http://www.solegends.com/citcat1991b/cat1991bp296minotaurlords-00.htm

This metal miniature will be received in its separate pieces, it was just placed together with Blu-Tack in the pictures to fully show what it looks like. A nice meaty miniature of an excellent Minotaur Lord. The full range of the C25 and C34 Minotaurs can be seen in the GW 1991 Red catalogue. All the Minotaurs shown there can be seen here:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat1991b/cat1991bp297minotaurs-00.htm

http://solegends.com/citcat912/c20299minotaurs-00.htm

http://www.solegends.com/citcat1991b/cat1991bp296minotaurlords-00.htm

Those catalogue pages also show one of the earlier ADD86 Minotaur. A lot of the range were done by Bob Naismith, but the catalogue just mentions the Citadel design team, so likely a few done by other sculptors, or by that time no one was clear who did them. Citadel did a great Chaos Beastmen range over the years. A lot of different figures for variation in the C25 and C34 lines.

Games Workshop, with the Citadel miniatures brand, has been a steady pillar of the gaming industry over the years producing a very large and diverse range for the Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WHFB) Chaos army. Bryan Ansell was there at its creation and in an interview stated that Chaos Warriors were deeply embedded in Warhammer early on in the history of Citadel. It's difficult to say which was the first Chaos metal miniature as there were a few early contenders for the first Chaos figure that Citadel brought out. This is because over the years the figures and various ranges, gradually formed and morphed over time, into what is considered the Chaos army of today. Initially there was the lead pre slotta Fiend Factory FF17 Minotaur and the Fantasy adventurers (FA) range FA24-1 Anti Hero, which really looks the part, both shown in the Citadel 1980 Red catalogue. There was also the later FA24-2 Anti Paladin, from 1982. I mention the latter as later this same mini was shown in the First Citadel Compendium October 1983 with the C33 Mounted Adventurer Anti Hero and named as Chaos Champion. The FF17 Minotaur was shown in the Citadel 1983 Dragon catalogue under a new reference (C24/1 Monsters One a), and the 1st Citadel Compendium October 1983 showed it with an additional Minotaur under the shortened C24 descriptor.

Leaping ahead there a bit though. The Citadel 1982 Yellow catalogue showed the Runequest box 4 of Beastmen, which included two Goat-headed creatures called Broo. Otherwise known as Goatkin, these were pretty despicable creatures of Chaos, part man and part beast. Broo worship the Unholy Trio of Ragnaglar, the Mad God, Malia, the Goddess of Disease and Thed, the Goddess of Rape. Also the animal parent normally dies with the child eating its way out of the host at full gestation. Not exactly politically correct now, but that was them in essence. The Broo were the first Citadel miniatures actually labelled as Beastmen, but there was the prior Fiend Factory (FF) range which included a Goat headed Ogre FF68, which was clearly a good starter of this racial line. That figure can be seen advertised in White Dwarf 23 February March 1981 (WD issues were released every two months back then). The Citadel 1982 Yellow catalogue even showed photos of the Broo. You were lucky to get a photo of the item that you were ordering, as it was more likely to be just a written description in the catalogue. Production values were different back then, due to cost to produce catalogues and other manufacturers like Ral Partha also had the same production values.

The Citadel 1982 Blue catalogue showed the Weird Fantasy (WF) WF6-2 Chaotic General Manager. This would easily fit in with the later preslotta Chaos Warriors but was referred to as a Cleric in Pin Stripe. White Dwarf October 1982 showed the 1st Speciality set which was the SS1 Champions of Chaos boxed set. This had seven multiple part figures, but included a random selection of 12 heads, 12 shields and 3 weapons. I don't believe that these actually came on sprues, which explains why they were a random selection, plus this may go towards why this set was redone later, as it would have been extra work to package them all up. Citadel also did this with the Goodly Knights of Law SS5 set, revamping them with the NEW Warrior Knights of Law.

The September 1982 flyers order form had the advert for the Citadel design competition. This was just exceptional marketing, an excellent way to capture people’s imagination (it may have been sent out earlier as the competitions close date was the 30th September). The advert asked readers to design a figure that they felt three forthcoming models should look like. The names given were The Golden Paladin, The Silver Knight and The Warrior of Chaos and miniatures were then created from these ideas. Just amazing stuff at the time. The players were actually helping to create the game. An excellent first prize for the winner was one of every single model that Citadel released in the month of October.

The November 1982 flyer shows the Chaos Warband deal of 20 different warriors and the commander figure Vargus the Soul Stealer. Vargus the Soul-Stealer was later released as a C35 Champion of Chaos. The flyer can be seen here:

http://www.solegends.com/citads1982b/fly198211ftfflyr-111021-01.jpg

The October releases flyer 1982 showed the Fantasy Tribes Fighters (FTF4) Chaos Warriors at a bargain 30 pence each. These were shown in the November flyer (references from FTF4a through to FTF4e) giving individual descriptions of each, even including a female Chaos Warrior. Which, looking at the GW range over the years, a female Chaos Warrior is unusual.

It was White Dwarf 37 January 1983 that showed the Fantasy Tribe Evil Leaders (FTE) range. This included the Chaos Commander. The Citadel 1983 Dragon catalogue then changed the reference for the set that included him to C22/4 Evil Leaders One. The same catalogue also showed an advert for the upcoming C35 Warriors of Chaos. 1983 was the year that the C series pre slotta miniatures came out, which were shown throughout the First Citadel Compendium (printed October 1983), such as the C01 Fighters for which there is an excellent page on them here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Fighters_%28Chaos_Fighters%29_-_C01_%28solid_base%29

The advert showed some of these C01 labelled as Chaos Fighters (but the US catalogue did not). There were also the C03 Clerics, who were the good guys, but Citadel did do the C03/3 Evil Clerics which included a Priest of Chaos with War Mace, as referred to in WD 39 March 1983 and on the (likely March) Dwarfs and Clerics special Release flyer 1983.

The 1st Citadel Compendium also showed a Balrog under the C31 Giant Monsters. J. R. R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings, created and wrote about this monster, causing quite a debate over people’s perceptions of what he described. A Balrog is a spirit of fire. No arguments there. They were fierce Demons with hearts made of fire and armed with hand weapons and fiery whips of many flaming thongs. No arguments there either, but whether they have wings or not, is another issue altogether! Tolkien wrote to the effect that they were swathed in dark shadows, referring specifically to the shadow about one, reaching out like two vast wings and later stating that the Balrog suddenly drew itself up to a great height, and its wings were spread from wall to wall. So various people perceive this differently, but that’s the power of a good book, leaving things to the individual’s imagination. That said, I don’t recall seeing many Balrog Demon miniatures without wings. I include them when talking of Chaos as they are perceived as Demons and Demons were incorporated into the Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WHFB) Chaos army. Tolkien had a massive influence over fantasy gaming products at the time. Michael Moorcock was another. He created the character of Elric Melnibone who’s symbol of Chaos, representing the many possibilities Chaos offers, was used extensively by Games Workshop. The sign consisted of eight arrows, all radiating out from a central point, representing the many possibilities that Chaos had to offer.

As I mentioned earlier, the Citadel 1983 Dragon catalogue referred to the upcoming release of the C35 Warriors of Chaos. These then had a name change and were shown as C35 Champions of Chaos in the First Citadel Compendium October 1983 here:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat1983comp1/citcomp1036-01.htm

A few of the line drawings shown for the C35 range were particularly Undead looking as they were actually from the earlier Fantasy Tribes Skeleton (FTS) range, which in itself moved to the C17 Undead reference. I'd assume that these became Chaos because they came out at the end of the FTS range, and possibly they had not been available long, so were shifted into the newer range. Examples are FTS17 The Grim Reaper, FTS18 Standard Bearer of the Legions of Hell and FTS25 Skeleton with Haunted Axe and Shield miniatures.

If you look at the United States (US) version of the First Citadel Compendium you'll see a larger range of preslotta C35 lead miniatures, but they were then referred to as Knights of Chaos. There were some very detailed and nice line drawings showing exactly what you were going to get. One C35 Warrior shown here did not seem to fit in with the rest though, he was not well armoured and also looked a bit dopey, so perhaps shunted in from another race entirely. I've heard that the US 1st Citadel Compendium came out slightly later than the British issue. Highly likely as it was printed in England and shows the same month of printing, so it would have taken time shipping the magazines over to, and distributing them in the US. The US catalogue is also notably thinner than the British version, with a lot less pages and miniatures in it.

The 1st Citadel Compendium was big on the Chaos line, also showing the Speciality set SS1 Warriors of Chaos. This was sold as Ten NEW Warriors of Chaos, as this boxed set were all one piece pre-slotta miniatures. Even though the name was different, Citadel clearly wanted to inform people that it was a new product. Confusing so collectors refer to SS1a and SS1b to distinguish between both sets. They can all be seen here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Speciality_Set_-_Champions_of_Chaos_%28SS1%29

The 1st Citadel Compendium also had the Mark of Chaos article. This had rules for various disfigurations for creatures that bore the marks of Chaos and at the time also mentioned Orcs and Goblins having these Chaotic attributes. Also the first Warhammer Realm of Chaos supplement by Bryan Ansell was mentioned (I say mentioned as no product appeared and it didn’t rear its head again until 1988) and there was an advert for the Citadel Presents set of Bryan Ansell's Chaos Marauders, the CP1 boxed set of seven pre-slotta metal miniatures. I don't have all the books that were available from back then, but I believe that the advert for these may well have been the first reference to Khorne in the literature. If not, then one of the earliest. This set included a Chaos Goblin, Hobgoblin, and Ogre, plus two Chaos Warriors. You will also see Vandamar Warrior of Chaos in the Dungeon Monsters Starter Set. Be aware that Citadel had a habit of producing some very close variants of their miniatures, with very subtle differences. Vandamar being an example of this. There was also the Marauders competition in this same year. Citadel asked for players to send in details of their most interesting character from their Warhammer games. They were asked to include the statistics, details of his equipment and temperament, background history, greatest deeds and a rough sketch of his appearance. The best three were then illustrated by Tony Ackland and models were made of them. The winners received the original artwork and castings of their characters.

The 1st Citadel Compendium added to the Broo. It showed the prior FF68 Goat Headed Ogre, changing it to the C22 descriptor including two more. This catalogue also showed a Broo warrior on the front cover here:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat1983comp1/citcomp1001-01.htm

There was the further Runequest Boxed set 4a Broo 2 which even had a Unicorn headed Broo in it and there was also a great advert for the Runequest Broo, in this excellent (for the time) piece of art here:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat1983comp1/citcomp1040-01.htm

The Runequest boxed figure set 4 was also changed in this year. Citadel advertised this change in WD 38 February 1983 stating that the set had been taken over by the Broos Brothers. This set, referred to as 4b, had a random selection of heads and weapons for the vile Broo. This issue also informed of the special offer open till April that purchases of any Rune Quest boxed set would also receive a special unique Broo figure that would otherwise be unavailable. A separate advert also stated this, but that the offer was until the end of May, so I assume Citadel extended it. What this figure was is a little unclear, as a metal miniature looking like the advertised picture shown to depict it has not been sighted. It is possible that the Broo Assassin miniature, which has more than a passing resemblance to the Manchester store opening Rabbit Assassin, was actually the figure given out.  

WD 43 July 1983 showed an advert for the Runequest Attack of the Broo boxed set 3b. The Broo were taking over on a rampage of mayhem and Chaos! You can see all the Runequest Broo here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Runequest_-_Collectors_Guide

The 1st Citadel Compendium had an advert (also shown earlier in WD 41), for the new wargaming rules system Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WHFB). The 1st edition boxed set artwork, by John Blanche, showed a Chaos Warrior beating on an Undead Skeleton. This was the same artwork that was also used on Citadels boxed sets of miniatures at the time. The figure of which was actually available in the SS1b set and called Uthmog Elvenbane. This new gaming system was very well received, despite various issues with how it was written. It was effective, incredibly simplistic compared to other wargaming rules at the time and the basic mechanics of it continued right up to 2015. Games Workshop then made the rules simpler when they changed to Age of Sigmar. These and the Warpscroll Compendiums (Army Lists) were made completely free on the GW website. 

The Arcane Listings were then brought out in early 1984 to update on the First Citadel Compendium. This catalogue showed the Broo and C22 Creatures, in which three Chaos Hounds were shown. A further Hound being shown later in the June 1984 flyer. Later in 1986, the Tragedy of McDeath scenario deal flyer showed Spot, which is clearly modelled on these pre slotta C22 Chaos Hounds. There were also the C27 Chaos Monsters. This line included the pre slotta multipart Chimera and Hydra. The Chaos Chimera had many variations made up of 6 different bodies, 10 different heads and 3 variations of wings. You could choose which body and wings you wanted (which must have been a nightmare for Citadel staff!) and you got a random set of heads which would include 1 Lion, 1 Goat and 1 Reptile variant. A great page on them here:

http://www.sodemons.com/rhchimeras/02c27/index.htm

The Chaos Hydra had 3 different bodies and you got a random assortment of the 7 different heads. They can be seen here:

http://www.sodemons.com/rhhydras/index.htm

This Arcane Listing page also showed the C27 Chaos Troll (Leaping Slomm Two-Face) and Chaos Harpy. I believe they were sold as one of the Chaos Specials. The Harpy’s full details for Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WHFB) were shown in the Ark of Chaos article in the First Citadel Compendium 1983, where Ngaaranh Spawn of Chaos was fully described for the game. Originally an evil Harpie she served with the marauding pack of the Chaos Godling, known only as Kka. It stated that now a twisted form of Chaos she bears the mark of Chaos, having various Chaos attributes and has mutated into the terrible beast of Chaos that she is. That article also gave the stats for Slomm and Zygor Snake-arms, a Night Goblin with chaotic attributes.

The same catalogue also showed the C33 Mounted Adventurers which included an Evil hero and a Chaos Warrior (these had been shown earlier in the 1st Compendium but were both just referred to as Anti Heroes). The Arcane Listings also showed the C35 Knights of Chaos and Speciality sets.

Games Workshop's 2nd Citadel Compendium 1984 showed a drawing of Tony Ackland’s Arcane Monstrosities.  TA1 Golgoth Balrog Mighty Lord of Balrogs. Tony Ackland did an excellent range of creatures for Games Workshop Citadel.  At the time it was a knockout miniature. It was referred to as a huge Demonic Balrog kit in the Arcane Listings and was a sizeable beast. The TA1 reference was later used for an updated Tony Ackland Balrog miniature (Aangor). This and later Balrog figures improved on pose and design due to improvements in manufacturing techniques, as the moulding quality moved on, but as they always used to say in the Citadel literature, “you'll need to have good modelling skills to put it together, advanced modellers only.” 

It also showed the C22 Chaos Goblin Mutants, which were described as “mutated monstrosities of vile appearance should be enough to surprise even the most zoologically aware adventurers.” The C38 Chaos Beastmen appeared, and were described as “ab-human chaotic beasts,” but were separate to the Runequest Chaos Broo which were also shown in this catalogue with various mutants in the range. Both were a cross breed between humans and animals. I assume GW produced their own line as the Runequest licence was close to having run its course. The later December 1984 flyer showed the accompanying C34 Chaos Beastmen Riders. There were only two cavalry and these were also shown as Chaos Beastmen Raiders in the much later Citadel Spring 1986 flyer, where they were given away as a free gift. All these solid based Beastmen can be seen on this page here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Chaos_Beastmen_-_C38_%28solid_base%29

There was also the collect counters advert informing that tokens had been printed on the card of the new orange flash blisters. Citadel moved to blister packs around 1982 to 1983 and these tokens were actually printed on the inside, not on the back of the card, so the actual token was, frustratingly, covered up by the foam at the back of the miniature. You needed between 2 and 5 tokens per miniature (the Knight of Chaos was three) and it was luck, or quite a few purchases, that got you the right ones to make up the character. When you'd got them all, then you sent them off to Citadel miniatures at Chewton street Nottingham with a large 17 & 1/2 pence stamped addressed envelope to get your limited figure. None of this set were ever made again, and could only be obtained in this manner (unless you worked at Nottingham I'd imagine). I believe you'd have had to have bought a wealth of Citadels pre slotta miniatures, over their entire range at the time, to have been able to have got all the set. I have heard from one enterprising individual who spent ages in different shops trying to find the relevant card collect counters. He used a pin to push the foam forward in the packet to see the counter, as all the blister packs had a small hole in the back for air release.

Although the terms Limited edition, rare and out of production (OOP), get far too much use now I do think it fair to describe the counter collect miniatures as Limited edition. Although they were not described as such at the time. GW grew into a much bigger company, so the new limited models are nowhere near as hard to get as some of the older ones, due to Games Workshop's much larger customer base.

An excellent page on the token collect mini's, which shows the Knight of Chaos, here:

http://www.solegends.com/citle1980/cCounters/index.htm

I think you'll find that the Troll is one of the harder ones to get, just on the amount of counters needed to obtain it.

The 2nd Compendium also showed the Runequest set 7. The prior year’s White Dwarf 48 December 1983 was the first to show these Demons when they appeared in the Fiend Factory article, Dungeoneering with Demons by Liz Fletcher. They were also shown for sale in the January 1984 flyer. This same catalogue also showed Speciality set 3 as the Knights of Chaos. Prior this set descriptor referred to the Night Elf Patrol, which I assume was discontinued.

The Citadel Journal Spring 1985 was a crossing point as it showed some pre-slotta miniatures, and also the new slotta plastic based figures. There was an article informing of this latest development and also that plastic shields would also be made available in the future. This Journal showed the BC2 Monsters Starter set which included a very nice Warrior of Chaos. It also showed the C22 Chaos Demon, C28 Giant Arch Demon (later referred to as Amratha Mangorer), Death Demon and the C29 Jabberwock. This was the best Jabberwocky miniature that Citadel made, GW later did a version that was not advertised, it was larger, but in my opinion not as good. I don’t believe that it was sold as a Chaos Dragon, but it fits the genre well. The C34 Demons were also shown. One was called Chaos Demon and another just Daemon. I think this was the earliest reference to this spelling in the catalogues, although the gaming literature may have done earlier. I originally thought later that Citadel used this for copyright purposes, looking into it though, it appears that Daimon and Daemon are ancient words that the later term of Demon was derived from. This catalogue also showed the new slotta plastic based C35 Chaos Warriors as line drawings. More were shown as photos in the later June and November 1985 flyers. They were also in the 3rd Compendium.

The 2nd Citadel Journal Autumn 1985 showed the C27 Chaos Beastmen by Trish Morrison, the C29 Winged Fire Demon, which was pretty Balrog looking, and the C33 Adventure pack Chaos Knight. This model was on foot and mounted and came in four parts as his lance was separate. Also there was the CM1 Chaos Chimera, which came with 3 heads and a tail which were random from the 8 different heads and 6 different tails available, WD 69 September 1985 referred to this as a boxed set.  A great page showing the beast, and various unreleased Chimera here:

http://www.sodemons.com/rhchimeras/index.htm

This Journal also showed the Regiments of Renown RR16 Disciples of the Red Redemption. These masked Chaos Monks were led by Darkoth and worshipped Khorne the Blood God. They were originally brought out as RR16, and then later under RRD7. Darkoth’s evil monks were the first Chaos Cultists and really were excellent for the time.

The 3rd Citadel Compendium 1985 (which I believe came out in December) showed the Warhammer stats for Mighty A-Angor, the Gigantic Balrog Slayer of Gods. The Demon King Aangor was one of Tony Ackland’s Arcane Monstrosities and used the same TA1 reference as his prior Golgoth Balrog. There was also a very poor picture of the TA7 Chaos Battering Ram, which did it no justice at all. It was a sizeable miniature, and you can see it here:

http://www.solegends.com/citta/ta7chaosram/index.htm

The same range also included the TA68 Sa-Ator Gigantic Demon Lord. In the price list he was referred to as Saator Giant demon of Evil. Also there were the C27 Chaos Snakemen designed by Charles Elliott. They had some great names, but some were a bit linear in how they had been designed. These Serpentmen were in the Warhammer world, but were dropped, which is a shame as they are really nice miniatures with good detailing on the Snake scales. They went well as Yuan'ti for the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D) roleplaying game. GW changed the code from C27 to 0215 in the Citadel 1988 catalogue. Two of these snakes also appeared in the Citadel Collectors series under the 1200 Chaos range (1218 Chaos Snakemen). GW did various other Chaos blisters within the Collectors Series. They were repackaged from other Chaos lines and were specifically designed to be sold to the American market. Some of the miniatures in the Collectors Series range were head variants or new miniatures, so look carefully if you are a collector.

This catalogue also showed three more additions to the C33 Adventure Packs, a Chaos General, Champion and a Hero. The general was later sold in the Tragedy of McDeath scenario deal, as the Dark Earl of Hark Ness.

There was also the excellent NB2 Kegox, referred to as The Kevin Peat Dragon, which I believe the first two headed Dragon GW produced. I don’t think this beast was actually sold as a Chaos Dragon at the time though, it did state on the box that 50% of profits from sales of this metal miniature would be donated to the bed appeal for the Cameron ward for the Orpington hospital. Which was pretty good of Games Workshop. GW later used the same parts to create the Drag5 Great Imperial Dragon. If you read the later literature in White Dwarf 90 June 1987 for Drag5, the Kegox is referred to as a Spawn of Chaos. That same issue of White Dwarf also showed the Arcane Armorials. These were waterslide decals for use on shields and banners. The advert stated that there were 300 different shield designs and 39 larger ones to be used on any standard bearers banner. They were designed by various people on the Citadel team and, so the advert for them stated, painted by Aly Morrison. You did get them in the amount stated, but I wouldn’t state that they were different designs. You actually got three sheets of transfers each showing the exact same design of pictures on them, but each sheet differed in the colour scheme used for these pictures.

There was also the Limited edition LE1 Motley Maniac Death Jester and LE5 Psychohobbits, the closest you’ll get to a GW Chaos Halfling. Some of these limited reference numbers conflicted with each other, as LE1 was also used for the Space Orc.

1985 was the year that plastic miniatures started to rear their ugly heads. The fighting Fantasy FF10, FF11 and FF12 Chaos Warriors were made available. Plastic miniatures have really improved over the years but these early ones were not a patch on what could be done with metal at the time. The 3rd Citadel Compendium 1985 also showed the exceptional C23 Giant Ogres which included the first Chaos Ogre. Getting a bit ahead here, but I’ll mention it to keep the information on them altogether,  in 1992 there was the Battlemasters plastic Chaos Ogre Champion and in 2003 GW brought out three Chaos Ogres with a further three in the Command Unit boxed set. Some can be seen in the GW 2004 catalogue but better pictures of the full set are in the GW 2008 catalogue.

The Citadel Journal Spring 1986 showed Kaleb Daark under the C13 Heroic Adventurers. He appeared in a running comic strip starting in the 3rd Compendium and running on through the Spring 1986 and Spring 1987 Journals. He was referred to as the Chaos Warrior servant of the outcast God Malal. Malal it appeared was a fifth Chaos God, but was not heard of after this. GW also made miniatures for Jaek and Helwud, the Chaos Brothers. A clever take on the popular Blues Brothers film characters. They were both on foot and mounted and can be seen in the Journal Spring 1987. The C13 line also had Luyt’ama Rah’slyn, who was also referred to as Evil Fighter, and he was a very good Arabian looking character.

The 1986 flyers and catalogues also showed the CH reference Chaos Warriors, Chaos 7 Thugs and the Chaos 5 Sorcerers sold with their Familiars. I remember seeing these and just thinking that they were great. The Chaos Familiars really stood out for me, consisting of small beasts, monsters and mechanical marvels. Check out the GW 1991 Red catalogue for the full range.

The Citadel July 1986 flyer showed the ADD15 Evil Fighters player character pack. These were not exactly Chaos, but fitted the genre well. They were part of the much larger Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) range. This new range was first mentioned in GW’s White Dwarf 63 March 1985, informing that they would be released in July. What was so good with the range, and innovative, was that the range of player characters were shown at different stages in their adventuring careers. This can be seen with the ADD15 Evil Fighters. It is the same guy, but his equipment improves through the three stages. This idea was later pilfered by Ral Partha when GW lost the licence. They were an excellent figure 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 roleplaying games and tabletop miniatures for D&D (DnD) were in demand. You'll find a GW miniature for a lot of the 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. The range included the ADD86 Minotaur, for which there were three different heads and GW later released the ADD71 Evil Fighters in the Citadel January 1987 flyer. These figures were released only a few months before Citadel lost the licence. A sad time, and likely why these later Evil Fighters actually stated Chaos Warrior on their slottas. That said, the Minotaur was available later, as it rears up in the 1991 Red catalogue. The Full range of D&D miniatures can be seen on this excellent site here:

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

Another notable release was the LE15 Chaos Amazon that came out in the November flyer as Kinky Chaosette. GW sold a few of them on name alone I reckon, and it still finds a good price many years later. Oddly the Limited Edition shown in GW’s White Dwarf was different for that month. The numbered limited editions of the period were only supposed to be available for the month, perhaps a little too sexy for the magazine? Possible the delay between production and showing it for sale, an overlap between other models, who knows? The LE16 Sanity Claws also came out the month later, but this was less Chaos and more Cthulu, as GW was regularly supporting the Call of Cthulhu game at that time. There was also the unnumbered Chaos Santa. I’m unclear when this guy came out as there is no date on the slotta.

Plastic shields were shown on the September 1986 flyer. I didn’t like these, thinking that the hole in the center was only good if you wanted to have a spike in the middle of the shield. Later shields improved greatly, especially the Marauder shields that had excellent detailing on them. The plastic shields available can all be seen here:

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Shields_%28Citadel%29

Games Workshop also produced their metal shields, under the SH1 and SB9 reference, which can be seen here:

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

Let’s not forget the cloven hooves of the Children of Chaos. The C27 Chaos Beastmen reared up and there was plenty of choice of Minotaur troops, to back them up for muscle. Citadel did the smaller C25 Minotaurs and the C34 Minotaur Lords. Quite a few of these have an alternative choice of head as well (some were one piece models) and can be seen appearing in the Citadel Journal Spring 1986 and WD 84 December 1986 through to WD 98 February 1988. The Lords were on a bigger base, as they were sizeable for the period, and had some great names, such as Gore-Strom Mankiller, Doombellow the Warped, Sir Loin Foul Breath (sirloin, excellent!) and Lord Duherst the Master Butcher. Great name on the latter, but he was a bit scrawny looking. Going back over the old magazines quoted prices, £1.99 and £2.50 respectively, they might seem cheap, but at the time there was no way I was going to buy these! You can see them all, over three pages, in the Citadel 1991 Red catalogue.

The 1987 January flyer and the Citadel Journal Spring 1987 showed the F5 Marauders. These early references did not mention that they were Chaos, and they did not have the CH reference that the other Chaos lines had at the time. The full F5 Marauder range is also not exactly clear as they were not advertised as well as other ranges and there were variants not shown in any catalogue pages as F5.  These variants and some of the F5 were shown later in the GW 1988 catalogue under the Chaos Warriors and Thugs range. They have 1985 or 1987 on their slottas and most go well as Chaos Thugs, or Warriors but Lunkop Banesmite looks too good to be bad! The range can be seen here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Chaos_Marauders_-_F5

There was also the TL12 Talisman Chaos Warrior and much later the 3^rd edition talisman plastic Minotaur, which was awful. The Spring 1987 Journal showed the Lord of the Rings BME3 Encounter at Khazad-Dum collectors set. This had a really nice Balrog in it and excellent box artwork, as did many sets of the period, which really sold them. The marketing machine was working well and the DS line of Dragons were shown in GW’s White Dwarf 96 December 1987. The article had them painted up superbly and I was at the shop ready with my money. I thought they were reasonably priced for their size and picked up the excellent DS2 Dragon Ogre. Another miniature that had me out with my pocket money was the LE17 Chaos Lavatory. This clearly showed that GW had a sense of humour, and it was a great piece. Laughed at by some, as considered stupid at the time, but sought after now.

Overall it was a great period for Chaos, Games Workshop shortened the Chaos references, an example being Chaos 7 to CH7 and this year’s adverts showed a really excellent range of figures. The CH3 Champions of Chaos, and later Chaos Champion releases, can be seen here:

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

There were also the CH4 Beastmen, CH4 Centaurs and CH5 Sorcerers. The Sorcerers can be seen here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Chaos_Sorcerers_-_CH5

and their Familiars here:

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

There were also the CH6 Thugs, which can be seen here:

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

GW also did the C22 Beastmasters with Hounds. There were three handlers, a Chaos Warrior, Chaos Dwarf and a Dark Elf. There were ten hounds in total, much smaller than both the previous and future metal versions. They can all be seen in the December 1987 flyer (with their individual names) and also White Dwarf 95 November 1987, which showed them nicely painted up. They were later shown in the Citadel 1991 Red catalogue, but only nine were shown. They did not show Deathgrypp, whether he was still available I don’t know, but he was very close to the Dugal hound figure which was also in the leaping position.

The Chaos Warriors from this period can be seen on this collectors page here:

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

Unreleased Chaos can be seen here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Chaos_-_Unreleased

1988 was a good year for Chaos with some great releases. Miniatures wise, White Dwarf 97 January 1988 showed the C31 Balgorg Greater Demon. More Beastmen were shown in the March and July 1988 flyers. The GW 1988 catalogue also showed them under the 0205 reference, which later changed to 0220 in the Citadel 1989 catalogue. The 1988 catalogue had a wealth of choice of models, with many prior released models still available.

WD 104 August 1988 showed various figures, nicely painted up, including the all metal Champions of Chaos on Chaos Steeds. These cavalry were shown later in the 1989 catalogue under the Chaos Knights reference 0221, with some new Chaos mounted miniatures. The new versions had a separate body with the leg sections all being the same. You could order them with the metal steeds or plastic horses. Yee Gods, that’s any Chaos God you choose to pray to, those white plastic horses were awful. They were generic and likely sold to cover various races, so on some races they would look OK, but not with a heavy armoured Chaos Knight on the back of them. This gave me the impression they’d lost their horse and stolen someone else’s. This issue of White Dwarf also showed the Greater Daemon Keeper of Secrets and Bloodthirster. The next month’s issue showed both the Khorne and Slaanesh Beastmen and Champions which were also painted up really well.

There was also the LE103 Champion of Slaanesh limited miniature shown in Games Workshop’s August 1988 flyer. WD 106 October 1988 showed the Bloodletters Lesser Daemons , Deamonettes of Slanesh, Fiends Hunting Beasts of Slaanesh and also the Fleshounds (I assume another one of GW’s many advertisement spelling  errors, should be Flesh Hounds) Hunting Beasts of Khorne. These were later shown in various catalogues, but the GW 1989 catalogue is the one you want to look at as it showed nine different head variants, the later GW 1991 catalogue only showed seven variations. I think I prefer the later Flesh Hounds as these earlier ones had the animals ruff in a set position, and I like the ruff upright, rather than in the hanging down position. The Juggernauts of Khorne were also shown, but again look at the Citadel 1989 catalogue as they were shown with all their individual parts.

Towards the end of 1988, issues of White Dwarf also showed further adverts for The Realm of Chaos, with accompanying miniatures.  The long awaited release of both the Realm of Chaos Slaves to Darkness and the second part The Lost and the Damned, were alluded to or mentioned.  I think you’ll find The Lost and the Damned is harder to get hold of and was advertised with a note stating “suggested for mature readers.” I assume it was a long awaited release, as it was first mentioned back in 1983 and had various people on the project over that time. Other projects came up taking precedence, or submissions were not deemed of a high enough standard, thus there was a protracted wait for this material, as although The Realm of Chaos was mentioned in 1983, the Slaves to Darkness part didn’t appear until 1989, and its companion volume later came out in 1990. So an even further wait for all the budding Chaos acolytes out there. Both hardback volumes were written with Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000 (Rogue Trader) in mind. A lot of people still like these books as it could be said that this is where the modern Chaos ideology came from. They were incredibly in depth with extensive descriptions, excellent illustrations and were very detailed on all the background for the forces of Chaos. Things have changed, but still well worth a read. Slave to Darkness deals with the powers of Khorne and Slaanesh, with the second book covering Tzeentch and Nurgle. An excellent interview with Bryan Ansell, covering the project and all sorts of Oldhammer info, can be seen here:

http://realmofchaos80s.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-mighty-avenger-interview-with-bryan.html

1988 showed the prevalence of the main four great entities of Chaos known as the Chaos Gods, Dark Gods or Ruinous Powers. All of whom are diametrically opposed. They consist of Khorne the God of anger, hate, violent rage, and bloodshed. Thus known as the Blood God, and the strongest of the Gods. Slaanesh the God of decadence, excess, hedonism, lust, greed, pleasure and self-indulgence and perfection (all good stuff there!). Tzeentch  the God of change, manipulation, scheming, deception, and sorcery. Nurgle the God of decay, despair, and disease (here’s hoping you don’t get a booty call from any of his worshippers!). Pure concentrated evil the lot of them.

The Citadel 1989 catalogue had loads of evil goodness, Beastmen, the Changer of the Ways Greater Daemon of Tzeentch, by Michael Perry, which had a few different variant parts and the Great Unclean One Greater Daemon of Nurgle, by Aly Morrison, that also had loads of variants to really make it your own. There were the Pink and Blue Horrors of Tzeentch, which were just great. Painted up in bright colours these were really nice on the gaming table. When these first came out I think titillating pink was the GW colour of the time, which made them literally eye popping! They were also very quick and easy to get fully painted units up together and what with Chaos having more points heavy troop types, a popular army to get on the table ready to play with. There was also Nurgles Palanquin, shown in GW’s WD 113 May 1989, but you are better off checking this out in GW’s 1991 catalogue, as that shows all the individual parts. Various new Chaos Warriors were shown this year, although I preferred the older more butch design as some of the newer ones shown were not as meaty. The next month’s White Dwarf showed the new Chaos Knights but GW only showed the white plastic horses. Eeeep! These warriors had the same legs as the ones shown in the earlier year, but came in three parts, with the top half of their bodies having a separate right weapon arm to add more variation.

Chaos releases paused in 1990 but there was the Marauder Chaos line. Marauder miniatures were designed by Aly Morrison and Trish Morrison, with some later miniatures in the Marauder range also designed by Colin Dixon. Marauder miniatures were a split off from Games workshop and were produced for a few years, from 1988 to 1994, and were very popular, being marketed well with some great paintjobs in the White Dwarf colour adverts for them. Certain Marauder miniatures were produced after this date as they were melded into the Games Workshop Citadel ranges, but I don’t think that this occurred with the Marauder branded Chaos range that was shown in their adverts and catalogue. The references were from MM90 through to MM98. Marauder also did the MB10 Chaos Thug Regiment in a boxed set and the MA4 Chaos Army deal. There was also a nice metal horse in the range and the MM90 Chaos Dwarfs were just great. If you take a look at that period’s CH2 Chaos Warriors and the CH3 Champions of Chaos you'll see that some of these MM90 Dwarves closely mimicked the design of their larger Chaos Warrior cousins. This Dwarven homage only makes them more appealing to me. Marauder also did a very nice line in shields for these figures. The Marauder shields can be seen here:

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Shields_%28Marauder%29

The Citadel 1991 catalogue showed many earlier miniatures but also included new ones. The Chaos Chariot incorporated the earlier variations of the Knights right weapon arms and included a lance arm as well. This weapon was nowhere near as meaty as found on the earlier two part 1988 version and was easily bent out of shape in both gameplay and storage. Plus you again had those awful plastic horses. The same catalogue also shows the full range of mounted Chaos Knights with all the different variant arms and pieces giving lots of choice for your cavalry units.  The page showed the metal horses, which were still available and the difference between the two lances is very noticeable. This year’s catalogue also included the Beast of Nurgle, Lord of Change, Nurglings, Plaguebearers and the Flying Discs which look absolutely excellent when painted up. For me, any Chaos army must include these on looks alone!

A bit of a gap in releases,  then in the GW 1994 catalogue you had the Dragon Ogres. These were way smaller than the large DS2 that came years earlier, and were more of a troop type unit. There were some new Chaos Warriors with Command Unit figures and also some new two part mounted Chaos Knights. These came with plastic horses that were a great improvement on the prior ones, having separate choices of metal heads for their mounts. No musician, but a nice Champion and Standard Bearer for them. There were the new Daemonettes of Slaanesh, Flesh Hounds and four Bloodletters of Khorne. The latter were seriously beefy compared to the prior versions and if you look at the later GW 1998 Annual you’ll see the full set of seven (they didn’t get their own Command group until later, and these are shown in the 1999 catalogue). The same catalogue also showed an extra four Daemonettes (again with the Command Group not being shown until the 1999 catalogue). The Beastmen had some new members and there was also a plastic Beastman and plastic Chaos warrior. These were an improvement on what came before, but metal still had the edge.

Games Workshop’s 1995 to 96 Annual included Arbaal The Undefeated and the excellent Flamers of Tzeentch but check out the later GW 1998 catalogue as an additional two were shown in there. This year also had Scyla Spawn of Khorne, Daemonettes on Steeds of Slaanesh (an additional two, the command unit, were shown in the 1999 catalogue) and Plaguebearers of Nurgle (additional four were shown in the GW 1998 catalogue). There was also Aekold Helbrass Champion of Tzeentch, Beast of Nurgle and Egrimm Van Horstmann Dark Sorcerer of Chaos on Baudros Chaos Dragon. This Dragon rider was a miniature that really stood out, with so many pieces in the boxed set, and a really great model for the gaming table. It actually states Marauder 1995 on the base of one of its feet and also on the removable tab on the Chaos Warrior riding it. Due to the date on the slotta tab (1995) I'm assuming that this was originally designed to come out under the Marauder umbrella, but when Marauder ceased it was brought out under Games Workshop branded packaging instead.

The GW 1997 catalogue showed all the prior catalogues items, but also included two new Chaos Sorcerers. The same page also showed the excellent Chaos Familiars that were still available. These little guys, who started coming out in 1985, were just so good, that some of them were still being made and sold by GW over 30 years later! Be sure to check out the American catalogues as they tended towards showing the figures in colour pictures much more than the UK catalogues and had some items shown that were not as featured over here. An example being the US Citadel Miniatures 1997 Complete catalogue, which had the Chaos 8583G Waterslide Chaos transfers for shields and banners.

Citadel’s 1998 catalogue showed the multipart Chaos Regiment plastic sprues. Plastic was starting to become more prevalent and the shields for these were really rather good. This also showed the new Chaos Spawn which had lots of choice of different body parts to make them all look different. A new version of the Great Unclean One and Greater Daemon of Tzeentch Lord of Change. These did not have the choice of multiple variant parts like the earlier versions but I prefer the overall look of these later versions. Especially the Lord of Change which is just one of those designed models that stand out from the crowd. There were also the Unclean One’s Nurglings, which were not in as great number and looked a little meaner than the prior versions. This also showed the Pink Horrors command group and Pink and Blue Horrors for them to lead, some of which had separate tails. I didn’t like the Daemon Prince though. Various of the large characters that Citadel brought out, for a few different Warhammer armies in this period, in my mind were either lacking something or rubbish. Don’t get me wrong, better than I could ever do sculpting with Greenstuff, but this model was just missing that something special. Pose maybe, lacking in movement, perhaps the head? I’m unsure what it is. Others were cracking though.

The Beast Lord and multipart Minotaurs shown were very nice. GW did some great Minotaurs prior, but the new ones were really good. A very nice and meaty Minotaur Lord (later shown in the 2009 catalogue as Doombull), and various troops for him to lead with either single, additional hand weapons or great weapons, so you could have the right figure to the exact troop type. Only three different models for each troop type, but interchangeable parts to make them look different and you probably won’t have huge amounts of them in an army, as a little points hungry in the game. There is plenty of choice of Minotaur troops from the prior figures that GW has brought out over the years, but be aware of Scale creep of the Games Workshop range over the years. Newer versions of the same troop types have changed. So some miniatures for the game are not as miniature as they once were. The Beast Men also had the Ungors with Spears, with ten variants, and a command group for them. Also an all metal Chaos Lord leader on steed and three Chaos Sorcerors.

The Citadel 1999 Annual increased the Beastmen’s ranks with Bestigor and Ungor Skirmishers, both with Hornblower and banner carrying Standard Bearer. There was also the Beastmen Tuskgor Chariot and Gorthor Beastlord Chariot (always wise for your army) and Khazrak the One Eye and Redmaw. A good Minotaur Standard Bearer as well. The Children of Chaos Beastman army was getting attention by GW and you could get a good little army together. There was lots of good stuff shown in this year’s catalogue. The new Bloodthirster (check out the GW 2003 catalogue, as he has a different head from this point onwards) and two Chaos Champions, one of which looked more fitting as a leader for a Norse Berserker or Barbarian army. So perhaps good for the later Chaos Marauders that came out. This catalogue showed Archaon, and some Chaos Knights. Archaon was all metal, but the Knights had plastic horses with metal heads. They were a beefy horse though, and fitting of the miniature. There were new Hounds (one of which looked like it more leaned towards a Lizardmen army), Chaos Marauders, Warriors (new plastic ones as well) and a Chaos Warrior Chariot.

1999 was also the year that Citadel released Mordheim. This was a skirmish Warhammer Fantasy miniatures game but used warbands. It was designed by Alessio Cavatore, Tuomas Pirinen and Rick Priestley. It cleverly featured a skill progression campaign system, a bit like a role-playing game, which retained interest. The game was set in the ruined Empire city of Mordheim after a comet hit it. The comet having scattered a gem called Wyrdstone (think Warpstone) throughout the ruins. Mercenary warbands would then battle for the Wyrdstone. GW produced various miniatures for it. Initially the Chaos band was the Cult of the Possessed. This included the Possessed (no surprise there then), Magister, Brethren, Darksouls and Beastmen. Later on came the Empire in Flames (EiF), which was the final expansion that introduced two factions. The Carnival of Chaos, which incuded Circus Master, Champions, Brethren (Henchmen), Plague Bearers, Nurglings and Jester. The other warband being the Beastmen Raiders. This included Champion, Shamen, Gors, Ungors, Minotaur, Chaos Hound, Bestigor and Centigor. A great game, and like many created by Games Workshop, still popular today with some diehard players.

Citadel also did some nice wounded casualties for the game, useful if you wanted to litter the battlefield with dead bodies. A very good Mordheim collectors guide here:

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

Games Workshop’s 2000 Annual added to the Chaos range slightly, showing Azael Prince of Damnation, Scyla Anfinngrim Spawn of Chaos, a new Keeper of Secrets and Dechala the Denied One, which had quite a few pieces (six) for a small miniature. Dechala would make a nice little Gorgon miniature or perhaps a leader for the earlier Chaos Snakemen. This was also the year that the Beastmen got their own separate Warhammer armies book. So you now had all the details needed for a full army from the dark and twisted forests of the old world. The WHFB background stated they are filthy creatures with matted fur covered in dirt, dung, ticks and fleas. A fusion of animal and man that invaded the world when a warp gate was opened by the old ones. Over time, perhaps a little distancing from how the Beastmen initially came about as the later books mentioned they could also be born from humans who abandoned them, but no real mention of how the child actually occurred. A careful side step for a game initially aimed at an older market, now targeted at a younger audience.

2001 was when Games Workshop got lazy with their catalogues. The catalogues were all colour from this point onwards but lacked meat on the bone. Early catalogues from this thinner catalogue period showed the figures in small pictures, sometimes in massed ranks. They did show the completed painted item that was for sale, so I can see it from a business point of view, but they did not show the individual parts like they had before. The content just seemed lacking and they were not as good from a collectors view. The catalogues also seemed very samey from this point onwards, up to and including the 2007 catalogue, although they did thicken up a little bit over this period due to more pages. This year showed a new Daemon Prince for the Realm of Chaos army, an improvement on the prior version, but that was it for anything new, and the next year’s catalogue showed nothing new. I think the only releases for the year were the limited edition PR03 Marauder of Chaos and PR07 Gamesday 2002 Chaos Champion miniature (I’d have a stab and say that the PR stands for Promotion).

The GW 2003 catalogue showed Galrauch First of the Chaos Dragons. It was more dynamic than the prior Chaos Dragons and exceptionally well painted in the catalogue. A full page would have done it justice, but this era of catalogues were thin on pages. There were also various Lords and Heroes figures, including a new Sorcerer and familiar, Archaon Lord of the End Times (The Everchosen), and various on foot and mounted characters for the four main Chaos Gods. These were just excellent. There were also Chaos Furies, a sizeable Spawn of Chaos, Flesh Hounds, Tzeentch Screamer and Horrors. The Horrors had multiple parts and these arms were easily knocked off unless pinned to the body. So a lot of work if you wanted to do them properly. They were good, but I think I’m leaning towards the earliest versions, which I think I would describe as more humorous. There were also various plastic Chaos units in this era, which to be fair had come a long way, if you like that sort of thing. A further version of the Great Unclean One appeared and the new Warhounds of Chaos. This year’s GW staff Christmas present was a Chaos Knight. Don’t go thinking that you can use this in your army though. It was made in 54mm scale, so a really nice sizeable figure for the shelf. The gift came with a certificate of authenticity, saying thanks for all the hard work, and this Limited miniature was not on sale to customers.

The GW 2004 catalogue showed various new figures under the Hordes of Chaos. New Bloodletters, Chaos Trolls, Chaos Ogre with Command Unit figures and the Dragon Ogre Shaggoth. The Beast Men had their Pestigors, Centigors,  Khorngors (? why not Blood Gors, as that name just does not work for me at all!), Bray Shamen, two new Beastlords, a new Tuskgor Chariot and Morghur Master of Skulls. Khazrak the One Eye appears again, albeit with a different head from the 1999 catalogues version. The body appears to be exactly the same, and I think I prefer the earlier version, as it is more Broo looking. Also Games Day had the PR20 Archaon on foot mini, that I seem to recall many people moaned about saying that his head was too small. It did go well with the prior years mounted version though.

The Citadel 2005 catalogue showed the Bestigor Command Unit, Dwarf Chaos Hellcannon boxed set, new Flamers of Tzeentch and the further addition to the Lords and Heroes of Be-Lakor the Dark Master. The Daemon Princes had gradually improved as time went on, and this one is the best of them all. Limited wise there was the PR26 Mounted Chaos Sorcerer and, I assume, prior to this there was the matching PR10 Chaos Sorcerer who was on foot. Unclear on a date for that though (it states on the back of the blister pack Copyright Games Workshop Ltd 2004)

You can see them all the limited miniatures, and many other great figures, on this excellent page here:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Billy_Bunters_Collection#Numbered_Limited_Editions

The 2006 catalogue didn’t show anything new, and the 2007 catalogue also seemed much of the same, but there was the 2006 release of the PR41 Chaos Sorcerer on Disk. A very nice figure, which was either labelled as PR41 or PR42 depending on where in the world they were purchased. It can be seen here:

http://www.solegends.com/citle/citle2000/promotions/pr412tzeentch/index.htm

The GW 2008 catalogue was very pleasing to get hold of. It was just over twice the size of the prior catalogue and the paper quality was also an improvement, as this made the pictures brighter and clearer. The pictures were also bigger, so you could easily see the really nice paintwork. Very useful with the Warhammer Giant, as it was a true Giant for the battle field. Very sizeable, plastic, but there you go. I dread to think what it would have cost to have had it made in white metal. Other additions this catalogue showed, were the Bestigor Command, plastic Chaos Spawn and all the variants of the Flamers. The Flamers were really nicely painted, as were all the miniatures. This was the sort of catalogue that you could sit down with and just admire. The Keeper of Secrets model, shown in prior catalogues, was pictured here with a new head.

The GW 2009 catalogue, in keeping with the Warhammer Armies books, split Chaos into two separate armies, the cloven warriors of the Beastmen and the Warriors of Chaos. Some very nice Lords and Heros, such as the Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount, Wulfric the Wanderer, Sigvald the Magnificent and a Nurgle Chaos Sorcerer. There were also the Chaos Warrior Chosen, which were good solid Chaos Warrior figures and a Khorne Chaos Lord on Juggernaut, that came with a choice of heads. This was a very good update of the prior versions. This year also had the GD09 Gamesday 2009 Exalted Hero of Chaos miniature. Often referred to as Limited, but there seem to be a lot of them out there.

Another great catalogue in 2010, but sadly the last one. Understandable as it’s all online now, but once Games Workshop has stopped selling the item, then that artwork is lost. You can search for it, but it’s not the same as being able to go to the shelf and pick up a book. Still that’s age for you, but maybe things will swing back that way in the future. There were a few new additions to the cloven hoofed ones. Ghorros Warhoof, Malagor the Dark Omen, Razorgor and a new Doombull. There were also a lot of Warhammer plastic troops available around this period. This year also had the GD10 Games Day 2010 Chaos Sorcerer figure, which was good.

If you are happy for your miniatures, to not be metal, then also check out Forge World. They work in resin and do various Warhammer figures such as Tamurkhan the Maggot Lord, Daemon Plague Toads of Nurgle, Giant Spined Chaos Beast, Kazyk the Befouled, Plague Ogres, Bile Trolls, Sayl the Faithless with Nightmaw and the Daemon Pox Riders of Nurgle. Some really great stuff there. Sometimes it’s better just to not look at the Forgeworld website, else you’ll spend hefty amounts. Some of it’s not cheap, but it’s all really great stuff. Personally I see the Forge World stuff as being for the older market, which (being older) really appeals to me. They also put out some really nice high quality books as well.

I think I’ve mentioned most things, perhaps not all, but collecting that little lot will take you a lifetime. Painting it all will take a few extra lifetimes and a serious pact with a Chaos Lord or two!

Regards the above link, 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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