ive tried zbrush, im sure its really good if you can spend 6months getting to know it,but i have to say the best ive found is mudbox,its got the best bits of zbrush while being very easy to use, and once you get your head around the layers system it uses you will really enjoy painting with it :-)

hope that helps

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