Here comes my Queen.
I used a different ref then Mike suggested so my Queen is different then in the tutorial. Modelling it was a pain in the ass. I tried to inset + extrude, extrude + inset, scaling, moving and so on. I tried to do stuff to all 8 points simultaneously to save me work and time and to keep geometry uniform. Didnt work that much.
Yesterday I used a different approach - used edge ring tool + bevel to create spaces between the spikes of the crown. Then I deleted the bevel and filled missing faces. It looked cool and was made in 1 minute kinda. Smart! BUT after rendering I noticed that those faces that I filled were NON-PLANAR. So there were ugly triangles there.
Finally I was making kinda the same but keeping this non-planar thing in mind. Seems that its fine now - all faces are square and planar. But I`m not sure, actually.
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UPDATE
I used a Mesh Analysis tool and it showed that all the faces are planar.