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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a classical helmet and cloak covering the upper arm.
Warrior woman in helmet on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of plate armour across a shoulder and upper arm, with an eagle emblem on the arm and a helmeted figure on the shoulder plate.
Plate armour shoulder and arm tattoo
Black and grey Viking warrior tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm in a full sleeve, with a horned helmet, beard and round shield.
Viking warrior full sleeve
Black and grey Japanese style samurai in horned helmet and armour covering a full sleeve on the upper arm and forearm, with blossom above the shoulder.
Samurai in armour full sleeve tattoo
Realistic shaded tattoo of layered armour plates across a shoulder and upper arm, in brown and grey tones.
Realistic armour plate shoulder tattoo
Realistic knight tattoo in grey shading with a red sash and raised sword, on the back of a lower leg.
Crusader knight with raised sword on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo on a back of an armoured knight on a dark horse, raising an axe and holding an eagle shield, with smoke and fire behind.
Armoured knight on horseback with axe
Black and grey realism tattoo of chainmail and plate armour covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a white tree emblem on a dark shield.
Armoured shoulder with white tree emblem
Realism black and grey tattoo on the upper arm showing a haloed winged warrior with a spear and shield above fallen demonic figures.
Winged warrior and demons on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of cracked armour plates, a winged Celtic cross and chainmail across the upper arm and shoulder, shown in four photos.
Armour and winged Celtic cross on upper arm
Two arms show black and grey full sleeve tattoos with a samurai warrior and skull on the left arm and ravens, swords and a skull on the right, both covering the upper arm and forearm.
Samurai and skull full sleeves
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper back, showing torn skin that reveals metal armour plates with rivets and a buckle, with a Celtic knot on the shoulder cap.
Torn skin revealing armour with Celtic knot
Black and grey realism tattoo across a shoulder and upper back, showing torn skin revealing armour straps, buckles and a Celtic knot on the pauldron.
Torn skin armour pauldron with Celtic knot
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper back showing torn skin revealing buckled armour straps and a Celtic knot disc.
Torn skin with Celtic knot armour on shoulder
Realistic tattoo of plate armour with a fleur-de-lis emblem and chainmail covering a shoulder and upper arm, shown from two angles.
Armour pauldron and chainmail on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Viking warrior in a horned helmet, with shield and sword, on an upper arm sleeve that continues into Celtic knotwork on the forearm.
Viking warrior sleeve with Celtic knotwork
Realistic colour tattoo of a helmeted Roman warrior with a plume, eagle and lion armour details, on the upper arm against an orange background.
Roman warrior in armour on upper arm