Examples for Shrinking and Growth Sizes

[Basic204]

I'm Currently Building a hero who can row and shrink but I have no reference for how small 0.0084 or how large 32m is.

 

 

Could you give me some real world examples of what these sizes represent ?

[Tedology]

I'm Currently Building a hero who can row and shrink but I have no reference for how small 0.0084 or how large 32m is.

 

 

Could you give me some real world examples of what these sizes represent ?

 

Funny you should mention this... I installed a conversion app on my Android phone for just this purpose.

 

0.0084 m = about 1/3 inch. (roughly the midway point of the tapered end of a sharpened pencil).

32 m = 105 feet (roughly the height of an eight- to ten-story building)

[Basic204]

hmmm what if I want to be the size of an ant. how much smaller do I need to go ?

[Tedology]

hmmm what if I want to be the size of an ant. how much smaller do I need to go ?

 

Well I did a Google search of "length of ant" and came up with this:

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=length+of+ant&oq=length+of+ant&aqs=chrome..69i57.2293j0j8&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

 

A black garden ant (worker) is about 0.5 cm or about 0.005 m

 

You asked about 0.008 (rounded) m

 

So you're in the ballpark. 0.003 m difference isn't going to be that much of a difference game-wise.

[Crusher Bob]

How's this look for shrinking size comparison:

 

 

points    sample size
 6        Peter Dinklage (1.35m)
12        3 month old baby (~600mm)
18        barbie doll (~290 mm)
24        2AA flashlight (length ~150mm)
30        palm width (~80mm)
36        AAA battery (44.5mm)
42        finger width (~20mm)
48        pencil diameter (~7mm)
54        human pupil, average lighting (3-5mm)

 

So, depending on what kind of ant you are talking about, something like 48 or 54 points of shrinking.

[tikiman]

How's this look for shrinking size comparison:

points    sample size
 6        Peter Dinklage (1.35m)
12        3 month old baby (~600mm)
18        barbie doll (~290 mm)
24        2AA flashlight (length ~150mm)
30        palm width (~80mm)
36        AAA battery (44.5mm)
42        finger width (~20mm)
48        pencil diameter (~7mm)
54        human pupil, average lighting (3-5mm)

So, depending on what kind of ant you are talking about, something like 48 or 54 points of shrinking.

Did you come up with that yourself? That's very handy.

[Crusher Bob]

Yes, just tried to pick common objects at around the right size range.  Not sure about the pupil as a thing for size comparison, but trying to find something small that everyone is familiar with presented some difficulty.  Would guess that barbie dolls are universal enough.  Also couldn't think of something common around 2mm across. 

 

For growth, it's harder to come up with examples that everyone will be familiar with.

 

But:

 

One  building story ~3.5 meters.

 

Elephant (2.5 to 4 meters tall)

 

automobile, 4 door sedan, length (4-5 meters)

 

Peter Jackson's King Kong (~7.3 meters)

 

City Bus (~12 meters long)

 

Statue of Liberty, head to toe: (~34 meters)

 

Classic Godzilla (50 meters) but note that Godzillas height has increased considerably in later films (closer to 100 meters)

 

Pacific Rim, Gypsy Danger, 79 meters tall.

 

Cloverfield monster (estimates from 70 to 90 meters tall)