This fellow was entered in the NewWave Tau painting contest. He picked up 4th place honors, which I am quite proud of. This color scheme is borrowed from the Salamanders, and it really works well I think.
Rating: - The base was clipped/cut/filed down from the floor of those ruins GW puts in the 40k starter set. It had the broken tile look I wanted, but I didn't have time to try a very fancy marble style on the floor. Still, the charred edge turned out ok so I can't complain
Rating: 8 cool, I love the color scheme, it is very well painted and the highlights are awesome. I've never seen a base like that though was it sculpted?