Countess Coloratura

After finishing my Tempest Shadow model i decided to move on to 'normal sized' ponies.
Why Coloratura? She is a challenge. The jewelery, the outfit and especially the hair - not an easy task to implement in 3D.
In this render you can't see it that well, but I found a 'revolutionary' (for me xD) way to make 3d hair. 
My main problem with the common SFM Ponies models was that the hair was just polygonsd with plain Diffuse shader put on it.
I have seen some improved versions on deviantart who added some noise and bump maps to add some hair effect.
However, being the overachiever I am, i wanted to achieve my goal to add more realis to the hair. 
And I actually am happy with the result!
I will post more renders soon, and show you what I mean

Feedback is always very appreciated <3

Coloratura Model by me

Huge thanks to gregzaal who provided the background scene on blendswap
www.blendswap.com/blends/view/…
which i modified and used in this render.