My Custom Faction(s)

[Buster's Uncle]

...A little Vivaldi playing in the background, and think of it like a George Plimpton radio commercial for something toffy?  Talking about the audio quote, of course...

[ComradeCrimson]

...A little Vivaldi playing in the background, and think of it like a George Plimpton radio commercial for something toffy?  Talking about the audio quote, of course...

Oh I don't mean about procuring the audio itself, I am a full on voice actor and can easily record that in nigh any voice I want.

I just mean inputting it into the game is all, I heard there was a specific file format it needed or something.

Edit: Speaking of which, here's a little voice reel I did for Marshal Humphrey Rodderick.

https://soundcloud.com/comradecrimson/marshal-humphrey-rodderick-speech-final

The soundtrack would not be present with the ingame version, I just put that there to give it more feeling/prevent straight rips. Even put a little gas mask filter on to get the full effect. And yes, the good marshal is indeed British.

[Buster's Uncle]

I don't think the audio file format is a major challenge, but I've never tried myself...

Done any animation voicing?  Do you have any good Vic Mignogna stories?

[ComradeCrimson]

I don't think the audio file format is a major challenge, but I've never tried myself...

Done any animation voicing?  Do you have any good Vic Mignogna stories?

I indeed have done animation voicing. But not nearly as prolific as the man you've mentioned, I'm just dabbling in dubs and animation voiceovers; although I am in the works of negotiating for a few indeed!

Been voice acting since December of 2013, roughly. So nearly 3-4 years total experience, I had absolutely no background in it before then, I worked sheet metal construction and some welding at the time.

I've done voice acting for the Alfa Legion series of the Emperor Text to Speech Series, Behemoth series, Ravandil series and I've done some odd ones here and there like the Moonman Chronicles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTvPpSwydj4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1cXYan0NQA

Most of my work has been concentrated in video games, video game mods and similar projects. I've done a lot of RTS video game voiceovers for projects like Legacy of the Confederacy for Starcraft 2, Red March, Abandon (who I am essentially co developer for), Snowbird Studios Caribbean, Campfire Studios War of Rights... several command and conquer mods like Rise of the Reds, Mental Omega, Twisted Insurrection, Crystallized Doom. (Whom I am also co developer for)

Here's a full list of projects I've been involved in if you are curious.

- Antonis’s Greco Persian Wars- Fires of War modification for Mount and Blade Warband both for script writing and voice acting
-Perisno fantasy conversion modification for Mount and Blade Warband, both for script writing, concept work and voice acting
-Rise of the Reds modification for Command and Conquer Generals:Zero Hour for script writing, beta testing and voice acting and development consultation
-Mental Omega modification for Red Alert 2 for voice acting
-Crystallized Doom modification for Tiberian Sun (Now OpenRA) for voice acting, team co-leader and script writing, among various other contributions
-Twisted Insurrection modification for Tiberian Sun for voice acting
-Tiberian Odyssey modification for Tiberian Sun, voice acting and script writing
-Numerous Warhammer 40k mods such as Thousand Suns, Adeptus Mechanicus 30k, Firestorm over Kaurava, Ultimate Apocalypse, and others for Dawn of War 1 primarily for voice acting
-Numerous Alfa Legion related video projects such as the Emperor Text to Speech series, Behemoth series, Ravandil series primarily for voice acting and occasional script writing help
-North and South Civil War modification for Mount and Blade Warband, for script writing assistance and voice acting
-War of Rights promotional videos both for improvised script writing and voice acting
-Snowbird Studios Caribbean game based on the Mount and Blade Warband engine, voice acting and script editing
-Upcoming and to be announced RTS game “Abandon” project co-leader and voice acting manager
-War of 1812 modification for Mount and Blade Warband, voice acting
-Sayazn modification for Mount and Blade Warband, script editing and voice acting
-Indie game 88 Heroes by Bitmap Bureau Ltd, voice acting and script writing
-Rogue Republic game, voice acting and script editing
-Attacque Superior modification for Red Alert 2 (Now OpenRA!) for voice acting and script writing
-Red March RTS game, voice acting
-Mentorship for the following individuals in regards to voice acting tutorship, Gaëtan Cione, Bryce Lockwood
-Moonman Chronicles Animation, Restless Pete character voice over

[Buster's Uncle]

Is the money doing that any good?  I spent several years performing in renfairs, but the money sucked pretty hard.

[ComradeCrimson]

Is the money doing that any good?  I spent several years performing in renfairs, but the money sucked pretty hard.

It's very hit and miss and sporadic. You can make some really decent money if you hit a really good project, or just make some nice padding money. One project might pay me upwards of a few grand in a short space of time, another might only pay me the odd hundred every month through commissions I do, another might just be a one time thing for like 20-30 bucks. It really varies and each and every single job is negotiated as indie voice acting is a frontier market that is barely regulated. And many times I work for free.

I would say it is not consistent enough to make a living off of entirely but it can help pay your bills, if you are persistent at it and modestly successful like me, if you work a part time job and then have this you can survive modestly well.

You only really can make it a real dough maker when you have connections to a studio and a talent agent. Both of which I lack nor can afford. Commercial broadcasting and voice overs in the commercial industry make a fair bit of money, standard rate for voiceovers, if you are curious is normally about 140 Canadian dollars (so like 120-130ish American) for a recorded minute's worth of dialogue for completely fair deal professional voice actor level payment standards. And again that also will vary upon role, length of overall recorded dialogue and so on and so forth.

In reality what you make can vary upwards and downwards. It's a bit of a random profession. There's no set rate, you got to constantly find work, negotiate and try and hit a jackpot.

[Buster's Uncle]

See, that there's the biggest reason I didn't stay with it -along with coming home and Momma needed help with caring for two senile people- I was a GOD out there in the lanes, and I loved the work.  -But renfairs are like that when you're nobody, no steady gigs, and I'm just not temperamentally suited to act as my own agent.  Rejection hurt too much.  The pay sucked, but when I had hat privileges, the tips -in a real sense, the best/only measure of how you're doing- were starting to make the pay a real non-issue, a trend that was still on an impressive upward curve when I dropped off the road.

I also didn't like working with other show people -they're lovely, the loveliest, when they want to be, but bad for having your back and frequently don't want to be lovely- because navigating the people politics was beyond me, and entertainment directors heard the backstabbing tales carried, but didn't see much of what you actually did.  I was good, and I was still getting better eight years in as I continued to learn my way, so a real shame.

[ComradeCrimson]

See, that there's the biggest reason I didn't stay with it -along with coming home and Momma needed help with caring for two senile people- I was a GOD out there in the lanes, and I loved the work.  -But renfairs are like that when you're nobody, no steady gigs, and I'm just not temperamentally suited to act as my own agent.  Rejection hurt too much.  The pay sucked, but when I had hat privileges, the tips -in a real sense, the best/only measure of how you're doing- were starting to make the pay a real non-issue, a trend that was still on an impressive upward curve when I dropped off the road.

I also didn't like working with other show people -they're lovely, the loveliest, when they want to be, but bad for having your back and frequently don't want to be lovely- because navigating the people politics was beyond me, and entertainment directors heard the backstabbing tales carried, but didn't see much of what you actually did.  I was good, and I was still getting better eight years in as I continued to learn my way, so a real shame.

Well if you have showmanship and true zeal for acting as what you say implies, voice acting is never too late to start with and its something you can do from the safety and comfort of your home; so no need to abandon caretaking any friends of family that may be under your stead. You just need to invest a bit into the microphone and so forth, and I know lots of  tricks and methods to accrue other gear and setup quite cheaply in order to get into the field. If you ever do want to spark off acting again, let me know, I'd be happy to help. It sounds like you enjoyed it fairly well despite the social issues behind the scenes of it, and I think one should utilize their talents and passions when they can to improve their state of being.

I've tutored folks before; including people who have acting experience which in that case would mostly be tutoring them with the technical side of things.

And I do it freely too, absolutely no cost; so hit me up if you ever are interested. Can always be a hobby too where you make a bit of extra money from time to time.

No need to navigate the intrinsic politics and social acumens, I know of many projects that just simply want people to help out, free modding projects or the odd paying indie project that will offer payment for such things. 

If you wish to contact me about this, I can be reached at [email protected] or via skype at Comrade.Crimson

Look for the guy who looks like this:





But that aside for now, I've got some text editing done for Unity so far, I just need to do so for the Pathos Bastion and and do the hardest part for the Pathos Bastion, its graphics. I intend to utilize some of your graphics packs for the background scenes if that is ok. I definitely need to think on the actual base(s) itself, the style I want to approach it with. I definitely need something impressive, visually stunning that really speaks of its truly metropolitan nature. It's a city of big lights, of big architecture, and big talents.

For the Pioneers I saw some pretty bases in the graphics database, I will compile their graphics spread sheet at some point hopefully this weekend. Will keep you all posted.

[Buster's Uncle]

-Of course that's what those portrait/bases/diplomacy landscape files are up for -use away.  If you're looking at page three of my custom faction pages and see something you want that hovertexts "Coming soon" instead of taking you to a Downloads page, just ask, and I'll hook you up.

(I could see doing non-live acting -I did have a passion for it- but without audience reaction feedback and tips -the former, what I started renfairs getting off on, the latter, what I ended them getting off on, the best form of applause being paper-based- I'd just be doing it for the money, which I could use, but don't badly need.  -Of course, getting paid -and getting more paying gigs- is the best measure of success, but I'd really miss seeing/hearing the audience to know how what I was doing was working.  Too many years of doing live improv all day to not build that dependence on reaction informing my performance decisions...

That's not a no, exactly...)

[ComradeCrimson]

-Of course that's what those portrait/bases/diplomacy landscape files are up for -use away.  If you're looking at page three of my custom faction pages and see something you want that hovertexts "Coming soon" instead of taking you to a Downloads page, just ask, and I'll hook you up.

(I could see doing non-live acting -I did have a passion for it- but without audience reaction feedback and tips -the former, what I started renfairs getting off on, the latter, what I ended them getting off on, the best form of applause being paper-based- I'd just be doing it for the money, which I could use, but don't badly need.  -Of course, getting paid -and getting more paying gigs- is the best measure of success, but I'd really miss seeing/hearing the audience to know how what I was doing was working.  Too many years of doing live improv all day to not build that dependence on reaction informing my performance decisions...

That's not a no, exactly...)

The offer always remains open. I know the feeling of entertaining a crowd and the thrill of entertaining people; acting and delivering a role and making people enjoy a spectacle. Voice acting might not get you the immediate glamour of a live audience but think of it like this; people will be watching and listening to your performance in their video games or the show they watch online, and you will bring a character they interact with or view to life. And as you collect more roles you build yourself a bit of an empire of connections, contacts and people you've worked for and provided your talents for; and the best way to equate a voice actor, especially an independent one is that we are like mercenaries. We jump from job to job, but our fan base and the people who appreciate our work grows and develops over time. People might not know what you look like off the bat, but they'll know your voice; or at the very least- know that you are the one who brought their favourite heroes, villains and all sorts of characters to life.

If you ever do want to reinvigorate your passion of acting voice acting is a comfortable medium to do it in.

[Kilkakon]

Hi, I believe you wanted to know what format voice samples needed to be in? They need to be Mp3 files, 22050 hz and in mono. I don't believe the sample rate makes a difference.

[ComradeCrimson]

Incredibly late reply from myself, but thank you kindly. Given that my life has calmed down with commissions and work a bit, I believe I can finally finish this baby.