The energy of female fury is personified through the Medusas image.
Around her neck she wears the skulls of the many of both sexes she has wished to death in her rages.
The snakes are a particle system. The skulls are an array - thanks always to JW for unlocking the secrets of this in a tip.
Medusas bronze patina is a fairly complex image and node setup. Lighting is simple studio setup.
All was prepared in Blender 2.72a with Sculpt, Cycles and originally a 3840 x 3840 @ only 500 samples.
This is cool!