This is a converted model that I originally scratchbuilt from spare parts as a joke after seeing this picture on a warhammer 40k art dump. http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mew.....79b2b.jpg.html
It was sitting on my shelf for a while before the new Tau codex came out and suddenly Ethereals were badass. I don't have an ethereal model as I don't generally like unhelmeted models, so I painted up this guy and have been using him as a counts-as. His presense in the battlefield is seriously motivating and I always get laughs and facepalms whenever I field him in tournaments. Why should gaming be so serious? ;) One of my friends thinks this is completely tasteless and keeps begging me to stop using him but IMO if it lowers your opponent's morale, it's only a good thing!