[1] In 1976, Bryan Ansell co-founded Asgard Miniatures with Steven Fitzwater and Paul Sulley in Nottingham and became its lead sculptor.

Citadel has continued to produce white metal miniatures as the economics of plastic make it only suitable for large runs.

"[11] From 1979 to 1984 Citadel had a reciprocal distribution and manufacturing deal with Ral Partha to bring each other's products to Britain and North America respectively.

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.

[citation needed] 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.

[18] Rotondaro commented that "Overall, I highly recommend Citadel miniatures to gamers who use any FRPG system, and especially if they use the Warhammer rules.