Quote Originally Posted by Miss Elizabeth View Post
Sekt, I am using Eikon pre made (not bugpin) 7 curved mags, 11 curved mags, 7 round liner. Colour packers (neo tats) are set to approx 3ml stroke length and liner (micky sharpz) is set 1.5 to 1.8ml. Grey shading (neo tat) is set to 2 to 2.5ml stroke length.
See I think that is the problem right there- 3ml is too short a stroke. I'd go with a stroke length of 4.2 mm for black, or colour packing. 3mm or 2.6mm is fine for b+g work, but the needle travels faster with a stroke of 4.2mm. Think of it like this.. hold a sheet of paper up, and push a needle through it. It wont go through because the paper will bend. Now try to stab the paper with the needle- it'll go through because the paper can't react fast enough to bend. Same on soft spongy female skin, it has lots of give, and needs speed not power to puncture the skin.