Well, yeah, first work in it, only made over that day (excluding couple of times in past tried to work Zbrush and gave in...long story, stress = bad for moi)
Guerilla,
yeah I should have used Zspheres, used the snakehook brush but it's messy on gemoetry as you say. Sigh.
My interest is in making scenes though, not on perfection...that'll be for another day, or...year

Thanks!

Love ye olde illithids, well, they give me the creeps!
Chrono,
yeah, the sheer weight of the current official illithids' tentacles would need massive counterwight on back of head etc. Also, lacks musculature.