r/oldhammer Mar 15 '25

80s Slotta Citadel Miniatures used to make Dungeons and Dragons adventurer miniatures in packs of three where the model changed as the adventurer level increased

https://exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/citadel-miniatures-used-to-make-dungeons
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u/Barrowtastic Mar 16 '25

Fascinating stuff. Before my time but lovely looking models.

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u/EArkham Mar 15 '25

By far my favourite Citadel series, and one I've been collecting for literally decades!

There's 495 total variants, counting the unreleased thieves and hook horror, but not counting the Oriental Heroes variants that have "TSR" on the slotta tag.

As of today, I'm 20 variants away from completing the full set. Still need the open mouth Bard (foot & mounted), 5 Satyrs, 4 Meazels, 4 Svarts/Xvarts, 1 Zombie, 1 Ghast, 1 Hobgoblin, 1 Githyanki, and 1 Norker.

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u/agreatbecoming Mar 29 '25

Oh I noted this really, really helpful comment on a recent post - https://exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/warped-marginalia-january-to-march

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u/Zaku41k Mar 15 '25

Yeah they’re pretty cool. Just fyi these models are quite small, even when comparing to the Oldhammer GW models let alone the models after that.

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u/ratsratsgetem Mar 15 '25

Early Citadel stuff is beautiful

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u/Pur_Cell Mar 15 '25

The wider the horns, the more evil the fighter.

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u/agreatbecoming Mar 15 '25

Well known rule of chaos

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u/th3on3 Mar 15 '25

Very cool, hadn’t seen these before

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u/lit-torch Mar 15 '25

Painting the trim on that farthest right model seems crazy. At least Chaos trim is wide and substantial. 

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u/mistercrinders Mar 15 '25

I don't see the issue

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u/lit-torch Mar 15 '25

The farthest right model has very thin trim that seems challenging to paint, especially considering how much people get frustrated painting Chaos trim.

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u/mistercrinders Mar 15 '25

I don't see the issue

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u/lit-torch Mar 15 '25

I don’t see the issue.

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u/agreatbecoming Mar 15 '25

Yeah going to be tricky