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. Watch Part 2: Making the Helmet of Elfes    • Making a Fantasy Helmet of an Elf in ZBrus...   Brushes that I used in this video: 1. 131 IMM Armor Edges: https: https: https://www.artstation.com/marketplac... 1. 60 IMM Armor Edges: https://www.artstation.com/marketplac... 2. 2 Free IMM Armor Edges: https://www.artstation.com/marketplac... 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 PORTFOLIO: https://www.artstation.com/jay_peace STORE: https://www.artstation.com/jay_peace/... 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... Thanks a lot for an amazing music! Music: Memories by KV |    / kvmusicprod   Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...