“We were thinking how successful it had been at other shops and wanted to bring something fun and competitive to our own customers,” Massey says as I prepare for my fateful throw. Meet Clarence, Battle Royale's taxidermy mascot. Between the clatter of coffee machines, hair clippers buzzing and tattoo machines digging into human flesh, it’s a one-stop shop for guys like me. For $150, they can purchase three darts and pick one of the three designs they landed on.īattle Royale opened earlier this year right above the popular Barber and Coral Sword coffee and gaming cafe along Telephone Road. Wherever the dart lands, the customer gets that tattoo. For $100, a customer gets one dart to throw at the board. The dartboard of fate is hanging on a wall at Battle Royale, an East End tattoo shop helped by artist Gabriel Massey. #Hand of fate tattoo skinYou can figure out what comes next: Wherever the dart lands is what will be inked into my skin - whether it’s a grimacing frog or a butterfly with eyes on its wings. That’s why today I’m standing next to a taxidermied wolverine named Clarence, holding a yellow dart in my hand and preparing to hurl it at a dartboard covered in traditional tattoo designs. For $100 customers can throw a dart at a dartboard covered in designs to pick their next piece of permanent art. It’s not just the permanence of the decision, but the visual reminder of what could be a whimsical moment of charity.Ī special promotion at Houston tattoo shop Battle Royale puts the tattoo fate of its customers in the hands of a dartboard. Sometimes, deciding exactly what you want is the hardest part of getting a tattoo, besides the pain that comes after the decision. See where real Houstonians go to have fun. De Jesús, Staff / Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 7 of8 Craig Hlavaty's newest addition, an eagle tattooed by artist Tommy Basco. Tattoo artist Gabriel Massey, left, did the tattoo work for him at his business, Battle Royale Tattoo. De Jesús, Staff / Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 6 of8 Jonathan Burgos, 27, reacts happily at the tattoo design picked by the throw of a dart. De Jesús, Staff / Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of8 Jonathan Burgos, 27, reacts happily after throwing a dart that hit one of the tattoo designs on a board he hoped to get as part of the Battle Royale Tattoo dartboard tattoo challenge. Justice participated in the dartboard tattoo challenge. De Jesús, Staff / Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of8 Josh Justice gets a tattoo at Battle Royale Tattoo. De Jesús, Staff / Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of8 Josh Justice participates in the dartboard tattoo challenge at Battle Royale Tattoo. De Jesús, Staff / Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of8 Josh Justice participates in the dartboard tattoo challenge at Battle Royale Tattoo. 1 of8 Gabriel Massey tattoos Josh Justice, who threw a dart to a dartboard with tattoos design to pick his next one.
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