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| − | “Grenadier Models first evolved from a short lived sculpting business formed by Chernak and Rubin - Canterbury Pewter (aka CP Ltd) in 1972. Their discovery of the new game Dungeons & Dragons in 1973/4 changed the direction of the company, and from this was born a miniature manufacturing production base that was to last 20 years.
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| − | “The first figure line produced was American Revolution 25mm stock, released in 1975 to coincide with the US Bi-Centennial. During their 20 years of operation, Grenadier produced many lines of historical, fantasy, and science fiction miniatures for such role-playing games as Dungeons & Dragons, Call Of Cthulhu, Gamma World, Boot Hill, Star Wars, Middle-earth, Traveller, DC Heroes, Twilight 2000, Champions, and Shadowrun, as well as published games like Journey, Seawolf, Fantasy Warriors, Kill Zone, and Dragon Lords.
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| − | “1984 was a pivotal year for the US company. It tried its hand at producing role-playing game modules by releasing four different adventure scenarios. 'The Horrible Secret Of Monhegan Island' (for Call of Cthulhu), 'Cloudland' (for AD&D), 'Raid on Rajallapor' (For Blades 'Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes')and 'Disappearance On Aramat' (for GDW Traveller). The same year saw the formation of Grenadier UK by Chernak's brother-in-law Bob Watts. This was a direct move to combat both export costs of miniatures from the US to the UK, and the growing popularity of Citadel Miniatures (later Games Workshop).
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| − | “Grenadier employed such sculptors as John Dennett, Julie Guthrie, William Watt, Nick Lund, Mark Copplestone, and Sandra Garrity. At a GenCon in August 1996, "persons unknown" announced that Grenadier had folded and that Stratelibri (Grenadier's Italian distributor) had purchased their molds and masters.
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| − | “Since then, many companies have recycled and recast Grenadier's miniatures, particularly those produced in the late 1980s through the mid-1990s. Licencing has been transferred to such an extent that it is now difficult to know who owns what.” From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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