Quote from: shawty on April 08, 2014, 03:42:35 PMare his arm photoshopped in the after pics or did he lenghten those. does anyone know his wingspan and before/after height?
I don't think they are. I think he said his wingspan was about 179-180cm.
I reckon if he stuck to 182cm he'd have looked much better.
There's no way he looks as good as he claims at his height.
I know you all don't like using sitting height in determining proportions, but his sitting height is around 93.5 - same as mine. Obviously, it's not completely accurate - but it's good enough to get a rough estimate. People with the same body length aren't going to have sitting heights that vary by 4-5cm. No, it'll vary by a matter of <1 cm.
Anyway, beside the point - his sitting height is 93.5. I believe him, mainly because looking at his stadiometer picture, he has the same torso length as me. At 188cm, a 93cm sitting height puts him below the 5duth percentile for SH/H ratio. Even if you doubt the accuracy of sitting height, it's hardly like he's actually in the 50th percentile for torso/leg ratio and his sitting height lets him down. No. We can safely assume his proportions are below the 5th percentile. To put that into perspective: that means in a room of 100 people, only 5 will have his leg/body ratio or worse.
Furthermore, My mockups clearly show I cannot pull off more than 6' - even then, I look quite leggy. I'm pretty sure I'll be doing 5cms on femurs and calling it quits. I'll be 180-180.5cm, in better proportion that Sysop, and still be a good solid height. I wouldn't want to be 6'2" anyway, I don't feel like a tall person - 5'11" is more than enough.
Quit beating a dead horse. Does it matter what his proportions are? Unless you have the exact wingspan/starting height and plan for 20cm , start worrying about your own proportions.
Quote from: jerry on April 20, 2014, 09:08:56 PMQuit beating a dead horse. Does it matter what his proportions are?
Unless you have the exact wingspan/starting height and plan for 20cm , start worrying about your own proportions.
Of course it matters. He's telling people he looks 'fine' and 'great' and posting sketchy photos pointed at flattering angles, giving naive people the impression that they too can lengthen 20cm and look fine too. Not everyone can lengthen 20cm from a proportions perspective, yet he's saying they can.
And for the record, I have the same length torso as him, the same torso width, and a 6'1.5" wingspan, and I'm 100% sure that at his height I would look weird. Enough for me to prefer being 180cm over 188cm.
Quote from: Saavedra on April 20, 2014, 09:19:31 PMOf course it matters. He's telling people he looks 'fine' and 'great' and posting sketchy photos pointed at flattering angles, giving naive people the impression that they too can lengthen 20cm and look fine too. Not everyone can lengthen 20cm from a proportions perspective, yet he's saying they can.
And for the record, I have the same length torso as him, the same torso width, and a 6'1.5" wingspan, and I'm 100% sure that at his height I would look weird. Enough for me to prefer being 180cm over 188cm.
Right on. I've got a 180cm wingspan and very similar starting stats to him and mock ups over 182 cm start to look freaky. Obviously he looks ok when he was doing his modelling shot with his arm dipping touching his boxers but when standing normally no.
It is a bit of a circle jerk regarding proportions though on LL forums everyone likes to say that other people look fine because no one wants to be seen as unsupportive. I've now seen several cases where people are fooled by the clothing some guy who is sub 165cm to start with, who does a huge lengthening (over 8cm) then saying he looks fine even though its obvious the arms and hands are too small for that height. People will want to hit certain targets regardless of how their proportions look. I now get why the best doctors are the most conservative when it comes to this. The big gains muck up natural bio-mechanics e.g tibia is 80% femur length.
Who cares what other people think, as long as you are satisfied with your height??
Is your own life so boring that you keep on thinking about a stranger's proportions??
They can look alright, until they sit down.
That's where you truly see something is very off with this person.
Better to do mockup of your own proportions and post it for others to comment, then waste time guessing what somebody else look like. It's all different for every individual.
Quote from: Sweden on April 21, 2014, 12:46:04 AMThey can look alright, until they sit down.
That's where you truly see something is very off with this person.
This is what I mean in that there are way more aspects to becoming taller with LL than just getting the cm.
Your added height now effects every part of your body.
It needs to be taken more seriously in this community.
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