Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Hey guys

I plan to pick up some Sumo models at some point to serve as my Ogres for my Samurai Kings of War models. I dont want them to look to plain so I plan on giving them tattoos. My painting is barely passable as it is so there is no way I could paint tattoos. Has anyone tried using temporary tats on miniatures? I know people doing nail art will sometimes use them on their nails before covering it with a clear coat to seal it so I figured maybe someone here has tried it for minis.

If so do you have any pictures of how it turned out?

No idea on temporary tattoos, but have you seen the tattoo decals that Hasslefree do?

http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?category=accessories~decals-%28tattoos%29

I hadn't seen them before. They look decent but I would be looking for something more akin to the Yakuza style back pieces.

Hmmm - I can't think off the top of my head of anything suitable like that, but check out Model Display Products, they had some decal sets of graffiti - I would guess 90% would be too big, but there might be 1 or 2 in there.

well, try it out! They are temporary after all. You could try putting one on a spare arm or a bit of plastic and see how that works out.

You can get print-it-yourself decal "paper" - find an appropriate image and then print it on the decal sheet, cut it out and apply it as normal.

darkcloak wrote:
well, try it out! They are temporary after all. You could try putting one on a spare arm or a bit of plastic and see how that works out.

I plan too. Once I pick up some temp tattoos and I will try it on a test miniture and report the results. If it works I will know ready for when I acquire some sumo.


Automatically Appended Next Post:

 SilverMK2 wrote:
You can get print-it-yourself decal "paper" - find an appropriate image and then print it on the decal sheet, cut it out and apply it as normal.

That will be really useful for the Banners and Sashimi for my Samurai as well as tattoos, thanks.

I saw a dark eldar army here on dakka that had used them.
The paint wasn't the best but some of the skull/spider tattoos looked pretty good.
I'll see if I can link when I'm at a computer rather than my phone.

Making your own stencils would likely work, too. A fairly quick-and-dirty method: Find an image you like online. Reduce it to the size you want. Print it. Laminate it. Cut out the lines/image. Hold it over your model. Paint.

Here's the link....

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/513900.page#5388100