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Sculpting Feathers?

Hi! For my next project i want to model a Budgerigar- a lovely, playful parakeet. It won’t be too difficult modeling it but I don’t know what to do about the plumage/feathers. Searched around ZBC but didn’t find anything specific about creating feathers. There was this nice tutorial on modeling cardinals, but the feathers were painted in post work. I don’t want to polypaint the feathers on the model. I would like to sculpt the feathers on the surface. I was hoping some of our experienced Zbrushers could share some tips on this.
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