Da Red Gobbo’s Tinboy Showcase

In our review, we covered Da Red Gobbo's Tinboy, and now it's time to paint him! I worked on this miniature in the same batch as the Manticore Knight, and I had a special idea for it.

Just like I did with the miniature from Warhammer Quest, I wanted to change the colour scheme. As the Tinboy looked like a nutcracker, I searched online for paint schemes for them. A famous one from the Erzgebirge in Germany takes its colours from hussars, which I thought would be fitting and would certainly move away from the large amount of red.

I also wanted to add an Easter egg in the form of the Warhammer logo on the bag. Freehand painting was challenging for me as I am not used to doing it, especially on a curved surface like this one. I drew it out in pencil first and then redrew the lines with a fine brush. I was a bit impatient and smudged the outline, so I had to retouch it.

I hope you like it! I'll have to add a magnifying headset to my toolkit to get a better/clearer view of the details, as I only noticed some of the mistakes once I saw the close-up pictures. This has rekindled my painting mojo, and I'm looking forward to tackling some metal miniatures next.