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 Ashiraya wrote:

 Lord Tarkin wrote:

 Ashiraya wrote:
The Marine in the second picture is significantly larger than the one in the first.

I believe Marines are usually 7-8 feet tall. They don't have to be 9 feet tall to look intimidating. The first picture is a good example of how big and buff they are, completely musclebound and physically unmatched by any human.

I never said that nine feet is required to look intimidating.

I simply consider it the most aesthetically appropriate size.

Even still, the picture you made puts "Average height" guardsmen coming up to the marine's waist... by the ~9' scale that makes normal humans averaging 4.5' tall? the marines would have to be ~12' to match the real human height average male of 5'9"ish... Marines tower over regular folk, but they certainly arent double the height