For my Zbrush Hard Surface class we had to create an Ornate set of armor, this prompt allowed us to create and have something freeform. For this class, I wanted to create a cultural piece that spoke to me, and reflected my culture since I finally had the chance to do that. As an Indian American I wanted to respectfully create a set of armor that would echo various iterations and depictions of the Hindu Monkey God, Hanuman. He was always my favorite as a child so I combined various pieces from different armor concepts that influenced my design. The materials were created in Substance Painter through texture bashing and editing existing ones of others and rendered in Marmoset Toolbag 4. The Armor itself was created in Zbrush.
The armor was extracted from A Basemesh from an Artstation Marketplace user
Credit to them, SKristofS: https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/Bn5NK/male-anatomy-practice