Asgard Miniatures
Asgard Miniatures was a miniatures manufactuerer specialising in Fantasy and Sci-fi figures. Asgard was founded by Bryan Ansell, Steven Fitzwater and Paul Sulley in 1976, and dissolved in the mid 1980s.
Many of the figures were sculpted by Bryan himself, with other figures being sculpted by Nick Bibby and later Jez Goodwin.
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Asgard Miniatures History
Asgard was founded by Bryan Ansell, Steven Fitzwater and Paul Sulley in 1976, Bryan left in 1978[1] to form Citadel Miniatures with funding from Games Workshop. Originally based in Commons Square, Lace Market, Nottingham, managed by Paul Sulley, sculpts by Nick Bibby and Bryan Ansell, casting by Jamie Sims, mould making by Garry Slim-Parsons.
After the company ceased trading, [The Viking Forge] acquired the US rights for most of the fantasy ranges, where they are still in production. In the UK, Tabletop Games acquired all of Asgards assets and produced most of the ranges until the mid 2000's when all of Tabletop's ranges were acquired by Alternative Armies, who have returned some of the old Asgard into production, including the [SM Space Marines] and the [BP Barbarian Personalities].
Asgard Miniatures Codes
The ranges of miniatures produced by Asgard were given a two or three character code.
- Monstrous Beasties (FM)
- Personalities (F)
- Barbarians and Chaotics (FB)
- Dwarves (FD)
- Elves (FE)
- Fantasy Females (FW)
- Goblins (FG)
- Dragons (SD)
- Tookers (FT)
- Miscellany (X/Z)
- Trimotes (T/S)
- Science Fiction (SF)
- Inscrutable Orts (SF)
- Mandiblex (TM)
- Robots (X)
- Vikings (V)
- Medievals (M)
- Gunfighters (W)
- Monsters (FM)
- Barbarian Personalities (BP)
- Dungeon Adventurers (DA)
- Dwarves (DW)
- Orcs (OR)
- Creatures of Chaos (CC)
- Dragon Lizards (D)
- Large Sadistic Demons (LSD)
- Dungeon Equipment (DE)
- Space Marines
Asgard White Dwarf Articles
Many Asgard miniatures appear in the Molten Magic, Tabletop Heroes and occasional 'Eavy Metal miniatures columns in White Dwarf.
Pages | Title | Category | Author | Description |
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White Dwarf 2 | Asgard Miniatures | Review | Ian Livingstone |
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White Dwarf 14 | Molten Magic | Review |
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White Dwarf 20 | Molten Magic | Review |
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External Links
- Asgard Miniatures on the Lost Minis Wiki
- Asgard Miniatures on Stuff of Legend
- Current UK producer of some ranges Alternative Armies
- Current US producer of some ranges Viking Forge