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"I am affable, but unsociable." J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955

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A dramatic fantasy scene inside a towering, gothic hall. On the left, a golden-haired elf in ornate blue and gold armor stands in a splash of water, summoning a massive wave and lightning that swirl around white birds. On the right, a dark-clad figure with pale skin and black hair commands a storm of shadowy, wolf-like beasts with glowing red eyes. The two forces collide at the center, water meeting shadow in a battle of power and will. The background glows with warm orange light filtering through tall arched windows, contrasting with the cold blues and blacks of the combatantsโ€™ magic.

A dramatic fantasy scene inside a towering, gothic hall. On the left, a golden-haired elf in ornate blue and gold armor stands in a splash of water, summoning a massive wave and lightning that swirl around white birds. On the right, a dark-clad figure with pale skin and black hair commands a storm of shadowy, wolf-like beasts with glowing red eyes. The two forces collide at the center, water meeting shadow in a battle of power and will. The background glows with warm orange light filtering through tall arched windows, contrasting with the cold blues and blacks of the combatantsโ€™ magic.

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"Eternal Conflict" โ€” the most epic piece I have created so far, inspired by Tolkien's stories. A battle of wills and song between Sauron and Finrod Felagund in Tol-in-Gaurhoth

#TolkienArt #MiddleEarth #Silmarillion #FinrodFelagund #Sauron #FantasyArt #EpicFantasy #TolkienIllustration #illustration

15.08.2025 11:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 126    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's as if the stars have aligned...

wargamesatlantic.com/collections/...

27.08.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've just started reading the Sharpe books and suddenly became interested in historical wargames (imagine that). Are there any systems that focus more on a skirmish scale and have larger, more dynamic minis?

11.08.2025 06:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Brilliant
๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Lordle of the Rings #1240

24.05.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excellent
๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Lordle of the Rings #1239

23.05.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy Friday

25.04.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My Dog's Day:
-Early walk
-Morning greeting for Mrs M and Baby M
-Breakfast
-Bark at the sound of a falling leaf
-Brief walk
-Lunch (after trying to eat mine)
-Resume sentry duty
-Greet daughter
-Dinner
-Wait upstairs during bath, story and bedtime
-Evening walk
-Dentastix
-Sit in every spot
-Bed

31.03.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Brilliant
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Lordle of the Rings #1186

31.03.2025 07:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Brilliant
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Lordle of the Rings #1185

30.03.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excellent
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Lordle of the Rings #1184

29.03.2025 08:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Marvelous
โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Lordle of the Rings #1183

28.03.2025 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Marvelous
โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Lordle of the Rings #1182

27.03.2025 05:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was in a Pokemon club on a Sunday morning, some of the older kids stayed after to play 40K. My mum let me stay one weekend and I played a game of Dark Angels vs Khorne Chaos Marines, they had loads of Bloodletters and Juggernauts. I was hooked then subscribed to Battle Games in Middle-Earth later.

26.03.2025 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Brilliant
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Lordle of the Rings #1181

26.03.2025 06:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Treated myself to a new edition of The Hobbit this #TolkienReadingDay. Or should I say A' Hobat.

25.03.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

An obvious choice: "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." Highlighting that we are better off when we have others to share our company with. This carries more weight this year for me as I get to sit around a table with my wife and daughter. ๐ŸŽŸ

25.03.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Frodo and Sam reach the mountainโ€™s foot. โ€˜What a tale we have been in, Mr. Frodo, havenโ€™t we? I wish I could hear it! And I wonder how it will go on after our part.โ€™ Molten rock flows past. Ash rains down.

They fall, senselessโ€”but are caught up by two great Eagles of the north.

25.03.2025 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Gandalf proclaims: โ€˜The realm of Sauron is ended! The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest.โ€™ The Black Gate and its towers fall. Orcs turn and flee.

Gandalf asks the great eagle Gwaihir to carry him south.

โ€˜I would bear you whither you will, even were you made of stone.โ€™

25.03.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Orcs and Easterlings pour forth from the hills. In the first wave of the attack, Pippin stabs a troll, but is crushed beneath it. As Gandalf stands on the hilltop, Frodo and Sam both feel a callโ€”โ€˜Now, now, or it will be too late!โ€™โ€”and start crawling up toward the road.

25.03.2025 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Aragorn rides toward the Gate with Gandalf, ร‰omer, Prince Imrahil, and a heavy guard. Gimli, Legolas, the sons of Elrond, and Pippin ride as witnesses for the other free peoples.

โ€˜Let the Lord of the Black Land come forth! Justice shall be done upon him.โ€™

There is no answer.

25.03.2025 09:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The wind turned to the north overnight. Now the morning shows the bleak land around the Morannon to be completely empty. Only the eight Nazgรปl are visible, circling high above the Black Gate. Aragorn and the Captains prepare the army, arranging them on two hills of slag.

25.03.2025 07:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The morning of March 25 brings a dim light to Mordor. Sam wakes. โ€˜Now for it! Now for the last gasp!โ€™ Heโ€™s able to stand, but Frodo with the Ring can only crawl. Sam lifts Frodo on to his back and starts climbing Orodruin, the Mountain of Fire in the heart of Sauronโ€™s realm.

25.03.2025 06:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 74    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I'm really enjoying the content from Warhammer TV, just caught Ultimate Paint-Off, which was a lot of fun, but my favourite of their shows has to be Scribes & Scriveners. I'm still hoping for more animations, though.

24.03.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They spent a week talking about Porter falling awkwardly, I'm sure we won't here a thing from them about Mauvaka's assault.

16.03.2025 06:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My parents have just landed in New Zealand, and I am not at all jealous.

13.03.2025 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Despite the result, that #SixNations game is exactly why I love the tournament. Both games today, in fact.

22.02.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Post your favourite
#DoctorWho
wrong answers only.

12.02.2025 06:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hopefully Darcy Graham is OK after what looked a nasty injury.

09.02.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"So the plan is to have none of the ball and attempt no shots on goal"

07.02.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just make sure you have ENOUGH snacks

06.02.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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