Tattoo me!

[Le Noir Faineant]

Hi all,

In all shortness, I am a nerd. And I want a nerdy tattoo that shows my affection for this our favourite game and setting. Yet, I cannot find a good pic to use.

What would you suggest me to let the nice tattooist burn into my body?
The RL logo seems kinda boring to me...

Of course, I could use a daisy with the FoS ring in the center... Now, that would maybe be too much...

Eagerly waiting for your more sensate suggestions!

Yours,

Rafael

[steveflam]

Well you have to know where you are going to put the tattoo before you decide what you want as a tattoo. If you want it on your arm it wont be very big. On your back or chest you have a bigger area.

[Le Noir Faineant]

I have not yet decided. Only the left arm will be reserved for something else, apart from that, what looks best. (Going to do a martial arts tattoo as well, and since the docs say I will have to leave sports for about four weeks after the process, probably doing everything in a row.)

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

The cover painting of Strahd from the original I6? Or the cover of the Black Box?

Who's your favorite character, creature, or darklord?

[Le Noir Faineant]

Thank you, Ron, for you indeed help me to structure things better!

Fav DL: Strahd. - Had a very nice from Andrew Hou from Dragon at hand,
but must somehow have deleted it.

Fav Character: Gondegal, or Lodissio, my trademark satyr from the SB game

Fav Creatures: Satyrs, I guess, or sirens/fey of the sea...

Now, if the pic is really exceptional, I have nothing against using whatever else is beautiful! The BB cover would maybe be too big, though...

[BigBadQDaddy]

A few years ago Maxim magazine printed a spread of "nerdy" tattoos. The one most prominently remembered featured a pair of 20 siders with the tagline "True Player" benieth the image.
Alway's liked that one.

[HuManBing]

Have a picture of Azalin's lich face tattooed with his massive iron crown and a luxurious robe or mantle on his shoulders.

The catch line should be:

"If you run, you'll only die tired."

[Dr Ed]

Four weeks? That's a bit excessive. I've been tattooed half a dozen times and the absolute longest they took to heal completely was a week. If you keep up with the lotion and use antibacterial soap when you wash it, you should be pretty good to go in a few days.

[steveflam]

Yeah what Dr Ed said. I have 2 tattoos and my wife 2 as well. It only does take a few days to heal although you cannot give blood for a year after you get the tattoo, FYI.

[Joël of the FoS]

The classic metallic Ravenloft logo would be my choice.

Joël
(untattooed as he writes this)

[Wiccy of the Fraternity]

The classic metallic Ravenloft logo would be my choice.

Joël
(untattooed as he writes this)

Feb idea matey


(I'm also tattoo-less, which some of you may find hard to believe, heh).

[Jester of the FoS]

I'd go with the good ol' d20.

[Drusilla]

Hmm... what a good idea *tattoos Jester* oops, I got carried away, you got a d500 on your back now XD

[Archedius]

I'd second the I6 Strahd but I'm also partial to our favorite Death Knight- Lord Soth.

[LordGodefroi]

I'd go with the good ol' d20.

I've seen a number of D20 tats and they usually look pretty good. The design below is from a t-shirt that Paizo.com sells.

If you wanted to change the design up and make it more Ravenlofty, you could omit the flames and replace it with bat wings: A bat-winged D20 !

(And, for better clarity in the art, I'd omit trying to make the D20 look metallic. Fine shading in a tattoo takes a master tattoo artist and not all are up to the task of making it look good instead of muddy.)