Making an armor in ZBrush using Hard Surface techniques (also using IMM Armor Edge brushes)

In this video I cover several cool Hard Surface techniques using ZBrush. I will talk about step by step creating process as a guide from scratch to polished result. These techniques include Extract, Panel Loops, ZModeler, Deformation options and many more.

This video can be a powerful and life changing tutorial, because couple of years back I was looking for the same techniques from many sources, and I spent a lot of time and energy to learn, so now I am sharing it with you.

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Brushes that I used in this video:
1. 60 IMM Armor Edges: https://artstn.co/m/k1Kdk
2. 2 Free IMM Armor Edges: https://artstn.co/m/yr582

Additional brushes:
1. 84 IMM Patter Brushes: https://artstn.co/m/Lwx0L
2. 3 Free IMM Stylized Hairs that can be used same as Pattern Brush: https://artstn.co/m/oVAg2

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0:00 Intro
0:17 First step: Masking and Extracting
0:29 Second step: Isolate the backside polygroup of mesh
0:37 Third step: Delete hidden part
0:48 Fourth step: Flip the normals from Display Properties subpalette
0:57 Fifth step: Polish the surface from Deformation subpalette
1:04 Sixth step: ZRemesher
1:44 Adding thickness 1: Panel Loops
2:21 Adding Crease
3:02 Adding thickness 2: ZModeler
3:29 Polygroup by Normals
4:48 Repeating the same steps
6:15 Using primitive shape to make armor part
7:10 Adding shape with Gizmo
10:22 Adding Armor Edges
13:15 Fixing Armor Edge Errors
15:10 Adding details with IMM Pattern Brush
15:35 Free brushes for downloading
16:00 Outro
Hope you will find it useful! Peace...

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