The Praetorian Imperial Guard Miniature Range

A Brief History of the Praetorian Imperial Guard Miniature Range

The Praetorian's were created for the 1997 UK Gamesday's Mega Display 'Massacre at Big Toof River'. The original models were based on Alan and Michael Perry's Mordian Iron Guard, for the most part simply head swaps though some additional models were also created including the Standard Bearer and Kneeling with Lasgun poses.

Due too subsequent interest in the models GW made the decision to release a platoon sized Limited Edition Box Set, this was followed by a blister release and their inclusion in the GW catalogue though some sources maintain this was an 'accident'.

The Praetorian range was finally dropped from production in late 2007 as part of GW's reorganisation of their Mail Order and Back Catalogue/Classic Miniatures service.

The Original Miniature Range
The Complete Praetorian Imperial Guard Miniature Range as released was as follows.

Lieutenant	Sergeant 1	Sergeant 2
Trooper 1	Trooper 2	Trooper 3
Trooper 4	Trooper 5	Trooper 6
Trooper 7	Trooper 8	Trooper 9
Flamer	Meltagun	Grenade Launcher
Gunner Torso & Legs 1	Gunner Torso & Legs 2	Heavy Bolter Loader
Autocannon Loader 1	Autocannon Loader 2	Mortar Loader
Mortar Operator	Lascannon Loader	Lascannon Operator
Standard Bearer	Musician	Missile Launcher
Missile Loader	Casualty 1	Casualty 2
Sentinel

The 'Praetorian Sentinel' was released as a blister pack, this was the boxy Mk2 metal Sentinel but with a Praetorian Gunner Torso to replace the usual Cadian pilot, if you happen to have one of these (i.e. the actual Praetorian one), it'd be great to complete the article with a picture against a plain white background.