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Whoopty wrote:Ooh that's the thing Cannerus. Do I continue the style and end up perhaps dominated by one theme, or go for something else and risk look all mismatched... it's a minefield.

Thanks for the kind words though .

Personally,I'd stick with the "Tribal /Alien/Bio-Tech-mech" theme...that way you won't end up with a lot of "Patch work" your trying to tie together.
Spend time talking with your tattoo artist...anyone who's worth their guns will be able to help you develop a concept.

Well at £70 an hour, I gotta save up a bit more first. Still, I do actually a chest portion planned for this that wraps it around a bit more. Will see how it goes

Yep the same old story.... just a bit on my back that wraps around to my arm....then down my arm....then across my chest....then since i've come that far maybe my other arm! hmmm maybe just a touch of ink on my ribs and torso.... then...why not lets go silly and do a jigsaw on my head! ;-) honestly you become addicted and it is never finished! just like a good 40k army! always nearly done!

nerdfest 09 wrote:Yep the same old story.... just a bit on my back that wraps around to my arm....then down my arm....then across my chest....then since i've come that far maybe my other arm! hmmm maybe just a touch of ink on my ribs and torso.... then...why not lets go silly and do a jigsaw on my head! ;-) honestly you become addicted and it is never finished! just like a good 40k army! always nearly done!

So true...though there does come a point (which I fear I may be nearing) where you either stop getting tattoos or you quit your job and go join a circus.

SilverMK2 wrote:Regardless - if you can't say anything nice...

I can't see the image as it is blocked at work. However, if you like it, that is the main thing.

Right...

But instead of just simply enjoying it himself he posted it on a public forum and ASKED for feedback.

IF you don't want feedback don't ask for it...

CT GAMER wrote:

Silver MK2 wrote:Regardless - if you can't say anything nice...

I can't see the image as it is blocked at work. However, if you like it, that is the main thing.

Right...

But instead of just simply enjoying it himself he posted it on a public forum and ASKED for feedback.

IF you don't want feedback don't ask for it...

True...but if someone were to post photos of their newly painted Ultramarines Land Raider,would not the responses of " I hate Ultramarines".." Why would anyone play Ultramarines!".." Ultramarines suck!" be inappropriate?

I love it. It all comes back to Warhammer

FITZZ wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

Silver MK2 wrote:Regardless - if you can't say anything nice...

I can't see the image as it is blocked at work. However, if you like it, that is the main thing.

Right...

But instead of just simply enjoying it himself he posted it on a public forum and ASKED for feedback.

IF you don't want feedback don't ask for it...

True...but if someone were to post photos of their newly painted Ultramarines Land Raider,would not the responses of " I hate Ultramarines".." Why would anyone play Ultramarines!".." Ultramarines suck!" be inappropriate?

Not really. Trolling aside, if that is their opinion then that is there opinion and can say what they want (subject tp the rules of the forum), though if the question was "how well do you think this Land raider is painted" and not "do you like Ultramarines" then it is simply trolling.

Bottom line: if you don't want feedback, don't ask for it, especially about personal things like tattoos, your looks, your fashion,your politics, your religion, your family, etc. etc.

You are setting yourself up to hear things you probably don't want to hear...

Keep in mind that if the OP had said "everybody who loves this tattoo post and let me know" in his original post then yes posting you dislike it would not be appropriate, but again: he simply asked what people thought of it...

Whoopty wrote:Ooh that's the thing Cannerus. Do I continue the style and end up perhaps dominated by one theme, or go for something else and risk look all mismatched... it's a minefield.

Thanks for the kind words though .

Np I'm honestly surprised at the number of naysayers.

And since forums are for free expression, I can say anyone going into a thread about someone's tattoo who doesn't like tattoos is at least a killjoy or at worst acting dickish.

I think it looks cool mate. Much better than the Maori gak you see every man and his dog sporting..

And Robbie Williams.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Np I'm honestly surprised at the number of naysayers.

And since forums are for free expression, I can say anyone going into a thread about someone's tattoo who doesn't like tattoos is at least a killjoy or at worst acting dickish.

well said, it blows me away that there are this many judgemental people on every single tattoo thread thats pops up, wargaming in general attracts those that from time to time fall outside the social norm, god knows the off-topic forum is filled with thredas about that topic alone, but what blows my mind is that the community will embrace those outside the realm of acceptability when it comes to wargaming, but when those of us who have Ink on our bodies share this fact we are treated like leppers in a colony of leppers. makes no sense.

It reminds me of zelda: twilight princess.

Is it your 1st? If so pretty adventurous!
So, has the tat bug bitten you yet? I got my 1st on my 18th b-day and have been hooked since, I must be up to about 30ish now!
Anyone who moans about you regretting them when you are older, just ignore thier BS, it's your body you do with it what you please. I have my knuckles (top and bottom) done and get it all the time, i just say screw it, I may not live long enough to regret it! Ha, im even in the middle of designing my throat tat!
Your body is a temple, you just choose to make it look cool

Brother Heinrich wrote:

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Np I'm honestly surprised at the number of naysayers.

And since forums are for free expression, I can say anyone going into a thread about someone's tattoo who doesn't like tattoos is at least a killjoy or at worst acting dickish.

well said, it blows me away that there are this many judgemental people on every single tattoo thread thats pops up, wargaming in general attracts those that from time to time fall outside the social norm, god knows the off-topic forum is filled with thredas about that topic alone, but what blows my mind is that the community will embrace those outside the realm of acceptability when it comes to wargaming, but when those of us who have Ink on our bodies share this fact we are treated like leppers in a colony of leppers. makes no sense.

So many? I think a grand total of one person has stated a negative opinion of the tattoo in this thread.

note: I have not stated anything negative about the tattoo, simply pointed out that ASKING for feedback in an open-ended way is an invitation to have some of it be negative.

IF you don't want negarive feedback then don't ask about such personal things on a public forum, or learn to ask in a way that expresses your desire to only hear praise and support...

CT GAMER wrote:

Brother Heinrich wrote:

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Np I'm honestly surprised at the number of naysayers.

And since forums are for free expression, I can say anyone going into a thread about someone's tattoo who doesn't like tattoos is at least a killjoy or at worst acting dickish.

well said, it blows me away that there are this many judgemental people on every single tattoo thread thats pops up, wargaming in general attracts those that from time to time fall outside the social norm, god knows the off-topic forum is filled with thredas about that topic alone, but what blows my mind is that the community will embrace those outside the realm of acceptability when it comes to wargaming, but when those of us who have Ink on our bodies share this fact we are treated like leppers in a colony of leppers. makes no sense.

So many? I think a grand total of one person has stated a negative opinion of the tattoo in this thread.

note: I have not stated anything negative about the tattoo, simply pointed out that ASKING for feedback in an open-ended way is an invitation to have some of it be negative.

IF you don't want negarive feedback then don't ask about such personal things on a public forum, or learn to ask in a way that expresses your desire to only hear praise and support...

And I can reiterate:
And since forums are for free expression, I can say anyone going into a thread about someone's tattoo who doesn't like tattoos is at least a killjoy or at worst acting dickish.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

Brother Heinrich wrote:

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Np I'm honestly surprised at the number of naysayers.

And since forums are for free expression, I can say anyone going into a thread about someone's tattoo who doesn't like tattoos is at least a killjoy or at worst acting dickish.

well said, it blows me away that there are this many judgemental people on every single tattoo thread thats pops up, wargaming in general attracts those that from time to time fall outside the social norm, god knows the off-topic forum is filled with thredas about that topic alone, but what blows my mind is that the community will embrace those outside the realm of acceptability when it comes to wargaming, but when those of us who have Ink on our bodies share this fact we are treated like leppers in a colony of leppers. makes no sense.

So many? I think a grand total of one person has stated a negative opinion of the tattoo in this thread.

note: I have not stated anything negative about the tattoo, simply pointed out that ASKING for feedback in an open-ended way is an invitation to have some of it be negative.

IF you don't want negarive feedback then don't ask about such personal things on a public forum, or learn to ask in a way that expresses your desire to only hear praise and support...

And I can reiterate:
And since forums are for free expression, I can say anyone going into a thread about someone's tattoo who doesn't like tattoos is at least a killjoy or at worst acting dickish.

Edited for being needlessly harsh.
As noted, this is a general board. If you cannot stand negative posts then don't put up a thread.

looks class i like it.as long as you like it don't worry about anyone else.

Frazzled wrote:Edited for being needlessly harsh.
As noted, this is a general board. If you cannot stand negative posts then don't put up a thread.

Don't mind negative criticism at all. Perhaps just a little tired of the "you'll regret it" grandad argument. Apologies for jumping on the guy. Bring on the hate .

Bloodfever, it goes up and down. I'm somewhat limited by the ammount of money I have at the moment, but if I didn't, I imagine I'd have more than just the one. That answers your other question, yea this was my first. Had a few people say it was adventurous but you never know, this may be me one and done - I doubtit but you never know - and if it was, I wanted to get a big one. Screw a trial run with a little one

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:

And I can reiterate:
And since forums are for free expression, I can say anyone going into a thread about someone's tattoo who doesn't like tattoos is at least a killjoy or at worst acting dickish.

Or answering the OP's request...

There is really no need to try to play Sir Galahad here. the OP asked for Feedback. He got it.

Asumming that anyone who has a negative opinion of somethign they have been ASKED to provide feedback on is a "dick" is rather presumptious, and says more about your own ability to engage in honest debate then it does about the person whose opinion you disagree with.

But then that is often the problem with internet forums: People state "tell me what you think", when what they really mean is "tell me what validates my own beliefs/efforts and makes me feel good". However thiis rarely happens as this forum and most others attest to on a daily basis.

Thick skin is a mandetory requirement of the interwebz...

I still like the comparison with a modeling thread, the OP did not ask 'what is your opinion of tattoos in general' he asked for people's humble opinion on the art work involved. If someone posts up a space marine that looks like a 3 year old vomited paint onto it, you don't jump in and say 'that is the worst possible thing I've ever seen, you should feel ashamed of yourself'. you point out things that might help the painter improve or nothing at all. in this case you can offer useful advice on where to expand his tattoos, share experiences and maybe a cautionary tale or two. you don't jump in denounce his choice as something to be ashamed of. Yes this is a public forum, but it's not /b, there's no reason to attack people.

BH has it. Another example would be that a cop can give you a ticket for jaywalking when there are no cars in clear sight for a mile either way, but he'd be a jerk for doing so.

The OP did not ask to be preached at, nor did I say anyone was a dick (was at worst) and your ability to misstate what I said "says more about your own ability to engage in honest debate then it does about the person whose opinion you disagree with," nor was the OP only looking for generic pats on the back as far as I can tell.

The reason most of the tattoos on the elderly are military is becuase until roughly twenty ears ago tattoos were for enlisted soldiers and criminals and that was about it. It is only in recent times that they have become more socially acceptable, but more accepted doesn't mean totally accepted. It is also where the whole "oh you will regret it" attitude comes from. In another twenty years when the generations that have grown up with tattoos being more prevalent that argument will pop up less and less.

I'm not really one for tattoos but I think it looks awesome

I think the OP's design is pretty damn cool. If it wasn't verboten by my church, I'd get a tattoo of an Ouroboros on my shoulder, but since the good book says

Leviticus 19:28 - New King James translation wrote:You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.

I won't. (Note this is my view, not a judgment on the OP or any other tattoo having individual in this thread.) Heck, I think many tattoo's can look absolutely bitchin', it just ain't for me.

Worried you won't be buried in a Jewish cemetery?

To be fair, just before we have:

Leviticus 19:27 - You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall you mar the corners of your beard.

...so it's just as wrong to shave.

That Leviticus guy was hardcore...

Got to say, I think the OP has taken all comments without any attitude. Good for you

On the tattoo subject, it looks great, very impressive. There's more canvas left though

In the interests of keeping things combustible, all those against tattoos are too wimpy to get one, they're scared it'll hurt.

Ulver wrote:In the interests of keeping things combustible, all those against tattoos are too wimpy to get one, they're scared it'll hurt.

In the interest of seeming uber badass, it does, I'm just that hardcore

Whoopty wrote:

Ulver wrote:In the interests of keeping things combustible, all those against tattoos are too wimpy to get one, they're scared it'll hurt.

In the interest of seeming uber badass, it does, I'm just that hardcore

It does sting a bit doesn't it?..sort of reminds me of a bad sunburn when it's over.