To my surprise and relief, such a natural and real way to add per-pixel details (as well as continual advances in software such as Blender) actually made it easier and easier as the years went by.
I am not a Blender user but I saw some videos and it looks indeed very good. The tools for sculpting and re-topology are looking fast and convenient. I hope they finish this release anytime soon. I would like to check it and I am also interested in the animation tools. I could imagine that they became better with this new open video project.
