In past days I have been in a discussion with comrade @Morius about the size of the models. I assume most of us, mid to advanced users, are aware that modifying the height of a model with the inherent slider, modifies parameters and can really mess up with our poses.
Nevertheless, I was wondering. Trough a friend I got a H5 ruler, that I know for a fact that it is blender accurate measurement. Basically, it's a ruler of 2m height. Roughly 78.7402 inches in freedom units.
This came to my attention, because I was used to measure my characters with the Binary Scale Room. There, the scale is the same as in the slyders. Namely, when you take the height slyder to the left, and you get 1.50m in that scale. You move the slyder to the right, and you get 2m in the scale. And that's about the same in the freedom units.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuut measuring with the H5 object, which does not deformate ingame unless you make it deformed, the units are't quite the same. And comparing the ruler with the units in blender, it does indeed has a height of 2.1m
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My girl Rassía is supposed to have a height of 1.82m, roughly 6 feet. When measured at the scale room, compared with the ruler, Rassía is 10 cm taller than she's supposed to be.
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nullAccording to the ruler, Rassía must be smaller. She's a tall girl, but not a WNBA player.
The difference between the slyder position between photos is remarkable. I like my girls with maxed necks and maxed legs, but the "real" measurement isn't the same as the one on the binary scale room, that gives the same results as the customizer slyder.
So, here's the thing. As a modder, I try to bring my guns with "real" proportions. I do know, that toys are scaled with the model, so they need to be adjusted to keep the "real" measurement. But I'm feeling I'm being too controlling here. And yet, it blew my mind realising my girl was indeed too big and that was the reason she couldn't fit in lots of furniture, specially chairs felt too small almost always.
So, what's the position of you guys, fellow modders and users in general about this? We should use accurate measurements or just what pops to our basic instincts, when we design models, and even more important, creating toys?
Does it matter? Anyone else gives a fuck about this? Yes? No? Why?