r/ZBrush

I’m trying to figure out the best workflow for creating armor and equipment for a character model I sculpted in ZBrush. I’m comfortable using Maya, and while I can create clothing in ZBrush, hard surface modeling there feels inefficient compared to Maya. However, I’m not sure how to design armor in Maya so that it properly fits a model made in ZBrush. I’ve considered using shrinkwrap, but it distorts the mesh by moving vertices too close together, which creates topology issues. What is the professional workflow for handling this process?

Finishing up a character, about to export it to do some retopology: how would I go about exporting it in pieces? Should I export it as one mesh?