but if the female char is (and i quote) "fat american"-looking i'd have some trouble playing that char and not laugh.. or.. vomit.. i don't know..
the skinnier dude you suggested looks bad imo, he's got more of a sorcerer look to him, which makes him a bad 'all-over the skills spectrum' char.
and alefiend is right, usually gladiators would have a great feast at the night before the gladiator battles, and the banquet would be given by the host. glads were ment to get fat, they ate fat during training too. it was to avoid serious injuries with a naturally grown 'bodyarmor' (plus the bloodvessels would be deeper in the tissue too, deminishing the chance of a 'bleeding to death' wound)