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[ykcud]

Its dwarf science time! Ever wondered just how big some of the creatures and items are in game? I well aware the wiki has a number for this, but its not in inches, feet, centimeters, ect, its a rather random number that some may find it hard to grasp. However, I am going to use those numbers as a reference. For instance, the average size for an adult human is 69.7 inches according to Google, and the size of a human in the wiki is 70,000. I am going to round up the inches of humans to 70 for ease. I will use this to determine the size of two legged humanoid fleshy creatures as every inch being 1000 points. Now then, lets get down to science!

The average height of a Dwarf, Elf and Goblin by my calculations is 5 feet tall.

Kobolds and amphibian men stands an average of 1 foot 8 inches. Thats about the height of a seat of a chair.

Reptile and serpent men measure 4 feet 2 inches. Slightly taller than a vacuum cleaner.

Rodent men are 3 feet 4 inches. About the height of a kitchen counter.

A bronze colossus height I conservatively estimate to be 276 yards tall. Thats 100 yards taller than the tallest wind turbine!

A dragon is 25 feet at the shoulder. The size of a 2 and a half story structure.

Cyclops and Ettins tower at about 222 yards tall. Thats 12 yards taller than the Gateway Arch.

Giants stand a staggering 250 yards in height. Thats 2 and a half football fields.

Minotaurs are roughly just under 18 feet tall. About 2 stories.

More soon. Including the amount of material for objects, the size of a single square and how big is the inside of a cave in a dwarf fortress.

[mifki]

In metric units, please.

[Loam]

Look here. They get Bronze Colossus height at 11.53 m (about 38 ft.)

Dwarves, Elves, and Goblins at about 1.66 m (5' 6"). Not appreciably different from the human average, but dwarves are probably more heavy set, and elves thinner, than humans, so the proportions aren't the same.
Kobolds are 1.15 m (not quite 4 ft.)
Reptile men are 1.56 m (just over 5 ft.). Again, their body shape is probably not accurately represented with human dimensions.
Cyclops is 8.49 m (28 ft.); Giants 8.83 m (29 ft.); Minotaurs about 2.56 m (about 8' 6").

So, maybe not as impressive, but probably more realistic. And, actually, 38 feet is impressive enough, especially when it's made of bronze and bent on mayhem.

As for the size of a single tile, it's pretty arbitrary. I personally say 1m x 1m x 2m (length-width-height).

[Man In Zero G]

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The 70,000 size units of a human is a measure of volume, not height. So, all of your further calculations based on that are wildly off.
All creature sizes are currently expressed as volume - the actual spacial dimensions of length, width and height really can't be properly extrapolated for any fantasy creatures that aren't humanoid with anything approaching accuracy, and even the humanoid's proportions can't be truly accurately calculated. There is not enough data to go on.

-edit- Also, the size of a tile is currently an extremely arbitrary 2x2x3 meters, and that is subject to change,  according to Toady in DF Talk #19.

[Putnam]

Its dwarf science time! Ever wondered just how big some of the creatures and items are in game? I well aware the wiki has a number for this, but its not in inches, feet, centimeters, ect, its a rather random number that some may find it hard to grasp.

It's in milliliters.

[WordsandChaos]

Considering it's a game about blood with some fantasy world simulation for cotext, millilitres actually makes a surprising amount of sense.