Grenadier Models Revisited
I've mentioned in the past that I was a big fan of Grenadier Models, Inc., the pioneering miniatures company that produced little lead figures for such games as AD&D, Call of Cthulhu, Ogre, Car Wars, and eventually expanded to such properties as He-Man, the Dark Crystal, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and more.
That company went belly-up in the late 90's, rather sad when you think of the impact they made to the gaming industry, and seeing some of their rivals such as Ral Partha still around.
Being a big fan, I eventually found the company's president Andrew Chernak via linkedin and was able to re-connect with someone who helped inspire my imagination back in the day.
Fast forward to Terence Gunn - a fan who self-published in 2004 The Fantastic Worlds of Grenadier, a book that detailed Grenadier's history, with interviews and photos to boot! Not exactly easy to find, Terence recently updated his book as The Extended Edition of The Fantastic Worlds of Grenadier, available as far as I can tell only through Noble Knight below:
https://www.nobleknight.com/Product/2...
I've ordered my copy, and look forward to receiving! I didn't even know Terence had updated his book except by pure accident - I found the info on this book via kickstarter, and reached out to Terence to congratulate him on it, being a mutual Grenadier fan. To my pleasant surprise he responded back, and I found out about a NEW project of his, a supplement to his book, consisting mostly of pictures/images. Well, it turned out I let him know I still have my collection of all 18 issues of Grenadier's original monthly bulletin that they used to send out to customers (I've shared some pics from that bulletin series on my Forging of a Knight facebook page) and Terence let me know he was looking for images from these old publications for his supplement! Happy to be of service, I scanned quite a few pages to him, and hopefully we'll see the end result soon! Kismet, fate, who knows? Check out his kickstarter page if you are an old time gaming fan, miniature fan, or a big time Grenadier fan, like me!
That company went belly-up in the late 90's, rather sad when you think of the impact they made to the gaming industry, and seeing some of their rivals such as Ral Partha still around.
Being a big fan, I eventually found the company's president Andrew Chernak via linkedin and was able to re-connect with someone who helped inspire my imagination back in the day.
Fast forward to Terence Gunn - a fan who self-published in 2004 The Fantastic Worlds of Grenadier, a book that detailed Grenadier's history, with interviews and photos to boot! Not exactly easy to find, Terence recently updated his book as The Extended Edition of The Fantastic Worlds of Grenadier, available as far as I can tell only through Noble Knight below:
https://www.nobleknight.com/Product/2...
I've ordered my copy, and look forward to receiving! I didn't even know Terence had updated his book except by pure accident - I found the info on this book via kickstarter, and reached out to Terence to congratulate him on it, being a mutual Grenadier fan. To my pleasant surprise he responded back, and I found out about a NEW project of his, a supplement to his book, consisting mostly of pictures/images. Well, it turned out I let him know I still have my collection of all 18 issues of Grenadier's original monthly bulletin that they used to send out to customers (I've shared some pics from that bulletin series on my Forging of a Knight facebook page) and Terence let me know he was looking for images from these old publications for his supplement! Happy to be of service, I scanned quite a few pages to him, and hopefully we'll see the end result soon! Kismet, fate, who knows? Check out his kickstarter page if you are an old time gaming fan, miniature fan, or a big time Grenadier fan, like me!
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