Model ranges
From April 1979 to December 1984 Citadel had a reciprocal distribution and manufacturing deal with Ral Partha to bring each other's products to Britain and North America respectively.[12]
Citadel has also produced and distributed miniatures under other names:
Over the years, as well as Citadel producing their own original miniatures, they have produced licensed ranges based on characters from games, movies, TV series and books. These included figures based on RuneQuest, Fighting Fantasy, Judge Dredd, Doctor Who, Paranoia, Eternal Champion, Dungeons & Dragons, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Traveller, Star Trek, Lone Wolf and The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Games Workshop re-won the Lord of the Rings licence, allowing them to make The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game miniatures to tie-in with the trilogy of films released by New Line Cinema, and have extended the range to include characters based on the actual writings of J. R. R. Tolkien.
Citadel Miniatures sometimes release limited edition models of specific or unusual characters, such as Thrud the Barbarian,[13] Ian Livingstone,[14] drunken Space Marines dressed in Christmas outfits[15] and several representing Grombrindal, the white-bearded logo of White Dwarf magazine.[16][17]
Along with the standard range of miniature soldiers, lines of Citadel include fantasy based war-machines, like catapults and chariots, and when Warhammer 40,000 came out, Citadel Miniatures also branched out into vehicles, such as the Land Raider and Rhino transports for Space Marines.
- Chronicle Miniatures was a competitor run by Nick Lund. It was bought out by Citadel and they continued to operate under that name for a time.
- Iron Claw Miniatures were a range of miniatures designed, manufactured and distributed by Citadel from February 1987 until October 1988 and sculpted by Bob Olley. Many of the designs were later incorporated into the main Citadel range.
- Marauder Miniatures was a separate company set up by two former Games Workshop-Citadel sculptors (Aly Morrison and Trish Morrison) in November 1988 and promoted alongside Citadel Miniatures in White Dwarf. The miniatures were cast and distributed by Citadel, and the company was absorbed into Citadel in August 1993. Numerous retail outlets such as the Medway Games Centre in Chatham, Kent, and elsewhere across the United Kingdom, stocked Citadel Miniatures, as they became so popular, especially from March 1982 and onwards.
