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To the Dakka Dakka Community...

I need competent script writers to design unit lines voice actors will speak for in-game use with various near-completed Dawn of War mod projects.

You MUST know the War40k faction in-question and be committed to building accurate voice script lines for specific unit types. I have a group of voice actors waiting on lines you will be putting together.

The following War40k factions need voice lines made for each unit:

Space Marines
--These are now done!
Black Templars
Blood Angels
Blood Ravens
Crimson Fists
Dark Angels
Fallen Angels
Imperial Fists
Iron Hands
Legion of the Damned
Raven Guard
Red Scorpions
Salamanders
Space Wolves: 13th Company
Ultramarines
White Scars
MISC Space Marine assets

Chaos
--These are now done!
Alpha Legion
Black Legion
Blood Pact
Death Guard
Emperors Children
Iron Warriors
Night Lords
Red Corsairs
Thousand Sons
Traitor (Imperial Guard) Legion
World Eaters
Word Bearers

Imperial Guard
--These are now done!
Adeptus Mechanicus
Cadian/His Righteous
Catachans
Death Korps of Krieg
Elysians
Harakoni Warhawks
Last Chancers/Penal Legion
Mordians
PDF Guard
Praetorians
Tallarn
Tanith First and Only/Gaunts Ghosts
Valhallans
Vostroyans
MISC Imperial Guard assets

Eldar
--These are now done!
Craftworld - 5 Branches
Harlequins

Tau
--These are now done!
Farsight Enclaves - 5 branches

Orks
--These are now done!
Armageddon - 6 branches

Please come forth immediately if you know any or more of the above War40k factions VERY WELL and are able to write out 30-40 voice lines per unit. I will ensure your efforts are credited when the project goes out the door to the public.

NOTE: Voice Actors are also welcome to audition for the parts above. Please do so if you believe you can make clear and crisp recordings.

Thanks Dakka Dakka community!!

What are the specifics you are looking for Orks, I'm not understanding Armageddon.

I could help on the Orks I just need to know what you are looking for.


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Hate to double post. I'm very familiar with the Orks and the way they speak. I even do Ork voices when I play.
I also have play writing experience. I graduated with a degree in speach and theatre.

Um...LOTD dont speak, at all. But I do know Templars very well

Spelled "speech" wrong...hehe



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Spelled "speech" wrong...hehe

@Blarglord - perfect! We have Kommandos, Deff Dreads, Lootas, Looted Rhinos, Battle Wagons, Battle Fortresses. and even Stompas to name a few. Shokk Attack Gun and Deff Koptas coming too + Bikes

@InqLordBane - also perfect! Everything from Sword Brethren, Castellan, Marshall, Emperors Champion, Land Raider Crusaders, etc etc.

Do you want to conduct the speech writing here or on our own forums?

thudo 2009/10/01 14:25:22 Subject: Need Voice Script Writers for various projects!

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@Blarglord - perfect! We have Kommandos, Deff Dreads, Lootas, Looted Rhinos, Battle Wagons, Battle Fortresses. and even Stompas to name a few. Shokk Attack Gun and Depp Koptas coming too + Bikes

@InqLordBane - also perfect! Everything from Sword Brethren, Castellan, Marshall, Emperors Champion, Land Raider Crusaders, etc etc.

Do you want to conduct the speech writing here or on our own forums?

We can conduct it he if you would like.

I just need how many lines you need for each unit.

Lets start with the Stompa. Try to keep each line a maximum of 30 words. Most lines will be < 6 words and maybe some one liners. The ABILITY section is for when the Stompa fires a massive missile it has perched on the side of its shoulder. Truly Orky-like <snicker>! The Stomp is piloted by some rather over-zealous Grots and perhaps one Slugga at the helm (do we trust Grots to run things properly of such a large mechanical beast)?

Unit_Complete1:
Unit_Complete2:
Unit_Complete3:
Unit_Complete4:
Unit_Complete5:
Unit_Complete6:
Unit_Complete7:
What1:
What2:
What3:
What4:
What5:
What6:
What7:
Move1:
Move2:
Move3:
Move4:
Move5:
Attack1:
Attack2:
Attack3:
Attack4:
Attack5:
Ability1:
Ability2:
Ability3:
Ability4:
Ability5:
Death1:
Death2:
Death3:
Death4:

This is meant for a Real Time Strategy hence the # of lines taking into account all possibilities. Thank you very much Blarg! Lets see how much grammatical fun you have with this one first!

This is heck of a challenge, I'm on it. It will take me a bit, since I don't have a consistent access to a computer, however I'll be working on them offline as well. I'll do my best.

Superb, Blarg.. thats all I ask: do your very best. Thanks a mega TON for the effort!

I'd be willing to give Eldar a try, starting with one branch to make sure it's what you want. What are the 6 branches?

My credentials, such as they are, are experience with the Eldar, and a partly completed English degree from Uvic .

You're welcome. It's all part of the hobby, be it plastic or digital. It'll be fun for me (and a challenge) and I like to help.


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By the way, what is the language level? Profanity? Orks do swear.

@Orkestra - yer alias is ironic considering you love Eldar. All five major Craftworlds are supported: Alaitoc, Biel-Tan, Iyanden, Saim Hann, and Ulthwe. We have pretty much everything from Pathfinders, Corsairs, all Aspects, Autarch, Wraith Guard, Shining Spear squad, SpiritSeers, Scorpion Mark 2 Super Heavy Tank, even Revenant, Warlock, and Phantom Titans. It would be great to have you aboard.

@Blarg - very kind of you.

Yeah, the pun was too good to pass up, really, and I play both armies. (Speed Freeks for one, and a custom iceworld themed Webway patrol force) Plus, you already had a volunteer for the greenskins.

I'll work from the list you provided and send you a couple unit samples to check that I'm on the right track ASAP.

Oh, one last thing. I'm a huge fan of the way that in Blizzard's RTS games when you click the model too many times it gets either grumpy or silly. Is that something you want to avoid? Should all of the 'what' scripts be serious?

Is there a time frame on this? or can I have a day or 2? cause that is alot of script you want there good sir


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The Templars unique units are Neophytes, Marshal/Castellan (same thing pretty much), Emp.s Champion, Master of Sanctity (uber chaplain), and Sword Brethren. Do you want new lines for regular units as well? cause templars are VERY different in their attitudes from other marines. give me a list, and ill use the line format you gave

@Orkestra..Yeah.. no Dawn of War doesn't do the multiple unit clicks = unit gets sillier. Its all serious 40,000years from now.

I'd love to see you try writing script lines for a Wraith Guard squad:

Unit_Complete1:
Unit_Complete2:
Unit_Complete3:
Unit_Complete4:
Unit_Complete5:
Unit_Complete6:
Unit_Complete7:
What1:
What2:
What3:
What4:
What5:
What6:
What7:
Move1:
Move2:
Move3:
Move4:
Move5:
Attack1:
Attack2:
Attack3:
Attack4:
Attack5:
Under Fire1:
Under Fire2:
MoraleBreak1:
MoraleBreak2:
MoraleRestored1:
MoraleRestored2:
Capture1:
Capture2:
Capped1:
Capped2:
Battlecry1:
Battlecry2:
Battlecry3:
Jump/Teleport:
Deepstrike:
LoadTransport:
UnloadTransport:
Ability1:
Ability2:
Ability3:
Ability4:
Ability5:
Damage1:
Damage2:
Damage3:
Death1:
Death2:
Death3:
Death4:

Normally we have a SpiritSeer attached to the squad to give them focus so SpiritSeer lines will also need to be written in a similar fashion as above. Capture and Capped lines you see above are for when the squad captures specific resource points on the map so for Capture its for when the user tells the squad to go to a unclaimed point and begin attempting to capture it. Capped is when the capture was successful. Battlecry is when the squad lunges into combat and yells out to reduce the morale of the enemy and increase its own (if applicable). In this case, the Ability section can be omitted since Wraith Guard don't have anything in this matter.

If you need any more clarification let me know.

@Inq Lord Bane - no no real time frames. Try your best when ya can.

Yeah we have pretty much all Black Templars covered. We do separate Castellan and Marshall as separate HQ units btw.

Lets start with the Castellan then:

Unit_Complete1:
Unit_Complete2:
Unit_Complete3:
Unit_Complete4:
Unit_Complete5:
Unit_Complete6:
Unit_Complete7:
What1:
What2:
What3:
What4:
What5:
What6:
What7:
Move1:
Move2:
Move3:
Move4:
Move5:
Attack1:
Attack2:
Attack3:
Attack4:
Attack5:
Battlecry1:
Battlecry2:
Battlecry3:
Ability1:
Ability2:
Ability3:
Ability4:
Ability5:
Join:
Detach:
LoadTransport:
UnloadTransport:
MoraleBreak1:
MoraleBreak2:
MoraleRestored1:
MoraleRestored2:
Damage1:
Damage2:
Damage3:
Death1:
Death2:
Death3:
Death4:

If you have any questions let me know.

PM Sent, I can do Space Wolves with my eyes closed, I can also do the other SPESS MAHRINES FOR t3h EMPRA!

I'll be happy to write some Imperial dialogue. Also, I'm a decent voice actor if you're looking for some voices.

When do you see yourself finishing the mod? I'm wondering for the purposes of downloading/playing.

Wow.. The Dakka Dakka community is quite generous. You War40k TT players surely are most kind hence the reason the work the DoW1 community is certainly blessed translating the mighty War40k TT game to PC.

@ Gwar! - Bloody awesome. I will chat with you in PM. I could also use your Space Marine fluff/codec knowledge to help write voice scripts for the other chapters.

@Brother SRM - Brotha.. Spectacular! Wow.. yes I need a voice actor also although I have more than I need for Imperial voices I need a good voice actor for a TechMarine and Master of the Forge. We have this fully in-game and have voice scripts but no voice. I can send you some example scripts and would love to hear you audition if that is cool? Also, you know Death Korps of Krieg and the other Imperial Regiments well to know what each of the unit types for those would likely say? I neglected to mention we have fully finished mods like Steel Legions, Inquisition Daemonhunters, and Witchhunters all done and with full voices complete.

@Sourclams - more than half are in-beta right now. As you can appreciate it takes time to ensure a superior product gets released to the public but many are in beta now and doing damn well. Our community is VERY tight and we get sh*t done. Doing a single 3d model alone from concept to modelling to uvwrapping/texturing through rigging then animating with up tot 30-40 anims + preparing the finished model to translate in-game using the modtool's Object Editor then slapping FX to certain events on the model + SoundFX then.. voices.. yeah it can take months. Its beyond worth it: its.. Warhammer40k. My passion..

You don't need a lot of dialogue from world eaters other than "Blood for the blood god!" and "Kill, Maim, Burn!" and the random crazy scream every now and then.

Blarglord wrote: I graduated with a degree in speach and theatre.

oh yeah sure you did

You don't need a lot of dialogue from world eaters other than "Blood for the blood god!" and "Kill, Maim, Burn!" and the random crazy scream every now and then.

Well you'd be surprised -- not all Khorne units just grunt like a dog. Sure, however, there are some Khorne units that will mostly yell, scream, and not make any discernable logical dialogue. I'll put together a list of Khorne units to build dialogue/ughs for.

@ the_emperors_renagade- I did graduate with a degree in speech...just not typing.

Re: Legion of the Damned SM Chapter not speaking.. I've never heard of that fact. Yes they are ghost-like Space Marines which are supposed to be insanely powerful when called forth (very rarely seen) but AFAIK they do speak some dialogue:

* We were hawk's once, no more
* The way is lost, but not forgotten
* Blood is dark, fiery yet
* Weak of mind, strong of body
* He is lost to us, but in our hearts still
* Rekindle the hawk's flame
* Our talons bring a fiery death
* The tarrot spoke

How we doing gents with those scripts?

I'm a fairly skilled writer, with some English qualifications under my belt, not to mention my own voice acting experience. I also have a fairly impeccable general knowledge of the fluff. Give me some units, and tell me what you want, and you'll have them within 24 hours.

Is it possible to have the lines listed here? I'd be interested in having a gander

Which factions and their unit names/types interest you? I have em all. I didn't want to list all unit names for each faction as it would be one heck of a post.

Still no response for those who seemed genuinely interested.. :|

I might help, although it does look like you want a lot for each unit.

What's the list of factions available still?
Is there going to be Adaptus Mechanus?

If not I could just contribute some generic Ork ones.