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NEWS: Warpath Forgefather’s – Pt.2

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Jun 27 2011

So by all now, you’ve all heard of Mantic Games new Sci-fi game coming this fall: Warpath.  Lets followup on Part 1 and take a more detailed look at the other initial race being rolled out, the Forgefather’s.


Here the background on this race (one of the two starter races for the game) from Mantic:

Mantic have set out to create a powerful Dwarf range in a believable Sci-fi setting – and we are seriously excited by where the concept art got us to!

Looking around before we started we just felt the Dwarf race has never really been tackled in a comprehensive and meaningful way, with resonance to current sci-fi war-gamers. From the onset we intended to create a strong, credible archetype for the race in this new setting.

We started with the givens – Dwarfs have always been miners, so we took that concept out into space, and the future, and reflected it across the three levels of Dwarf society. Whilst there’s a ruling class, the core focus is on hard-working, heavily armed and well-armoured rank and file units. These form the core of the Forge Father’s army, well able to handle weapons (of varying size), well trained, and supported by some serious ordinance – creating a strong firepower led fighting force. Then at the bottom of society (think bare-chested scrap metal merchants!) are the successors to the Berserkers, who have their own unique and specialist role in the army.

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Throughout the concepts you can see we’ve been working hard on the feel of the weapons and armour, giving the whole army a unique feel, and carving out a strong and unique presence.

Enjoy the pictures and don’t forget to sign-up for our free beta rules here: http://www.manticgames.com/Sci-fi.html

And here are just a few shots of the basic troopers.  Check out their equipment and options here.

Enjoy!  So who’s better, the Orx, or these guys?

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Author: Larry Vela
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