Peldrigal

@peldrigal

Gentleman adventurer. Swordsman and scholar. I mostly do Cloud FinOps, and larp.

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Peldrigal@peldrigal· 18d

Premodern modes of violence #hema #lostworlds

The cover of Patrick Wyman's book "lost worlds". In the background, a historical fencing tournament with military sabres, in a dry grass field.

Peldrigal@peldrigal· 26d

"But that is worse" meme from The Good Place.
First panel: Chidi, a black professor, saying to a blonde woman:"Okay. But that's worse"
Second panel: the same man asking "You do get how that's worse, right?"

Peldrigal@peldrigal· 27d

A screenshot of a google search for the name "Francesca Cacace", the name for the Italian dub of the character Fran Fine from the tv series "The Nanny"

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Jul 10

Grand Vizier Iznougoud, a french comic book character by René Goscinny and Jean Tabary, saying "I want to be the Caliph in the Caliph's place" in French, the language of publication

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Jun 23

Lone Sloane : Delirius

A psychedelic science fiction city, in between Babylon on acid and las vegas

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Jun 16

A man in a business suit saying "Jesus, I see what you've done for other people, and I want that for me."

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Jun 13

A coyote typing a message encouraging people to let cats be outdoor

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Jun 9

A snip of the original illustration, showing it at 19 likes

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Jun 7

In Italian she was nicknamed "Nonna Papera": Grandma Duck, from the Carl Barks comics

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Jun 5

As in, Lancer?

The cover of the lancer rpg manual. A colorful pyramid of animesque sci-fi characters

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Jun 5

Red is always heroic. František Dvořák, a #larp character for the Witcher - La Restaurazione italian-language campaign. #fantasy #fantasycharacter #rpg #whfrp #TheWitcher #CDProjecktRed

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Jun 4

The used Maserati dealer by the corner took a dellivery while I was out to the shops, and I just had to wait so I could snap a few pics of this beauty. #car #classiccars #maserati

A dark red Maserati Merak, front three quarters

A dark red Maserati Merak, back three quarters

A dark red Maserati Merak, from the baxk

A dark red Maserati Merak, from the side

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Jun 3

John Blanche has died. His mind overflowed with so many universes.

An illustration in the baroque style of John Blanche. A science-fiction warrior with decorated armor, giant pauldrons, enormous waraxe, some kind of futuristic gun, skulls on chains hanging from a feathery or furry cape. It is labeled as "Angron, Primarch of the World Eaters Legion"

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 30

No, sorry, what I meant is that as a british officer your standard pistol would be a revolver. Churchill should have used a Webley .455 Mk IV revolver, but he clearly thought the clip-loaded mauser was a better choice.

A c96 mauser gun, shown mid-reload, with the clip on top

A Webley .455 Mk IV revolver shown open, unloaded, with the extractor extended

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 30

Winston Churchill at the Boer War times, you can see the lanyard. In his memoirs he says that he preferred the Mauser to the sword, in close combat. This also means that you were expected to be proficient at shooting with your left.

A young Winston Churchill in colonial uniform, as he would have worn it during the Second Boer war. He is armed with a Mauser c96 pistol, and an officer's sword. The pistol is connected with a lanyard to his uniform tunic. The sword has no visible swordknot.

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 29

Druid cultists escorting a Leshen. From the #larp The #Witcher - La Restaurazione by Terre Spezzate. Photo by Irene Ritorto #fantasy #cdprojektred #thewitcher

A night picture of a fantasy larp event. Two masked men in tunics and torches in hand, escort on each side a Leshen, a monster from the Witcher books and games lore, a massive creature with a skeletal deer head, and long claws.

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 27

I don't even remember the original form of the meme, but it existed well before social media, and maybe even before Internet.

A mock political ad, with a monster with tentacles and wings wearing a business suit. The text says "Cthulhu for President - Why settle for the lesser evil?"

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 24

Speaking of which...

Two car from movies lego sets: the DeLorean from the Back to the Future, and Lightning McQueen from Cars

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 22

Me: -So, should I go to Menaggio to take my car on the ferry and go to the other side of the lake?- Receptionist: -Why would you go there by car? It's all narrow and twisting mountain roads just above Lake Como- Me, salivating, with the keys of a Mazda mx-5 burning a hole in my pocket: - No reason-

A man and a woman in a Mazda Miata on a ferry on lake Como. In the background, the town of Varenna, with its colorful houses climbing on the mountain.

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 20

Every time archelogical proof of some outlandish Herodotus story is found, I get slightly more worried that EVERYTHING is real.

Two panels, which are screenshots from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
First panel: a pirate tells Jack Sparrow "You actually were telling the teuth". He is labeled "Archeologists".
Second panel: Jack Sparrow answers "I do that quite a lot, yet people are always surprised". He is labeled "Herodotus"

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 20

A picture of two cats. On the foreground, a grey cat on a red armchair. In the background a black cat on the hardwood floor.

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 17

Training to fight the Austrians #HEMA #bayonet

Two people in fencing masks. One lunges with a trainer simulating a rifle mounted bayonet, the other parries with a sword. Another person in the foreground stands and observes holding another rifle trainer.

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 16

I would frankly wear Sal Da Vinci's white suit...

The italian singer Sal Da Vinci in his Eurovision 2026 outfit: a buttonless double breasted white suit, closed on the side by long fabric ribbons.

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 15

Just leave some dog foodnu attended..

A man in a garden, wearing two oven mittens, has a north american opossum in his hands.

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 15

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 8

I found some info about that 15 years ago and I found it fascinazione.

Patrick Stewart interpreting Othello. He is kneling, in military fatigues, with a pained expression. A black man stands over him, similarly dressed.

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 3

A cover of the I Kill Giants comic: a girl in blue with bunny eara and a giant hammer, on a mound, facing a titan emerging from a red mist

Peldrigal@peldrigal· May 3

Favourite black and white film

A still from the japanese black and white movie Ugetsu Monogatari

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Apr 30

Purple. It has hints of villainy. Gunther von Hund, a #larp character for a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay campaign, a Templar of Morr, in evening garb. #fantasy #fantasycharacter #rpg #whfrp

A person in a larp costume. A man wearing thight high cavalry boots, black leggins, a purple shirt, a black doublet, a purple half cape with a black embroidered skull, a black hat with purple, black, and white feathers, armed with a cavalry saber.

Peldrigal@peldrigal· Apr 30