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Monday, April 13, 2015
Kitbashed Starguard Spaceships
Ralnai Fleet Dreadnought
(Two Rep-Com's Amazon Needle Ships attached to the underside for added speed and weaponry.)
Federation Alexander The Great
(Dorsal fin added)
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Ray Rubin - Grenadier's Box Set and Blister Card Artist
Ray Rubin, Vice President of
Grenadier and artist of all of Grenadier's box & blister card art, was born
and raised in Manhattan, NY. He also began collecting figures when he was 11
years old and joined MFCA early on. Ray's
background is colorful and varied; attending Hunter College in NY and receiving
his BA in Design (while Art was his love he fully appreciated the necessity of
having graphic design & sculpting in his portfolio) , serving a 2 year term
in the Army, working as a researcher for Fortune Magazine, a Buyer for Brookes
Bros., then graduate school. Eventually Ray ended up in Detroit where he helped
establish Squadron/Rubin Miniatures, a line of primarily 54 mm. historical
figures.
After nearly 3 years in the
Midwest, though, Ray yearned for the East Coast again and returned to help set
up. Canterbury Pewter (our mother company) with Andy Chernak. Grenadier was set
up immediately to produce 25 mm. American Revolutionary War figures (the
initial figure was a …Grenadier, hence the name.) but soon other historical
lines came to be.
While Ray has sculpted for years (and
painted professionally also) his chief concerns now are packaging & design specialty
figures (like animals), and is in charge of coordination between all the various
departments. As he likes to put it his, greatest joy is in seeing that everything
works properly. Every box cover and blister card
we have ever done has been painted by Ray and the progression of his
"visions" match the progression of our quality.
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Andrew Chernak (Seated) and Ray Rubin (Standing)
Space Squadrons Blister Card Art
Space Squadrons Box Set Art
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Space Squadrons - Starsoldiers Kit
Excerpt from the book "The Fantastic Worlds of Grenadier" by Terrrance Gunn
(click here for the first 15 pages in pdf)
A check mark next to the Starsoldiers Kit name would indicate the presence of the miniatures.
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According to Wikipedia:
Although they were primarily focused on the well-established market for historical miniatures, their early products included science fiction themed Starsoldiers (product codes #S01-19) and Space Squadrons: Stellardate 2998 (#SS01-SS19) spaceships,..
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Star Soldiers from the March 1978 Grenadier Models Catalog
According to Miniatures Workshop this line was later incorporated into the Gamma World Line.
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According to The Stuff of Legends:
By the end of 1976, Grenadier's line of 25mm miniatures consisted of the Ancients line, Starsoldiers, John Carter Warlord Of Mars (discontinued), American Civil War, and Wizzards & Warriors.
Power Armor Troops
S01 Powered Armor
Trooper
S02 Powered Armor
Trooper with Bomb Racks
S03 Recon Troopers
& Commander
Infantry, Non Hostile Environment
S04 Troopers with
Laser Rifles
S05 Grenadiers &
Rocketeers
Insurgent Infantry
S06 Insurgent
Infantry with Needle Rifle
S07 Insurgent with
Cone and Rocket Guns
S08 Insurgent Command
Group
Andromeda Aliens
S09 Photon Rifleman
S10 Andromeda
Bombardier and Rocketeers
S11 Andromeda Statsis
Fieldman and Officer
Galaxy Aliens
S12 Alien Rayrifleman
S13 Alien Rocketeer
and Grenadiers
S14 Alien Statsis
Fiddmen and Officer
Heavy Weapons
S15 Laser Cannon with
Aliens and Human Crewmen
S16 Statsis
Generators and Mortars
S17 Rocket Pods and
Mines
S18 Anti-grav Sled
with Rocket Pod
S19 Robots
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Wargamers Digest V4 N1 1976
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S01 Powered Armor Trooper
S08 Insurgent Command Group
S09 Photon Rifleman
Monday, December 23, 2013
Starhound Rulebook (1981)
PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT, THE PILOT OF THE VULTURE HEAVY
FIGHTER SLOWLY CAME IN LI NE WITH HIS QUARRY. HIS HEAD UP
DISPLAY SHOWED THE TARGET IMAGE MOVING TO THE CENTRE OF HIS
FIELD OF FIRE, RANGING MARKS MOVING INWARDS FROM BOTH SIDES
OF THE SCREEN AS HE REACHED THE OPTIMUM FIRING POSITION.
THEN THE IMAGE WAS COMPLETELY BOXED IN, AND THE COMPUTER
WAS FLASHING A ' LOCKED- ON ' SYMBOL. STEADILY HE DEPRESSED
THE FIRING PEDAL, AND TWO BEAMS OF INTENSE LIGHT SPED OUT
FROM HIS SHIP AS TWO DISRUPTORS OPENED FIRE, FOLLOWED
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY A SCREAMING NOISE AS HIS TWIN ROTARY
CANNON BEGAN THEIR 2000 ROUND PER MINUTE SONG OF DEATH. AS
IF IN SLOW MOTION, FIRE BLOSSOMED OUT FROM THE ENGINES AND
HULL OF HIS TARGET AS THE ENEMY PILOT TRIED DESPERATELY TO
ESCAPE HIS ATTACKER. AGAIN
HIS TACTICAL COMPUTER SHOWED THE
TARGET BRACKETED IN ITS SIGHTS, BUT AS HE PREPARED TO
ADMINISTER THE ' COUP DE GRACE; ' A LOUD BUZZING IN HIS HEAD
PHONES AND A SERIES OF URGENTLY FLASHING LIGHTS ON HIS
DISPLAY SCREEN TOLD OF AN ENEMY SHIP CLOSING FAST FROM THE
REAR. HIS TARGET NOW FORGOTTEN, HE YANKED HIS CONTROL STICK
TO THE LEFT, TRYING TO OUT TURN HIS OWN PURSUER. FAST AS HIS
REACTION WAS, HIS OPPONENT WAS FASTER. THE CONSOLE IN FRONT
OF HIM SEEMED TO SWELL OUTWARDS; AND EVEN AS A SCREAM
TOOK FORM IN HIS THROAT, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY A
BLINDING LIGHT, AND THEN - ONLY DARKNESS.
Starhound is a set of rules for simulating fighter to fighter deep space combat using miniatures. The rulebook consists of 21 pages and a single reference sheet made from card.
The rules present both a basic as well as an advanced game, with the advanced game adding homing missiles and crew experience into the mix.
STARHOUND Rulebook (1981)
Reference Sheet
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