Armour tattoo ideas

102 photos and flash · 66% Realism, 16% Japanese · Upper arm most common

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Colour tattoo of a Boba Fett style helmet on an upper arm, shaded in green, red, yellow and grey.
Boba Fett style helmet on upper arm
Three views of a colour biomechanical tattoo covering a lower leg and ankle, with bronze, gold, green and purple mechanical plating.
Biomechanical leg tattoo shown from three angles
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel statue holding a cross shield, with a halo, across the side ribs.
Winged angel with shield on ribs
Colour realism tattoo of an Iron Man helmet with gold faceplate and red armour on the upper arm, shown against a dark blue and black background.
Iron Man helmet on an upper arm
Realism tattoo of an angel within plate armour and chainmail covering the shoulder and upper arm, shown from two angles.
Angel in armour on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a horse head in a bridle and spiked headpiece, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Horse head with spiked headpiece on shoulder
Black and grey Japanese style full back tattoo of a helmeted warrior, swirling clouds and a tiger, with a peony on the upper arm.
Full back warrior and tiger piece
Colour tattoo of a gold Roman centurion helmet with a red crest and the numeral XI, with the words THE LAST CENTURION arched above it, on an upper arm.
Roman centurion helmet with lettering on upper arm
Realism-style upper arm and shoulder tattoo in black and grey, showing a torn-skin effect revealing a Celtic cross, eagle, engraved armour plates and chainmail.
Armour plate sleeve with Celtic cross and eagle
Solid black silhouette of a crested Spartan-style helmet on a white background, a flash design in blackwork style with no body placement shown.
Spartan helmet silhouette
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel in armour holding a sword, covering the upper arm.
Winged armoured angel with sword on upper arm
Four views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a fantasy castle, a hooded figure, a female elf warrior and skulls from shoulder to wrist.
Fantasy castle and warrior full sleeve
Colour tattoo sleeve on a lower leg showing three armoured warriors, one horned, one in a conical straw hat, and a masked figure with a sickle, over green smoke.
Warriors and smoke on a calf sleeve
Realistic shaded tattoo of layered armour plates with rivets covering a shoulder and upper arm, in brown and grey tones.
Armoured shoulder plate tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of an armoured knight holding an axe and shield on the upper arm, with botanical flowers and leaves above it near the shoulder.
Armoured knight and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of plate armour with a heraldic shield, pauldron and chainmail band across the upper arm and shoulder.
Plate armour and heraldic shield on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue steel armour plate with a Celtic triquetra knot and scale mail, set within torn skin and flames on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Armour plate and flames on an upper arm sleeve
Black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing an armoured warrior, a skull, a spiked mace, a chain and a sword.
Armoured warrior sleeve with skull and sword
Three views of a black and grey Egyptian themed full arm sleeve in realistic shading, covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a pharaoh figure, hieroglyphs and a winged figure.
Egyptian themed full sleeve in black and grey
A pencil sketch on tracing paper of a horned warrior holding a spear above a second armoured figure, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design with clouds and a large circle behind.
Horned warrior with spear, tattoo sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo across a person's upper back showing an armoured figure with a spear beneath a large bird with spread wings.
Armoured warrior with spear and bird on a back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of Boba Fett's helmet and armour across the upper arm and shoulder.
Watercolour Boba Fett on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a samurai in armour holding a katana, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Samurai warrior with katana on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing an armoured woman with a halo, surrounded by flames, above a red banner reading Bigmouth Strikes Again.
Armoured saint in flames with banner on upper arm
Colour tattoo of ornate bronze armour, a central framed figure and a teal wheel across a man's chest, shoulder and left arm sleeve, in a neo-traditional style.
Ornate armour chest and sleeve tattoo
Black and grey Japanese style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing armour plates, a scale pattern and swirling shapes.
Japanese armour sleeve on an arm
Black and grey tattoo of a winged, helmeted armoured woman shown in three photographs of a limb, with shaded feathered wings behind her.
Winged armoured warrior woman on a leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of plate armour covering a shoulder and upper arm, with an eagle emblem on the upper plate and a figure with lettering on the pauldron.
Plate armour shoulder piece with eagle
Close-up of a bold black-outlined tattoo that merges Hello Kitty with a stormtrooper helmet and armour, with a red bow, on skin.
Hello Kitty and stormtrooper cartoon tattoo
Coloured Japanese-style design of a samurai warrior in armour holding a drawn sword, surrounded by yellow lightning bolts, clouds and black waves.
Samurai warrior with lightning and waves
Full back Japanese style tattoo of samurai warriors, flames, clouds and birds, with blue waves across the lower back.
Japanese back piece with samurai and flames
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo of a winged warrior angel among clouds, with classical statue figures below, shown on the upper arm and forearm from five angles.
Winged warrior angel full sleeve
Realistic black and grey biomechanical dragon with spread wings and a glowing red mouth, with red flames along the bottom, tattooed across a man's back.
Biomechanical dragon across a full back piece
Realistic grey plate armour tattoo with rivets and a fleur-de-lis emblem covering a man's shoulder and upper arm, shown from three angles.
Plate armour shoulder and arm sleeve
Colour tattoo across the upper chest showing a girl in a blue dress standing between two armoured figures who hold a long pole, one in grey and one in red.
Three figures tattooed across a chest
Realism-style tiger tattoo wearing an ornate armoured collar, with swirling clouds and a scroll panel of characters across a man's chest.
Snarling tiger and clouds across the chest
Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey knight helmet with red and orange feather plumes on the upper arm, with part of another coloured tattoo visible at the top left.
Knight helmet with red plumes on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of riveted armour plates and a Celtic knot on a shoulder, with torn skin edges.
Torn skin armour plates on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a full back, showing a mounted knight with a raised sword, a shield, a horse, a cross and a city skyline, with the subject's back to the camera.
Mounted knight with raised sword across a full back
Black and grey realism armour tattoo with an eagle and scrollwork on the upper arm and shoulder, beside a red and blue outline of the same design.
Eagle armour tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a helmeted warrior with wings on his helmet beside an armoured female figure, with a spear and flames below.
Armoured warriors with spear on forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a LEGO Iron Man minifigure in red and gold against orange flames, on the calf.
LEGO Iron Man minifigure on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of armour plates, a winged Celtic cross and chainmail across a man's upper arm and shoulder, with a torn skin effect at the edges.
Armour and Celtic cross on upper arm and shoulder
Colour tattoo of Iron Man reaching forward with a glowing repulsor palm, rendered in a realistic style on the calf.
Iron Man with glowing repulsor hand on a calf
Colour flash design of a monkey king in gold and green armour holding a staff, with red dragons, leaves and waves, in Japanese style.
Monkey king with red dragons and golden staff
Black ink flash drawing of an angular helmet with a tall blade rising from its crown, shaded with hatched lines and white highlights.
Angular helmet with tall blade
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing armour plates with a stylised monogram on the shoulder and chainmail-style knotwork below the elbow.
Armour and chainmail sleeve with monogram
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a stacked armour plate, ribcage, lungs and heart, in a blackwork style.
Armour, ribcage, lungs and heart on a forearm