So the original plan was to slightly adjust the pose once the model is done and as you can see this really didn’t work out. I tried rigging the character using the provided tutorials on using ZSpheres, but my experience with this method was completely different from what was shown in the video. First of all, I could barely move the ZSphere, as it took forever for something to happen, which I think happened due to the model being too high res, as I deleted the lower levels.

As you can see above, when I managed to finally move the ZSpheres the model started clipping really badly and I have not found an explanation for it…

What I learned from this:

either put the model in the right position from the beginning or keep a low res version for rigging and posing.