This is a render of Victoria 4.2:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2157914

The problem is that I'm struggling to get past a very basic render. How can I produce something like this:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1974425&user_id=61047&member&np

I would like to find out what I need to spend money on and what books and specific tutorials are useful. I'm not really looking for tutorials on how to use Poser. I just want to improve the quality of models and renders.

I have Poser Pro 2010.

Any words of wisdom is well appreciated.