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Found this:

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Tell me that's 'shopped.

Yeah, that pic has made its rounds around here for a while now.

Still rather impressive in that "wow, I can't believe he spent all that time and money on that" kind of way.

that popped up a little while ago, and it's real as far as I know

Wonder what he would say if representatives from GWs Legal Department showed up with a cheesegrater and a courtorder.

Woah. Never saw that before, so who's the rabid fan that has this?

Wonder if he plays Chaos? I'm betting that he's a Brettonian guy.........

Would GW use a cheese grater or blow torch like in Sons of Anarchy? Ouch!

OW!

OW!

OW!

Wow, how lame do you have to be to get a gamer-based tat?


Says the guy who's considered getting a Tau sept symbol on his shoulder for a while...

Steelmage99 wrote:Wonder what he would say if representatives from GWs Legal Department showed up with a cheesegrater and a courtorder.

blood for the blood god eh? A square meter of scar tissue would look just as good.

After just getting my shoulder done i gotta say that would suck on the wallet and the ow factor.

Too bad it won't look that good in a few decades, once the nurgle's rot takes over.

It isn't fake.

It just isn't a real tattoo. My money is on airbrushing

It's photoshopped, or it's real. An airbrush on skin wouldn't look that good.

Too bad it won't look that good in a few decades, once the nurgle's rot takes over.

Do you have or know much about tattoos?
As shallow as they go into the skin, now, they don't have the same kind of issues, where the ink "bleeds," like they did years ago, when they thought that tattoos had to go DEEP into the skin to hold properly.
Twenty, 30, 40 or more years is no problem for current tattoo technology.

My first tattoo, that I got almost 15 years ago, is as clear now as it was the day I got it.

Eric

Sounds like this is leading to a thread about Dakka member's tattoos.

Mine is as clear as original and it is a gamer tat.

Le Grognard wrote:Woah. Never saw that before, so who's the rabid fan that has this?

Bunker wrote:It isn't fake. It just isn't a real tattoo. My money is on airbrushing

It IS a real tattoo. It's in Skin Deep this month (or one of those ink mags my GF buys anyway).
Turns out LeGrognard, that the owner of this tattoo isn't a fan of Warhammer at all!

The artist who did it is a massive gamer geek and convinced his mate (this poor sap) to get the ink done!

60 hours apparently.

Tek wrote:60 hours apparently.

Less than what i would have guessed actually.

I guess it's good he's not a gamer, otherwise he'd get either really happy or quite pissed off every four years as the army book was redone messing with the rules. 60hours isn't bad, must have hurt the wallet almost as much as being a gamer though. He should probably start collecting!

You know there are other ways to get a tatoo.
Iwantoneofthose.com sels some sort of tatoo sleeve, simple put your arm in and it looks like you have a tatoo.

I guess their are worse uses for a square meter of skin.

Tek wrote:It IS a real tattoo. It's in Skin Deep this month (or one of those ink mags my GF buys anyway).

Turns out LeGrognard, that the owner of this tattoo isn't a fan of Warhammer at all!

The artist who did it is a massive gamer geek and convinced his mate (this poor sap) to get the ink done!

60 hours apparently.

Damn, that is one good friend.

I mean most good friends will help you move, or when your car breaks down.

But letting your buddy tattoo your entire back as an entry card for a national magazine?

Wow.

goffnob deffsmakka wrote:You know there are other ways to get a tatoo.
Iwantoneofthose.com sels some sort of tatoo sleeve, simple put your arm in and it looks like you have a tatoo.

I heard about that years ago, what a load. I know I'm going to sound like I just got out of highschool again, but if you get one of those you're a god-damned pussy, and a poser. Man up and get the real thing or just don't bother.

And that's not elitism, that's just a plain fact. Walking around with a fake "sleeve" and pretending to be badass is just stupid.

I dunno sid. In general I would certainly agree, but the only exception I could think of is if you weren't sure what you wanted or how it would look. Sor t of a test drive. But in general, yeah, you're right.

I think sleeves just don't look good, real or fake.

grizgrin wrote:I dunno sid. In general I would certainly agree, but the only exception I could think of is if you weren't sure what you wanted or how it would look. Sor t of a test drive. But in general, yeah, you're right.

That...I dunno. I can kinda see that, tattoos are expensive and like anything expensive you hardly ever just plonk down the money before knowing what you're getting into.

But I still hate the idea and we all know that not everyone will use it as a mere "test drive" thing.

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Tek wrote:It IS a real tattoo. It's in Skin Deep this month (or one of those ink mags my GF buys anyway).

Turns out LeGrognard, that the owner of this tattoo isn't a fan of Warhammer at all!

The artist who did it is a massive gamer geek and convinced his mate (this poor sap) to get the ink done!

60 hours apparently.

Damn, that is one good friend.

I mean most good friends will help you move, or when your car breaks down.

But letting your buddy tattoo your entire back as an entry card for a national magazine?

Wow.

If I had a friend that was a tat artist and wanted to spend 60 hours doing a free tat on my back I would let him I pick the art tho. Definitely space wolf no chaos on this body.

And to think when I first saw that, I thought he was one of the biggest Warhammer fanatics ever to live. The fact that he doesn't even play it is just insane. Imagine explaining that to someone? Wow. At least he doesn't have to look at it unless he tries to.

Sorry, GW, I don't love your game THAT much. I already have plenty of solid evidence around that I waste too much time on your product, no need to go that far.

I think the sleeve tattoos would be a funny prank on a really gullible person. For example wearing those when you go home for break from college to scare you mom.

goffnob deffsmakka wrote:You know there are other ways to get a tatoo.
Iwantoneofthose.com sels some sort of tatoo sleeve, simple put your arm in and it looks like you have a tatoo.

Go to that site and watch the video. Its hilarious.