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Watch out Lizardman, here comes Snake Woman!

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Sean Philips

I guess our buddy The Lizardman does’t need to feel threatened, because obviously her “transformation” is less permanent than his, but it makes for a cool photo none the less.

snakegirl

When she is not made up as Snake Woman, she goes by Rachie Tartz. The tongue split was done by Howie and the photo was taken by Glen Tuttle.

Comments

24 responses to “Watch out Lizardman, here comes Snake Woman!”

  1. alvaro Avatar
    alvaro

    gorgeous, nothing left to say

  2. Isa Avatar
    Isa

    wow she is so cool! love it!

    I have a question about split tongue, does it affect your speech? I mean the way you talk? Have notices friends who had their tongues pierced, sometimes you can hear a difference, its like they make the lisp sound now. Is this common in tongue splitting?

  3. Lesha Avatar
    Lesha

    not impressed. something about the nose and cheek make-up irritates me.

  4. The Lizardman Avatar
    The Lizardman

    Its a good look!

  5. Ata Avatar
    Ata

    Realy nice performed photo!

  6. the wong fuckin person Avatar
    the wong fuckin person

    mmmm

  7. CalmLlama Avatar
    CalmLlama

    #2 My piercing affected my speech much more than my split. So long as the split is done correctly, and it heals correctly, it probably wouldn’t impact your speech enough for other people to notice; although, you would notice a slight difference.

  8. Lesha Avatar
    Lesha

    I agree. I notice my tiny lisp, other people don’t though. and all the people I know with split tongues as well, I don’t notice anything in their speech.

    http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Split_Tongue

  9. WeWillRise Avatar
    WeWillRise

    absolutely beautiful!

  10. colin Avatar
    colin

    CHANGE THE BMEZINE MAINPAGE PICTURE. PLEASE! IT’S BEEN FORRRRRRRRRRREVVVVVVVVVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. like the sandlot

  11. Manuel Avatar
    Manuel

    WOW, is there any posibility that she appears in the BME girls calendar?????? she is so gorgeous

  12. chokehold Avatar
    chokehold

    yum yum yum yum,

  13. dinner Avatar
    dinner

    love this! looks so smoooooooth

  14. Diva Avatar
    Diva

    eh coulda been more creative with the makeup.

    nice split though.

  15. Smurf777 Avatar
    Smurf777

    A post that references Lizardman, features Snake Woman and was taken by Glen Turtle. Haha.

  16. gandy Avatar
    gandy

    @colin, really thats all you have to moan about? on a post that has NOTHING to do with BME’s updates? go out side for a bit, its only a front page.

  17. Sean Philips Avatar
    Sean Philips

    @10, if everything goes well, the new BME will be released tomorrow. Then everything will update more regularly, but really is it that big of a deal?

    @Smurf….Tuttle, not turtle, but close!

  18. blackroses Avatar
    blackroses

    amazing!!

  19. Rachie Tartz Avatar
    Rachie Tartz

    @Isa – My speech has only been effected slightly since the split. Sometimes I notice more of a lisp and other times, I can’t even hear it at all! 🙂

  20. Rachie Tartz Avatar
    Rachie Tartz

    Also, thanks for all the kind comments!!! 🙂
    I really didn’t see this coming. 😀

  21. Syrenn Avatar
    Syrenn

    Awesome!!! I love this girl

  22. Moonstones Avatar
    Moonstones

    I love this! She’s hot!

  23. Nick K Avatar
    Nick K

    Would love to see full body tattoo of Snake Woman!

  24. kc Avatar
    kc

    very gorgeous. i am much jealous of that split =[

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