I honestly don't know how tall Quain is. My guess is 9ft but honestly I'm not quite sure.
Anybody have a better guess?
Obsidian Agent wrote:I've done some scaling images - using Robert Wadlow, who actually WAS 9 feet tall - and found that honestly, Quain looks like she's closer to 7 feet tall. I'll explain. Here's a pic of Robert Wadlow, next to his father, who was around 6 feet:
Now, using the power of Photoshop, I was able to increase his father's image size to 7 (scale) feet - really, just increased height and width by 1/6 (or 16.666%, if you want to get technical), to get an estimation of how tall he'd be in proportion. Turns out, that doesn't match what the comic shows - supposedly, dokkalfar are 9 feet tall, and drow are 7 feet tall and Quain is as tall as a dokkalfar, but the comic contradicts that chart. Then, I increased his father's height to 8 feet, using the same proportions. It still didn't match.
What I DID see though, was that, when comparing the 7 foot tall father imposed next to the 6 foot tall one - was that the 7:6 ratio more accurately matched what's seen when Quain is compared to other Drow, then the 9:7 or 9:8 ratio did. The comic's visuals suggest that Quain is closer to 7 feet tall, and average Drow around 6 feet.
But then, what do I know? I'm just a grouchy ASVSer who thinks that visuals take precedence over background supplemental materials.
A video featuring Wadlow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RexHt_1ra3c
Obsidian Agent wrote:What was being said here was that the chart contradicts what's actually seen in the comic. Proportionately - hell, even when Quain is next to Zala or Ash - is that they fit better if Quain is about 7'4" and the average lath woman closer to 6'4".
Because, even IF they were 7 feet tall, and Quain 9, they wouldn't even come up to Quain's shoulder.
Not to mention the average Ssu woman is 6'7" - according to that chart, and in the scenes where Quain and that Ssu Sargh Dev'ess are together, her head is above Quain's elbow - which is where it would be if the chart were accurate.
Obsidian Agent wrote:And another thing, if Mel - who is as tall as Quain
Obsidian Agent wrote: who should be 6'7" would only come up to her elbows.
Obsidian Agent wrote: That's not what we see.
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