14 DAY TRIAL // 33-year-old Paul Hunter from the town of Tillicoultry in Scotland is a big fan of the 1995 movie “Braveheart,” and he has a seriously impressive piece of body art to prove it. One that cost him over $2,900 (€2,248), to be more precise.
The tattoo, part of which is visible in the photo accompanying this article, is the work of artist Chris Meighan, who spent several dozen hours working on it.
How it all started
33-year-old Paul Hunter's impressive “Braveheart” tattoo was officially completed last week. This is despite the fact that artist Chris Meighan first began work on it a few months ago, in February.
By the looks of it, Paul Hunter first told the artist that he wanted to have Mel Gibson's face tattooed on his leg. In time, he decided to include the portraits of three other stars, i.e. David O'Hara, Brendan Gleeson and James Cosmo.
“I quite like tattoos and I was wanting to get a few more and I just came up with the idea because Braveheart is my favourite film,” 33-year-old Paul Hunter told the press in a recent interview, as cited by Mirror.
“I think everybody likes it, it’s an awesome film that’s made really well. But I think what I like best about it is that it’s based on where I’m from,” the Scottish Fan went on to explain his decision to have the four portraits inked into his skin.
Quite a lot of work
Not at all surprisingly, artist Chris Meighan says that designing and then actually inking this stunning tattoo took quite a lot of time and effort. This is because he first had to create the portraits based on images of the “Braveheart” characters Paul Hunter wanted to honor.
When he eventually got around to inking the 33-year-old “Braveheart” fan, he needed three day-long sessions and two half-a-day-sessions to complete the artwork. One can only assume that Paul Hunter was in a lot of pain during this entire time. Then again, there is little doubt that it was all worth it.
“We chose the other characters based on their pictures because with it being such an old film it’s quite hard to find good quality images to tattoo from,” artist Chris Meigham explained in a statement.
Commenting on this decision to work with Chris Meigham on this project, Paul Hunter said, “When you’re looking at an artist, you’ve really got to research them first to make sure they’re right for you.” Furthermore, “Chris had a huge waiting list but you can see by looking at it that it was definitely worth waiting for.”