Da Red Gobbo 2025 (Tinboy)

[Lord Marshal]

It's looking like a red Grotmas, komrad.

 

 

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Da Red Gobbo’s Last Stand by new Black Library author Andi Ewington thrusts an unfortunate grot named Bodgit into the depths of a recently emerged space hulk, where the odds of survival are low for Space Marines, let alone Gretchin. To make matters worse, Kaptin Bludhook is out to make the poor grot’s life even more miserable – but the spirit of Da Red Gobbo smolders inside Bodgit’s breast, and his newfound revolutionary power might just be enough to outwit the Freebooter Kaptin and escape from the malformed hulk’s clutches.

 

Edited October 13 by Lord Marshal

[Indy Techwisp]

We're never getting another non-Christmas Red Gobbo model, are we?

[AppleCrumble]

7 minutes ago, Indy Techwisp said:

We're never getting another non-Christmas Red Gobbo model, are we?

I don’t know what you mean, this is clearly a vostroyan!

 

Man, I would kill for a vostroyan upgrade sprue…

[Dark Shepherd]

6x 

16 minutes ago, Indy Techwisp said:

We're never getting another non-Christmas Red Gobbo model, are we?

They must be selling well, this is the first one I am buying though 

[N1SB]

Just to fill in, in case you weren't around when Tinboyz were a thing:

 

 

GW wrote these rules for Robots for several factions that were slightly convoluted.  Instead of Move-Fire-Charge like a normal unit, you'd actually "program" Robots with these tokens (you basically cut them out of a page in the White Dwarf or photocopy the rulebook, etc.), laying out the sequence.  It was basically an algorithm.

 

They gave Orks their own Robots and instead of just making them like Killa Kanz, they looked like parodies of the other races, like they could be used for target practice.

 

And that's partly why there's this Vostroyan Tinboy comes from, it follows in this tradition (and of course the Nutcracker), but ya, Tinboyz were A Thing Back Then.

[mecanojavi99]

"Grot science is the world's finest!"

[TheMawr]

13 minutes ago, N1SB said:

Just to fill in, in case you weren't around when Tinboyz were a thing:

 

 

GW wrote these rules for Robots for several factions that were slightly convoluted.  Instead of Move-Fire-Charge like a normal unit, you'd actually "program" Robots with these tokens (you basically cut them out of a page in the White Dwarf or photocopy the rulebook, etc.), laying out the sequence.  It was basically an algorithm.

 

They gave Orks their own Robots and instead of just making them like Killa Kanz, they looked like parodies of the other races, like they could be used for target practice.

 

And that's partly why there's this Vostroyan Tinboy comes from, it follows in this tradition (and of course the Nutcracker), but ya, Tinboyz were A Thing Back Then.

 

And they are forever on my out-of-left-field-but-not-really / unpredictable but predictable returnees for kill team list ( just slightly above a space slann kill team, and slightly under a zoats kill team though.. to give an indication of how likely I consider that ) XD the programmable mechanic included, naturally.

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

It looks okay. Feels almost like it's too detailed, too clustered.

 

The novel should be good though. 

 

At this point though it looks like GW is never going to do a different (as in not red gobbo) Christmas model though *sighs*.  

[Evil Eye]

That's magnificent.

[CL_Mission]

I like the Vostroyan/Tinboy idea and the model mostly looks great but I don't care for the Gobbo sticking out the front so much. If he was just peaking though the neck  or a view port in the chest I'd probably pick this up but as it is I'll likely give it a miss. Really nice concept for a Christmas mini though.

 

41 minutes ago, TheMawr said:

 

And they are forever on my out-of-left-field-but-not-really / unpredictable but predictable returnees for kill team list ( just slightly above a space slann kill team, and slightly under a zoats kill team though.. to give an indication of how likely I consider that ) XD the programmable mechanic included, naturally.

 

Time to add Tinboyz to the 11th edition launch box speculation thread, a re-vapmed/re-imagined unit could fill the slot of a new Ork unit.

Edited October 13 by CL_Mission

[Shinespider]

I truly do not understand these. 

 

"Communist Revolutionary Grot" is a fun idea. "Communist Revolution Grow who is also Santa Claus" is not. imo.

[Dark Shepherd]

24 minutes ago, Shinespider said:

I truly do not understand these. 

 

"Communist Revolutionary Grot" is a fun idea. "Communist Revolution Grow who is also Santa Claus" is not. imo.

Whats more communist than giving free toys to everyone :)

[Frogian]

Another image from facebook showing the 'front'

[Xanthous]

The novella seems to be focusing on the revolutionary angle to the Red Gobbo, at least. That's a step in a better direction.

[lhg033]

I like it more than last year's. I will probably get this one. 

 

I'd be tempted to try and remove the Gobbo and seal up the body or at least just recess his head in the body cavity looking out

[Nephaston]

Tinboy Kill Team™ when? Give them scout and allow them to be targeted for friendly fire when in melee to signify their status as target practice/expendable. Do it GW you cowards!

[Cryptix]

12 hours ago, TheMawr said:

 

And they are forever on my out-of-left-field-but-not-really / unpredictable but predictable returnees for kill team list ( just slightly above a space slann kill team, and slightly under a zoats kill team though.. to give an indication of how likely I consider that ) XD the programmable mechanic included, naturally.

Doesn't the Vespid kill team have a similar mechanic?

[TheVoidDragon]

 

I like it, but the perspective is sort of bad and lets it down. It isn't immediately obvious that the robot is facing to the side and we aren't seeing the front, with the direction it and the Red Gobbo are facing it just seems odd and comes across as if he's phasing through the side. Would have been better if he had been sticking out a hatch ontop of the hat with it facing forwards. 

 

On 10/13/2025 at 3:01 PM, Indy Techwisp said:

We're never getting another non-Christmas Red Gobbo model, are we?

 

I much preferred when Grombrindal was the character they used special edition models. Or even Bugmann. 

[Doghouse]

I'm really not a fan, visually it doesn't work for me. The Gobbo is breaks up the image too much and should really be the central focus rather than looking like a tacked on afterthought.

 

I like the idea but feel like it's poorly executed.

[Kommisar_K]

Meh, last year's was better. At least there's some sort of Vostroyan refresh though. 

[Dark Shepherd]

39 minutes ago, Kommisar_K said:

Meh, last year's was better. At least there's some sort of Vostroyan refresh though. 

And Ork Tin Boys hopefully, in 11th launch box hopefully

[Firedrake Cordova]

It seems to be quite a fun model - I guess whoever designed it had a lot of fun, anyway!  

 

I can imagine it's going to be a bit of a bear to assemble and paint, though.  

 

I don't know if it's just me, but the recent Christmas models seem to have a paint job that's above the normal (already excellent) level we see from the studio? When you really looked at last year's, they'd pulled out all the stops (the shading on the ribbon, the paint pot, etc), and this one looks similar (looking at the periscope lens, the smoke, the green candy-striping on the bomb, etc).