QUOTE (tehana @ Nov 3 2011, 01:14 PM)

I have to wonder if there's a status symbol aspect with this as well. If you look back to one of the links I posted earlier in this thread about designer duds in mafia prisons you'll see that things like this are being used as status symbols in crime rings. I have to wonder how long it will be before Joey Santori starts using a diamond encrusted gun to kill off threats just to start a reputation.
And I totally could see a socialite having a crystal encrusted gun. It would be exactly like cell phones in the early/mid 2000's. The crystal craze has kinda died down but I totally see how men and women alike would start personalizing them.
Damn. Now I'm all off on tangents in my brain thinking about how I could customize a gun to match my favorite outfits...
Its not lost, it was just forgotten...
As for the ork pic, it is awesome. Pink Mohawk isn't for all the time, but people forget what it is about sometimes. Sometimes its not about the money, its not about keeping secret or hidden, its about kicking the Corps. Maybe its the one that tossed you into the shadows to begin with, maybe its the one that killed your family, or the one that put a hit out on you for a regular job just because they wanted to send a message and made you burn that sweet pad and your new SIN. Sometimes you are already known to them and are their enemy. Sometimes, you want them to know who it is that just took that multi-billion nuyen device, and remind them why you did it.
That is the essence of Pink Mohawk. The corps aren't always just employers, they are what is wrong with the world, they are the enemy, not a friend or ally. They are about crushing all individuality out of the world so that they can control it beasier, and sometimes the only way to fight back is simply to make a statement that says, "no I will not conform."