Nice job! I’ve actually got an AVP WIP on the back burner myself. Haven’t had much time for it lately. My home machine (512 XP) only goes to lvl 6 most times. Depends on the model mostly. I’m hoping to be able to afford an upgrade soon.
My only suggestion would be to drop back down to lvl 1, re-position some of your vertices and then work your way back up one level at a time. That’ll rid you of some of the blobbiness. I’d also smooth back out the details until you’ve got the contours with your polys just right. I was stubborn for a long time until I realized… that really does work like a charm and you end up with a much cleaner model in the end. Is this from a pm3d sphere? Other than that it looks really good so far. You’ve definitely got an eye for it. Keep pluggin’ away at this.