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There are all kinds of mythical tattoos that one can get. You’ll see medieval shields, weapons, helmets, and even armors emblazoned on the bodies of many people. A local tattoo parlor recently tattood my brother Dave with a Spartan helmet tattoo. This tattoo has special significance to him and I because are ancestors lived in Sparta.
Dave has been a huge fan of the spartan movies and has seen the movie “300” almost that many times. We came up with the idea of using a helmet because it is the most easily identifiable piece of Spartan gear. Dave will soon be getting a Spartan spear and Spartan shield tattooed onto him as well. He might even tattoo the words “Spartan Soldier” on his stomach. He says he’ll loop the word so that it arcs across his midsection.
When we first brought Dave to our local tattoo parlor and asked the tattoo artist to place a Spartan helmet on his chest he said he couldn’t do it. The artist said he would like to try, but he did not really have a good idea of what a Spartan helmet looked like. We decided that we had better get a picture of our Spartan helmet before returning to the parlor. We found a great looking Spartan replica helmet at a web site called armor venue and decided to just go ahead and buy it. The helmet was absolutely beautiful and ended up costing us less than one hundred dollars. After using our Discover card to pay for it, we only had to wait a short time before receiving it.
After receiving the Spartan helmet we loaded it up in the car with us and drove back down to the tattoo artist. We showed the artist the helmet and he became really excited about the job. Within a few minutes he had already sketched us out a great looking tattoo template. We had him put a temporary version on Dave so that he could get a feel for what it would actually be like. We figured we’d look at it for about a six or seven days and if it still looked good we’d come back and get the real thing placed on him.
Dave ended up going back and getting the tattoo. He now proudly has his Spartan helmet tattoo displayed on his chest. He has received many compliments on the tattoo, even one from our mother. We didn’t think she’d ever approve of him getting the tattoo, so we were very happy.