I found many people paint their Tau in rather light colors - not what I wanted. I took a look through my color rack and found a cholor scheme of dark green and dark blue that suited me fine...
you are right about that - but I want to base all my Tau the same way, and not all are finished yet... so that had to wait. And I kinda cannot decide on HOW to base them... ;)
The quality of the picture really doesn't do this any favours. I can barely make out details of the leader's face, for instance. Also, even gaming mini should be based, even just with some painted sand.