how tall do you think the tmnt are - Page 3

*Sage Ninja* · 08-06-2005, 12:32 AM

thats a nice pic. And I think the super hero males are as pumped up and beefy as they are because its supposed to let real live males something imagine how they could look like if they lifted weights or something.

The same goes for super hero women, thay all have flawless figures and breasts that are bigger than their own freakin' heads. And they all look like warrior super models/ kinky strippers.

Why can't they ever have a female super hero that isn't a size zero or a quandrouple z-cup. **rolls eyes**

08-06-2005, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

thats a nice pic. And I think the super hero males are as pumped up and beefy as they are because its supposed to let real live males something imagine how they could look like if they lifted weights or something.

Lifting weights to be that big? No, I'm afraid steroids is the answer to that kind of bulk.

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Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

The same goes for super hero women, thay all have flawless figures and breasts that are bigger than their own freakin' heads. And they all look like warrior super models/ kinky strippers.

Why can't they ever have a female super hero that isn't a size zero or a quandrouple z-cup. **rolls eyes**

Exactly! What's with these amazon women with breasts that would crush a cat if they fell on one?

From what I've seen in comic shops, Image comics seem to be the worst when portraying the physical form of both male and female humans. Absolutly ridiculous.

These artists make me sick...

*Buslady* · 08-06-2005, 08:37 AM

2 inch waists with DDD boobs..yeah...and guys with arms, legs and other body parts that are equally as unnatural.

Part of the reason I dont read mainstream comics...even Lawon's style, which I'm not a big fan of, his art is reasonable IMO...the guys are a bit bulky but that's ok, I've seen WORSE.
I dont draw them overly buff, I can't see a bulky turtle mutant being able to move with grace while performing his art form. So my TMNT are lighter built, but resonably muscled. Like the movie costumes, they had muscle but not overly done.

*Weapon X* · 08-06-2005, 08:41 AM

And thats exactly why I don't like calling the TMNT "Superheroes", because their not you average evryday Superperson, their ninja and there a bunch of other reasons I could post, but i won't bore you with them.

08-06-2005, 08:46 AM

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Like the movie costumes, they had muscle but not overly done.

Yes! I agree! They were perfect in the movies. They had lean muscular builds that were not stupidly huge. They looked natural.

*Sage Ninja* · 08-07-2005, 12:38 AM

I always liked the turtles bodies looked in the classic toon, espiecailly in the season 8-10 they where perfectly muscular but lean at the same time.

I think the way they are drawn in the new toon is the best though. But depending onn the animators the turtles sometimes look a little too muscular. Like they are pumped up on steroids or something.

*Buslady* · 08-07-2005, 09:16 AM

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Yes! I agree! They were perfect in the movies. They had lean muscular builds that were not stupidly huge. They looked natural.

In thise CGI flick I hate to say it but they makes sense in that too build wise. Turtle wrists and ankles are wide, it makes sense to be designed that way in a mutant form. They do need a little more upper arm strength though! And their heads are funny looking. hehe...

Space Lieutenant Josh · 08-08-2005, 06:10 PM

I think I wouldn't call the TMNT superheroes because (except in the current comics and the very end of the Archie series) they aren't public. Like Batman has no powers, but he's a public figure and everyone does as he says just because. I mean, I was reading a Batman from the 60s where a man dressed as a 6 foot bat and a little boy in green underpants come into a chemicals shop, ask the owner to whom they had sold a certain chemical recently, and were then given that customer's name and address.

So Batman's superpower is the ability to breech consumer privacy. But that's a result of him being public.

*shuriken* · 08-08-2005, 09:03 PM

I always saw them as being about 5'4" or 5'5". That's cool cuz they still kick ass. This makes sense if you think about because they could avoid a lot of attacks and hide in the shadows at that height. Kind of like Bruce Lee

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But i find it a bit weird that they wheigh 180 pounds. but my guess is that the shell weighs about 20 to 30 pounds so technically if they were humans they would weigh about 160 or 150 which is about the same weight as Bruce Lee.

COOOOL.

*Sage Ninja* · 08-11-2005, 10:53 PM

actually i think they would weigh a little more than that if the turtles where human, because if you just look at their physquies they are extremly pumped and very muscular. And muscle gives you more weight. I don't think their shells weigh 30 pounds.

However given how muscular the TMNT are and they fact that they are just teenagers (I guess they are like 16 years old) is it natural for a teenger to be quite that muscular. Their physiques look like they would be adults not teens.

Gokhan · 08-12-2005, 11:05 AM

i still say they aer 5'8

Lisardo · 08-21-2005, 10:43 AM

I think where ppl are partically getting confused with their height is the difference between the cartoons/first movie and the 2nd movie. Cuz in all the other versions they're shorter than April. But in TMNT 2 for some reason they made them taller, but that's prolly cuz that's how call the actors were. They for once were all taller than April, cuz Paige Turco is short. So it got completely reversed. Which can be kinda confusing when you look at all the other versions. I like to picture them at 5'5", but officially officially I believe in the old and new toon they are around 5'1" or 5'2". Might be the same for the comic too.

And btw when someone said they heard Mikey in the OS (original series) saying that they were only 4' tall, well I don't remember him saying that. I remember in the one ep, "Beyond the Donatello Nebula", where that creature from space, Algernon, crash lands on Earth and Don helps him to repair his ship and they both try to rescue April, Algernon saying their height. The conversation was something like:

Don: Change into a different form (since Algernon could change forms) so you won't scare ppl. Ya know, a 4-ft tall lizard and all.
Algernon: Oh I see, but a 4-ft tall turlte is fine!

But I don't think that height was right. They were just saying that spur of the moment. That's maybe more Splinter's height. Boy in the OS he was veryyyyyyyyyyyy short!

08-21-2005, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

However given how muscular the TMNT are and they fact that they are just teenagers (I guess they are like 16 years old) is it natural for a teenger to be quite that muscular. Their physiques look like they would be adults not teens.

I noticed this too. To anyone who doesn't know anything about TMNT, you could ask them to take a stab at how old they are and people are going to guess mid twenties or older just because of their builds. Again, it's the common American artist's habit to make their male characters pumped on steroids.

When I draw the boys, I always make sure to give them physiques that would be appropriate for fifteen year olds (unless I'm actually trying to draw the new series style).

Oh, and as for the TMNT saying they're 4 feet tall in the old series, I'm pretty sure they were just poking fun at their own hight because they're not your typical 6 foot heroes, so they were just exagerating when they would say 4 feet just for comedic effect.

Serp · 08-21-2005, 12:14 PM

Id say the TMNT are 5'2- 5'4

Serp · 08-21-2005, 12:15 PM

Splinter is about 4'6-4'8

08-21-2005, 12:32 PM

Please don't double-post.

If you have something else to post after being the last one to post in a thread, just EDIT your last post and drop in whatever else you want to say.

Serp · 08-21-2005, 01:19 PM

My mistake!!! Sorry.

*Whitewolf89* · 08-22-2005, 10:41 AM

Um, since we're back on the subject of the guys' height, I thought I'd just throw in MY two cents (although they're probably worth LESS than that):

In the "Junklantis" ep, I DISTINCTLY heard Donnie say "That's coming from a FIVE FOOT tall talking Turtles". So I'm going to go with what HE said (HE should KNOW just how tall he and his bros are, after all, so I am going to go with the expert).

Peace.

*Sage Ninja* · 08-27-2005, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryona

I noticed this too. To anyone who doesn't know anything about TMNT, you could ask them to take a stab at how old they are and people are going to guess mid twenties or older just because of their builds. Again, it's the common American artist's habit to make their male characters pumped on steroids.

Oh, and as for the TMNT saying they're 4 feet tall in the old series, I'm pretty sure they were just poking fun at their own hight because they're not your typical 6 foot heroes, so they were just exagerating when they would say 4 feet just for comedic effect.

I know I don't think it is natural for a fifteen year old to quite that muscular. Thats why I think the physques of the old TMNT seem more accurate to how a teengers body should be. Their sinewy and sleekly muscular but not broad. But sometimes the turtles in the new toon are a good built. I guess working out from the day they could walk would give you rippiling pecs and bisepts. So maybe their builts aren't that far off.

And never belived that the turtles in the OT where really four feet tall. I always thought they where about 5 feet of five foot one. I think your right that they where making some tongue in cheek mention to how most crime fighters are towering giants.

The TMNT in the new toon look like they should be 5'5 or 5'6, thats just me.

08-06-2005, 08:37 AM	#43
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	2 inch waists with DDD boobs..yeah...and guys with arms, legs and other body parts that are equally as unnatural. Part of the reason I dont read mainstream comics...even Lawon's style, which I'm not a big fan of, his art is reasonable IMO...the guys are a bit bulky but that's ok, I've seen WORSE. I dont draw them overly buff, I can't see a bulky turtle mutant being able to move with grace while performing his art form. So my TMNT are lighter built, but resonably muscled. Like the movie costumes, they had muscle but not overly done. __________________

08-08-2005, 09:03 PM	#49
shuriken Second City Shinobi Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chi-town Posts: 4,182	I always saw them as being about 5'4" or 5'5". That's cool cuz they still kick ass. This makes sense if you think about because they could avoid a lot of attacks and hide in the shadows at that height. Kind of like Bruce Lee . But i find it a bit weird that they wheigh 180 pounds. but my guess is that the shell weighs about 20 to 30 pounds so technically if they were humans they would weigh about 160 or 150 which is about the same weight as Bruce Lee. COOOOL. __________________ Some things are better left unsaid. This isn't one of them

08-12-2005, 11:05 AM	#51
Gokhan Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: portsmouth, virginia Posts: 307	i still say they aer 5'8 __________________ "We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools" - martin luther king jr "Never consider someone your priority, when they only consider you an option."

08-21-2005, 10:43 AM	#52
Lisardo Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 702	I think where ppl are partically getting confused with their height is the difference between the cartoons/first movie and the 2nd movie. Cuz in all the other versions they're shorter than April. But in TMNT 2 for some reason they made them taller, but that's prolly cuz that's how call the actors were. They for once were all taller than April, cuz Paige Turco is short. So it got completely reversed. Which can be kinda confusing when you look at all the other versions. I like to picture them at 5'5", but officially officially I believe in the old and new toon they are around 5'1" or 5'2". Might be the same for the comic too. And btw when someone said they heard Mikey in the OS (original series) saying that they were only 4' tall, well I don't remember him saying that. I remember in the one ep, "Beyond the Donatello Nebula", where that creature from space, Algernon, crash lands on Earth and Don helps him to repair his ship and they both try to rescue April, Algernon saying their height. The conversation was something like: Don: Change into a different form (since Algernon could change forms) so you won't scare ppl. Ya know, a 4-ft tall lizard and all. Algernon: Oh I see, but a 4-ft tall turlte is fine! But I don't think that height was right. They were just saying that spur of the moment. That's maybe more Splinter's height. Boy in the OS he was veryyyyyyyyyyyy short! __________________ "Look I'm not gonna stop doing what's right just because it's not appreciated." -Leo

08-22-2005, 10:41 AM	#58
Whitewolf89 Freedom Fighter and Ninja Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Currently residing in the Turtles' Lair, NYC sewer system, NYC, NY Posts: 2,927	Um, since we're back on the subject of the guys' height, I thought I'd just throw in MY two cents (although they're probably worth LESS than that): In the "Junklantis" ep, I DISTINCTLY heard Donnie say "That's coming from a FIVE FOOT tall talking Turtles". So I'm going to go with what HE said (HE should KNOW just how tall he and his bros are, after all, so I am going to go with the expert). Peace. __________________ Brother against brother...........

08-06-2005, 12:32 AM	#41
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,927	thats a nice pic. And I think the super hero males are as pumped up and beefy as they are because its supposed to let real live males something imagine how they could look like if they lifted weights or something. The same goes for super hero women, thay all have flawless figures and breasts that are bigger than their own freakin' heads. And they all look like warrior super models/ kinky strippers. Why can't they ever have a female super hero that isn't a size zero or a quandrouple z-cup. rolls eyes

08-06-2005, 08:41 AM	#44
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	And thats exactly why I don't like calling the TMNT "Superheroes", because their not you average evryday Superperson, their ninja and there a bunch of other reasons I could post, but i won't bore you with them.

08-07-2005, 12:38 AM	#46
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,927	I always liked the turtles bodies looked in the classic toon, espiecailly in the season 8-10 they where perfectly muscular but lean at the same time. I think the way they are drawn in the new toon is the best though. But depending onn the animators the turtles sometimes look a little too muscular. Like they are pumped up on steroids or something.

08-08-2005, 06:10 PM	#48
Space Lieutenant Josh Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Village of Rock'n Kick-Ass Posts: 492	I think I wouldn't call the TMNT superheroes because (except in the current comics and the very end of the Archie series) they aren't public. Like Batman has no powers, but he's a public figure and everyone does as he says just because. I mean, I was reading a Batman from the 60s where a man dressed as a 6 foot bat and a little boy in green underpants come into a chemicals shop, ask the owner to whom they had sold a certain chemical recently, and were then given that customer's name and address. So Batman's superpower is the ability to breech consumer privacy. But that's a result of him being public.

08-11-2005, 10:53 PM	#50
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,927	actually i think they would weigh a little more than that if the turtles where human, because if you just look at their physquies they are extremly pumped and very muscular. And muscle gives you more weight. I don't think their shells weigh 30 pounds. However given how muscular the TMNT are and they fact that they are just teenagers (I guess they are like 16 years old) is it natural for a teenger to be quite that muscular. Their physiques look like they would be adults not teens.

08-21-2005, 12:14 PM	#54
Serp Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 362	Id say the TMNT are 5'2- 5'4

08-21-2005, 12:15 PM	#55
Serp Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 362	Splinter is about 4'6-4'8

08-21-2005, 12:32 PM	#56
Ryona Guest Posts: n/a	Please don't double-post. If you have something else to post after being the last one to post in a thread, just EDIT your last post and drop in whatever else you want to say.

08-21-2005, 01:19 PM	#57
Serp Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 362	My mistake!!! Sorry.