Edit: Removed unfinished work. Suffice to say, work needs to be done still. It was an update, not an entirely new sig.
Edit 2: Forget I ever typed this. While the update would add epicness, the result would be simply *too much* when combined with what's already here, and would steal some thunder from future works. This sig will stand as it is.
@ petr: that's pretty good. i like the look it has, looks like it was made of ice/sweets and is glimmering in the sunlight.
@ mikey: try making the stripes slightly irregular to give it a more realistic feel. currently the stripes are too monotonous throughout all four images. you could also try to lighten the images by giving some artificial light effects to the objects.
I love what you're doing with that Boxxy person, Schlurbi. That's the kind of stuff I'll never be able to do;)I suck with painting and such artistic things. POV-Ray saves me in that regard, I mostly just set coordinates and physical properties there.