{"id":1654933,"date":"2026-08-05T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BNWiKpm5UZN6VRJS6Fd8xb"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:00:00","slug":"black-library-veteran-toby-longworth-gives-us-his-tips-for-voicing-the-perfect-space-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/black-library-veteran-toby-longworth-gives-us-his-tips-for-voicing-the-perfect-space-marine\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Library veteran Toby Longworth gives us his tips for voicing the perfect Space Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you’ve ever listened to a Black Library audiobook, or played a lot of Warhammer 40k games, you’ll know that it’s often hard to tell Space Marines apart based on just their voices. It’s something I’ve experienced frequently as an avid listener of 40k audiobooks\u2014I stop paying attention for five seconds, and suddenly there are five Space Marines with almost identical names arguing with each other in similarly gruff voices. <\/p>\n

We got to sit down with Black Library audio veteran Toby Longworth to talk about his voicework in Dawn of War 4, where he’s also voicing a bunch of Space Marines. Now, Longworth has played all stripes of Adeptus Astartes over the years, including Nathaniel Garro, Garviel Loken, Ezekyle Abbadon, plus a bunch of Primarchs, too, so he seemed like the perfect person to query about the challenges you face when voicing to the Emperor’s finest:<\/p>\n

“The big problem with Space Marines, because of course, there’s a lot of cloning that goes on in the Space Marine world, as I’m sure you know, is getting them to sound different to each other,” explains Longworth. “They’re all pretty tough and flinty, so you’ve got to start with a tough flinty one. I think Garro was one of my earliest ones, but Garro I ended up doing slightly higher, because as you go through the book, you’ll find someone who goes: <\/p>\n

‘That is all very well, but you are only a first generation!’ <\/p>\n

‘I am a third generation!’ <\/p>\n

‘I’m BIGGER than you!’ <\/p>\n

‘I AM ENORMOUS AND WILL BE A DREADNOUGHT ONE DAY.’<\/p>\n

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