuff. You totally can imagine herbal wirst blade, or kind of bark skin protecting their soft bodies. But they make it much more far, Huge walking things are fighting on the battlefield and a small alien is grown into it. Interceptors, even battleships are only one living organism feeling and fighting for freedom. Sacrificing itself for peace and harmony. And somewhere far away, living planets, overgrown by networks of bionical weins controled by few chosen ones ale growing more and more symbionts to deffend all they ever had…
The 8th race should be made up entirely of women similar to that of the one from Total Recall with 3 boobs. Their sole purpose to serve beer, food and perform free lapdances. This is all!
Has to be fish-women-pirates from outer spaaaaaaaace!! Just has to be…
Little balls of goo.
It’s definetly an army of shadows, how can anyone talk about something they cannot see… u ntil it’s too late to tell anyone
Amazons. that is all.
CYBER APES. They originated from a strand of human colonists who had a very defect gene that made them into APE-MEN. The early-Corporation tried to suppress them, but they were very intellectual, defeated the corporation in a series of epic battles, stole their equipment and ran for the stars. Since then they have learned and advanced massively, and plot to destroy the evil Corporation. They see themselves as the saviors of mankind, and the new hope of peace for all in the Galaxy. Nobody talks about them. They are just evil, flesh-eating savages… or so we are told…
I’m thinking one of these:
Cyborgs/Androids (aka robot/organic hybrids or outright robots
Reptilian race
Avian race (could be mixed with Reptiles as they share ancestors in evolution)
I know why no-one talks about the 8th race….. When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you….. The 8th race is…. US!!! It’s gamers! Units will be armed with a 6 pack and some form of salted snack, buckets of dice and hefty canon’s of cheese. Manipulating the other 7 races like pawns in some twisted game they (we?) are the one’s pulling the strings
Knights of NI! Who accidentally said “Who” sideways and got hurled into the future. It could also be ESL’s (Evil Space-Lawyers) who sues anyone who mentions them!!
I think it should be an army of 1980 teen stars with gun like the kids from the Breakfast Club with flame throwers and cyborg eyes! I mean who would want to even think about that let alone talk about it the horror oh the horror!
Guinea pigs in power armour
or
sea otters… in power armour
It’s got to be the auditors of reality or perhaps the bad smell that isn’t talked about in polite conversation.
Some sort of squid like parasidic organism that devours the host the longer they re attached
Bunnies!!! Definitely Bunnies… they’ve got big pointy teeth and all.
The 8th race, there are few who remember their true name. Now they are like the blowing of the wind, a swift movement out of the corner of you eye, useful for scaring the little ones to sleep after the great feasts. Some say they reached too far, they lusted for a power that could not be attained by mere mortals, they sought to be like God, Himself. For that they are now cursed, roaming the cold depths of the universe seeking to cleanse themselves of their plight. Rumours, legend, fable, myth or truth, for those that remember it is a nightmare. We don’t mention the 8th race, for to speak of them is to share in their fate, such is the power of their curse…
Lifeforms with black eyes and with psychic abilities that tear apart a tank with just a thought. They are shadoy creatures, just in the corner of the eye. When you turn, they’re gone but you can still feel their black gaze upon you.
They can go into your minds and look like anything you wish. Your beloved friends or family, or most terrible darkest fears.
Reports of these shadowmen began on the fringes of Corporation space and were first dismissed as wild ghost stories. Then they started to creep further and further where soon, planet that has been colonised for generations began to see them.
That is the eight race. You don’t speak of them lest you wish to garner their attention.
The 8th race will probably be either:
1. Roswell-style Grays. Flying saucers, flying saucers everywhere!
2. Walking and talking tacos that poop ice cream.
I like ice cream!
A race of beings who uses biotechnology exclusively. All living weapons and vehicles, plus organic armors.
I would actually love to see a race of humanoid reptilian people, but not skinny lizards, I want bulky crocodile types of body.
It is clear the 8th race is a Beast of War 😉
You guys are all crazy, the 8th race is obviously something so new, so unique and so incomprehensible by non-Alessio Cavatore-ian minds that we won’t understand it until we see it, maybe not even then. That is what the 8th race will be.
Anubis warriors with a bit of an egyptian feel to them would be awesome.
Space Tortoises , they’d be great, what with their amazing natural armour and swarms of jet-packed allied terrapins flyin’ round, lasering up the place …, their transports could be big mother tortoises or squids or something … Or just reptiles IN SPACE !! 🙂
Id like to see an alien race completely comprised of cybernetics and rock, with big hulking giants as warmachines and elemental powers.
Steam punk pirates traveling the galaxy in search of advanced technology.
Flintlock railgun, steam powered pirate battlesuits,spider mech artillery/support weapon
chinese junk’s with propellers and jets as transports.Plasma-lit rapiers and sabers (a blade with a hidden plasma reactor that emits an extremely hot plasma flame milometers from the edge of the blade to burn through armour) and lots of stemepunk goggles!
The Mantic! A race of prophets who function like Techno Magi acting singularly or in small groups with the aid of minions and constructs. They appear in all races mythology in some form as angelic or demonic entities.
While they expanded upon their power, the Corporation found this planet,with rich resources, there lived a Amphibious Race, using strange technology. the Humans tried to convince to “join” them, the Race didn’t accept it, so as usual they deployed the Legions Wrath upon the planet.
it was a massacre, the Amphibious Race simply couldn’t handle the sheer power of the Humans Arms and Armours.
While the Corporation looted the planet, they found strange aquatic temples, on the native language warning to not disrespect this Planet Soil.
“Bunch of Gibberish” they thought, and continue to loot on the whole planet and soon, the beautiful forest were destroyed and the where it was the immense ocean now it’s pure desert.
The Corporation left the barren wasteland in search for more resources, and then they quickly begun to forget the existence of that planet.
but something was happening. everyday a soldier would complain about heavy headaches, nightmares talking about Monsters with tentacles hunting them, calling their names & the names of their families & Lovers. But the command just ignored this
“Bunch of Gibberish” they said.
So life continued as usual, the Corporation continued to expand, but it was clear that something was wrong, until that fated day.
Nobody knew what happened, one day suddenly a entire Legion was destroyed by something, but there was no corpse of this thing, no photos, nothing.
the only thing they knew it was the records of the General of the Legion, saying that their men were being hunter by something with tentacles on their dreams, and according to them, they’re were losing the race.
“DreamHunters” it’s what the General called them.
But you know what?
This is a Bunch of Gibberish
every human know that there is no 8th Race, hahaha
Just A Bunch of Gibberish
Right?
Sorry about my bad english
The 8th race will be sentient potatoes.
8th race? I reckon its a group of perfectly formed doppelgängers of Alessio all playing live and let die on bagpipes in units of 15 obviously.
Mars needs Women! n’ Giant Space Bears!
Cyborg Fishmen, normal fishmen would have the issue of not being able to be on land. there as big a sharks and there breathing looks like the horn of a rhino……There name is the Sharko.
I’m thinking space monkies.
Would that be evil space monkeys?
Time Lords with their fleet of Tardises! They would never have to fight another army. They could just go back in time and prevent the army’s leaders from gaining power or even being born!
Space pirate ninja Fishmen… in space.
I’d go for a race of slugs. Its alien, its slimy and its allergic to salt! 😛
Having the Fish men as the 8th race would be really cool. But since they were only meant as an April Fools joke, I fear that we will never see them as an actual army.
So since this is a Sci-Fi game. It would not be complete without a race of robots, or some other form of Artificial intelligence.
An army of Mutant Rabbits, lead by a drunken Rabbit king! who have enslaved bears, using them as gun platforms! by strapping giant cannons on their backs! They have also enslaved, the local Turtles! and use their armoured shells! as Troop transports!
Fish headed rhinomen…or Rhino headed fishmen Obviously!
Seriously though maybe a bug type race would be fun more starship troopers than ‘Nids.
You don’t talk about the 8th race because you might say their leader’s name three times…
Beetlejuice!
Beetlejuice!
Beetlejuice!
Hmmm 8th race, 8th race. 8… 8….. clearly some kind of octopus or squid like race.
That or Zombie Strippers from the 8th Dimension.
Space Ghosts, the Eighth race are Ghosts. Imagine it! An army lead by Space Winston Churchill.
The 8th race has a 1st rule, which is we don’t talk about the 8th race. Therefore nothing these guys have said so far is true, because we don’t talk about the 8th race. An accumulation of what I’ve seen is a race of Robot Fish Turtle Rabbit Slugs with an Egyptian theme that all happen to look like Mantic employees and happen to have Cthulhu mind powers capable of destroying a tank in one shot. This is of course not true, as the 8th race is a winner, which is why we do not talk about it. There is only one winner out there that is capable of fulfilling the mystique and awe created around the 8th race. He is the Warlock, when he dings magic happens, He’s bi-winning, and his name shall echo throughout the heavens as his true race burn the stars. His power is beyond comprehension. His mind is not of this terrestrial plane, and when he’s finished with you his tiger blood will swallow your soul.
God help us when the Sheenists come to conquer Warpath.
Space Dragons – yeah!!! The most ancient race, the ones who never developed technology, living their nomad lives in the Void, keepers of ancient secrets about the “natural ways of universe”, and who fight in small warbands of 5 to 20 (imagine how cool, an army where everyone is a Monstrous Creature, even the core units). Im not talking about dragonmans here, im talking about “real” dragons, just adapted to live in the void (hermetic sealed organism, core ractors as energy productors, no need for breathing, excuses for breath weapons).
They are just as proud as fantasy dragons, and believe technology is for the “weak” races. The social orgnization is pretty tribal and matriarcal, there is the Mother, her mates, and the sons. Core units? Younglyngs. Heroes? Mates and Old sons. Greatest hero? The Dragon Mother.
Think about that, a “skyrmish army”, inside a game of horde battles ^^
No wargames really use dragons, only as mounts or mindless servitors. No one ever have developed Space Dragons, they will be original, and fun.
Add some elementalism (dragons of fire, eletricity, radiation, stick with sci-fi themed elements, not the classic 4/5), and lots of nature matriarchal religion, just adaptating the concepts to the whole universe/sci-fi visions. If they dont do this, i will o.O
Space wooly mammoth men, that’s gotta be it.
Chuck Norris Facts: Not even chuck norris talk about the 8th race, you have been told.
Being that its in the far future I believe that its a race that has evolved from our present time. You see what it really is is the mojo left behind on Darrell’s trousers. This “mojo” was tossed out into the trash after many comments mocking Darrell during a live TURN8 session in witch his shorts revealed more than they should have. When this “mojo” festered in this sludge it began to grow, mutate until some fool dropped a cheeseburger into the batch.
What came about afterwords is shroud in secret, but what known is a devious race of half cheese, half beer beasts now rome the space between gaming clubs all over the known universe scaring little kids into said they forfeit games. Its a horror beyond imagine….
PPSMM
Poor Poor Space Mole Men
My apologies to the fine folks over at ATT
8 reasons why we cant talk about 8th race
1. They fight
2. They listen
3. They watch
4. They Judge
5. They know
6. They hide
7. They wait
8. They will get you
there will be plantmen space plants all following bane!!!They will be all kinds little one that sting to big mothers that can crush a tank.there roots will spread through out space . they will be known as the seed.
Reavers!!!!
Totally going to be fish ppl that have developed suits so they can come on land.
Clearly the answer is Cheesemen.
An entire race modeled after Steven Seagals ponytail. Complete with leopard print jackets and the most ultimate special rule of throwing packets of powdered deer penis.
Don’t forget they can do the all powerful COCK PUNCH!
cock-a-doodle-OUCH!!
GIANT MEATY VEGETABLES!
what could be as scary as being mowed down by a Cannon toting Carrot?
NOTHING! that’s what…
I say what about A.I.’s that have gone sane… that’s right I said Sane!
A Corporation experiment that went horribly wrong. The total automation of a war factory that one day went “Oh Man! all this stuff i make is for kill other sentient being. I have to put a stop to this.” from that day on the Corporation have been loosing ground to this war factory as it churns out A.I. suppressor units that do not kill the corporation troops but stuns captures them and puts them in POW camps till they can be reintegrated in their liberated society. No one talks about the eighth race because…
The Corporation made HIPPY COMPUTERS IN SPACCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEE GOrRE DARN IT!!
Oh and their main unit is the Technorhinosashark. Part rhino, part shark, all Robot.
Nobody talks about the 8th race because we can’t remember them. They are strong psionic alien race that have wiped are memories of everything to do with them. It can only be awakened by the glorious sounds of HEAVY METAL!
A deeply thoughtful race lead by a loving computer with only everyone’s best interests at heart, no matter how much it hurts them.
Metal tentacled brain eating cyborg Cthonic horrors from beyond time aand spaaaaaaaaace.
the 8th race could be a absolute and religious beliving in the one true god!
over zelous and will do anything to show he unbelivers the true light!
ie. knowone else belives in there god so they will be utterly anialated
PIGS IN SPACE!!!!!!
Well I am hoping for a Crystal based race, be really fun to paint.
Lee
Space parasites. Basically just little slugs but powerful telepaths that enslave other races. And use them to fight, travel the stars, build ships etc.
Either that or Space Jam. Sentient jars of jam. Horrible tempers and not very sociable.
Space Jam. Think about it.
Or some psycho amazonian robotic/cyborg sex slaves that are out to make the corporations pay for years of oppression.
It’s not really a race at all…it’s the usual catch-all known as MERCENARIES.
super powered evil robot zombies that feed on the living and get power from them.it is like a computer virus that killed them off and made them in to super powered evil robot zombies.they should be better then the necr*ns.
space skaven. we have space orks, dwarfs, elves ect ect. no vile little rat men in space.
that would be just lovely
Ancient space lizards, a very powerful but elite force?
It can’t be….it’s….it’s….it’s…..THE SPANISH INQUISITION!
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Dude, younjust made my weekend funnier! Thanks, been laughting here ( it’s 1:30 AM and my wife & kids were sleeping LOL)
I think the 8th race are probably an experiment by the corporation gone very wrong, left and abandoned. Therefore nobody talks about the 8th race, as the corporation want to cover it up. Until they start showing up on their door step that its!!!Similar back story to Reavers but probably very different in appearance. Super soldiers bred for war perhaps.
A Machine like Race bent on terminating all other life in the Universe.
I’m guessing that the 8th race is Cthulhu-esk ancient evils not unlike the evils from the first Hell boy movie
why not brains in a jar. Troopers could be robot with retro ray gun with a brain in a jar as a head. little saucer for fast attack. or mother brain with psykic abilty. and brains slug for kidnapping ennemie troops.
Maybe the infected?
The 8th race space Beasts with Hq Warren armed with a sonic weapon, Elite andy carrying the cone of silence Heavy support Darrel with a nappy gun and cheese sword Core unit Sam with tangel whip and Justin with the S-link cannon
Little white mice.
Space Smurfs, I can just see Papa Smurf in his Red Power Armour Now and Smurfette as Heavy Weapon support 🙂 sorry just watched the Smurfs with the kids couldn’t resist.
I think it’s gonna be a race of Sharkeroceruses so Warren can torment the rest of the BoW guys!
Vermin Men. They will be space scavengers. Living on derelict space craft Swarming in vast numbers to engulf their foe from below and above! Steeped in mystical power and steempunk like technology. Rat men in power armor! Well I would like to see it anyway. The possibilities are endless…………………
The God-Emperor uses the powers of the Golden Throne to jump into a universe empty of Chaos.
He’ll be the only model in the army but unfortunately, since he’s a vegetable, he’ll be useless.
I had an idea, but then I read “Space Dinosaurs” above. Now I can’t think about anything else. Just Space Dinosaurs. Rawr! Seriously. Rawr.
Or maybe old-school Cylons.
How awesome would it be if the 8th race were the ANUNNAKI; they could be portrayed as Egyptian-esque or you could even go for the the whole reptilian theme; or combine both 🙂
The 8th Doctor!
A race of sentient plants from beyond the known star system. The plant race organically grew its own ships for transportation, and the plants eat the cores of stars for energy.
Something mixed between space bugs with guns or space guns with bugs…
Also could be something like an old fashioned diyng race witha hip fashiongear and funny hats.
The scariest race to ever enter the universe! An army of cloned adult diapered Darrells of destructions. On a continual hunt for cheese and geriatric paraphernalia.
The 8th race is literally just space…in space.
Aliens!
The 8th race will be nothing less than the most fearsome thing in the whole universe. What is this terrifying race you might ask? Well allow me to enlighten you!! Imagine if you will a race of pilfering, stealing, cheating cheese masters that target only the elderly.
This evil race will use armor that strikes fear into the hearts of any opponent that would stand toe to toe with these monsters on the battlefield. Using a special alloy consisting of titanium, adamantium, alluminum (from empty beer cans) and cotton, these monsters wear their “nappies of invincibility” to protect them from all but the fiercest of weapons used in the universe. The alloy used in the armor provides excellent mobility and eliminates any need for latrines on their fields of battle thereby increasing time available for stealing from helpless senior citizens.
Their armor is not the only technological breakthrough these fearsome scallywags possess, they carry into battle energized cheese slicers which re arrange atoms on a molecular level in order to always get a precise, even cut. They have also modified a terran technology to deadly effect for use as ranged weaponry. Cheez Whiz in pressurized cans in the proper hands can constipate the strongest of defenders.
Who is the 8th race you ask?
The Dreaded Dar’rillians, that’s who!! Lock up your Geritol cabinets, invasion is inevitable!!!
First reply on 8th page!!! What are the chances 😉
it’s destiny
I’m gonna assume it’s some sort of daemon style army or maybe robots.
The 8th race shall be female dwarfs!!! Re-release of the Dwarfs with a sprue to add pigtails and decked in pink armor.
Huge tracks o land~
…or, human mages from Atlantis. Flowing robes, scaled armor…perhaps a hint of mer-men?
…or, Indian looking gents riding atop huge elephants!
last, and perhaps best of all, llama riding Inca warriors with lots of plumage. Peacock feather painters prepare for painting.
My speculation is it’s some sort of elemental race. A group of beings tied closely with elements like earth, fire, etc. Many of them probably have been silently waiting and watching for millennia now.
They hate how the Forgefathers strip mine entire planets, leaving nothing but lifeless rock behind. They despise the corporation for industrializing and polluting air and water sources on their worlds which house their offspring. The plague is quickly becoming a blight not only to life on worlds, but the worlds themselves.
Ancient earth druidism could be tied to the old worshiping of these elementals. Even other things. The enigmatic Asterians are probably allies to these beings, having communed with them and allied in secret for as long as their history goes back. But since the recent galactic war and all the newcoming conflicts, these elementals have no choice but to rise up and stop all sentients from destroying themselves.
Imagine an army of lumbering rock golems, speedy wind sprites, machines made of crystal, fire, and water, just all sorts of elemental goodness, alongside lazerbeams.
I’ve got goosebumps.
I’ve gotta go with Techno-Wraiths. Extra Dimensional beings that can assemble bodies for themselves out of whatever scraps are found on the battlefield. Or Monkeys….terrifying space monkeys. I’m all about that!
Dementors, definatly Dementors.
Some sort of Space Elves
A virus…
Or a forgotten old race made of Stone.
undead like borg men! ready to eat your brains!
I think it would be amazing if the “8th race” wasnt really a race (which is why we cant talk about it…) but more a set of guidlines for gamers who want to use alternative mini’s or own sculps in the Warpath setting. For example, the “8th race!” would have an army list but instead of names and particular models there would be squad size and base size limitations and unique special rules etc. Basically rules and guidlines but no fluff to allow other modles to be used fairly in tournaments to help encourage the more creative gamers to do so.
Isn’t it obvious what it is? Mother in Laws in space! Nobody talks about their Mother’s in laws unless one is in company of similair misfortune.
Tiny octopuss-like masterminds of evil, fighting inside amazing-looking peppershakers armors for the extermination of all other species. Yeah.. EXTERMINATE…
Some sort of black orbs with telekinetic powers..?
Space Robots? Space Rats? The Dark Legion…?
My speculation is that they are some blue wiggly creatures with ten arms each,who where the first warpath race to invent the aerosol deodorant before the wheel.
Space Super Nannies …. heavily armoured Jo Frost clones rampaging through the cosmos putting the Evil Races Of The Apocalypse on the Naughty Seat until they see the error of their ways – ohhhhhh the horror ……
There going to be a energy-consuming race which no one can see. The only way to tell they’re attacking is anything electric will start to flicker…
Oh, did I mention that you turn into pure energy if they touch you?
For me, the eight race are not a proper race, they are called “The Elders” and are a mixture of all the other races.
In the beginning al the races dumped their elders to die and rotten in graveyard planets far far away, until Darrellus, one particularly tough old scientist refused to die and achieved immortality. From this moment on, he dedicated his afterlife to retrieve those old people that were dumped and recruit them to his army.
With time, they developed their own technology, including weapons as fearsome as the mighty dipper throwing cannon that can make even the bravest soldier flee from the battlefield or the wheelchair cavalry that rides trough the enemy troops spreading old tales that can put hundreds of men to sleep.
No race dares to speak about them because they are so ashamed of what they did to these old people.
Id say fish like createurs – like octopus and fish heads and shells as armor plates and mutated horsefish mounted worriors.
Im thinking “captain bucky O’hare” and some killer Space Bunnies
Rastamen coming from outer space (to find another race)
The Mi-go! They will take your brain and send it through the space and time.
A religious robot cult, dedicated to cleansing the galaxy of biological, sentient life. Not that any biological life form can truly be called sentient.
an army of mutant SHARKOROCEROUSES??? IN SPAAAAAAAAACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD
I would love them to be an army of ‘predators’. an army that consists of purely characters, or small groups of 3 (1 warrior and 2 initiates) with stealth and mental hand to hand skills, but a very, very small army, we already have evil corporation/weyland yuanti and zenomorph/zz’or, so why not predators?
A race of incredible ancient tiny blue beings that were there since the same beginning of space and time. This race has produced 7 batteries of power, each of them powered by the energy of one of the 7 emotions common to all living this: rage, avarice, fear, willpower, hope, compassion and love.
Also, they created 7 armies of individuals who, using a kind of power rings, can harness this emotional energy to create whatever their imagination can conceive. Provided they recharge their rings each night before going to bed, that is.
So Smurf’s then?
Would be fun singing “Poppa Smurf’s gonna kick your ass!” to your opponent I guess.
… Sorry. 😛
BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED, I AM CAPTAIN PLANET!
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I think the 8th Race is somewhat cuthulu horror esque but will once again they will turn the concept on its head. You see, as all the other races expanded and traveled between the stars, they disturbed the ancient creatures that evolved in the darkness between the stars.The ftl systems of the main races is very destructive to the calm of the abyss and destroyed many of these things and now the they seek retribution on those that decimated their clans and the protection of future generations.
Having evolved in the darkest depths of space, they “see” by sensing slight perturbations in gravity. This also means they have no way of communicating with the other races. They can communicate this way across the entire galaxy but are limited to light speed until very recently. Due to this they advance very slowly but have been around since before the stars formed and have very advanced technology.
They will tend to be a kind of glass cannon race. If you can hit them, you can do massive damage, but surviving long enough to get to them and then being able to land a hit is the trick. Maybe through gravity manipulation they can slow down their enemies.
Just imagine a race of horrors, with a physiology no one evolved in a gravity well bathed in the warmth of a sun could understand. Silent and oncoming, there is no negotiation. As they approach, space-time itself warps to their advantage.
Facing them would be like being trapped in a nightmare where everything is happening incredibly slowly, you can see the blows coming but no matter how hard you try, you can move fast enough to get out of the way.
Ok so the first rule of Warpath is, you do not talk about the Eighth Race. The second rule of Warpath is, you do not talk about the Eighth Race… obvious Fight Club reference. So perhaps the same as Brad Pitt’s character and Ed Norton’s were actually one and the same, the eighth race is actually the first race which is presumably humans as they seem to be the main protagonist in the form of The Corporation.
How could that work game terms? Perhaps the Corporation aren’t truly human. Experiments with genetic manipulation, eugenics, mutation, etc have created a new stronger and more intelligent master race who dominate and the “true” humans, weak and pathetic by comparison, have long been ostracised written out of history to hide the shame of the weak origins of the new humanity. Think Blade Runner with the replicants having taken over, or the Corporation are actually all Cylons, or 40k with the emperors children, the space marines, having taken over entirely and the normal humans cast aside. I do like the idea of the humans being the bad guys though and that would detract for that a bit…
Or to take it another way Tyler in Fight Club was a projection of the main characters psyche, the 8th race could be a metaphysical projection/reflection/extension of humanity. This would probably fall more in the camp of a Chaos type race with the chaos gods been born out of the excesses of the other races the 8th race could be to the corporation as Slaanesh was to the Eldar. As their excess grows so does the power of their metaphysical reflection so it’s a balancing force in the universe.
OMG!! 9 pages of comments after only a couple of hours…
The monstrous-looking, cainine race. Their greatest leaders were once artists. They reproduce by budding off new members of their race. They know deep secrets about the universe. Most of their species ascented to a godlike existence – they are the descendents of those that did not.
Pan FO
By jove I’ve got it!!!!! It was so simple I don’t believe I didn’t think of this before…. Ok so the scene is it’s the Corporation and everyone else in opposition but such is the fear of the 8th race not only don’t they talk about it but try and deny it’s very existence. What’s the one thing that could strike such fear in to a Corporation that they try so hard to pretend it’s not even there, blotting out any trace of it’s existence? Yes my friends, it’s TAXES!
We know this from the behaviour of our modern day corporation, tax loop holes, tax avoidance and straight up direct evasion of taxes – imagine the tax deficit of such an enormous corporation with interstellar dominance!
You can run but you can’t hide. Best break out your most elite accountants because the tax men are about to come knocking…
Its like the expenses scandal… except in the future with big zappy lasers.
This is where our modern day government is going wrong. Just get in the army.
They came at us without warning. They looked ……………… advanced weaponry …………. weapons useless …… casualties mounting ……… fear the ……. race
Darrel and his minions from the old folkes home.
Monkey-Lizards, that work nefariously to steal all the cheese and sausages in the universe to make a thick and rich sausage fondue, which will be the downfall of all other races turning them to gluttony.
i think the 8th race should be just dave mustain on his own but in all seriousnes i think it should be a race the darrelthrax legion a race of scientific experiments gone wrong that go round world after world infecting hundreds of people as they go led by the mad scientist that created them and his origional test subjects as the ruling elite and also they all wear nappies
As much as Warren would love to see fishmen in spaaaace!!! (or after last week’s turn 8 perhaps some sausage-based creatures…) I’m going to have to go with something a bit more mysterious.
I’d like to see something humanoid, but taller (9′-10′ equivalent) and quite slender. Really elegant, minimalist designs for all their weapons, vehicles, armour etc and with a very dark palette to the whole thing.
OK, I’ve just realised I’m going for giant ninjas.
IN SPAAAAACE!!!!!
The Eighth Race
… So, Mr Cavatore reveals that the 8th race are known to the upper echelons of the corporation. Some kind of evil space lawyers perhaps? Maybe the reason we don’t talk about them is they have space court injunctions to protect their privacy?
Space Kobolds! how awsome would that be? I mean that opening the eigth race army deal will be like opening the ark of the covenant (hopefully without the face-melting, but who knows?). anyways, I’m gonna speculate for Space Kobolds, there’s an outside chance.
I’m guessing some sort of space jellyfish that float around in space, do you remember that jamaican jellyfish dude from shark tales ?
I’m thinking this would be pretty cool ?
Yes, another DRAGON entry , (since no one considers dragons unless they are these giant models who take up a nice chunk of the board and are some other races’ steed or b#%$@. i.e. mounts for elves and dark elves in Games-Workshop’s range).
So the idea is a race of dragons, which were originally peaceful and can shape-shift into human form and visa versa. They are an ancient race that has been around since the start of time (possibly the first race) and are the wisest. At one point, other races started to invade as technology advanced. This forced the dragons to fight back, defend their world, and escape extinction. Their battles do not take place on other lands/planets, because this race is one that does not want to conquer, look for wealth, etc. They just want to survive and live peacefully. Defending is not the same thing as fighting. Now, this does not mean they lack awesome combat skills. Naturally peaceful they may be, but they have readied themselves just in case.
They move as humans do or possibly have extra movement, because of “compact wings” in their human form. This causes them to easily get around without much difficulty on obstacles. When the fighting begins they can remain in their human form and fight in numbers or morph into their scaly selves and wreak havoc on the battlefields in smaller amounts.
– Maybe one out of five guys can transform and the others’ firepower lessens/weakens.
– Maybe they can all transform, increase in damage, and stay that way for a certain amount of time and can only do it once.
I believe this would be an interesting concept to implement, but it would cause players to have a human and a dragon version of models. I personally would not mind such a thing, because it would be awesome in my opinion. Maybe there can be different types of dragons Ice Dragons, Dark Dragons, Fire Dragons, etc. Their attacks kind of being self-explanatory from their name or just have one type of dragon to keep it from over-complicating the game.
Space and technology has become a necessity for traveling and fighting, but this dragon race can fight without extremely beefed up guns or giant tanks (the point is they are not all over-technological like the Tau) since they are themselves THE firepower.
As for movement, they do not leave their world so space travel is not necessary. In their human form “compact wings” can increase their movement. The scaly versions are the tanks with their fire power and the human versions wear minimal armor and robes since their skin is thick as their scaly skin (even if it does just look thin and like human skin). As for their weapons in human form… no idea yet.
Or they can all have really great movement and be mainly a close-combat army with stuff like power-swords, power-hammers, power-axes. I would consider stuff like “magic” or “psychic” abilities because they are the wisest race, but no other race (I think) has that and it sounds a bit too fantasy like and Warhammer/Warhammer 40K like. Whatever though. SPECULATING! SPECULATING! SPECULATING!!!
I have not looked into Warpath rules and fluff (heck, I don’t even know if there is any) yet, so please do not bash on me too much if there are a lot of contradictions in what I say. >.<
Or we can just throw this whole idea out and have a whole dinosaur race, since I think Warren is obsessed with dinosaurs. Or was it sharks… Or was it anything… Uh… My memory is failing me… Sharkasaurus or something like that? The hell if I know. How about a Chesticle race then? Hahaha.
Oh and if you did actually read this all Warren, HAH! MADE YOU READ IT ALL! Just kidding, good job mate! Winning would be great. My birthday is this upcoming Sunday. No, I am not saying this to win favor, it would just be awesome. xD
I think they are going to not do something like in 40k, because they don’t want to just be followers of GW. so I think they will probably do maybe a lizard army so that they get all the feral love from a beast race, but they will be different and not copying GW
The eighth race are the ones who originally sold the Corporation faster than light travel on credit. They have come to collect plus the interest.
From the very depths of your nightmares … soulless demon clowns
Hi,
nice competition. I’m wishing for an alien race that has fused itself with technology.They have discovered a sort of a ‘living metal’ and upgrade themselves constantly.In order to use it properly they have to maintain absolute control over their feelings so they have a very strict moral code. They come from a dead planet and wander the universe searching for dying stars from which they harvest the materials they need in order to produce this metal nevertheless they need nourishment and thus they visit planets and trade technology for food.Their vehicles have very biologic shapes and were inspired by the animals they have encountered (all in all their technology rely a lot in bio-mimicry). Last but not least they excel in close combat favouring swords and protect themselves from projectiles by creating momentary shields around them that don’t grand protection in close combat.
Thanks for reading.
The terrible legion of Space dogs and space werewolfs with steeds of cybernetic K9s commanded by their alpha leader Annubis the eaters of worlds.
Fishmen in powered armour, AKA
CLAM PEOPLE FROM SPAAAACE!
They wait patiently in the depths of their ocean world for someone to come, when they will be able to close themselves in their awesome armours and survive!
Genetically enhanced beings from Chuck Norris’ DNA. I call them the Chucknoids!!! 😀
Disgruntled meercats, riding giraffe cavalry in a desperate attempt to sieze the plains back from highly religious hyenas….. or ya know orcs or something.
An incorporeal race composed entirely of ‘mystic energy’ – and thus invisible to the naked eye (allowing for an army composed entirely of empty bases …ahh …noob heaven 😉 )
I think the classic D&D gelatinous cubes need the full Sci-Fi treatment, or maybe the hawkmen from Flash Gordon Brian Blessed needs to be a special character.
the 8th race could be some sort of medevil humans in space with basic guns and weapons space knights?
Giant Space snakes. Space cobras with mystical stones floating around their head with lighting bolts firing from them. These emerge from circular gates in the heavens that bridge space and time to a distance future where humanity and all other beings are enslaved to them.
The Stig.
For the win, the one model race. Concept blow my mind!
Some say he once grew a beard that was the envy of the Forgefathers everywhere, but had it cut just because it wouldn’t fit into his helmet. And that he hates the evil empire just because they wear red.
All we know is, he’s called the Stig!
The race will be, obviously, a race of mighty morphing-transforming robots. They will be led by OptiPuss Primed, and will transform into kitchen appliances.. and yes, there will be a pink blender.
the seekers: caught in between the conflicts of other races and rejected by all when they begged for help the now homeless the seekers were forced to flee there burning world as the forefathers tore it apart. few in numbers the seekers rely on stealth and speed to conceal them selves from the more powerful and warlike races as they search for a world to call there own, forever garbed in exotic cloaks and masks no one knows the true identity of the seekers. Acting as an elite army they rely on deadly leaders, maneuverability, and totally alien weapons to win the day.
a bit long but there we go :L
i think it’s lizardmen in space, burning everything down to stop the wars
or a race of king kongs
I suspect the third race will be of space traveling monkeys that have have been gene- and cybermodificated to survive in the most alien worlds and space ships.
I’ll call them space monkeys.
Well its obvious. In Warpath, a great Emperor will uses his genetic material to spawn twenty super-humans and then they spawn legions of super-soldiers. Basically there will be genetic material flying everywhere. :S They’ll be armed with bjohlt guns or “bjohlters” as they’re sometimes called. They fight in a crusade against aliens called the Considerably Above Average Crusade (as not to infringe upon the “Great Crusade” of GW fame).
Oh, and they’ll be called Star Marines. They’ll be in a starter set with the Marauders called “Conquest of Dark Reach”.
Space Geometrical structures that float in air listening to Wagner with facemelting Higg Boson anti beam gun.
“The music of the spheres!” were Dave’s last words while his eyes popped out their sockets while there were quickly dissolved in the red goo that was once his face. If his nerves could still function his nerves will speak of unbearable pain but they too were gone. However, the alien got mercy of him as they transmitted to his brain experience of peace and pleasure. An instant of bliss and paradise that for him lasted forever.
The aliens never wasted time as they dissected him, extracting his organs until he was nothing else to take. The aliens did not know what death, they did not comprehend what it meant. To them nothing was more alien that living beings. After studying him, his organs were re-installed and his guts stitched together and the bliss transmission terminated. The aliens thought Dave would function again. He didn’t. As he awoken, the eternal bliss was substituted with a horror no man should endure. He died!
I’d like to see something in the necrotic cyborg variety. Something half withered flesh, half machine, with tubes all over the place to pump horrid and eldritch fluids all though-out their decayed forms. And to make it interesting, apply a Japanese/evil Samurai theme to it. All the lesser troop types have a mask on them (emulating the Japanese-style zombie).
The Celts?
After putting up for so long with nosiey neighbours the Celts of our time decided to leave Earth in search for a land they could call their own.
Think of the possibilities!!!! Irish luck squads who get to re roll shooting due to their genetically engineered 4 leaf clovers.
Welsh red coats, who get special bonuses against hordes of marauders. (dont you fire, those BFG’s at me!)
Scots Black Watch, who turn up with special fear causing sonic musicians, and kilts!
And the technology!!!! well think Atlantis style advancement with cool Celtic runes. Maybe they created the Sharkmen to defend their boarders!
probably some kinda automaton race…robots of a certain description…though I’m really hoping for space rats!
Elves(good or evil) in spaaaaaaaccccccccccceeeeeeeeeee!!!
or Some kind of Rats in spaaaaaaaccccccccccceeeeeeeeeee!!!
actually i would like to see the rats or fishman in spaaaaaaaccccccccccceeeeeeeeeee!!!
So far we have:
Forgefathers- Space Dwarves
Asterians- Space Elves
Zz’or- Swarming Aliens
Marauders- Space Orcs, Sorry Orx
Plague- Space Undead
Corporation and Rebs- Colonial Humans and resistance humans
With the exception of Lizardly men that covers most of the humanoid fantasy archetypes.
So I would like to see Mantic do something totally unprecedented- a gaseous life form! A rampaging grey-goo scenario Nano-Swarm that eats everything in its path. Need miniatures? Don’t worry, just get a lump of cotton wool. Want a smaller unit- break a bit off. Moving to attack? Dump some wool on the enemy unit- they are now being digested by the molecular machines, and will soon dissolve into their constituent atoms! It’s nimble, it hovers, it has to roll each Move phase against being blown in the opposite direction by a strong wind. Buy more cotton wool- truly bigger armies!
More seriously, how about going back to the lizardly men, certain other miniature manufacturers don’t do them and look at all the back story we could have- ‘Reptoids’ from Ufology, bug-eyed monsters and dinosaurs from Jupiter straight out of 50’s B-Movies. You could really plunder the retro look and have some cool, stylish ray guns, sleek suits and vehicles. Bigger, lumbering units could be inspired by the hulking menaces of pulp sci-fi illustration while their vehicles could be elaborated flying saucers, making use of the hover rules.
Do it Mantic. Retro-futurism (or cotton wool) FTW!
There is no 8th race. Mantic is just trolling us
Cyborgs. An A.I. created by the Corporation with not totally understood Aesterians’ technology has gone out of control and now is absorbing sentient races in order to protect itself by enslaving the rest of the galaxy. Memories are erased and body enhanced with mechanical devices. Something like a dark version of the Rebs. And, obviously, the Corporation is trying to hide the existence of this fumble to avoid unpleasant news for the population and, of course, the Aesterians.
Spider humanoids.
A race of Araranid like creatures that has taken on humanoid characteristic. They have integrated bio weapons, as well as there own brand of technology.
A large queen mother, that makes more, A eight limb Troop, and a Spider body with human torso, as well as an a sorted bio organic weapon spiders of verious sizes..
Or an alteritive, Scorpian humaniods of the same vain with stinger tails.
Oh I know Time Lords!
Damn bastards and there little flying boxes.. always ruing some ones evil plan for some thing or other.
Come on, it’s obvious. There’s only one group that any evolved species would refuse to talk about. The eighth race is… TEENAGERS!
A flatulent race of beings that create a cloud of….doom across the galaxy!
A lot of people here have pointed out a robotic/cyborg race is missing from the warpath universe. I would hate to see generic killbots and cyborgs that want to “add your distinctiveness to the collective” though. How about we make the AI in charge of these machines not hungry to conquer lesser species but instead love them; after all, sentient beings make perfect test subjects.
Of course the mastermind AI core would hate to start a battle and have to abduct test subjects with advanced teleportation devices, that’s why they always entice potential subjects with promises of cake and passive aggressive taunts. 😉
The Greys. You have to have Grey Aliens in a non-grimdark, non-gothic Sci-Fi!
It’s a race of Undead Cyborgs, known as Techrons, crafted from the flesh and bones of fallen space soldiers by diabolical technomancers and re-animated with tubes containing pungent nutrient liquids as replacement for blood vessels and with crude-looking semi-mechanical implants assisting what’s left of the brain in controlling the body. Fearless and terrible they shamble across the battlefields armed with neutronic and toxic weapons, designed to kill but not destroy. In their wake follow their living masters, ever ready to raise their fallen foes and add their numbers to their own. Hell-bent on enslaving the galaxy, they will not rest until all life is dead and obedient.
The “F’TAGHN”, an ancient and horrific species of Lovecrafian “Great Old Ones”, tentacley and obscenely amorphous, things that go bump in the night and hide in the non-euclidian angles of cyclopean ruins on lost and forgotten worlds.
I’d vote for some kind of pufferfish-men…
and remember kids,drugs are bad!
Bill
My guesses are
– a religious group that preaches against the Corporation (maybe containing alien of some kind)
– daemons
– aliens that are related in some way to shadows and/or darkness
i hope its a tentacle army! not just to satisfy justins japanese squid fetish, but how cool would it be to have an army of 8 legged (armed?) squids running round. close combat would be awesome! 575 hits per squad, you could have giant tentacles that break through the surface to drag unexpecting dwarves or vehicles underground! they could fire ink for cover and move like wildfire.
SQUID SQUADS!!!!!!!!111
It would be interesting to see a race that is fairly weak and low tech but possess ‘psychic’ abilities. Examples could be an ability to manipulate the minds of their opponents making certain actions harder for them to achieve or forcing another action (with some kind of resistance mechanic of course) maybe the ability of forcing one enemy action during your turn but loosing the ability to control two of yours for that entire turn, possibly adding a vulnerability to CC as well.
Killer clowns from outer space
8th race is: Space Santa and his Little helpers (no relations to Asterians. These ones are mean little H*lpers)
8th race is going to be an Evil Forge Fathers kinda race.
floating aliens that look like rubic cubes, that switch their side into different patterns to shot out laser beams with different abilities (cold beam, hot beam, wibbly wobbly turning you into a frog beam etc), the vehicles aare amde out of various rubic platonic solid’s with even more powerful and varied beams
Cyberzombies. Basically zombies with more borg and less brain eating.
It just has to be Space pirates!!! nah nana nah nah Space Pirates nah nana nah nah nah, sing along…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/spacepirates/
The eigth race is obvious, it is the Beasts of War!
The Beasts of War are a race that was orginally comprised of strictly feral creatures with no direction, but they banded together and have evolved into a race of ultra hi-tech emmissary/warriors. After conquering their portion on the galaxy, The Beasts of War have changed their tactics more to communication first, and if that does not work then we blow your head off (as opposed to the other way around).
They now move throughout the galaxy spreading their words of wisdom through various mediums of communications, from old fashion terrestial television to direct mind to mind communication with an entire world!
It is rare to see a member of the eighth race in person, but you can always friend them on Facebbok. 🙂
I hope for a some kind of afscitoid empire of mankind, hopefully fitting with grey Knights ^^.
the eighth race must obviously be a race of machine men that work for their evil overlords, SPACE METALLICA!!! these machine men, also known as the metal militia or the harvesters of sorrow, roam the galaxy spreading the great word of Metallica. They ruthlessly seek and destroy all those that oppose them, and they will not cease until all life in the galaxy fades to black.
Miniaturized giant space hamsters 😀
It’s obvious, its is the Beasts of War!
Marvin the Martian look “a” likes running around shooting wabbits.
I AM THE 8TH RACE!!! Or wait, was I 9th? 😀
candyfrost kittens in space
CHICKENS!!!! MASSIVE HORDES OF CHICKENS FLYING ACROSS THE GALAXY!!! The land Crushing their Mothereggship on the planet they want conquer and begins the massive invasion attacking the enemy with nasty bites in the eyes ( they always have eyes! ) and popping eggs that can be white or red ( if they are red i suggestion to run fast! ).
Finally when the planet is conquered , they make a massive chicken dance, in a perfect simultaneously choreography, that would shape that planet like a egg. Lastly they eat the core ( YEAH THEY CAN EAT LAVA!! That’s why they can make red eggs ) and they have a new Mothereggship to go and conquer another planet 🙂
I WANT TO WIN!
The army of atlantis has always been my dream, IN SPAAAAAAAAACE.
Lions or lizards or space marines, but some how i immagine them as the corporation.
Well just have to see. In the meantime, i would like to be playing warpath waiting on the eighth race to be announced/released.
SELECT MY ENTRY FOR A LIFETIME DEVOTION TO MANTIC GAMS AND BEASTS OF WAR! Thanks, luke.
After reading some of the other comments, i would like the 8th race to be the beasts of war.
space sharks
Space squids that posses the lesser races causing the bodies to transform/revert to primordial creatures the longer they stay possed, until they becomes nothing but empty shells seeking food.
The 8th race must be called the XOMBORIANS. This race was created when an experiment, the Corporation was developing, went horribly wrong. This race is feral mutant undead with bionic limbs and body parts. The Xomborians destroy any thing in their path. Their leaders, the Xomy Heads, possess psychic powers to control and focus the Xomborians fury.
Lizardman analogue would be my guess – it’s the missing fantasy in space race.
Angry Killer Clowns. Period.
a feline race fast sleak hunters that hunt in a prides/packs they live for the hunt and try to out do each other
Kzin?
The most feared race in all of gamerdom!
They stalk conventions looking to repel the heroic and claim the weak!!
LIVE ACTION FURRIES!!!
Oompa-loompas from deep space
i think any lovecraftian styled horror would do well in a sci fi setting. In fact, maybe a combination of a few of those races in the cthulu mythos. Maybe have something like he Mi-go, Elder Things, Shoggoths (or at the very least inspired by), and such.
I don’t expect anything new or outlandish. Space elves.
The Ghost. These creatures are creations of of beings who have left mortal bodies to become one with the essence of life itself. A single being can create tens if not hundreds of ghosts depending on the power of its mind. They can kill enemy with psychic energy from range or close assault depending on the creators whim. To make it interesting from a figure making company and rubbish painters, The Ghost will be cast in a translucent green resin, so will be in great demand for the slow painter who only has to base them.
They are clearly a type of small worm/ insect parasite,that are hugely vunerable out on their own, but can burrow into any other creature from any other race and “posess” them, useing them like a puppet.- when that charachter is killed in close combat there is a chance that the parasite will then jump to the attacker.- only a small chance but… that might keep you big units away from the smallest grunt.
Lead by a Queen that can sporn more throughout the game…
Venereal diseases!
I would have to go with the robot like uber creatures from another galaxy. Or even better a Borg like army. Would be a sort of techno space zombie if you think about it. Fight em, loose a few guys. Then all the sudden you are facing your dead buddy but with machine parts! Keeps the costs down too, since Mantic could use already made molds for the most part. Not to mention the converting and modeling aspects. Sure hope its the Borg… ok thats taken. But you get my drift.
Well obviously it’s either gonna be a race of gelatinous cubes… with guns! Or my personal favourite: Space Giraffes!
My prediction, is that it will be monsters so terrible cruel, with nasty, big, pointy teeth, and a mean streak at least a mile wide!
The Black Beasts or ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH. Sired from the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog, cross bred with a turtle, of course.
Rat Men! Scavengers who sell their lives as mercenaries, traveling hidden in the holds of bulk freighters.
Murder, disease, and ambush are their tactics of choice. Numbers their greatest advantage. Seldom do they care when their own members fall, for they breed past what their surroundings can endure.
Their weapons rely on speed, not accuracy at range – with enough needles in the air some will find the gaps in the strongest of armors, from then either poison or disease take their toll.
We are the Little Folk – we!
Too little to love or to hate.
Leave us alone and you’ll see
How we can drag down the Great!
We are the worm in the wood!
We are the rot in the root!
We are the germ in the blood!
We are the thorn in the foot!
The Auld Grump
Sharks with fricking lasers attached to there heads
A caste-based society of reptilian bio-enhanced humonoids with an ancient persion/babylonian look.
The proud Forgefathers would not admit to the humiliation, suffered at the hands of this race.
The Empire found no evidence it was one of their experiments. But neither could they find evidence it wasn’t, so they’ve made it a capital offense to mention them, just to be sure.
The Marauders, the mighty warbeasts would wimper and lay in the dust in a foetoid position at mere mention of their name.
Some say they were the very reason why Asterians fleed to the stars and developed their wonderous stealth tech.
One thing remains certain.
My Little Ponies know no mercy.
the 8th race will be a conglomeration off all the previous races who have joined together to fight for peace and will be produced to sell people all the other races for a second time!
Due to the mysterious name I assume that they’re going for something really different with the eighth race so here’s what I think:
It’s not at all an army in the traditional wargaming sense, it’s actually an event in which the leaders of the opposing armies get into tiny racing cars and through eight tracks they have to work out who wins by points. Mantic will release small cars for each of the armies as well as some special terrain. So it’s almost more like a spin-off game set in the same universe rather than another army.
And all foolishness aside – I’d actually like to see that happen. 🙂 Write some background around how in the Warpath universe, the eighth race is always the most important in a racing season, make some cool cars, add optional rules for weapons and gadgets and here we go.
P.S.: I offer the judges pie: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/eighth-race-pie/detail.aspx
Space Amazons (as in all female warrior clan!)
The 8th race are the ancient Greys. With huge heads and skinny bodies they have unlimited psychic powers but are very fragile. They are lead by a trio of giant heads in jars who believe the galaxy is now ripe for their return.
It has to be cross-grained, pongy, tusk impaling, pettifogging, nihilistic, lexical “Wild Boars in Space”. Spiked Fishbowl Helmets, Sausage-Launchers and Potato-Grenades. Also, pink spandex outfits with silver trimming. They come from a world of Bureaucrats, where everyone is so bored from filling out blanks, they take up arms and go out in space to kill something; just to release their frustration. Of course they like to drink beer and eat a lot. They are famous for their intergalactic drinking contests, where the winner is awarded some more free beer…(it’s not actually free, mind you, because there is a tax on drinking beer on the Boars homeworld, as there is for everything. (You get the idea…))
…Oh, and they eat sausage a lot!
Here’s a sketch of a mighty “WarBoar”
Cheers!
It’s obviously bunnies… In power armor….
It’s got to be Americans. There’s always Americans. Always 🙂
A race Of Overseers and slaves. Large models that are directing lots of small slaves of various types that are forced into fighting.
An army of giant space puddings who’s main combat tactic is to engage their enemies in close combat and then flambe themselves with brandy and cream.
Devastating!
What about a energy made race?
The 8th race is very 19.
I would love to see the 8th race as Sentient Machines who have determined that all organic life in the universe must be eradicated. Sure, its been done before but not as well as it could have been. This is a great opportunity for Mantic to give all of the Terminator/Matrix fans a chance to play as the evil machines.
Australians! Hell bent on draining the universe of beer
Lets think about what is more or less known to be coming.
We got Orkz how ever they want to spell them
Then there is the Mountain hard Dwarves
What sounds like sneaky Elves
Also with a horde of random Xenologicals and Rebel scum.
And best of all the Heroic Exploring Humans! Spreading enlightenment and good will to all they meet.
So that leaves a bit of room to think about. I believe it could be that they have a general game-play mechanic for all 8 races but only background for 7 of them. .It could be that they are more or less waiting to find something from the gaming community to post something Epic that they can just run with.
So I drop my idea for what I would like them to be: Amazons with out stupid amounts of cleavage/skin. In a space wargame beings should be properly armored for fighting.
I dont think the corporation fits very well your description of them 🙂
An there is the Zzor…
Insectoid race thats modelled into rocks that the space dwarfs or dwarfs in SPAAAACCEE!!! call space gold! orr Sharks that swim in space
If it goes along the lines of races like their kindigs of war range, then i think it will be space elves of some type, but i like the idea of either fishmen, or the dogmen or ratmen idea ive seen listed here, something different from GW fare would be cool.
Carnivorous plants that make a clicking sound as they shuffle around eating people. No one talks about them in case John Wyndham sues Mantic!
‘The Flatuluenty’ a race of aliens hell bent of covering the galaxy in a cloud of putrid beer induced doom. (they have a wheat intolerance)
They are an ancient, even timeless, army of robotic warriors. The 8th race are more of a product-line than a race. They are machines created by machines from a parallel, or perpendicular, universe. They are humorless, emotionless, pitiless creations. They can’t be reasoned with. They can’t be bargained with, and they absolutely will not stop until all living races are dead!! They put in the field of battle, legions of foot-soldiers with uncanny weapons of horrific power. They have legions of flying and skimming machines that strafe enemy formations and blast apart the strongest fortifications. They target their enemies from thousands of miles away with unerring accuracy due to their manipulation of time and space.
Each battle legion is led by a god-like humanoid that strides among them with impunity toward all lesser weaponry of the Corporation, Marauders, and Forge Fathers. They command through divine gestures which they use to manipulate elements around them at the molecular level. Their powers are beyond reckoning and no man, or beast, can comprehend them!
The 8th race will be the darkest vilest evil creatures known to man. They will torment our souls through their terrifying rants – their voices boring away at our minds until we admit madness or defeat. Their wrath will be unparalleled against all know menace. They need not weapons of mass destruction – no tanks nor guns or bombs – to cut us down. Their attack is striking, personal and unforgiving. Their conflict arises just once a month and whilst we should be prepared, man is often still caught by surprise when his guard is down.
The 8th race must not be spoken of – for mere mention will strike fear into any man for they are the scariest most unforgiving, darkest creature in the entire universe – wives and girlfriends with PMT. And what an unstoppable army they would make.
So please consider this 8th race speculation to win one of your sets, so that when the evil strikes again I will have something to occupy my time with as I hide away from the darkness.
extremely advanced sentient robots from the future
Big Crocodile-men , with sonic guns and a Klingon mindset (Empire).
I got two speclations.
The 8th race is the secret guild. The last defenders of a lost civilization. They never act in the open. And the few that encounters them won’t live to tell what happend or what they where. The legends tell that they guard the galaxy from the final armageddon. And that they one day will return and save us all.
The 8th race is the Evil in the great darkness. The unspeakable horror from the beginning of time. Unleashing their wild hordes devouring system by system. Demons, zombies and ravagers.
A species where each individual is comprised of colonies of sentient viruses, able to infect the units of enemy armies and take control of them. A riff on the Thing, with units that gain strength as enemies die, sort of a slow-burn play style.
I seriously hope for something original, such as mindflayers (in Space) or space hippos but it’s probably gonna be either marines or a robot race.
I think the 8th Race is a race of half human/ half robot (cyborg ) assassins with just a pinch of the demonic !!!
squid humanoid race or a furry feline race…..why does Thundercats pop into my head hahaha
half naked women from a war torn dying empire and they need men to refill depleted stocks think black widow spiders, once mated they devour the male 🙂
It’s a quasi religious infestation organism called the Race of the Latter Day Mantis….
I think that the race are a mighty army of mutated pigs, led by the infamous tactician babe, not content with taking over the farm, and then the city, he’s set his sights upon the science fiction lands of warpath, surely leading to some messy battles with very tasty clean ups.
alternatively, it may be an army of darrels armed with weapons firing lots of different sized black bases, destroying everything in their paths until all cheese has been discovered. no matter the blood shed
Mayhaps something Lovecraftian or Cthulu-esque?
Maybe they can do what most mini makers do.Take an existing army give them a sinister mustache and call them a chaotic off shot of that race. But hopefully make a army list that is full of fluff units and not generic crap.
New idea, the unspoken 8th race are a bunch of chocolate and attention deprived wives of gamers. =)
Gods Teeth! Woot! I’m loving these space dwarves!!! Hmmm, the 8th race… What about the Lawyers race? With endless frivolous lawsuits they devour hope and bind all with red tape. No? Okay, how about the Sharkoserous? Yeah, baby! I’m with you on this Warren! Still not happy? Okay, I can’t think of a race, exactly, but I know what I want them to have! Mechs! Tanks! Power Armor! More Tanks! and Mechs! Yeah, Mechs! and Flying Tanks! and Mechs!
8th race:
i’d postulate that they like to skulk in shadows and control events from afar? as for what they look like…. bionic or cybernetic to ensure that events happen as they plan. if i’m right these guys play the long game.
Im hoping its either a wolf based army with warebeasts and th like or Fishmen iiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnn ssspppppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccccccccceeeee seriously its the best idea ive ever heard for an army.
What I would love it to be would be an all female army. They can take advantage of the fact that the Sister’s codex upgrade wasn’t that great. I would love to see Matic pull this off! So that’s my speculation and my wish!!!
I meant to say White Dwarf Codex update.
Could it be eldar? But were not allowed to talk about them in case mantic get a C&D?
I think it’s space cockroaches. That’s why the corporation doesn’t want to speak about them. I mean, who wants to fight a relentless undying spawn of satan who can survive a nuclear holocaust?
orx’s wearing boots! yes its the orx fashion police.
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reapers lizard warriors from where ever
Mel Brooks had prophesied to us:
Jews in Space
I would like to see giant robots who “Convert” into vehicles…. that would be cool!
I’m going for Elephant Men. The Elephant (man) in the room is never talked about!
The Minion
An army of warrior nanite colonies able to build template “Warrior constructs” originally built by a race long extinct due to the very war that birthed the Minion, the more advanced or larger Constructs comanding the smaller ones in networks capapble of pretenatural awanress and reaction in combate they continuasly evolve and canibilise each other allowing for flexability and surprise ensuring enevatible victory
It will obviously be a race of small puppies, cats, rats (dogs?) & mistreated goblins, these few small beings are an alliance of the Elven Sabre-Toothed Pussy Cats, Dwarven Throwing Mastiffs, Undead Giant Rats & Zappy & Stabby Sneaks, that are fed up with the way they are thrown around the battlefield & have forme?\d an alliance to fight back against there oppressive leaders!
i mean how can you have not seen that
It will obviously be a race of small puppies, cats, rats (dogs?) & mistreated goblins, these few small beings are an alliance of the Elven Sabre-Toothed Pussy Cats, Dwarven Throwing Mastiffs, Undead Giant Rats & Zappy & Stabby Sneaks, that are fed up with the way they are thrown around the battlefield & have formed an alliance to fight back against there oppressive leaders!
i mean how can you have not seen that
Wow solly about the spelling there folks talk about Epic fail
My best guess would be something like Dark Elves. Fallen, must-not be named, that sort of thing. Kinda fits the mold.
What would be interesting for me though, would be a non-humanoid race, but more so than that, a non-symmetrical race, as most things we as humans look at works on the basis of one side having to match the other (1 arm on each side, one leg on each side etc). What if this thing has 9 legs. 5 one side and 4 the other.
Sharks with freaking laser beams on their heads!
Or maybe more seriously, a race of robots from a distant planet called Cybertron. These robots will have natural defenses in the form of “disguises” such as “transforming” themselves to look like mundane items such as washing machines or TVs. The 8th race will definitely be “more than meets the eye”!
I just tought it over a bit. Maybe it’s the squats! RISE MY SQUATTED BRETHREN! PAY NO HEED TO THESE DWARF IN SPACE WANNABEES THEY CALL THE FORGE FATHERS!
space drow
1 Word… GHOSTS.
We don’t talk about the 8th race… maybe they prefer to be referred to as the 7a race?
In which case does that make them creatures from the Dungeon Dimension?
Or failing that I’m going with robot race too. AI let loose and developing it’s own society that wants to kill it’s parent race is always popular.
And I for one welcome our AI Robot Race overlords…
Izzardmen is Obviously the next race. I race of reptilians impecably dressed and really, really funny.
Nazi Zombie Bugbears
(I hope no one’s come up with this idea yet – I haven’t bothered reading all 14 pages.)
The background:
So, the 8th race – that’s what they are, the 8th race the corporation encountered. Officially, the 8th species humanity met on it’s conquest of the stars was an expansionist culture of arachnid-like beings. Unfit for exploitation or trade, they’ve long being bombed into extinction.
That’s the official version. The real arachnids had ceased to exist long before the corporation’s exploration ships encountered them. In truth they were only carriers. The arachnids were nuked to prevent infection.
In the real world there are numerous parasites that take over other organisms’ brains. The lancet fluke manipulates ants into committing death by cow so it can continue living in their livers; cordyceps fungi force cockroaches to move to the ideal sporing positions before eating their brains.
The REAL 8th race is like an evolved form of these. They infect any sentient species they encounter and lie dormant within their hosts until enough of them have infected. Whatever the 8th exactly are, individual cells (if they are cells) seem to be capable of telepathic contact with each other. Once the number of infected reaches a certain level, the 8th particles inside of them reach out to each other and form a single, intelligent entity.
When this happens, the hosts DNA rapidly begins to change, inducing rapid growth in their bodies’ cells forming muscled tentacles of flesh and dangerously sharp bone spikes.
Any non-infected in the near area are quickly killed or assimilated, increasing the entity’s intelligence. Once an “individual” 8th is smart enough, it can easily employ it’s hosts’ knowledge to use their technology.
Here’s the problem: No one is sure what the 8th actually are. No alien parasites of any kind have ever been found inside any infected humans (making actual identification of infected pre-outbreak virtually impossible). The host’s genetic structure also remains completely unchanged until the critical number of hosts has been reached.
Some scientists have even theorised that they’re dealing with a sentient meme.
No one knows how many infected are living within human society – or any other race for that matter.
For this reason, knowledge of the 8th race is kept a closely guarded secret; the Corporation’s mass-psychology specialists estimate that public knowledge of the nature of the 8th would lead to levels of suspicion, mass-panic and violent witchhunts that would rapidly reduce the populace’s productivity below acceptable output, leading to such massive negative growth that it could fracture or even destroy the Corporation (and possibly humanity itself).
The miniatures:
The 8th race could consits of genetically altered models from all the other factions, allowing for using the basic plastic kits with lots of extra metal bits for modification (similar to the Chaos Dwarves): lot’s of fleshy, tentactly goodness with bladelike bonespikes protruding from rupturing flesh, jaws dislocating as they stretch beyond their limits to incorporate massive fangs. For larger models, individual hosts could merge into huge mounds of pulsating flesh, forming massive pseudopods – possibly still holding on to their hosts’ weapons. Or vehicles covered by the living flesh that’s oozing out of their hatches and window slits.
Or walking vaguely-human like shapes, made up of indiviual bodies squashed together (if vou’ve ever read Clive Barker’s “In the Hills, the Cities.” you know what I’m talking about).
Okay I’ve thought some more about it, and I believe I have it: Bacon, the 8th race is Bacon
A small group of amazonian Cyborg fish shark women with slaves of gobbly gop people
Technopaths – symbiotic beings that connect to technology with their minds, both physically and telepathically, to control and guide. Their entire society is based on their abilities, ranging from those who control their giant machines of war, to those who control tiny nanobots for medicine.
the 8 race is made of amazon women searching for strong men to keep as slaves and so they can bread more Warriors and take over space.
I will speculate that the 8th is…
Space Zombies of darkness and evil! A mutated mix of Orx, Corporate and Forge Fathers!
The 8th Race. The first point must be to consider the apparent parameters for such a race. Clearly, the race must be capable of fielding large coordinated masses of viable and competitive warfighters, with scope for specialists and equipment within, given the epic nature of the Warpath universe. The race should also, I think, be clearly differentiated from the other 7, and other generic life forms that inhabit or infest the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Future universes. It must also provide fertile ground for the development of plausible histories and biographies (ie “fluff”). After considering the vast range of candidates, I suggest the 8th Race is the product of 66 million years of dinosaur development on an Earth that was never struck by an asteroid. It sends a shiver down the spine doesn’t it? We are told the most intelligent and/or cunning of the dinosaurs were the raptors, which clearly could have evolved into upright walking fully bipedal terrestrial eagle or hawk like creatures, with pack-mentality, warm blood and aggressive traits remaining in their DNA over the eons. For want of a better description, shall we say – ‘the Raptors’ – to be clearly differentiated from lizard men etc. Please, not Hawk-men or Eagle-men either. They are not ‘wannabe’ humans in any way!! This Race surely would be a formidable foe, having developed over the eons all manner of arcane weaponery and advanced interstellar technology allowing them to conquer distant solar systems. They would have not hundreds or even thousands of years of military traditions and customs, but tens of millions of years. They are naturally talented at warfighting, and are happy to take no prisoners – no quarter is asked for either. They have fortunately avoided blowing themselves up and destroying themselves as a Race in the process of development over the eons. But how do they come into contact with humans in the Warpath Universe? A tear in the multiverse, perhaps, allowing them to access the Warpath universe? Or perhaps via arcane and advanced technology allowing them to visit the Warpath universe at will with evil intent? Millions of years in development provide the Raptors with endless possibilities. A weak point perhaps could be a genetic flaw in their DNA that has magnified over the eons, allowing lesser Races to defeat them if the right circumstances or strategies prevailed.
Biker Mice……………….from Mars???
What if the eight race are drawn to any who know of them?
The eight race once had an empire spanning the galaxy, but as their power and greed ate away at themselves they became soulless. They betrayed all that were not their own kin to the point where every creature in the galaxy despised their existence. They became so hated that it became a crime to even mention them, even in lawless societies. Overtime this denial and hatred became a genetic memory, encoded into every lineage and race; mentioning the eight race leads to death. Do not mention the eight race. Now, none even remember what it is that they are in denial of. A shadow of a soulless empire survives and whenever they are remembered, death swiftly follows and they are forgotten again. Embedded deep into the subconscious of everything that possesses one is a powerful thought – do not mention the eight race, to speak of them leads to death, to remember them leads to sorrow, and to face them leads to madness.
Forget them. Do not mention the Eight Race.
Good looking large breasted women in search of geeky men who play with miniature soldiers….
A secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, known as The Pentavirate, who run everything in the world, including the media, and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as The Meadows.
Agree
So many things come to mind, perhaps bestial mutant army folk, or thick skinned centaur-like aliens with biorganic weaponry in nautilus ships. Of course it just as likely could be creatures that are cloaked in shadow and rags.
No one talks about the eighth race…
Many ancient tomes tell tales of beings of such supreme power and knowledge that the primitive peoples worshiped them in the time before history. Known as angels, daemons, gods, and a hundred other names. It was they who gave many of the younger races knowledge of fire, they who showed them how to build with wood and stone, and it was they who taught the symbols that speak. Yet these “gifts” came with a price.
The races whose records show evidence of these beings, also show signs of strictly enforced patterns of development, patterns which where not to be challenged. The histories tell of whole peoples who were annihilated, of worlds consumed in flames, and stars that suddenly went dark. Testament to the fate of those who defied the gods, but also to the shear power available to these beings. Whatever goal it was that they strove for remains a mystery, for the gods it seems were not truly immortal.
By comparing the ancient texts, it is possible to trace the spread of the disease which caused the collapse of their mighty empire. Due to the virulence of the plague, it’s exact point of origin is unknown. What is know however, is that for all their knowledge and power even the greatest among them were no match for the pestilence.
As their gods died, the races whom they had ruled awoke to find themselves directionless and in control of technology far beyond their understanding. Records of the time tell of civil wars between the races, many often claiming the patronage of one of their former deities. Some scholars have postulated that perhaps more than a few of these wars were in fact feeble attempts by remaining members of the rulers to restore the empire.
Unfortunately the last semi-credible mentions of these beings center almost universally upon their deaths. While some scattered myths and fables make mention of divine encounters with long forgotten gods, it is largely accepted that if these beings ever did exist, they must surely have perished. For how else could one explain their absence over so long a time?
No one talks about the eighth race…
Long have we watched. Long have we waited. Long have we ached to see the ruin of our race.
Today we reveal ourselves to the galaxy. Today we reclaim our former glory. Today we remind these pathetic creatures of their place in the universe.
We set the hunks of dirt they call their worlds in space. We created the stars they orbit. We are the Vulmarii, and the galaxy will speak our name again.
No one talks about the eighth race…
Physical Description:
The Vulmarii resemble area 51 aliens. They appear frail and diminutive, however are capable of assuming any biological form of similar size. Possessing incredibly powerful minds, Vulmarii are potent telepaths.
Unfortunately their highly evolved minds have left their physical attributes wanting, and Vulmarii are extremely susceptible to disease. Instead the Vulmarii rely upon advanced shielding technology to protect them from the corporeal universe.
Once a Vulmarii reaches maturity it will not age, unless it is deprived of sustenance. Consequently, although their numbers were greatly diminished, there are still many Vulmarii with first hand memories of their empire.
Culture
Due to their immense telepathic powers, Vulmarii are capable of reading the thoughts of their fellows. This has resulted in an extremely unified culture, where ideas are created, shared and debated by all.
Since the fall of their empire, the remaining Vulmarii have isolated themselves from the rest on the galaxy. Fearing exposure to a contagion that could destroy their remaining enclaves, the Vulmarii do not have diplomatic relations with other races.
Technology
In the millennia since the fall of their empire the Vulmarii have dedicated their research to the creation of a crystalline plant capable of consuming all non-Vulmarii biological life forms. When the Vulmarii invade a planet they harvest all biological life, which is then used as fertilizer. This biological terraformation leaves the world a sterile environment, perfect for their anemic immune systems.
The principle weapon of the Vulmarii is the ray emitter. This device can be tuned to produce a variety of energy beams, which can combat any adversary. Everything from freezing rays of cold to flesh vaporizing beams of heat. When mounted on the Vulmarii three legged walkers, standing one hundred feet high, these weapons are quite formidable.
Not being very strong, Vulmarii use their technology to compensate for their lack of physical prowess on the battlefield. Of particular note is their shield technology, which allows their soldiers to engage other races without fear of viral exposure.
Agenda
Utterly ruthless in their quest to restore their empire, the Vulmarii overlords have ordered the extermination of all non-Vulmarii life. Determined not to make the same mistake again, standard Vulmarii military policy is to systematically raze a planet clean. A side effect of this strategy is that precious few non-Vulmarii are even aware of their existence.
Shark men and Bull men…. In space….. and in the toilet
Flying Spaghetti Monsters?
It’s gonna be….Amazons…. INNNN SPACCCCE!
I surely hope it will be a race made entirely of rainbow pooping Nyancats ;D
Could be they are just very self conscious and easly offended
A human gendarmerie. If the Corporation expands humanity’s borders, the Order of the Shield makes sure we keep it.
some say they are shadows that walk
some say that they can move quick across the battlefield
some say that they look like darrel under there armour
a evil overlord race what are killer rabbits….. with big pointy teeth 😀
I was thinking to buy some mantic zombies, but the these zombies looking to much at the fantasy zombies from GW. Howbout some space nurgly zombies? Could you guys imagine, a apocalyptic zombie armie? O.M.G I’m gettin a nice feelin in ma pants!
That’s “The Plague”. They’re already a Warpath race.
Well, my official speculation day would be on a friday, and to be able to speculate on an unauthorized day i will have to speculate as to what i could do to get around this tricky situation. I could speculate about speculating up a speculation machine that could speculate a speculation pass in order to speculate about the 8th race, but, i digress, infact once upon a time i was a professional digresser, but that is a special story for a rainy day. Oh look its raining. So, the year was 1675 and the sun was shining, and i was digressing just like this…. and that is my speculation.
I MADE IT, THANK GOD I MADE IT JUST IN TIME BEFORE TURN 8!!!
What happened to me is a strange story but I know for sure now what the 8th race is. Last week just after the competition went on I thought: this will be simple. How much more wrong could I be?
So, I decided to just type in http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Warpath/8th_race.html (the link is broken now and just sais that the page isn’t found) but last week, IT WASN’T. Then I took some screenshots and looked at the fantastic sculpts of the new models from mantic when suddenly all power went down. Smoke appeared from no where and the next thing I can remember was that I was tied to a chair in a dark room with a bright light. I screamed for help but the only thing I heard was the silence it self. Out of nowhere I heard footsteps. I thought I would be saved. I was wrong again. A man dressed in black stepped up to me and asked: “What did you see?”. “I don’t know what you are talking about”, I said to him. “Do not think that I’m stupid, I followed everything, every little step and I will not let some kid tell to everyone what it is, just to get a silly… well… not silly it is really awesome price, BUT STILL NOT ENOUGH!” .Then I remembered, the 8th race. But I didn’t want to tell him, it was my secret. “TELL UP! WHAT DID YOU SEE?. And he turned the bright light to me. I was blinded for a minute. But then I saw his face. It was Alessio Cavatore! I knew I was in big trouble now. He knew that I saw the 8th race and that I was able to tell everybody what it is. Ofcourse he wouldn’t let me go alive. Then he turned around and said: You don’t tell it? Fine. Then you will die here. So he left me behind. No food or water. Untill today I sat there. Not far from death. Then suddenly I heard a voice in the back of my head. “Are you going to accept this? Is this your end?”.”There is nothing I can do about it, I’m weak and exhausted”. “No this shall not, this will not be your end! I grant you the power to break the walls with this heat hammer!”. A bright light flashed in my eyes. And then I saw the hammer and I used to break the wall (I heard a music in the back of my head that sounds a bit like “breaking the wall, breaking the wall”). From there I went back to my home with the money I got from selling my hammer. So now I can tell you all what the 8th race is.
The 8th race is an army of living stone giants, called: the giants of stone! They have lived for very long in the galaxy. They are a slow walking force but when you enter one of the plannets possesed by them they will come really fast. They don’t got great shooting, exept throwing big stones. But they got really hard fists ready to make the enemy bleed. Although they are walking slow, they are a master in ambushing the enemy. So they can ram you with their fists from behind. It is an elite army which relies on a great tactic, otherwise they might get easely overwhelmed by even forgefathers. I know more about this race but I can’t remember really well becouse I’m still tired of my trip. I hope you enjoyed reading through this 🙂
I would like to see a wraith like race of energy beings. That or an ultra religious machine race hell bent on turning all flesh to steel so they will recruit anyone who will follow the way and begin converting them borg style, although they retain individuality.
The Eighth race is everything and nothing the beginning and the end…….
Let’s see…what race would others not want to speak about…maybe they didn’t even know of the race to speak of them!
I’m going to have to go with a race comprised of the spirits of vengeance of dead planets, clothed in the debris of those very planets or the scattered remnants of armor from the citizens of those planets. Stick with me here.
Andraxxa was a world long uninhabited, the fourth planet in the Korten system and one of several previously-conquered worlds of a forgotten race. Their empires are now dust, and yet in the burial ground of their people, a proud warrior spirit remains. Tethered to their decayed forms are spirits fighting in a sort of electrical valhalla, locked in glorious battle.
The Corporation, however, selected this long “dead” planet along with the others from the Korten system as testing grounds for experimental planet killers, weapons that would draw the ire of civilized nations should they find out. These weapons are ultimately successful, leading to the destruction of Andraxxa and the other worlds of the Korten system, but are deemed too dangerous and costly to bring to full production. The bones that tethered the spirits of the Andraxxans to their post-mortem paradise having been shattered and the remains of their kingdoms now space dust, their forms have been brought back into being to seek battle in the material world, so find some kind of replacement for the paradise they had and extract revenge for the erasure of their last link to glory in this plane of existence. They use the remains of their planet as both armor and as their very bodies, as well as bits of scattered armor/technology long buried in the core of their now splintered planet. For invasions, they arrive as comets, bursting out of the craters as war-thirsty golems of vengeance.
Ok, I’ve had quite a bit of sangria and am a bit sleepy, so I should stop it there. Thanks for having the contest, and good luck everyone! 🙂
I believe it will be an Arachnid based race the scope for multi legged nasties would be awesome. I for one, do not know of a single company that make cost effective, well designed, well balanced and kick ass arachnid nasty models with spitty guns that pull the enemy to their doom!! Stunning their target for one turn but doing no harm, next turn AUTO hits and normal profile….. AND…….they do NOT have diplomatic negotiators…….that is how nasty they are!!! :E
Although I would love to be wrong and it be a huge Dog Soldier force!!
Awesome!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MRu8N2K0NY