Looks awesome! And itās cool you went for the muscular Orc from the get go!
Baking is a struggle for a lot of people hereā¦ I think thatās just a limitation of Blender, so the process is quite cumbersome and sensitive to small changes in ray distance and extrusion valuesā¦ I donāt have insider info on how actually Grant did it, but I guess it didnāt go as smoothly for him as he shows in the videos - he just cut it as it would be boring to watch the same thing over and over again.
You did hold back a long time to show your progress, when itās almost done :). Share more often if you donāt mind - we enjoy watching it and sometimes we can help each other out by giving feedback
Ah, and welcome to the community!