There are moments in Tolkien’s novels, which remain engraved in the reader’s memory forever. One such moment in “The Hobbit” is, without doubt, the epic scene where Bilbo spots the Eagles… “The Eagles! The Eagles!” he shouted. “The Eagles are coming!” Bilbo’s eyes were seldom wrong. The eagles were coming down the wind, line after line, in such a host as must have gathered from all …
Our series of preview articles about the new airplanes featured in the upcoming WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs continues with a German two-seat aircraft, the Roland C.II. The LFG Roland C.II, usually known as the Walfisch (Whale), was an advanced German reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. It was manufactured by Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft G.m.b.H. A flying Roland C.II. The Roland C.II was designed to perform artillery …
As we wrote in the previous article “A Long Journey Begins,” one of the design goals of The Battle of Five Armies was to give a more important and definite role to the characters in the battle. In our previous designs in this series, War of the Ring and Battles of the Third Age, characters are very streamlined. These designs are more strategic in scope. Differences …
Following the article presenting the Sopwith Snipe, let’s learn something about the pilots who flew the versions of this fighter featured in the Wings of Glory Airplane Packs: the Canadian Ace William George “Billy” Barker, the Russian Ace Alexander Alexandrovich Kazakov, and Russian pilot Grigoriy Stepanovich Sapozhnikov. William George “Billy” Barker William George “Billy” Barker was one of the most awarded aces of the First World …
As we started to discuss in our previous article, Fate is an important concept in Tolkien’s works. Without drifting too far away from the purpose of these notes, we should remember the history of Middle-earth is deliberately reminiscent of classical epics, where the action of fate and gods influence, and ultimately determine, the action of men. At the same time, the approach used by Tolkien in …
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