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Grenadier Models Inc.
Grenadier Models Inc. of Springfield, Pennsylvania produced lead miniature figures for wargames and role-playing games with fantasy, science fiction and heroic themes between 1975 and 1996. Grenadier Models Inc. is best known for their figures for TSR, Inc.'s ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' game, collectible ''Dragon-of-the-Month'' and ''Giants Club'' figures, and their marketing of paint and miniature sets through traditional retail outlets.
The company began as a basement enterprise, but by 1983 they had grown to a staff of 50 people and had the third highest gross sales in the expanding gaming market.〔''The Grenadier Bulletin'', vol. 1.10, Fall 1983, Scott Slingsby, editor.〕 Grenadier's sculptors included John Dennett, Janine Bennett, Julie Guthrie, Robert Watts, Nick Lund, Mark Copplestone, Michael Daley, Sandra Garrity, Bob Naismith, William Watt and Ian Symonds. Grenadier closed its doors in 1996, but many of their products remain in production by companies in the UK, Italy and the United States.
==History==
The company was founded by Andrew Chernak, president and head sculptor, and Ray Rubin, vice president and head artist. Chernak and Rubin had previously partnered in ''Canterbury Pewter Ltd.'', a gift-market sculpting business which they had established in 1972. The duo were not new to historical miniatures. Chernak had previously sculpted for Superior Models and Rubin was a co-founder of Squadron-Rubin Miniatures. Grenadier Model's first product was a line of 25mm American Revolution figures released in anticipation of the 1976 United States Bicentennial. The company received its name from their first miniature, a grenadier.〔''The Grenadier Bulletin'' vol. 1.4, Spring 1982, Kim Eastland, editor〕 In partnership with its European distributor, Grenadier formed ''Grenadier Models Ltd UK'' in 1984. By 1991, the British office became the center of the company's design and development.
Grenadier Models published a product catalog in 1978, 1979, 1982 and annually from 1985 to 1994. Separate European catalogs were published in 1985, 1994, and perhaps other years as well. Their products were discussed in the ''Grenadier Bulletin'', a magazine which also contained games, comics, short-stories, and puzzles. The bulletin was published in several series. The first series contained issues #1 through #18 and were released between the fall of 1981 and late 1987. A new series of four editions was issued in late 1991 and early 1992 in the form of a full-color magazine. A third series, somewhat confusingly labeled "volume II," was produced in the summer of 1993, but appears to have been terminated after a single issue. Grenadier's British offices produced a separate "International edition" of the bulletin called the ''British Grenadier.'' There were at least thirteen issues and it appears to have been produced around 1988. The British offices also published a bi-monthly newsletter ''Warrior: The Newsletter for Fantasy Wargamers'' which supported Grenadier's ''Fantasy Warrior'' game.〔''Warrior'' #1, December 1992/ January 1993, Derek Mugridge, editor.〕 The ''Warrior'' included thirteen issues published from December 1992 / January 1993 to April / May 1995.〔''Warrior'' #13, April / May 1995, Derek Mugridge, editor.〕
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