Useful for the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. AD&D (ADnD) was big at that point and I think that's why GW brought out many lines. Games Workshop Citadel were creating metal miniatures at the right time for the market place, as roleplay games and tabletop miniatures for D&D (DnD) were in demand. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons is still played today, although the Pathfinder roleplaying game by Paizo has taken a large chunk of the fantasy adventure roleplay market. Would go perfectly with any roleplaying game for an encounter, or fit in with a Warhammer fantasy battle army (WHFB) for tabletop wargaming.

Games Workshop Citadel first brought out the Undead in their Fantasy series (F series) of Lead miniatures. GW advertised the release of their Pre slotta Fiend Factory (FF) line in White Dwarf 12 Apr May 1979 (WD issues were released every two months back then). This included various mounted Wraiths, a Ghost, a Ghoul and a Zombie. This range later included a Spectre and Citadels first Skeleton Warrior. The range was described as a superb range of mythological and fictitious beasts for the discerning fantasy gamer and although they may be disregarded by some now, at the time they really were an amazing set of metal miniatures for any fantasy game. Some of the range were changed in Feb 1982 as GW lost the rights to its own product when TSR published the Fiend Folio creature bestiary. The story behind this is that originally Citadel put an article in White Dwarf for its readers to send in their ideas of creatures to the Fiend Factory department of the magazine. This was exceptional marketing, and Citadel also had articles asking readers to enter their Design competition. The first one was in October 1982 and details of it were included with the October order form. It asked people to design what they thought the Golden Knight, the Silver Knight and the Warrior of Chaos should look like. Anyone who's ideas were used, got a copy of the model and a £2 voucher. That may not seem like much, but that was big money back then! Just amazing stuff at the time. This was just an brilliant way to capture peoples imagination and excellent marketing. The players were actually helping to create the game. If you read through some of the old White Dwarfs you'll see that people actually sent in votes of what they thought were the best and worst creature ideas. I'm unclear exactly what influence this had, but the most highly regarded of the Fiend Factory submissions that appeared in the first ten issues were then selected to be in a publication of monsters to be used for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) roleplaying game. This was called the Fiend Folio.

The Fiend Folio was intended to be the second volume to the Monster Manual, and would have been officially recognized by TSR as an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) gaming product. At this point Games Workshop was the holder of the license to publish Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) game products in the UK. Unfortunately there was an alleged business dispute between GW and TSR. Even though the editor Don Turnbull completed the manuscript on time the actual publication of it was delayed for two years. It was eventually published as a 128-page hardcover book by TSR in August 1981, with the bulk of the monsters being taken from readers White Dwarf submissions. Hey, that's big business for you. Unfortunately this publication of the Fiend Factory monsters meant that Citadel miniatures lost the rights to their own product. Citadel had the contract to produce fantasy miniatures based on White Dwarf articles, but as they had agreed in principle to including their Fiend Factory monsters in the Folio, Games Workshop actually legally transferred the copyright on those monsters to TSR. TSR already had an exclusive contract with the American firm Grenadier Models so this forced Citadel to discontinue miniatures depicting Fiend Factory monsters that appeared in the Fiend Folio. As most of the material came from the White Dwarf articles this must have been a real kick in the teeth. Back then GW dealt with things over the phone in a friendly manner, so I can easily understand why they have their own solicitors based with them in Nottingham now. A harsh lesson on how some people do business.

GW then released their preslotta Fantasy Tribes Skeletons (FTS) range in White Dwarf 29 Feb March 1982 (these were also later released as C17 Skeletons). They were also shown in the Citadel 1982 Blue catalogue and there were variants to quite a few in the range, many of which can be seen here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Skeletons_-_FTS_Fantasy_Tribe_%28solid_base%29

Next Citadel released the Fantasy Tribes Zombies in WD32 Aug 1982. There were a LOT of different variants to quite a few in the range. So if you are a collector, going after this full set will keep you very busy. There were 8 different Zombies, 7 of which came with 26 different head variants and if that was not enough, you could also buy separate heads for conversions. Good luck! An excellent page here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Zombies_-_FTZ_Fantasy_Tribe_(solid_base)#FTZ8_.09Slain_Zombie

White Dwarf 32 January 1983 showed the Fantasy Tribe Evil Leaders (FTE) line. These may have been released December 1982 as there was a Fantasy Tribe special release flyer, but this was undated. This line contained various Undead evil leaders which were later sold under reference C22/4. This can be seen in the Citadel April 1983 Dragon catalogue, which also showed the Fantasy Tribes Undead being incorporated into the C17, C18 and C19 lines. Also some of the Fiend Factory went into C21 Fantasy Cavalry Undead riders miniature range. Citadel stated in this catalogues front page that they were keeping the concept of individualised models, so various variants of the C line would continue to be made available. An example being the C01 fighters, 20 were listed but Citadel made 6 variations of each one. Various WD adverts, flyers and the First Citadel Compendium Oct 1983 showed these nicely as line drawings. Citadel also started bringing out their Speciality sets which included a Dungeon Monster Starter Set, shown in the March 1983 flyer. This included various Undead and an advert for this can also be seen in the 1st Citadel Compendium.  

The Arcane listings catalogue was released in early 1984 and included the new range of pre-slotta C17 Skeletons designed by Alan and Michael Perry (better known as the Perry twins). White Dwarf 55 July 1984 and the July flyer also showed this line. Various catalogue pages and flyers from this classic period can be seen here:

http://www.solegends.com/citc/c17skeletons.htm

Most of these C17 miniatures actually had the name of what they were on the lead base, and Citadel did this with quite a few lines. These new Skeletal Undead were a big leap forward in design, detail, quality and were much larger solid figures than the prior, early, FTS range (as the FTS started to size up around FTS20). They became so much bulkier with the tattered clothing and armour adding strength to the bones of the miniatures. Unlike the early FTS range which were easily damaged because they were so much smaller, quite fine with thin bones and weaker due to this. Lead miniatures of that size were easily knocked about and broken in game play. Just from a looks perspective they were mean and gave so much more detail to paint up. The early FTS were designed by the Perry twins as were these newer C17. I am unclear whether their sculpting skill improved over this period or, more likely, the moulding technology, skill and manufacturing knowledge improved, thus enabling a much better miniature to be made. I do clearly remember at the time that they just looked so much better than the early gaming miniatures and this period really showed a change in what was being produced.

The Third Citadel Compendium 1985 showed the last of the old school C17 Skeletons and most of this catalogue showed the new slotta models (This and the earlier Citadel Journal Spring 1985 spanned the change between preslotta and slotta miniatures) that came with plastic bases, such as the C18 Undead Samurai that were designed by Aly Morrison. More of these can be seen in the Second Citadel Journal Autumn 1985, but the full set were shown in the June 1985 flyer here:

http://www.solegends.com/citads1985a/198506/fly198506r-01.png

These were less stocky than the prior pre slotta C17 miniatures, but really were excellent. Clever marketing as the plastic bases and less bulky figures saved on the metal used, thus reducing costs, but also very practical as it standardised the size of units for wargaming. Games Workshop at this point started bringing out specific player characters and monsters for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) roleplaying game as they had obtained the licence to produce them. These started to appear on the Citadel July 1985 flyer. It was an amazing range, which was released over 1985 and 1986 until they lost the licence. Which was a terrible shame as it would have been great to see what else they could have produced. It had various evil Undead in it such as the Skeleton in the Dungeon Monsters boxed set, ADD93, ADD94 and ADD96 blister packs. Each blister miniature also had various variants available. They can be seen here:

http://www.solegends.com/rsadd/index.htm 

The Citadel Journal Spring 1985, the July 1985 flyer and 3rd Citadel Compendium 1985 also showed the Lord of the Rings LOTR range (ME line) which also included various Undead such as Wights, Nazgul and the Deadmen of Dunharrow. Many of this range also had many alternative variations, such as the Deadmen of Dunharrow. The standard blister sets can be seen here:

http://www.solegends.com/citlotr/indexblist.htm

The C34 Monsters range had a great Death Elemental which can also be seen in the 3rd Citadel Compendium 1985 as can the DG6 Zombie Dragon. This was designed by Tom Meier and I believe the rights to some of the DG line are actually owned by Ral Partha who continued to produce them for many years afterwards. This is why that catalogue page shows that the range cannot be sold in the USA. I always remember the box artwork really leaping out at me in the shop, very memorable. It can be seen here:

http://www.solegends.com/citdragon/drag1zombie/index.htm

Games Workshop then brought out the Talisman ghoul (TL5) and also the C18 Zombies in the Citadel Spring 86 Journal. For me these brain dead Zombies were some of the best and most memorable that GW ever did. Designed by Kevin Adams (Kev Adams of Gobbo fame), they were absolutely gruesome walking corpses, all rotted flesh and some with intestines hanging out of their dead bodies. I can just picture them saying "Brains!" They had some great names, such as Bowelburst and Peeler and really were rotten, but in the best sense. The catalogue page can be seen here:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat198603cja/c198603cjp0024-00.htm

These rotters can also be seen on the Citadel March and July 1986 flyers. These flyers and the Journal also show the C21 Undead Skeleton Cavalry. This is an era that GW still produced metal horses, which were also Undead. The Journal, on it's last page, also showed the Lichemaster's Vengeance deal. This deal was for the of the Vengeance of the Lichemaster adventure that was also in the Citadel Spring 86 Journal. Which in itself was a follow on adventure scenario to the Terror of the Lichemaster boxed set that was available at the time. This is where the first Heinrich Kemmler appeared, which is a really great model (as is the second version) and very hard to find. Part of the deal was The Liche master, Ranlac, Mikael Jacson and Krell for only £2. Them were the days!

http://www.sodemons.com/rhrare/kemmler/

Fantastic miniatures and very nicely painted. GW then brought out it's plastics, with the Skeleton Horde boxed set, shown in white Dwarf 81 September 1986. 24 Skellies for £3.95. 

GW followed this with the C18 Night Horrors range. The Night Horrors, as the name suggests, contained a lot of creatures from legend, folklore, B movies and Vincent Price-esc Hammer house of Horror movies of the time. They were designed by various people, Aly and Trish Morrison, Jes Goodwin, Alan and Michael Perry, Bob Naismith, and Kevin Adams. Some were initially shown in the Games Workshop Citadel White Dwarf 83 from November 1986, then WD84 December 1986. They were also in the November 1986 flyer, the January 1988, Easter (March) 1989 flyers and there were two pages (1304 and 1305) in the 1989 Games Workshop catalogue. After this they appeared in the Citadel Games Workshop Red 1991 catalogue, but were split into Night Horrors (074542) and Ethereals (074530). Many of these miniatures were excellent for the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. AD&D (ADnD) was big at that point. Games Workshop Citadel were creating metal miniatures at the right time for the market place, as roleplay games and tabletop miniatures for D&D (DnD) were in demand. You'll find a GW miniature for most of the Undead creatures that are shown in the Monster Manuals. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons is still played today, although the Pathfinder roleplaying game by Paizo has taken a large chunk of the fantasy adventure roleplay market. Many of this line fit in perfectly with an Undead or Vampire counts Warhammer fantasy battle army (WHFB) for tabletop wargaming.

Can be seen  on this excellent page here:

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Night_Horrors#Demons_.26_Devils

I rate these miniatures very highly, which is why I personally collect them. Excellent poses, positioning and design, they really epitomise the Undead. I thought these were great when they came out, but just couldn't afford them on my pocket money. GW was supporting the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game at the time, but couldn't bring out it's own line of Cthuloid monsters, so instead brought out its C18 Night Horrors range. The Call of Cthulu roleplay game was based upon the H P Lovecraft horror genre of books that were written from the beginning of the last century and is still popular today. These miniatures could be used in the game, but were not directly linked to the Cthulhu mythos. The range is more suited to the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D) roleplaying game and you'll find most, if not all in the D&D monster manuals.

Citadels December 1986 flyer and the Spring 87 Journal showed the RR2 Nightmare Legion (later referred to as RRD2). These were a Skeletal spearmen infantry unit from the Regiments of Renown and had some great artwork on the boxed set and an even better story about Mordini's Doomed Legion. Which can be read here:

http://www.solegends.com/citrr/rrd02nightmare.htm

These were great to get a War hammer fantasy battle (WHFB) army together, but I didn't really go for them at the time as they were so much alike and just stood there. Cheaper to produce no doubt, and they gave an army a very regimented look, but I prefer all different miniatures. The Citadel Spring 87 Journal also showed the C17 skeletons, and these were absolutely excellent in idea, pose, design and quality. You even had some coming out of the ground from a grave with gravestone as well as a Rambo and a Guy Fawkes one, just brilliant skellies designed by Aly Morrison. GW moved away from the really solid pre-slotta C17 Undead, keeping them in line with the Undead Oriental Samurai that they had brought out prior. They can be seen throughout 1987, which was a fantastic year for miniatures. Specifically in the Citadel March and July 1987 flyers. Also Games Workshop's White Dwarf 91 June 1987 has this great page:

http://www.solegends.com/citads1987b/198707WD91/wd91p48-C17Skeletons-01.jpg

The July 1987 flyer also showed the C23 Skeleton Cavalry. GW did some very nice Skeleton Horsemen. The June flyer showed the C17 Command group miniatures. These came in random blisters of a leader, champion, musician and a standard bearer. It also showed the C34 Carrion and Giant Bat. A lot of this information was also duplicated in the White Dwarf adverts. No 90 June 1987 showed the advert for the SB9 Metal Shields. These shields were also sold under the SH1 reference. The Spring 87 Journal advert can be seen here:

http://www.solegends.com/citjour87a/cj87metalshields-02.htm

A lot of them can be seen here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Shields_-_SH1_(metal) 

It's not definitely known how many of these shields GW did actually though, as they were completely random.

The October 1987 flyer showed the Und2 Skeletons, which were more heavily armoured and useful as Leaders or Champions. A big year for the Undead and GW topped it off with the Plague Cart in WD94 October 1987 and the Undead war machines in WD95 November 1987. This showed the Chariot, some great charioteers and also the Skullchucker siege engine.

1987 also saw the Bob Olley Iron Claw Undead. I didn't like either of these sets at the time. The IC201 Skeleton Guard can be seen In WD93 September 1987 here:

http://www.solegends.com/citads1987c/198709WD93/wd93p65-IC201Skeletons-01.jpg

These were followed by the Skeleton Death Riders in the GW March 1988 flyer here:

http://www.solegends.com/citads1988a/198803/fly8803r1-01.jpg

More of Bob Ollies Skeletons were shown in the Easter (March) 1989 flyer here:

http://www.solegends.com/citads1989a/198903eastfly/198903flyeasterf3-01.jpg

1989's catalogue saw a few of the prior Undead Zombies and Skeleton Cavalry, troops, and command unit metal miniatures shown. The Skull Chukker and MD8 chariot were also shown. It also introduced the new plastic chariot sprue and the Skeleton army boxed set.

1991's Red catalogue showed even more of the older troops. Four pages of Skeleton infantry, two pages of Skeleton cavalry, two pages of Zombies and also the Night Horrors and Ethereals. More than enough troop choice, be it double handed weapons, spearmen or bowmen.

1993's Black catalogue showed the updated Undead designed by Gary Morley and Trish Morrison. Newer Ghouls (reference 74522), a Ghost, Liche Kings chariot, Skeleton horsemen on plastic horses, Skeleton command, Mummies, Wights, Wraiths, a Vampire lord and Zombies. The prior Marauder Carrion flyers were also merged into Citadels lines. Also a very nice mounted Dieter Helsnicht on Manticore. At the back of the catalogue (page 578) there was various Arcane Architecture. This brought back some of the really early Fantasy Specials (FS) line, such as the FS3-2 Demon Doorway Portal of Chaos, and the FS13-2 Magic Window amongst a few others. Some very nice Sarcophagus lids, graves and graveyard bits for Undead scenery. GW also brought out a plastic swarm sprue (which wasn't very good), but this wasn't shown until the 1999 catalogue. Some very nice stuff this year, but a lot of it didn't enthuse me as I preferred the earlier miniatures. A lot of this newer line appeared in linear poses. Great for lining up on the plastic 20mm square bases in a regiment, but not for me.

1994's catalogue showed the Necromancer Nagash (reference 0523) and the new Zombie Dragon (reference 0524). It can be seen in the Citadel US 1996 catalogue:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat1996usfb/c1996usfbp0155-00.htm

The Nagash miniature was designed by Gary Morley and I think it is awful. Don't get me wrong, I'd be rightly proud to have created it and it's above my skill level, but I just don't like it. It's in a regal pose fitting of the character, but it just seems to be in a bit too much of an action figure style pose. If you look at the 1995 catalogue you can see the amazing artwork for Nagash, and perhaps understand why the actual miniature itself didn't live up to expectations. More of the Gary Morley Ghouls (reference 74522) were shown as were 2 excellent Necromancer figures (a third one of these was shown in the later 1999 catalogue) and also a mounted Necromancer. 

The 1995 catalogue shows the same prior miniatures but adds the command unit miniatures Count Mannfred Von Carstien and Isabella Von Carstien (this was prior to the split off into the Vampire counts armies and details of them can be found in the 1994 Warhammer armies Undead army book, written by Jervis Johnson and Bill King). An excellent page on the Vampyre counts and countesses here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Carstein

Also this year showed a newer version of Krell Lord of the Undead in a great pose and Heinrich Kemmler the Lichemaster which is just knockout (Heinrick Kemler is such a great mini that it was still on sale 20 years later! Albeit in resin). All of these very well designed by Gary Morley. They can be seen with some great Undead standard banners in the Games Workshop US 1996 catalogue here:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat1996usfb/c1996usfbp0158-00.htm 

Those same banners were also shown in the Citadel US 1997 catalogue along with some great Undead waterslide transfers (8583M). These were also shown at the back of the Citadel 1997 catalogue (UK) and were a good choice of decals for your army.

Games Workshop's 1998 catalogue showed a newer Skeleton Command, Armoured Skeletons, an excellent Wraith Champion for the Circle of blood campaign pack, and the best Wights on Skeletal steeds that Citadel have ever produced. These mounted Wights were a multipart boxed set and were absolutely excellent. GW also did a full mounted command for them. They were later (in the second Warhammer armies rules) referred to as the Black Knights. The Wight Champion was later referred to as a Hell Knight. They can also be seen in the 2004 to 05 US catalogue and hobby reference here:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat2005us/c2005usp0578-00.htm

The 1998 catalogue also showed some prior Marauder Skeletons that were now in the Citadel range, a Wraith Lord, metal Bat Swarm (which was far better than the awful plastic sprue that GW brought out) and an excellent mounted Vampire Lord on a metal Skeletal horse. GW also showed the plastic Skeleton Warriors regiment, which had various options and some really nice plastic shields that you could choose the embossed image used.

1999 saw the first Vampire Counts Warhammer fantasy battle (WHFB) army book. The Undead started to split off into two separate armies, each having their own identity. The Vampire Counts army had a strong gothic flavour to it and was further split down into subsets, the Vampire families. These bloodlines were Von Carstein, Lahmia, Necrarch and Blood Dragon. They were referred to as the aristocracy of the night. GW later added Strigoi to the blood lines, when they re-did the Warhammer army book in 2001.

The 2000 catalogue greatly supported this new line showing some great new miniatures. Evil looking new Ghouls designed by Paul Muller. Quite a few floating troop types such as the Spirit Hosts, Wraiths and Banshees.  All great mini's, the Spirit hosts being simple sculpts but the scythe wielding Wraiths were very good. Many prior Wraiths were just hooded spirit like creatures, which is my perception of them, but these were a nice change. One of these Banshees was the excellent (renamed) Wraith from the prior Circle of Blood campaign and the other two were just exceptional. The two part Wight Grave Guard were also brilliant. Animal troop types were included such as the Vampire Bats (later redone and referred to as Fell Bats), a Doom Wolf pack leader and plastic Dire Wolves for it's accompanying unit. I'm not into plastics but this catalogue showed newer rotten corpses for your legions of the dead, in the form of the plastic Zombie regiment, that had a lot of different options in it. There were also some excellent character miniatures such as the various mounted Blood Dragon Vampires with supporting figures on foot. GW did a Necrarch Vampire standing and on mount, also Melkhior on a winged Nightmare designed by Trish Morrison (who did some great larger pieces like this). They also brought out Mannfred Von Carstein on Nightmare and a Lahmian Vampire Queen. Best of all though, was the gothic looking Black Coach, which acted as a chariot in the game. Driven by a ghostly apparition, it contained the coffin of a Vampire. The rules mentioned that this coffin contained the ashes of a long dead Vampire, but the miniature actually included a full sleeping Vampire in it. It was very ornate detailing inside the coffin (something straight out of a Hammer horror film) and included a lid so you might not even see all that lovely detail. I didn't like the plastic Nightmares pulling it, although they did come with nice head ornamentation. It is due to this miniature, and the others in this catalogue, that this was my WHFB army of choice at the time. It can be seen in the 2004 to 05 US catalogue and hobby reference here:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat2004us/c2004usp0852-00.htm

December 2001 saw the release of the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) film by New line cinema. GW released their LOTR strategy battle game to coincide with this, and advertised this in their 2002 catalogue. GW followed this release with many miniatures, which can be seen all the way up into their 2010 catalogue. Although scaled differently to GW's usual metal miniatures there were some very nice pieces for the Undead. These included the Barrow Wights, Dead Marsh Spectres, Morghul Knights, Ringwraiths, Sauron the Necromancer, Shade, Twilight Ringwraith, Warriors of the Dead (banner bearer, King and riders, basically the Deadmen of Dunharrow), Winged Nazgul (Nazgul on Fell Beast, the latter sometimes referred to as Nazgul Birds), and the Witch King of Angmar. These Lord of the Rings Mordor Wraiths were done in the classic hooded style, faceless beneath, and were very good. All this line were very close to the actual look of the films characters. I did hear that the actors actually had a say on whether they were happy with the miniature or not, sending some back to be amended.

November 2002 saw the release of the first Tomb Kings Warhammer fantasy battle (WHFB) army book. The desiccated Tomb Kings were a homage to the ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilisations history, and the myths of Egypt as a whole. The story went that the Tomb Kings were once rulers of the fertile kingdom of Nehekhara. Khemri, being the biggest and strongest city in Nehekhara. They were all interred in their tombs and pyramids expecting to live again in a beatific state. The mummified remains of these past rulers were tended by the Mortuary cult. King Settra unified this large land but fearing death had the priests of the Mortuary cult cast spells to extend his life. One prolonged life, although the user would still age indefinitely, whilst the other allowed for the resurrection to occur. Unfortunately Nagash came to power and sat on the Khemrian throne. He was overthrown but cast the great spell of awakening, which forever cursed all the inhabitants of Nehekhara to Undeath. Rather than coming back in a youthful state, they instead came back as the horrific walking dead, forever damned in the land of the dead.

Games Workshop's UK 2003 catalogue advertised that the tomb Kings of Khemri were coming spring 2003. The UK 2004 catalogue showed that the Tomb Kings were available, but you will see larger pictures in the UK 2008 catalogue. Both catalogues showed the miniatures completed and fully painted. The US catalogue and hobby reference 2004 to 05 actually showed the individual parts. This showed that you could just buy the plastic infantry regiment or virtually get an army together from the plastic battalion box, which had Skeleton Warriors with hand weapons, spears and bows, plus two chariots. Under the Lords and Heroes you also had the Settra the Imperishable chariot. There was the Bone Giant, Tomb Scorpion and also two absolutely excellent Undead Carrion.

I just have to show a great page from this showing the various painted shield designs here:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat2004us/c2004usp0830-00.htm

There was more in the line, such as the Bone giant and the Sceaming skull catapult rare units, seen here in the US catalogue:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat2005us/c2005usp0557-00.htm

A Liche priest with Casket of souls:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat2005us/c2005usp0546-00.htm 

Also the Tomb Swarms, Tomb guard and various Ushabti. A great line of miniatures. The Tomb Guard can be seen much more clearly in the GW 2004 Undead Collectors guide along with the Army standard bearer, or Icon bearer (both on horse and on foot).

The 2004 to 05 US catalogue and hobby reference showed Zacharius the Everliving boxed set. This was an Undead Zombie Dragon rider, and was in a really nice attacking pose. The same catalogue also showed the single part Grave Guard and command blister figures. Also the Coffin shields, which later were released as part of the fantasy graveyard bitz pack. These were knockout and I remember thinking, why didn't GW do that before, as that's clearly obvious what any corpse straight out of the graveyard would pick up and use. If they had half a brain, which they might well have!

Citadels 2005 specialist games catalogue showed the Mordheim Undead warband. Mordheim was a Games Workshop tabletop game originally published in 1999. It's basically a Warhammer Fantasy battle game but on a much smaller skirmish scale. Smaller in the fact that you will use less miniatures on the table top, so an army would instead be your warband. Mordheim was designed by Alessio Cavatore, Rick Priestley and Tuomas Pirinen.  Best of all, Mordheim also used a campaign system, so your warband would gain experience and additional equipment as the campaign progressed, just as your character would in a role-playing game. The scene was set in the city of Mordheim, once the jewel of the Empire, after the city had been destroyed by a comet. When this meteorite crashed it blasted parts of Wyrdstone throughout the ruins. This magical substance can turn Lead into Gold, but also causes mutations and corruption (not unlike Warpstone). This is then the setting that various mercenary warbands of treasure seekers, from all over the Warhammer world, fight with each other to be able to obtain Wyrd stone shards. A nice page on the Undead available for this game here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Mordheim_-_Undead

The 2008 catalogue showed the new version of the Vampire bats, that were now referred to as Fell bats and the Strigoi set. I didn't think that the Strigoi were as well represented as the other Vampire lines, but was not bothered by this as I wasn't really that enthused by them, preferring the classic style gothic bloodsucking Vampires. The 2009 catalogue showed the Dire wolves, a new version of the Corpse Cart and the mounted Blood Knights and the Varghulf. So plenty of choice for the battlefield. Games Workshop later left metal miniatures behind and then fully moved into resin and plastic. A shame, as you can't beat the heft of a metal miniature on the battlefield, but GW Undead have a great choice of miniatures for any game.

Regards the above links, thank you to the individuals involved for taking the time to make that information available for people. An excellent and detailed resource.

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