Here is my last scene in the shades.
I've played with reflections to multiply views on action.
Everything done with maya and rendered through mental ray in single pass, without indirect lighting, using hair system, particles, dielectric/dgs/mia/misss/phong shaders, two lightpoints with one directional and one spotlight.

No postwork.

Motion1 : http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3999/possexioninmotion320.gif

Motion2 : http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9472/possexioninmotion320par.gif

Wires in motion : http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3662/possexioninmotionwires4.gif

I hope you have fun.