Should I attach this stuff before Zbrushing?

arcandio

Ok, I've got this piece I'm working on. She's got scales and horn type things, but I don't know whether I should attach them before I take her into Zbrush. I can seam them up, but I'm afraid that it'll be a pain in the butt to work with those deep crevices. Any advice?

cryrid

Either way would work. If you do import it as one mesh, you could quickly assign different portions of the mesh different uv islands. Zbrush will allow you to generate polygroups based on the UVs, allowing you to quickly isolate or mask these areas if need be.