tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post7543291802291276823..comments2024-03-18T20:22:06.331-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Grenadier Models AD&D Figure SetsJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10571929705122550972012-10-01T21:23:34.482-04:002012-10-01T21:23:34.482-04:00Ray Rubin did most of the box art.Ray Rubin did most of the box art.Mike Monacohttp://mikemonaco.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24202730966468350762012-09-08T22:41:28.012-04:002012-09-08T22:41:28.012-04:00Center Stage looks good. I'm torn between thei...Center Stage looks good. I'm torn between their Water Weird and Otherworlds.cagaddanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-36334629098404631332012-09-08T22:23:23.003-04:002012-09-08T22:23:23.003-04:00No one has mentioned them yet, but I have quite a ...No one has mentioned them yet, but I have quite a few figures from Center Stage Miniatures. I really like their new transparent resin water weird. www.centerstageminis.com. They were at GenCon and have done at least 3 giants module mini combo packs. Cool stuff. I like Otherworld as well.Zach Glazarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-77763209313926139032012-09-07T20:32:34.145-04:002012-09-07T20:32:34.145-04:00I always considered the cover art on the Tomb of S...I always considered the cover art on the Tomb of Spells set, in particular, as being very evocative. I just wish the minis had matched the expectations set by the cover art!<br /><br />BTW, does anyone know where I can find high resolution scans of the cover art for these old boxed sets, especially the Tomb of Spells? I'd really like to get them for a project I just dreamed up (basically, taking a cue from some of the reproduction wood grain OD&D boxes that people are building, I'd like to build a miniatures box using the cool box art from the Grenadier line and maybe fill the box with similar minis but from better quality manufacturers like Ral Partha, Otherworld, Fractured Dimensions, etc.). I've got a cool box but just need a high res scan of Tomb of Spells to commence build.cagaddanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-32463532561163177172012-09-06T17:30:08.206-04:002012-09-06T17:30:08.206-04:00Does anyone know who did the box art? Along with t...Does anyone know who did the box art? Along with the original hardback rulebook covers, the Grenadier box art really defined the look and feel of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons for me.Súil Dubhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-76399554634232805172012-09-06T15:06:18.894-04:002012-09-06T15:06:18.894-04:00First figs I ever painted. Got me started in warga...First figs I ever painted. Got me started in wargaming.<br />-JBaronVonJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60871994341026081852012-09-06T05:58:18.079-04:002012-09-06T05:58:18.079-04:00I quite happily mix modern minis (eg Reaper, Other...I quite happily mix modern minis (eg Reaper, Otherworld, Hasslefree) with older minis (eg Grenadier, Citadel, Ral Partha) despite the (sometimes) disparity in size. I buy what appeals to me and what I think will fit into my campign world(s).<br /><br />As for finely painted minis. All the ones I can recall back in the late seventies/early eighties were definitely crudely painted :)Dave McDougallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4886551611207693842012-09-05T22:15:11.684-04:002012-09-05T22:15:11.684-04:00I remember staring at this box...wondering how did...I remember staring at this box...wondering how did Dungeons and Dragons work? How could you get your mind to think you were there...how did figures fit in? I just couldn't understand. Then I had my Dad buy me the basic set, and the rest is history.infocydenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-58211636077357869412012-09-05T21:54:38.568-04:002012-09-05T21:54:38.568-04:00Pics of most of the old Grenadiers can be found at...Pics of most of the old Grenadiers can be found at the Stuff of Legends website: <br /><br />http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/grenadier/index.htmlthe byteknightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87298523732487309572012-09-05T17:34:42.244-04:002012-09-05T17:34:42.244-04:00Loved Grenadier figures. Grenadier's orc set ...Loved Grenadier figures. Grenadier's orc set always defined fantasy orcs for me. (Just say NO to pig nosed orcs! ;) )Brooks Rowndnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18516415824678523932012-09-05T17:14:28.216-04:002012-09-05T17:14:28.216-04:00I still have that box set... as well as many of th...I still have that box set... as well as many of the other Grenadier sets. (I still haven't painted them all...)<br /><br />The Ral Partha minis were far better overall... But I did have a soft spot for the "Official" minis... as funky as many of them were.<br /><br />My history of D&D involvement is actually very close to yours, James... I got involved in late 1979/ early 1980, when I was about 9 years old. The first game I ever played (hosted by some college students) had the both Holmes book and the LBBs at the table, if I'm remembering correctly. <br /><br />However, after a brief flirtation with B/X, I threw myself into AD&D and that was my game through the better part of my teen years.<br /><br />I recently picked it all up again... which was actually inspired by my Grenadier minis of all things. My girlfriend and her kids found all my old lead figurines and were fascinated by them. Even more so once I explained there was a whole complex game that went along with them. <br /><br />We played a quick and rough intro session, and it was liked enough that I have since gone back and re-learned all the rules sets, and have been looking for ideas to "borrow" for upcoming adventures. <br /><br />Which is where this blog has come in very handy... ;) Thanks!Ed Liberatorehttp://www.facebook.com/edlibnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-16501952554847786572012-09-05T17:01:25.844-04:002012-09-05T17:01:25.844-04:00I like how you point out ubiquitous those glass di...I like how you point out ubiquitous those glass displays were at the time. I could walk into a hobby store just about anywhere and you'd see lines and lines of professionally painted (or at least to my sloppy eye and hand) of Grenadier, Ral Partha, and Heritage Dungeon Dwellers.. All of those sculpts seem as iconic to me of what D&D felt to me as much as the cardstock covers of TSR's modules.Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2867604276642714212012-09-05T16:45:29.237-04:002012-09-05T16:45:29.237-04:00I'm totally with you here. It's worth noti...I'm totally with you here. It's worth noting that I still use a number of Grenadier minis in my games. Off the top of my head, a lizard man champion, a female swordswoman, a few samurai and ninja, a wererat, at least a half-dozen assorted humans - and I'm slowly painting through the Hirelings boxed set. Those were so inspirational that years later I tracked down a box, and it gets name-checked in the credits of GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 15: Henchmen (which I co-authored). If *that* isn't saying something about Grenadier's impact on me, I don't know what else can. :)Peter V. Dell'Ortonoreply@blogger.com