Mass Effect Andromeda armor

I recently finished my master's degree in character modeling. This is one of my projects for the course. In this case the goal was to do a base modeling of complex parts in ZBrush, to combine the organic with the hard surface. Next I will explain the steps I followed to make this armor.

I start making in ZBrush the pieces of the armor. I follow an order, I go from inside to outside according to my reference image:
https://www.deviantart.com/padme4000/art/MEA-Heleus-Armour-XPS-698773190

Some of the pieces I don't bother to polish them or give details, I will do that later in Maya.

I do retopology of the pieces, here I take care to give them the final aspect, and to create the loops in a correct way so that it is a smooth shape, and so that the pieces can be deformed well in the areas of the joints. Next I extract the UV maps for texturing.

To give it the final detail, I take the figure back to ZBrush, and sculpt in high poly the details that I want to project to the low poly model with a Normal map. (For example the holes in the helmet and the forearm).

I texture the character in Substance Painter, pose it with a basic rig, add lighting and render the final images.

In this video you can see how the pieces are assembled: