I got the suspicious attack warning and was unable to download the e-book. Can you save it as a .pdf?

If no one else wants Daisy Duke, I will do both, and try my best to make them sound different, or maybe they can be related. HA.

Heap good set you build for nice home for Chief and squaws. We will watch many new days and nights turn while we have pow wows with mighty leaders and dance to our gods for lasting peace and abundant crops with the occasional buffalo herds not stampeding. May the thorns of the passing tumbleweeds never fall at your feet brave animator Chief.

WOW, Clayster, that looks awesome <-(imagine two exclamation points here... stupid keyboard won't make one)

I like everything about it... where do you get your ideas for your scenes? I wouldn't even know where to start....

Can't wait to see your video, and especially looking forward to hearing the voice acting talents of the various forum friends

clayster2012 wrote:

You're thinking of Skeletor

or unexpectedly high pitched for a villain? Maybe his wussy voice is what turned him against society and made him want to kill everybody who made fun of him in school
edited by clayster2012 on 30/06/2016

clayster2012 wrote:


No prob,Clayster.. I've been busy anyway.

But you seem to have a thorough understanding of your characters from prior years of using them in stories. I'm guessing you already have ideas about what they should sound like (voice-wise) so can you give me any guidance about what you're looking for in Red Dead's voice?

There are all kinds of ways that evil can be communicated in a voice.

Do you see him as a boisterous personality like Yosemite Sam?
Or a man of few words who'd rather shoot you than talk to you? ( speaks with his actions)

Is he just mean and dumb, with a limited vocabulary of gruffly spoken words?
Or smart and condescending, able to insult with words his opponents don't even understand?

Is his voice deep, booming and threatening?
Or throaty and raspy like the hiss of a rattle snake that smokes 4 packs of cigarettes a day?
or unexpectedly high pitched for a villain? Maybe his wussy voice is what turned him against society and made him want to kill everybody who made fun of him in school

Maybe it would be easier if you compare your vision of Red Dead to a TV or Movie character...

Any defining info would be appreciated. Or, I can just make something up.. but I'm guessing you already know what you want.

Hey PatMarrNC ol buddy, I havent forgotten you on Read Dead Mcgrow , and I'm sorry it took so long, if you can send me some examples I would love to hear them, and for the scene with him, I haven't gotten to it yet.

Rocque wrote:


Clayster2012, I'm assuming we'll be recording at 48khz? I just want to check.

Since there was the discussion on the microphone, is mine okay? I know I could invest in an upgrade, but I would rather not if it is not necessary.

Maybe I will just send my voice recordings to you first, Pat, so you can see if they are okay. I wear hearing aids so am not always sure how my recordings are after I submit them. I seem to always be using the amplify feature and have my speakers turned up. I am the victim of too many ear infections and too much time in water having fun. I tired ear surgery but it did not make things better, it added nerve damage.
I learned my lesson about having surgeries.


I have constant ringing in my ears so do not know if that is in the recordings or not. Crazy, huh?

clayster2012 wrote:


Jamie Jane it is. Just let me know when you need it.

Since there was the discussion on the microphone, is mine okay? I know I could invest in an upgrade, but I would rather not if it is not necessary.

Thanks Rocque, oh and I got your audio files, and if you want, i would like for you to be Jamie jane, and if you do when i get to her scene, Ill send you the scripts.

clayster2012 wrote:


The script didn't come through. I messaged you my personal email address. Could you try attaching it there? I ordered a mic this weekend and can start recording as soon as that gets to me.
edited by MarcKennedy on 28/06/2016

clayster2012 wrote:


Holy moly! Clayster, you are just AMAZING at this! And fast too! Remember all us little folk when you're famous, y' heah now?

I finally finished the saloon set, now I'm just waiting the Voices for Quick Jack, Robo James, Wild Bill Hiccup, and Milo Bill, while we'r waiting here's an update screen shot.

Thanks, by the way did you get the script i sent you for Milo Bill, quick Jack, Robo James, and Wild Bill Hiccup, I messaged with the link.

Looks fantastic. Great work.

clayster2012 wrote:


Can you message your email address to me again?

No have not received them.

Ok, then you can Have quick Jack, and Milo Bill, and robo James, once I get the full their scripts ready I'll send you their Lines.

(I know it was just a demo and that's probably why you used the most convenient mic)

clayster2012 wrote:



Lol. You did a great job designing them and describing them so I picked up on those cues and ran with it. I'm happy to do as many of these characters as you need. I love collaborating on projects. (Note: I didn't have any good ideas for the chief that weren't terrible racial cliches so I didn't audition him). And I'm happy just to get my name in the credits no matter what you do with the project in the end. I'm not looking for compensation, just for fun.

Clayster, even if you don't get Finger Pistols officially "published", you should look into monetizing your Youtube videos.

The Music industry has taken advantage of bands for years, offering them bad contracts in exchange for all the rights to their music. Lots of people are finding out that they can make almost as much by marketing their work themselves than they can get with a record deal... and they still own the rights to their music! You might find the same to be true for video.

YouTubers LOVE funny videos, and if you set up your account as monetized, youtube takes care of putting the ads on your page, and you just get the money. It's not much at one time, but it keeps trickling in forever. And the more videos you have, the more it trickles.

Also Facebook is aggressively promoting their own video, and due to the way people on FB can easily link to anything posted there, it works well as a way to build a following. I'm not sure if Facebook video can be monetized though.

If that sounds like too much hassle, consider delegating it to somebody else. The bigger your production gets, the more you will benefit from specialists.

Excellent voice work there!
I'd recommend you get a fairly good mic since you might even be able to monetise your talent.

Isn't it the longer that people will watch your video from start to finish the better Google likes it?.

I love voice acting. I'd be happy to pitch in. Here are auditions for a few characters.

Clayster, even if you don't get Finger Pistols officially "published", you should look into monetizing your Youtube videos.

The Music industry has taken advantage of bands for years, offering them bad contracts in exchange for all the rights to their music. Lots of people are finding out that they can make almost as much by marketing their work themselves than they can get with a record deal... and they still own the rights to their music! You might find the same to be true for video.

YouTubers LOVE funny videos, and if you set up your account as monetized, youtube takes care of putting the ads on your page, and you just get the money. It's not much at one time, but it keeps trickling in forever. And the more videos you have, the more it trickles.

Also Facebook is aggressively promoting their own video, and due to the way people on FB can easily link to anything posted there, it works well as a way to build a following. I'm not sure if Facebook video can be monetized though.

If that sounds like too much hassle, consider delegating it to somebody else. The bigger your production gets, the more you will benefit from specialists.

MarcKennedy wrote:

Lol I love those pickup lines for milo Bill, you seem to understand his character that's funny, could use those, and you know I been looking for a good sound for Robo James, because him being a clock work robot and with that hollow sound you made seems fitting, and another thing that weird is for some strange reason you hit Quick Jack the way I would always imagine how he would sound, are you getting into my head or what, anyways those Characters are available if you want them, aslo I may use those pick up lines.

Oh and to let everyone know, I may use this 30 minute video as a submission to try and get Finger pistols are Dangerous published.
edited by clayster2012 on 25/06/2016

I love voice acting. I'd be happy to pitch in. Here are auditions for a few characters.

Hey Patt, that translator lets you download the wav file, i'm adding this to my favorites, if the robot voices don't work I may just use this, thanks

tell you what... send the lines, and I'll send you the robo-speak and you can decide if it works for your purposes.

What might be cool would be to do his dialog with dots & dashes like a telegraph (the closest thing to electronics in those days) then to translate you could either use sub titles, or do what they did in the old Lassie series, where Lassie would bark and somebody would tell us what Lassie said.

"What's that Lassie?? You say Timmy fell in the well again? Good girl Lassie!"

The telegraph-speak might turn into a signature theme. There are so many movie cliches, but I've never seen anybody else use that one.

Here's a morse code translator.. you can type his dialog, then play back the dots and dashes as sound. If you can capture the sound in audacity then you can save it as an MP3 and use it as dialog.
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/translator.html

That way, if some nerd who actually knows morse code ever watches your cartoon, he'll be impressed that your robot speaks in true morse code. ;-)

I agree that is is amazing how fast you are able to create everything. About the only thing I am having success creating is my voice, and even that depends on the time of the day. This is really shaping up fast and it is fun to watch it progress. I wonder if you ever sleep. I know I get up early to work on my contest entry and as soon as I come home I am going over more tutorials to see how I am going to make my video look half way decent. Getting from the ideas to the finished product takes forever for me. You make it look so easy, but I am sure you had your learning curve, too.

The collision I am up against is time. However recording character voices can happen fast, so that is one deadline I know I can meet. My contest entry might have to wait until next year.

Isn't it amazing how much of a difference having no collision makes, and how much it frees you up? Nicely laid out sets, I like the darkness More Dark is my motto LOL

re: saloon set

holy cow, Clayster, you are amazing! Are you rich and don't have to work or something?? How do you find time to do all this??? and so FAST!! And so WELL!! I'm totally impressed

Regarding Robo James:
If he's a robot, I have a program that generates robotic dialog from a text file. The program doesn't have a SAVE feature, but I figured out how to save it anyway. If you don't already have a way to create robotic voices I could do his voice maybe. But if you already have a way, I'm fine with not taking on anything else. Your call.

clayster2012 wrote:


A bouncer in a bar? LOL. Or the alluring Daisy Duke? Can I play both? I am not sure I can change my voice that much, but would give it a try with the help of Audacity editing.

Rocque wrote:


Thanks, just pick anyone it don't really matter which one, I'm sure you will do good.

So many choices now. Such interesting characters. I will be happy playing either of the females you have so far. You have quite the cast going there.

This sounds like a lot of fun. Of course I have a female voice, and there is only one female part, but I would enjoy helping out on this. I always call Wild Bill Hiccup. LOL. I wonder if he got them often. It could be dangerous when trying to sneak up on rattle snakes.

I remember as a kid watching cartoons, all of the characters had a signature line they'd say in every episode...

SnagglePuss would say "Exit, Stage Left"
Mr Jinx would say "I hate Meeces to Pieces"
Tweety Bird would say "I Taught I Taw a Puddy Tat"
HuckleBerry Hound would whistle "Oh my Darlin Clementine"
Mojo Jojo would say "CURSES!"

etc etc etc

If you haven't already done so, you might want to think up a signature line for each of your characters... or alternatively, maybe the voice actors' own personal quirks will introduce a signature element for each character.

Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing how this works out

you didn't say if Red Dead McGrow was available... if so, I volunteer to voice his character

Rocque wrote:


lol...Ok Rocque, I'll put you down to, but it will be a while til I get the scripts out, still working on the sets,
but you will be notified.

OOOOOO, pick me pick me!!! I am definitely interested.