Rendered in August '08, with Blender 2.46, and now added to this post as the original link is no longer available.
From the original post:
This is an attempt at a female centaur done in a style similar to Square Enix.
I’ve decided, after many years, that I prefer the anime and cartoon styles. This is my first try in that direction. I am obviously no texture artist, and concentrated on modeling. There are also many things, other than the texture, that need improvement, but I started this in the Spring and have been distracted from it many times. I basically wanted to finish this and move on to new projects. This is something I will come back to eventually and improve on. Along with Square Enix, I was inspired by the design style of the My Little Ponies toys. I have always liked horses with thicker legs and those toys have very thick legs. This is a Japanese version of a centaride. The kimono is shortened, obviously, to fit the horse portion. The colors of the kimono were taken from similar fabrics I found in kimono magazines here in Japan.