how long do you think the tail should be?
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how long do you think the tail should be?
well...we can deny it all we want, but, eventually we have to face it...there is no REAL set length to kurt's tail...everyone draws it different lengths and widths...
from 2feet short to 2meters long...from thumbtack thin to kangaroo thick!!!:shocked
well...how about the nightscrawlers themselves decide:D
from 2feet short to 2meters long...from thumbtack thin to kangaroo thick!!!:shocked
well...how about the nightscrawlers themselves decide:D
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how long do you think the tail should be?
most bios list his tail as being about 3 feet.
I personally think it should be a bit longer than that because at 5"9' his tail would just barely reach the ground.
My vote is 4 feet.
I personally think it should be a bit longer than that because at 5"9' his tail would just barely reach the ground.
My vote is 4 feet.
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how long do you think the tail should be?
I go with 4' too. 3' is too short to be a useful limb, and 5' is long enough to get into major trouble.
As far as drawing him's concerned, though, most people tend to fudge it according to their needs. It's a fake-out, but nobody's shouted about it, yet.
As far as drawing him's concerned, though, most people tend to fudge it according to their needs. It's a fake-out, but nobody's shouted about it, yet.
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Yeah, the new handbook lists his tail at 3 feet, but I voted for four as well.
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how long do you think the tail should be?
Three AND A HALF feet.
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how long do you think the tail should be?
Of course I voted four feet long.
how long do you think the tail should be?
3 and half seems right I think..
but how thick is it? I mean it's not like an arm but it has to be failry muscular and strong (he hans from it sometimes) that I dont know..
but how thick is it? I mean it's not like an arm but it has to be failry muscular and strong (he hans from it sometimes) that I dont know..
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thick
Well, I think 5...
As far as width goes...I draw the base of his tail about the width of a skateboard wheel. The end is about the width of a magic marker...just before the fork tip of the tail...
...I know I'm just gonna start everyone up again...but how does everyone else draw their "tail forks"
P.s.: I'll start a new poll...check it out!
As far as width goes...I draw the base of his tail about the width of a skateboard wheel. The end is about the width of a magic marker...just before the fork tip of the tail...
...I know I'm just gonna start everyone up again...but how does everyone else draw their "tail forks"
P.s.: I'll start a new poll...check it out!
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thickness of tail
Well, personally I draw his tail much thicker. I try to remember that his tail is part of his spine and contain vertebra, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. So I figure at the base the tail must be the same size or a little smaller than Kurt's lower forearm (the part just below the elbow) and at the end just below the tail spade just a little thicker than one of Kurt's fingers. But that's just me.
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how long do you think the tail should be?
Just thought Id throw in my 2¢ worth:D.....
We had a small relatively close discussion on this a while back over in....
Nightscrawlers » Nightcrawler » A frivolous tail rant.
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We had a small relatively close discussion on this a while back over in....
Nightscrawlers » Nightcrawler » A frivolous tail rant.
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how long do you think the tail should be?
I think 5 is about right, afterall I like odd numbers and 3 would just seem to short and 4 to close to 3, so I choose 5.
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how long do you think the tail should be?
All the books I've read say it's 3 but I think 5 is a much more appropriate length.
Now on the topic of thickness, I always imagined it to be proportionatly the same size as a spider monkeys.
Now on the topic of thickness, I always imagined it to be proportionatly the same size as a spider monkeys.
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how long do you think the tail should be?
3 sounds about right because it would assumingly be around the same length as his legs (maybe a teeny bit bigger) considering he uses it like an extra limb. This is just how I imagined it though. I stand at 5"2 and my legs are like 2"something which is about half mybody size. Since Nightcrawler is reportedly 5"8, I would say 3 - 3.5.
how long do you think the tail should be?
I want his tail to be as long as possible, and as thin as possible. It's mycket coolare (much cooler) that way. (Although I have to admit that I didn't really understand the different legnth included in the poll, since vi svenskar (we Swedes) use the metric system. Curse you, Stonecutters! (That's an obscure Simpsons-reference.)
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how long do you think the tail should be?
For the movie, they seemed to go with about 4' long. It seemed a fair sight longer than his legs to me. I guess I could deal with the 3'5" they have listed in the "official resources" (Nighton, that's about 130cm or so). But LadyErin has a very valid point about the thickness of his tail. Pencil thin may look interesting, but it's anatomically more unlikely than the fact he's got blue fur. What's the proportionate thickness of a spider monkey's tail? Because it seems to have the same proportionate strength as Nighty's should have, and would be an excellent reference....
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I looked up Spidermonkeys for you guys. The tail in this pic looks like a pretty good size in proportion to the body. Here's the best pic I found:
http://www.ofb.net/~epstein/sl/spidermonkey.jpg
Though the base is a little too thick for my taste, the length looks pretty good and the tip before where the spade would be it nice and thin, just like I like it. What do you guys think?
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Though the base is a little too thick for my taste, the length looks pretty good and the tip before where the spade would be it nice and thin, just like I like it. What do you guys think?
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how long do you think the tail should be?
I voted 6 feet because I just got back from looking at the movie costume and trying it on.
I measured the tail. From spade tip to attachment - movie nightcrawler's tail is 73 in. long.
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I measured the tail. From spade tip to attachment - movie nightcrawler's tail is 73 in. long.
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how long do you think the tail should be?
That's true, his was a pretty good length, but I think more like 4'6" or so would be fine. I don't like the idea of it being too long because it would seem kinda like too much of a hassle. Em, you saw the actual costume?
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how long do you think the tail should be?
I think 5 feet. It would then be shorter then he is tall yet he would be able to grasp things firmly as he hangs and climbs. Or a pretty young women around her waist and a bit down her leg:naughty
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Saw it? I wore it!Em, you saw the actual costume?
His tail is 73in (I measured it with a tape measure). It's heavy. I'm guessing that it weighed about 25 pounds. (As compared to my tail rig with is 10 in shorter and only weighs about 8 pounds)
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How in the world did you get to see it yet alone get your hands on it?:?
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that's very cool, Em! how close did you get with your costume to the real deal?
that's very cool, Em! how close did you get with your costume to the real deal?
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They only had the appliances there, not the cloth costume it turns out. However that's okay, because it's the appliances that I had to do the most guess work with.
The answer is: I got so close that it's a little scary. (With the cloth costume I can tell that I'm pretty much dead on from the pictures.) They cast everything in silicon though rather than latex so it is creepily like real skin.
Alan Cumming is a lot bigger than I am. Even over my baggy pants his tail rig was kind of huge on me and I think the white cotton gloves really add to the look, don't you?
I took around 60 photos of the hands, feet, and tail. And I'm such a dork that I went right home and rebuilt my tail based on the one at the museum. (I'd been meaning to anyway - it got totally trashed at SDCC)
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The answer is: I got so close that it's a little scary. (With the cloth costume I can tell that I'm pretty much dead on from the pictures.) They cast everything in silicon though rather than latex so it is creepily like real skin.
Alan Cumming is a lot bigger than I am. Even over my baggy pants his tail rig was kind of huge on me and I think the white cotton gloves really add to the look, don't you?
I took around 60 photos of the hands, feet, and tail. And I'm such a dork that I went right home and rebuilt my tail based on the one at the museum. (I'd been meaning to anyway - it got totally trashed at SDCC)
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:o That's way too cool, Em!
How did it move? It looks great static, but that pose seems like it would flop around a lot and you'd end up whacking people in the face with it.
And the spade seems to be a lot pointer than I'd expected.
How did it move? It looks great static, but that pose seems like it would flop around a lot and you'd end up whacking people in the face with it.
And the spade seems to be a lot pointer than I'd expected.
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DAMN, that's long! I knew his movie tail seemed longer than his comic tail, but six feet? WOW! No wonder it seemed so long and whip-like to me during that whole White House opening sequence!
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