S,HWC Character Heights and Body Types

[strangetomato]

I was recently asked on Tumblr to give details on how I see the heights and body types of characters in Strangetown, Here We Come, and I thought I'd share them here too. Some of these details have been given in the story itself, but some haven't (like Buck's height, I think).

This is how I see them right now, though some of this could possibly change. I didn't give actual numbers for heights, just how they are relative to what’s average for North America (roughly 5’4.5” for women and 5’9.5” for men). I stuck with the main six and their peers. If anyone is curious about some of the older generation characters or any other specific character that I didn’t include, feel free to ask.

Johnny: Tall, lean and muscular. He’s about a foot taller than Ophelia, maybe a little more. Easily the tallest of any of the main characters.

Ripp: “Slightly” above average height (Heheheh), with a stocky build that could be very muscular if he ever worked on it. He’s developing a little beer gut, but of course prefers the term “love handles”.

Ophelia: Shorter than average, with a pear-shaped figure.

(My main three have a sort of ecto/meso/endo-morph dynamic going on.)

Tank: Around the same height as Ripp, but they’ve never actually gotten close enough to compare it. Both would assume Tank is a bit taller. (And maybe it's just his better posture.) Built “like a brick shithouse” because he’s worked hard to perfectly hone his natural Grunt physique.

Buck: The tallest of the Grunts. He’s still overweight, but grew into it and now carries it pretty well.

Jill: Average height and slightly on the thinner side in the way that her alien father is. Not what you’d call skinny, but not very curvy either.

Jaxy: Thin and wirey, and much stronger than she looks. Shorter than average. She’s one of the shortest characters.

Zoe: Classic pinup style curvy and average height.

Frances: Pretty average in all regards, but not very muscular. (Worthingtons don’t exert themselves. Are you kidding? :P)

Beau: On the short side (though not overly so) and fairly thin. Has an overall boyish appearance, and most would refer to him as “small”.

Lucy: Slightly taller than average height (and close to the same height as Beau). Very curvy and full-figured.

Bottom: Average height and weight… for a faery. So smaller than average height for a sim. More or less average weight for that height.

Nervous: Tall and unnervingly skinny, like his father was made of just bones or something.

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I have a strong opinion on that. I didn't use freckles on the Strangetown alien sims in SHWC, but I could just as easily seem them with freckles, given how light the alien skintone is and how there's so much sun there. I do use freckles on sims sometimes, and if I was starting the story today, they might have ended up having them.

Freckles are cute. I like them, too. :)

[gaiamix.livejournal.com]

I'd use CuriousB's alien spots instead.