Yea Vladimir Kulich would make a great Conan. R. E. Howard's Conan wasn't 280lb and 6'4" He was big, but he was more a 'classic' strength, not a body builder strength. This actor is tall and powerful looking but not build like Arnold in his prime.
That and I do hope this time around they stick with some of the original stories more then the comics. While the first Arnold Conan movie was good, even it didn't follow the lore all that well, and was more based on the late 70's comics then the classic stories.
Have you ever seen a Frazetta painting of Conan? Have you ever READ any of the orginal Conan stories where REH describes Conan build, or where is preforming feats of strength?
If you have, you might re-think your comment. All the paintings show Conan (and the written) as a riped, huge man. Go take a look..alot of pics on the net of Franks work.
First of all, never mix Frazetta with the original stories. Frazetta drew for comic books stories, not REH. Secondly, REH only discribed Conan in loose terms in his stories, like huge, tall etc. actually he did state that he had hairy chest, something Frazetta lack in his drawings
I know i have read somewhere that REH said his crusader character named Cormac and conan were almost identical in size, and we know Cormac was around 6'2" and 200 lbs
At least those drawings give you a good idea of what the Conan world looks like or should look like IMO. I hope AoC turns out to be as gritty as that was.
No required quests! And if I decide I want to be an assassin-cartographer-dancer-pastry chef who lives only to stalk and kill interior decorators, then that's who I want to be, even if it takes me four years to max all the skills and everyone else thinks I'm freaking nuts. -Madimorga-
This is REH's discription of Cormac: "Cormac FitzGeoffrey was a fraction of an inch above six feet, but with his mighty shoulders and two hundred pounds of iron muscle, he seemed shorter."
We talking 200 pounds of muscle, not 200 pounds of burgers. no, lanky doesnt come to mind when i read that discription. The mucles Conan have on different drawings from the comic artists cant be reached without a proper diet and pumping "air" into the mucles 5-6 days a week. Here, where i live, we have maybe Norway's best weightlifting club and my friend is a former nordic champion in his weightclass. He is big, but not bodybuilder/wrestler big. you can see his muscles are massive, but he is not bulky. To bad he walks like a duck (because of the weightlifting) or else i could ask him to play Conan
To Wow4lifer, I have no clue what you are trying to say with your two pictures?
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If you have, you might re-think your comment. All the paintings show Conan (and the written) as a riped, huge man. Go take a look..alot of pics on the net of Franks work.
First of all, never mix Frazetta with the original stories. Frazetta drew for comic books stories, not REH. Secondly, REH only discribed Conan in loose terms in his stories, like huge, tall etc. actually he did state that he had hairy chest, something Frazetta lack in his drawings
I know i have read somewhere that REH said his crusader character named Cormac and conan were almost identical in size, and we know Cormac was around 6'2" and 200 lbs
Wouldn't that make Conan somewhat lanky?
At least those drawings give you a good idea of what the Conan world looks like or should look like IMO. I hope AoC turns out to be as gritty as that was.
No required quests! And if I decide I want to be an assassin-cartographer-dancer-pastry chef who lives only to stalk and kill interior decorators, then that's who I want to be, even if it takes me four years to max all the skills and everyone else thinks I'm freaking nuts. -Madimorga-
This is REH's discription of Cormac: "Cormac FitzGeoffrey was a fraction of an inch above six feet, but with his mighty shoulders and two hundred pounds of iron muscle, he seemed shorter."
We talking 200 pounds of muscle, not 200 pounds of burgers. no, lanky doesnt come to mind when i read that discription. The mucles Conan have on different drawings from the comic artists cant be reached without a proper diet and pumping "air" into the mucles 5-6 days a week. Here, where i live, we have maybe Norway's best weightlifting club and my friend is a former nordic champion in his weightclass. He is big, but not bodybuilder/wrestler big. you can see his muscles are massive, but he is not bulky. To bad he walks like a duck (because of the weightlifting) or else i could ask him to play Conan
To Wow4lifer, I have no clue what you are trying to say with your two pictures?
That guy int he picture weighs around 180 and he's 5'9". BMI wise he's the closest thing to your description.
Its not mine, its the desription of the author of Conan. May i ask what thats dude's name is? I dont recognize him...