Much progress was made after 3 weeks, adding the weapons, a gun and a spear/sword, render in toolbag, add a base for a diorama, with some little props, and thruster fx on the back
I have also retopologised her now and so now her base hair, face-framing tentacles and ears are connected to her body mesh! The tentacle ponytail has 3 different tentacles depending on the layering.