What race offers you the biggest character in the game. Looks like it's the high elf but I was hoping it was the orc. Just curious about the height and weight look. I want a huge looking warrior type.

Altmer are the tallest, but remember you can still change your character's build when creating them.

lore-wise it is altmer, but i dont see any difference in this game (but with the camera in my chest it is hard to see if i am taller in first person)

The tallest race in-game is the altmer, second tallest being the orcs.
Although I believe orcs can get a larger muscle build than altmer.

The cows walking on their hind legs.

Oh, wait, wrong game.

Altmer is the High Elf right?

Yes. They don't look very warrior-like, though (at least not to me).

Altmer, Orcs and Nords are slightly taller than the rest, but it's not a very big difference. You should just make your character more muscular.

ha so true...i prefer 1st person but hate that it makes my high elf feel like a low elf

Well the altmer looks pretty good with full weight as a warrior type. I tried a nord but they look like every single guard in skyrim so i'll stick with the high elf. I never use their special powers so that's irrelevant to me...off I go to duel wield

Have fun in skyrim with your altmer, my friend! don't be too snobby with that elf now.

Altmer are the tallest, but Nords and Orcs have the most bulk due to muscle. In a RL fight, i'd much rather bet on a bulky, muscular man than a tall guy.
My Nord Warrior is set to max weight setting, and he looks like a 230 pound line backer. A veritable bear that could just bull doze through anyone in his way. Fits him pretty well, considering he's a Heavy Armor user that also uses Maces and staggers the crap out of most opponents. The "Force Without Effort" perk helps in that regard too.

High Elves are about 1.08 in scale, and my Wood Elf character is 0.9 (the shortest, that's why every NPC in game calls me a "little elf") so I just used the console command player.setscale 1.1 to even things up. Scale influences your power and speed

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Races

From what I see: Altmer are the tallest, followed by Orcs and then Nords.

Hmmm...

[http://pix.playground.ru/download/gallery/276634/c80f5d7d63c8801c4bd6d849129dbff1.jpg] [http://pix.playground.ru/download/gallery/276634/9e782dd7f68c960726aab272c60ec1c1.jpg] [http://pix.playground.ru/download/gallery/276634/42b7e7295410047172ea92bee05b26f4.jpg]

I thought similar, with the Imperial & the Imperial soliders

There's an increased character height mod that replaces the character "skeleton", which has the effect of actually raising up the 1st person view. With that, ANY race can be huge. I used it for my acromegliac Argonian. I'd been running w/ "player.setscale 1.3" since day one for that guy (plus some other console tweaks, like increased move noise and carry cap) and was quite annoyed at the 3rd vs 1st person view disparity; this nmode totally fixed the problem, and then some. (Note that at 1.3, your head will occasionally end up inside architecture; if you don;t enjoy crouching as a role play feature, stick with 1.2 or less).

Mod:
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3265

Comparison w/ Farkas (you can get this w/ just "setscale"; I also later used setscale 1.15 on Farkas after taking this picture, and 1.1 or 1.05 on most of the other companion inner circle; they are supposed to be tough, after all.)
http://i.minus.com/jrCVfjJzA9g6o.jpg

1st person view after using the mod showing that yes, the perspective is actually quite different. At size 1.3, people REALLY look up at you.
http://i.minus.com/iBTe9617zZScm.jpg

You can also see onto the top shelves in crypts, at long last. In fact, I need to go into stealth crouch to look onto the BOTTOM shelf.
http://i.minus.com/jbvstQRPqVpuV9.jpg

This. Pretty much. If by 'big' though you're looking for bulk, then Orc is the way to go, I'd say.