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somatic tattoos
  • Hey guys!
    What are somatic tattoos and can I use them?
    Majestic Gaits Farm
    Home of the Holdenburgs
    ID# 17523
  • I'm pretty sure you have to have an upgrade to use tattoos. When you have an upgrade you can get to the tattoo registry and make your own design, or have someone make one for you. They are really tiny, 8 bit type images. People use them for all kinds of reasons. You can sort using the tattoos, so my 2g horses all have the same tattoo, and my S+ horses have a different tattoo. I have one that reminds me that a horse has the genes that might create a lethal white foal....etc.

    This guy has 4 tattoos. My fleur de lis in purple to show that he is a rank special, which also means he is a foundation. The pastel-ish fleur de lis that tells me he has satin, and the broken heart that tells me to be take precautions when breeding him. There is a 4th one that is harder to see, it's just a tiny X and an P that is underneath the purple fleur de lis...that tells me he is a exceptionally perfect create. I don't like tattoos on the horses body, but you can put them on the cheek, sholder, withers, hip, and thigh as well. You can also place them on inside of the horses lip. You can't see those on the picture, but you can still use them to sort your horses.

    http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=452813

    Daily herd helpers all have a tattoo as well, the tattoo and it's name are listed on the page.

    There are also tattos that show which GMTs have been used on a horse. On this horse you can tell that I added pearl, took out the appaloosa, made him chestnut, and added a mystery gene (in this case KP). The silver star is to show that he was a Diamond Age rank special.
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    Thanked by 1Dixieland789
  • Some of us use really basic tattoos, others like really artistic stuff. This is my tattoo model and she doesn't have enough slots to wear every tattoo I own. I am incapable of drawing anything more sophisticated than a stick figure so I commission my tattoo art from other players.

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    All of my tattoos indicate either that I've bred the horse or that it has a certain gene...I mostly use the tattoos as a way to search for my horses that have a certain gene in the Horse Search. It's an easy way for me to pull together everything in one place and look through it quickly, especially if someone is looking to buy a horse from me. It also helps me see where I am weak or strong in a group of horses.
    Thanked by 1Dixieland789
  • Thank you guys! I did not know any of this information.
    Majestic Gaits Farm
    Home of the Holdenburgs
    ID# 17523
  • Cheers, since I don't like tattoos on the horses body I have started layering them. I designed the X and P to fit underneath which ever fleur I was using. So I basically have 2 tattoos in one slot! I do the same for my PF mares, and TNP mares. I can search for one or the other, or both, if I need to!
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  • Lol...I have some that I really love seeing on the body--my GP rooster and my KP tiger lily are favorites. And then I have others I don't really like on the body at all, like my Nexus archery target and my Sooty+ cottonwood tree. It's only an issue on this girl because I'm going to have to make another tattoo Model...
  • Wowsa..... I am so confused haha!
    GP? KP? What is perfect create? PF (perfect foundation?)? TNP?


    What exactly are we aiming for in this game? I am just here to have fun, but also have a determined nature to do well.... so would like to do well in this also!

    At the moment I have created a number of horses, trained the twice, entered the shows twice. Have some funky colours etc.... But what would my end goal be, as I would like to breed and sell etc :D

    For example. This guy would have to be my fav in the barn..... http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=642603 not that I actually know what I am looking at haha

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