Sarpa/Garuda Dev Thread

[Ibsen's Ghost]

I am using this thread as a basis for developing a new sound set for the 'Black Marsh' mod based upon an entirely new race - the Garuda....or, if we're sticking to the official OB lore, the Sarpa!

Using the discussion from this thread: Garuda race and other possibilities , we have come to quite a few conclusions about this race and how to implement them in the main storyline. Furthermore, TMJ has expressed an interest in working on them =) . So, seeing as I am presently getting to work on my last youtube vid, I wanted to try out a few samples before establishing the voice I plan to use.

My intention here is to base them on a Germanic-Russian voice given my assumption that birds are likely to either sing or produce guttural sounds. Well, I'm a crap singer and, although I toyed with the idea of merging a fellow female VAs wonderful singing voice with my own guttural monstrosities, I think it would be best to try my own in isolation. I would have liked to have gone for a high-pitched guttural sound to reflect a more bird-like quality. As it is, they come across more as predatory birds than purty ones sitting in the tree.

Anyway, I will post up 10 samples. There are more than this but the posting system will only allow 10 and it's not going to affect things much if I'm just a little restricted. Please bear in mind that these are VERY MUCH a WORK IN PROGRESS. But anyone familiar with my work on 'Lost Spires' will notice the similarity to the classical scholar Domitian Verus. This isn't quite the effect I'm going for but it's a starting point and, hopefully, I can adapt it from that.

Please tell me what you think....