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I got one of the Cynwall dragons painted up, and thought I'd post it up here to share.  The color scheme is flagrantly ripped off the titan dragon, except the bone colors have been tinted slightly green since I have a half-baked idea to use it as an orc wyvern with a sculpted saddle.
Comments are welcome.  I hope to have better lighting in the next few days for better pictures; decent ambient lighting is difficult to find some days in winter.

From the front, right side.


From the front, left side.  It's worth mentioning that the horn on his nose is shaded up to bone white, and not chipped (as it appears to be)


A model's eye view of the dragon, from the rear.


A player's view of the dragon, from the rear.


A much closer left-side shot of the model.


Now, any suggestions for what should go on the base?

I like the red and the belly contrast.

Do you think you'd be interested in putting a pile o' treasure at his feet?

Nice paint skeme. How about some dead knights or orcs.

Lovely work. That figure is seriously deserving of being put on a custom base. Like some 2-3 inch high rocky crag in grey stone, with little tufts of grass and other details (perhaps even a little treasure trove or something tucked away).

Very good job with the model. I will say that if you use it for your Orcs, it will be the best, damned Orc model out there.

@Malfred: I thought about doing a hoard for him, but if I'm going to include him in a WHFB army, it will look fairly out of place.
@brotherskeeper: It's a great orc model, just like my Rackham Big 'Uns, my Reaper Orc Shaman, and my Rackham gobbos.  The only tournaments I play in are hosted on the Texas RT circuit, and they've never been picky about using GW-only models. 
@nyarlathotep: I like the idea of doing him on a larger (e..g taller) base, but I'm very concerned because the center of gravity on the model is pretty high up. 
In the end, I think I'm going to end up sort of merging all three ideas: a CD-sized base for display sculpted into a cliff face with skeletons/meal remnants and a bit of treasure, with the model on a slightly elevated playable base that nests inside the larger one.  I think given adequate pinning into the base and a solid enough basis for the height on the small one, I might be able to force the center of gravity lower.
I shall update when I have a chance to get back to him

You can also add lead weights to the smaller nested base used for game play. A well stocked model shop should carry a wide range of lead weights for that very purpose (aircraft models often need ballast to to sit properly plus their use in pine car racing).

That's one of my favorite dragon models.

You've done very nice work here.  I like the color scheme.  As others have said, a scenic base would add a lot!  I'm looking forward to seeing it with a finished base.