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Palazzo Vecchio, Florence by Josef Theodor Hansen
ok so i just started a new palia account because i'd run out of quests on my main and doing these early game quests again made a few things click into place.
This might be crazy, but it might also be great foreshadowing: I think that the mysterious figure going after the cosmos protocol might be Florentine, the guy who used to live on your plot. If I remember correctly, we know the stranger is a majiri man and here we have this spare majiri man who used to live around these ruins and had all sorts of magic contraband and liked humans so much he named himself a human name, like
If he's not the guy, he's got to be important somehow. Why else would they build him up like this?? What do you think?
Florentine Cabinet,
Favorite Schloss, Rastatt, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany,
Courtesy: Franks Fotografie
'A Bird' (probably Florentine, late 16th century).
Bronze.
National Gallery of Art.
The large gilt-framed mirror on the right hand side of the drawing room is one of a pair of late seventeenth-century Florentine mirrors. A Chinese carved ivory figure stands among decorative pieces of china displayed below.
The Englishwoman’s Bedroom, 1985
Mercenary band, Renaissance Wargames Atlantic November 2025
It’s always nice to return to the medieval and renaissance periods for a bit of a palette cleanser; I painted up a Landsknecht vignette a while ago, and found that painting a number of similar miniatures in an absolute riot of colour was a really nice break from the usual uniformity I go for (if a little more time-consuming than that typically is). In that same spirit, here are a couple of European renaissance mercenaries, ready to stand in defence of the highest bidder. I painted these with the Italian states in mind, but they could just as easily be from essentially anywhere else in Europe. These are from Wargames Atlantic's 'Conquistadors' box, with equipment and headwear to allow them that little bit more pan-European versatility.
Crucifix with Mourning Virgin and St. John the Evangelist. Florentine, Italy. 1270-1290 CE.
The Walters Art Museum.
Weirdest six-pack I’ve ever seen.