@ajramseyart replied to your post “My Guesses on Character Height”:
They are in scale but Harding has been moved up. You can kind of see her foot at the bottom of the screen. Her knee is even with the bottom of the character pics.
Hi! So, I had to double check cause I thought I missed that. But her knee lines up with Emmrich's, you can see Emmrich's as well in his shot. Her knee is also slightly bent so there is that to consider. But I don't think they moved her up. She lines up as standing in the same place as Emmrich.
They're standing behind Davrin though, so there is likely a little distortion since they aren't directly side by side. But I don't think its too much. Also most of Emmrich's height comes from his torso (and his platform boots).
Close ups below the cuts for people avoiding spoilers.
@csphire replied to your post “Heights Based off Official Model Scales, Dev...”:
I will have to politely disagree on your Varric estimate. I happen to have that stature and measured it from the top of his head down his straightest leg which is around 37 cm or 14.5 inches. Times that by four will put him at 148 cm or 4'11 ish. Granted that's almost five feet but I added the half-inch to account for the fact his head is tilted down slightly.
You may want to readjust your other numbers accordingly.
Hey! Thanks for the input!
I'm not saying they're canon, aside from Bull's height their is no canonical mention of height; these are calculations based on the measurements of the models I have or that people have provided me. Or in Solas's case, rough estimates based on the provided information and soda cans in this image.
If you want a breakdown of the methodology and math I put it under the cut.
To start off with, all conversions of the 1:4 scale is based on the assumption that Gaming Heads isn't rounding down (taking a 1.9 and saying 1) or up too much (taking a 1.3 and making it a 2). In either their conversion of scaling down or in the description of items.
This is also assuming they aren't skewing their scaling to force perspectives or achieve a certain look. I'm relying on the scaling being accurate and true to a 1:4 scale. As I'm not the modeler, the company producing it, or involved beyond a consumer I can't confirm that.
As for my math, I got my numbers from someone who has the figure. They said their base was under 2 inches, Bianca added 1.5 inches height to Varric, which amounts to 3.5 inches so knocking that off of 17 and we get 14.5, which is what we got for the model: 14.5 inches with his head down. Like you we rounded it up .5 inches to account for straightening his head which would bring him to 15 inches, which is how I got the 5'3.
I was using this calculator to double check my conversions and it panned out to 5'3.
In regards to your numbers, I will admit to being a little unsure if you're saying that the model is 14 inches and became 14.5 after you accounted for an upright head. But if his model is 14 inches prior and then 14.5 after the adjustment Varric would by the 1:4 scale be 4' 9.96" / 147.26 cm or if you round up in feet 4' 10 / 147.31cm. If the model is 14.5 before the adjustment, then you should have the same math as I do.
Either way, I'm not saying anyone has to adopt these figures or that they are solid canon by any means, not even Bull's height which is specified in canonical sources.
Far from that, I shared the calculations because I personally find them a bit more reliable (and amusing) than relying on game models. Especially based on cut scenes since they will sink or float models to achieve an aesthetic angle. BioWare only knows that Inquisitions models especially aren't on any consistent scale. As seen with Iron Bull's model, which isn't proportionally 8' tall along with the fact there are limitations of game modeling where most models are sharing the same body mesh and rig.
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