I don't know why you have 28 million objects.. can't see enough details.. usually in blender this kind of hair is done with curves.. so you may wanna have a look here: https://youtu.be/tVgGx5wKfzQ?t=885 (I hope the video positioning works.. about 14:25.. seems to be not ?)
Last week I used consistent references (nsfw) to improve the human female basemesh. It's still damn hard to make something that doesn't feel uncanny, but It's just a matter of learning and forming the neural connections and muscle memory that will enable me to 'see' what works and what doesn't. Ideally over the years I'll…
Wasn't too sure about this when I seen a teaser awhile ago, but it's looking pretty cool now: http://media.filmforce.ign.com/media/840/840477/vids_1.html