a. g. radley
@ag-radley.bsky.social
illustrator + programmer + game designer. smite cling-clang on the anvil of nimrod.
me after walking out of your library
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
me after walking out of your library
walked past a mushroom dispensary that got firebombed earlier today.
September 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
walked past a mushroom dispensary that got firebombed earlier today.
anyone happen to know if the coat of arms shown for Ölse here correspond to a contemporary city? (probably Polish given the ones around it are all German names for contemporary Polish cities). there are a few towns with similar names but none have similar (or any) coats of arms.
September 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
anyone happen to know if the coat of arms shown for Ölse here correspond to a contemporary city? (probably Polish given the ones around it are all German names for contemporary Polish cities). there are a few towns with similar names but none have similar (or any) coats of arms.
they discovered that new giant stick insect in Australia recently
September 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
they discovered that new giant stick insect in Australia recently
been reading about the Franconian War/punitive expedition, and i have to say, it is very cool to see some old woodcut like this one of the burning of the Waldsteinburg and be able to drop into google maps and look at the ruins yourself.
August 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
been reading about the Franconian War/punitive expedition, and i have to say, it is very cool to see some old woodcut like this one of the burning of the Waldsteinburg and be able to drop into google maps and look at the ruins yourself.
bro thinks stealth works in real life the same way it does in Thief: The Dark Project
August 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
bro thinks stealth works in real life the same way it does in Thief: The Dark Project
Took an alternate route on my morning walk
August 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Took an alternate route on my morning walk
this is mainly what attracts me to this period (beyond the pleasing renaissance-era aesthetics). it was this omnipresent, omnidirectional class war. hyper sharpened contradictions. i've never seen a starker or more beautiful rendering of the struggle between the bourgeoisie and the knighthood.
August 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
this is mainly what attracts me to this period (beyond the pleasing renaissance-era aesthetics). it was this omnipresent, omnidirectional class war. hyper sharpened contradictions. i've never seen a starker or more beautiful rendering of the struggle between the bourgeoisie and the knighthood.
favorite bits. curious who the two captains depicted are, though i suspect the one on the left is Kasimir of Brandenburg, and the one on the right is Ullman Stromer, but i'm not sure. curious if any German speakers know more about it.
August 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
favorite bits. curious who the two captains depicted are, though i suspect the one on the left is Kasimir of Brandenburg, and the one on the right is Ullman Stromer, but i'm not sure. curious if any German speakers know more about it.
Battle before the gates of Nuremberg (1502) (unknown artist)
August 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Battle before the gates of Nuremberg (1502) (unknown artist)
gigantic list of all the robberies (or "detainments"/"aufhalten" as they were sometimes called) committed by nobles against citizens and residents of Nuremburg. including 8 knights stealing a few coins from a servant girl, heists of 2400 lbs. of copper, barrels of pepper, wine, fur, knives, iron.
July 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
gigantic list of all the robberies (or "detainments"/"aufhalten" as they were sometimes called) committed by nobles against citizens and residents of Nuremburg. including 8 knights stealing a few coins from a servant girl, heists of 2400 lbs. of copper, barrels of pepper, wine, fur, knives, iron.
Relations between Townspeople and Rural Nobles in late medieval Germany - A Study of Nuremberg in the 1440s by Benjamin John Pope
July 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Relations between Townspeople and Rural Nobles in late medieval Germany - A Study of Nuremberg in the 1440s by Benjamin John Pope
interesting bit about the construction of the notorious Swedish staff sword (or "spears made of swords" as Dolnstein calls them).
July 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
interesting bit about the construction of the notorious Swedish staff sword (or "spears made of swords" as Dolnstein calls them).
some watercolors by Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel that i really like.
July 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
some watercolors by Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel that i really like.
Dolnstein talking about how they blew open a castle gate with "sheaves of explosives".
July 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Dolnstein talking about how they blew open a castle gate with "sheaves of explosives".
some of my favorite Dolnstein sketches.
July 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
some of my favorite Dolnstein sketches.
been reading through "There I, Paul Dolnstein, Saw Action" again as research for something, and it's always funny to remember how even as late as the XVI century people didn't spell their very own names consistently.
July 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
been reading through "There I, Paul Dolnstein, Saw Action" again as research for something, and it's always funny to remember how even as late as the XVI century people didn't spell their very own names consistently.
succeeded in a very dangerous stealth mission
July 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
succeeded in a very dangerous stealth mission
been playing Darktide again... sucks that they don't let you use the best hair on any class except veteran and zealot
June 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
been playing Darktide again... sucks that they don't let you use the best hair on any class except veteran and zealot
people need to bring back dressing like this
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
people need to bring back dressing like this
encounter Tycho Brahe as he wanders around the halls with his golden prosthetic nose and mumbles about alchemy, talk to Kepler as he calculates the Rudolphine Tables and tries to invent logarithms, alchemy, Jeppe predicts the future... Bloodborne-esque cosmic horror aliens... teleporation puzzles...
June 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
encounter Tycho Brahe as he wanders around the halls with his golden prosthetic nose and mumbles about alchemy, talk to Kepler as he calculates the Rudolphine Tables and tries to invent logarithms, alchemy, Jeppe predicts the future... Bloodborne-esque cosmic horror aliens... teleporation puzzles...
free game idea: a Fear & Hunger-like RPG in a dark and twisted version of Uraniborg observatory.
June 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
free game idea: a Fear & Hunger-like RPG in a dark and twisted version of Uraniborg observatory.
a lot of critters out tonight/this morning (and a raccoon from yesterday)
June 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
a lot of critters out tonight/this morning (and a raccoon from yesterday)
who else here remembers this site (for realheads only)
June 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
who else here remembers this site (for realheads only)