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« on: <06-17-11/1411:40> »
I'm trying to get a good idea as to what an Ork actually looks like, but despite being the most common metahuman variant in seattle I'm finding surprisingly few good pictures of them.  Basically just the Gunslinger, Hacker, Sprawl Ganger, and the one picture on page 72 that looks like a Genie, and most of those are drawn in a more impressionistic style that makes it hard to picture what they 'should' look like.  Are there any pictures in any of the books that give a (for lack of a better term) more realistic depiction of an ork, maybe beside a human or elf for comparison purposes?  Or are they so close to human looking (aside from the teeth and the ears and the tendency to be on the Schwarzenegger end of the body scale of course) that they could plausibly be in many of the pictures?

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« Reply #1 on: <06-17-11/1420:28> »
They're pretty much on par with humans.  On avreage, they tend to be just a smidge taller on average, and a bit bulkier (higher natural muscle mass).  Otherwise though, yeah, they're just a bit tuskier than normal. :)

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« Reply #2 on: <06-17-11/1503:38> »
I prefer Alex Ross's images from first edition. Otherwise, yes, they're just bigger humans.

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« Reply #3 on: <06-17-11/1506:02> »
I prefer Alex Ross's images from first edition. Otherwise, yes, they're just bigger humans.

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« Reply #4 on: <06-17-11/1709:00> »
They're pretty much on par with humans.  On avreage, they tend to be just a smidge taller on average, and a bit bulkier (higher natural muscle mass).  Otherwise though, yeah, they're just a bit tuskier than normal. :)
You forgot hairier as well.  :P

EDIT:  Which scares me when I consider Italian Orks.

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« Reply #5 on: <06-17-11/2003:00> »
Several references in the fiction about a musky odor as well, but that could be isolated to particular authors :)

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« Reply #6 on: <06-17-11/2027:29> »
Several references in the fiction about a musky odor as well, but that could be isolated to particular authors :)
"Earthy" might be a more polite way to put it.

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« Reply #7 on: <06-17-11/2148:52> »
Ross' art does an excellent job of portraying orks. I also like the picture I use for my avatar, which if I remember correctly is from the 2nd edition core book.
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« Reply #8 on: <06-27-11/1441:04> »
orks are smaller less horny trolls  :P
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« Reply #9 on: <06-27-11/1519:52> »
orks are smaller less horny trolls  :P
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« Reply #10 on: <06-27-11/2036:28> »
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« Reply #11 on: <07-04-11/2306:29> »
There are lots of pictures of orks in the books, but unfortunately not very many that are done well (or maybe the bad ones just stand out more).  Say what you want about the cover to Arsenal, at least it has an ork woman with realistically depicted tusks.  Some of the other depictions of orks don't resemble orks so much as they resemble radioactive mutants - especially the teeth.  Some of them don't look like they would be able to close their mouths with all of those misshapen fangs scraggling out in every direction.

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« Reply #12 on: <07-04-11/2327:47> »
There are lots of pictures of orks in the books, but unfortunately not very many that are done well (or maybe the bad ones just stand out more).  Say what you want about the cover to Arsenal, at least it has an ork woman with realistically depicted tusks.  Some of the other depictions of orks don't resemble orks so much as they resemble radioactive mutants - especially the teeth.  Some of them don't look like they would be able to close their mouths with all of those misshapen fangs scraggling out in every direction.

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« Reply #13 on: <07-04-11/2350:51> »
There are lots of pictures of orks in the books, but unfortunately not very many that are done well (or maybe the bad ones just stand out more).  Say what you want about the cover to Arsenal, at least it has an ork woman with realistically depicted tusks.  Some of the other depictions of orks don't resemble orks so much as they resemble radioactive mutants - especially the teeth.  Some of them don't look like they would be able to close their mouths with all of those misshapen fangs scraggling out in every direction.

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« Reply #14 on: <07-06-11/1229:32> »
You ever notice they're mexican in half of the stories?
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