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Tag: Star Wars

  • Patience is a Jedi virtue

    …but is it a Stormtrooper virtue?

    Ever since it was mentioned in September, people ask me regularly what’s going on with the stormtrooper-shaped implant. Unfortunately not much to show yet — the pictures in this entry of Damaris’s hand implant are only three months old, and it’s hard to make out in photos even if you know exactly what you’re looking at. It doesn’t help that right after getting the implant done, Damaris had the bad luck of standing next a women with certain shortcomings of balance, who grabbed her hand to save herself from a fall — “I’ve never felt pain like that before!” — and caused it to shift from it’s originally straight placement. That said, some implants can take a year or more to really show their maximum detail, so it’s not necessarily worrying. I’ll continue to update on the healing of this over time.

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  • Lightsabers will cut through ANYTHING

    I’d always assumed piercing would be more of a sith thing, but he insists that he is in fact a Nasalang Jedi. Oh, Rafa, can you never be serious? Oh and on a more serious note, you may notice the absence of jewelry in this picture, if you were wondering what Rafa looked like with the lip plates removed.

  • Subliminal Advertising

    So I was flipping through tattoo pictures, and saw this great traditional Samoan-style tattoo, and — boom, a “totally-looks-like” moment — instantly all I can think of is the Emperor’s Royal Guard from the Star Wars series. Am I nuts? You can see this too, right?

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  • May the Fourth be with you

    On this blessed of days, we gather to remember all those lost souls, both rebel and imperial, who gave their lives to free the galaxy from the tyranny of the emperor.

    Tattoo by Jackie Rabbit from Star City Tattoo in Roanoke, VA.

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  • Time to brush up on your Mandalorian

    Today’s winner of the nerdiest scar contest goes to this scar by John Joyce.

    For those not “in the know”, Boba Fett was a Mandalorian warrior turned bounty hunter.  I could be wrong about the translation but I believe the above reads “Adryanna”.

  • A Prayer for a Droid

    Here’s something nice and nerdy to round out today.  Ross Turpin from Star Crossed Tattoo in Hong Kong created this image of C-3PO’s hands paying.  Now my Star Wars-fu isn’t always up to par, but I don’t recall anyone actually praying to the force.  Maybe Droids have their own religion, with Asimov’s laws serving as their commandments.

  • Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?

    Stormtroopers take their commitment to the Galactic Empire very seriously.

    The Imperials have employed scarification artist Kcir to mark each trooper with the symbol of the empire.

  • This is definitely the scar you’re looking for

    Brian nailed this one.  It’s the 4th piece in Sames’ Star Wars scar sleeve, and I think it could very well be my favorite (so far anyway).  When I first saw it I was completely blown away by how spot on the design is.

  • I feel a great disturbance in the force

    It could possibly have something to do with this incredible scarification portrait of Princess Leia done by Chris Saint from Artifact Tattoo in Santa Clarita, CA.

    I don’t recognize this particular portrait so it’s either an original take on Leia, or from some other media (comics, etc).  In any case, it’s pretty clear who it is, and she is not happy.

  • These aren’t the droids we’re looking for

    Leave it to Brian to yet another nerdy scar that looks incredible.  I talked to Brian shortly before he started work on this piece at the Philly tattoo convention, and asked him about what technique he was going to use.  If you recall the last Star Wars scar he did he combined both cutting and branding to create a phenomenal piece.  Well it turns out that branding wasn’t an option this time around as the smell of burning flesh tends to overpower other scents.

    In any case, you can see that even without branding this scar turned out fantastic.

    Head on over to Brian’s BME portfolio gallery to see some of the other scars that he did at the convention.

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