How big is a Space Marine without armor?

Read up on their abilities in the DW handbook, specifically the implants that they receive during creation. Even unarmored, they're still 7ft tall acid-spitting death machines.
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How tall is a space marine without armour?

From what I remember, Space Marines are about 750 lbs WITHOUT armor or gear. They are 7-8 ft tall, and are surgically enhanced with thicker, denser bones, more organs, and much denser muscles. Something to remember, the Black carapace probably isn't too light itself.
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How heavy is a space marine without armor?

Remember, it can withstand sustained fire from a bolter indefinitely unless struck in the soft under layer. Power Armor Astartes weighs about 300-400 kilograms. Space Marine weighs about 300 kg.
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What do Space Marines wear without armor?

Most of them wear regular clothes, just sized for them. Of course it's a kinda future-medieval setting, so lots of robes and tunics and such.
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Do Space Marines always wear armour?

They can do their activities in armour, they just don't have to. As an aside: Space Marines don't have sex - they're eunuchs. Being genetically engineered to kill, genitals aren't necessary.
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How old can a Space Marine get?

They do not age. They can effectively live for all eternity and fight forever as far as far as a combat effective Space Marine can. But, they will die, all Space Marines eventually at some point during their lifetimes will come accross a battle they will not survive. Death to a Space Marine is always a violent one.
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How tall is a Space Marine?

Something like space marines are generally 7' tall/a little over 2 metres, primaris space marines are 8 1/2 feet tall/over 2.5 metres tall, and primarchs are roughly 10 feet/3 metres tall with Alpharius Omegon possibly being smaller.
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Is there a female Space Marine?

There are currently no known female Space Marines, mainly due to the genetic problems mentioned by others. That being said, the possibility of that changing some point in the future has opened up a bit with the introduction of Primaris Space Marines.
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How do Space Marines poop?

They go to a toilet. They're still humans.
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Can Space Marines reproduce?

So, whats the truth, or the closeste version to canon? Marines can reproduce, but they will spawn just normal humans, or they cannot reproduce at all? Astartes are still human in the mental department, they have more control on their psychological and stress factor than most humans.
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Could a Space Marine beat a Spartan?

Edge: Space Marine, This was also no contest, as the bolt pistol would win if the Space Marine was able to close the distance against the Spartans. Medium Ranged Combat: Space Marine - Bolter (Bolt Rifle), Let's just say that the bolter, the standard issue Space Marine gun, rapid-fires .
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How hard can a Space Marine punch?

Using two air canisters, the Power Fist can deliver 3,000 PSI of impact alongside my already impressive right hook*.
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Why are Space Marines so big?

A space marine starts life as a normal sized human. When a human adolescent is chosen to be genetically transformed into a space marine, they're implanted with several new organs. Some of these organs specifically alter the growth of bodily tissues, making the subject grow bigger and faster.
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Who is the tallest primarch?

Horus is described as being 3.5 metres tall (loken as 2.5, but abaddon and torgaddon were both taller with the latter being the tallest).
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How tall is an Ogryn?

The adaptation to the high-gravity environment as described above is the reason for the Ogryns' thick skin, powerfully muscular build and resulting monstrous size, as they stand between 2.5 to 3 metres tall.
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Do Space Marines need to eat?

Space Marines have been known to subsist on triglyceride gel and amino-porridge, as well as local wildlife hunted during their deployments. Some Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes have their own particular diets. The Dark Angels, for instance, are known to consume nutrigruel, carboloafs and vitamead.
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Do Space Marines need to sleep?

Yet even the mighty Space Marines cannot go too long without actual rest. The longest any Space Marine has ever been on active combat duty without rest is 328 solar hours, achieved by a squad of the Crimson Fists' Kill-team during the battle against the Orks for Rynn's World.
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Is Space Marine immortal?

Due to the aforementioned gene-seed, Space Marines are nearly immortal when it comes to aging. While their life expectancy is greatly hindered as they engross their lives in war, after reaching adulthood, Space Marine's essentially cease aging.
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Can a Space Marine have kids?

The Space Marines are engineered and conditioned to essentially be warrior monks, spending their entire lives fighting(which can last several centuries and even millennia). They cannot have children, are not allowed romantic relationships (as far as we know), and often outlive any mortal acquaintances that they make.
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Do Space Marines get tattoos?

Some tattoos may even be vestiges of pre-Space Marine tribal markings or gang affiliations. Space Marines are recruited from hundreds of different human cultures so it is no surprise to see this reflected in some Astartes retaining the tattoos, scarification or warpaint of their homeworld culture.
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Why are there no female Space Marines in 40k?

Reason #3.

Alan Merrett: “The reason there aren't female Space Marines has nothing to do with lore, or background or character of Marines. It's to do with simple logistics of making miniatures and selling miniatures.
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Is Doom Slayer A Space Marine?

6. The Slayer has been trained as a Space Marine and Knight Sentinels and became a living God. He was already super strong, fast and intelligent as a Human but after exposure to the Divinity Machine, he literally became so powerful it's not even possible to measure his strength.
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How big are the Ultramarines?

The approximate sizes of a few of the Legions at the start of the Heresy have been given in various sources: Ultramarines – 250,000. Sons of Horus – Between 130,000 and 170,000. Iron Warriors – 150,000 to 180,000.
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Who are the largest space marines?

It can be said that there are three main categories of Space Marine Chapters. The first and largest group are the scions of Guilliman –- those Chapters descended from the Ultramarines and their Primogenitors.
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