Dinosaur size chart?

[R-type]

Anyone got/found a chart showing the size differences between the various breeds of dino with an average human adult? I want something like this to show my players and also to help me when buying suitable toy dinosaurs so I get them right compared to miniatures. :)

TIA.

[The Black Bard]

Crap, there's a line of toy dinosaurs sold at learning stores like Class E. Professor and such that are spot on for 25mm scale. Only problem is that the toys are high quality plastic, high grade sculpt, high quality painting. Which translates to = high price.

Any decent bookstore should carry a children's book that gives solid size comparisons. The "Jurrasic Park Institute Dinosaur Field Guide" is one. Me, I got lucky, and have been hanging onto an old book from a library book sale, that not only is nothing but size comparisons of dinosaurs, but also of most prehistoric sea life, ice age life, and everything in between. When I showed my PCs a picture of how big a prehistoric dragonfly is, then a small video clip of a dragonfly eating, they were at attention for any buzzing noises for the next two sessions.

There's also a lot of decent websites out there, but granted they either have bad size comparisons, or they have crappy illustrations. I'll see what else I can dig up.

[James Jacobs]

One of the most awesome dinosaur size charts I've seen recently is the one at the end of the WETA Workshop "World of Kong" book. In fact, that whole book is filled with awesome art that'd fit right in to the Savage Tide... it even has the advantage of matching the Savage Tide art style, since Ben Wootten worked on both.

Anyway... check it out here.

[Earthbeard]

James Jacobs wrote:

One of the most awesome dinosaur size charts I've seen recently is the one at the end of the WETA Workshop "World of Kong" book. In fact, that whole book is filled with awesome art that'd fit right in to the Savage Tide... it even has the advantage of matching the Savage Tide art style, since Ben Wootten worked on both.

Anyway... check it out here.

Have to 2nd the WETA book, purchased it when it was released purely for the art work, and the ease of use and conversion for this adventure path is high indeed!

/thumbsup from me

[Craig Shackleton]

Some toy dinosaurs actually have the scale printed on them; 1:60 is the same as 1 inch = 5 feet.

This is my favourite Dinosaur resource. You can search by time period, region, body shape etc. and each entry has a picture and a scale drawing with a human figure for comparison.

Craig Shackleton,
The Rambling Scribe

[R-type]

Thanks for the handy links everyone. I just have to get hold of that Kong book soon, it would make a brilliant play-aid! :)

[Andrew Turner]

I've an awesome Dinosaur Size Chart that was an insert to an issue of Nat'l Geo from 2001. You can buy the same print from the Nat'l Geo Store, Smithosonian Store, or take a walk through the kids' section at B&N--they sell tons of dino books and maps and charts, etc. Here's a pretty good book with a pull-out chart.

[savagedave22]

James Jacobs wrote:

One of the most awesome dinosaur size charts I've seen recently is the one at the end of the WETA Workshop "World of Kong" book. In fact, that whole book is filled with awesome art that'd fit right in to the Savage Tide... it even has the advantage of matching the Savage Tide art style, since Ben Wootten worked on both.

Anyway... check it out here.

Beat me to It!

DAve

[Jeremy Mac Donald]

Rambling Scribe wrote:

Some toy dinosaurs actually have the scale printed on them; 1:60 is the same as 1 inch = 5 feet.

This is my favourite Dinosaur resource. You can search by time period, region, body shape etc. and each entry has a picture and a scale drawing with a human figure for comparison.

Craig Shackleton,
The Rambling Scribe

I love the link.

[Azzy]

The Black Bard wrote:

Any decent bookstore should carry a children's book that gives solid size comparisons. The "Jurrasic Park Institute Dinosaur Field Guide" is one.

Just keep in mind, that unless the "Field Guide" corrected the glaring mistake from the Jurassic Park movies, their velociraptors are way too big.

[N1NJ4]

Wow, I'm so getting that Kong book! We just started the STAP tonight and I'd like to pick it up before the group leaves Sasserine. Nice tip, James!

[James Jacobs]

Azzy wrote:

Just keep in mind, that unless the "Field Guide" corrected the glaring mistake from the Jurassic Park movies, their velociraptors are way too big.

Call them deinonychuses and it's all good.

[Pippi]

Or Utahraptors. Utahraptors are neato! The neato-est of all raptors are the Utahraptors!

Okay... I'm from Utah.

And just a'cause, here's another fun dino reference site: The Dinosauricon. I try to ignore the silly name.

[el_skootro]

So how big should a T.Rex toy be to make it scale?

Thanks,
El Skootro

[Craig Shackleton]

el_skootro wrote:

So how big should a T.Rex toy be to make it scale?

Thanks,
El Skootro

As big as James Jacobs' avatar.

[Craig Shackleton]

el_skootro wrote:

So how big should a T.Rex toy be to make it scale?

Thanks,
El Skootro

More seriously, according to the website I linked to above, the T Rex was up to 12m long, which is about 40 feet, which is about 8 inches to scale. The fiendish T Rex mini is about 7 inches nose to tail.

[Center-of-All]

James Jacobs wrote:

[quote=Azzy}Just keep in mind, that unless the "Field Guide" corrected the glaring mistake from the Jurassic Park movies, their velociraptors are way too big.

Call them deinonychuses and it's all good.

Entirely off-topic, I'll note that the original Jurassic Park used Gregory S. Paul's "Predatory Dinosaurs of the World" as a major source for it's carnivores. The author in it tended to clump fairly well-known dinosaurs into a single genus, most notably making Deinonychus a species of Velociraptor. This particular idea never really caught on in the mainstream, resulting in Jurassic Park having famously 'oversized' Velociraptors when the intention was to have their material as scientifically accurate as possible.