Thanks, Twitchmonkey! I was definitely aiming for a classic feel. I still took a bit of the colors/costume/leg patterns from the later incarnations though.
Thanks, spaceboy412! The final is actually a melding of many render passes, some of which I didn’t post. I was short on time so I rendered a bunch of stuff–some shadows/lights on/off, etc.–and just took what I needed from each in Photoshop. The main renders are the first one with full lighting (and optional head with hair strands), plus the three you mentioned. I found the flat color render helps punch up the colors nice in Photoshop when used on a layer set to ‘overlay’. The depth grab is for using as a mask for atmosphere/blur, etc. Of course, I also touch things up quite a bit in Photoshop to polish things off.
I’m also glad you got the intention of the piece–I wanted it to look like she was sizing up her competitors.
Thank you, gookle! I wanted her to be ‘pretty’ as opposed to her usual sexpot self. 