Tediz! That'll be my first custom race. Skimming over the manual, I'd probably have them high on loyalty, ship hit points bonuses and something else. Military oriented, for the most part. I plan on making their ships really rugged looking, like Reavers from Serenity or the Turanic Raiders from Homeworld. Rugged and mean.
For those who don't know what Tediz are, take a look at my Avatar and Icon. Tediz are animated stuffed teddy bears that fought in the Milk Wars in the backstory for the game Conker's Bad Fur Day (rereleased on the Xbox as Conker: Live and Reloaded). I've already got my image ready to import to the game as the race picture. Tediz are gonna rule the galaxy. >)
I've also got a second concept for a not-so-militaristic race made out of origami. The ships would look like foled paper; cranes, square bases, tulips... the cooler shapes of the origami world. I'm going to get a picture of an origami person and use that as the portrait. They'd be far more peace loving and diplomatic.
What do you guys plan on making? I saw someone had an awesome background on a race of felines called Kats.
Anyone else got idea?