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rpg tatoos?
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Shade Murphy
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Tell'm you got it by beating Krusk in a sword fight.
I have a Mage: The Ascension tat. I have the Cult of Ecstasy symbol done in black on my upper left arm. It could use some touching up, actually. I'd also love to put a "thorny" tribal design behind it in purple... maybe when I get some extra cash. ...why that symbol? Those who know me, know that it just fits.
EternalNewbie
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Gee, my first post and it's a hijack...well sort of.
I'm considering getting a tatoo, and have a few questions for those of you who've already been inked. I'm wondering how much weight lifting affects a tatoo. I'm planning on bulking up a little in the future, and am a bit worried that a tatoo on my bicep/shoulder might get distorted or stretched.
Second, I'd appreciate any suggestions/advice on getting a tatoo. Given the relative permanence, I'd like to make sure it's done right the first time.
Uh and so this isn't a total hijack, it'll definetly have fantasy overtones, I'm thinking maybe my clan crest, which contains a wolf holding a spear (or arrow, depending on which variation you look at).
EternalNewbie
- Some things *are* forever
I'm considering getting a tatoo, and have a few questions for those of you who've already been inked. I'm wondering how much weight lifting affects a tatoo. I'm planning on bulking up a little in the future, and am a bit worried that a tatoo on my bicep/shoulder might get distorted or stretched.
Second, I'd appreciate any suggestions/advice on getting a tatoo. Given the relative permanence, I'd like to make sure it's done right the first time.
Uh and so this isn't a total hijack, it'll definetly have fantasy overtones, I'm thinking maybe my clan crest, which contains a wolf holding a spear (or arrow, depending on which variation you look at).
EternalNewbie
- Some things *are* forever
alsih2o
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EternalNewbie said:
go to folks with cool tats, ask them where they got them
check for sterilization procedures
talk to the artist, you don't want to spend those hours listening to some neo-nazi ramble on about dogfighting(or maybe you do?)
love the image, photocopy it and live with it everywhere(office, car, kitchen table) for a while, this will clear up the desire
choose where carefully, joints and wear points don't hold ink well
get somehting original, nothing sucks more than seeing your tat on someone else...the exception here is getting an icon 'too(pooh, mickey, cat in the hat)
ask the bbb about the parlor
take exacting care of it in the first 2 weeks....don't get that ink and go to the beaxch immediately, or think a full back piece won't spoil you appalachian trail hike, it will
NOONES NAME!!!!!
good luck!
Olive
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as some one with four tattoos (non-rg related) i gotta remind you of this force user...
tattoo ink and equipment is about a million times better today than it was in WWII. SO if you don't want a tattoo, don't get one, but it on't end up looking like your grand dad's.
also as a kinda flabby (but not hairy) guy, i never take my shirt off. but i like my tattoos, and thats the only person i care about liking them... well my girlfriend as well, but she has more tattoos than i do, and likes all of mine.
but make sure any tattoos you get you take immaculate care of, and make sure you go to someone really really good. really really really good. they will cost more, but you will be happier...
tattoo ink and equipment is about a million times better today than it was in WWII. SO if you don't want a tattoo, don't get one, but it on't end up looking like your grand dad's.
also as a kinda flabby (but not hairy) guy, i never take my shirt off. but i like my tattoos, and thats the only person i care about liking them... well my girlfriend as well, but she has more tattoos than i do, and likes all of mine.
but make sure any tattoos you get you take immaculate care of, and make sure you go to someone really really good. really really really good. they will cost more, but you will be happier...
Teflon Billy
Explorer
I have a lot of tattoos, but only one is RPG related.
It's basically a much, much more impressive reworking of the Stained Glass window in Steve Jackson Games' In Nomine...the one where the Angel and the Devil are battling and the Angel has a Flaming Sword and the Devil has a machine gun.
The piece in the book isn't that great, but my tattoo artist (and ex-girlfriend) did a phenomenal job (IMO) on the "re-imagining" of it
it's on my left arm and goes from my elbow to the ball of my shoulder. It took 18 hours. It hurt like hell.
It's basically a much, much more impressive reworking of the Stained Glass window in Steve Jackson Games' In Nomine...the one where the Angel and the Devil are battling and the Angel has a Flaming Sword and the Devil has a machine gun.
The piece in the book isn't that great, but my tattoo artist (and ex-girlfriend) did a phenomenal job (IMO) on the "re-imagining" of it
it's on my left arm and goes from my elbow to the ball of my shoulder. It took 18 hours. It hurt like hell.
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