/3/ - 3DCG

I've been sculpting this handle for the past several hours and it still looks like shit.
It's my second time sculpting so I guess I should expect to have some difficulty but sculpting just looked so damn easy.
The only brushes I'm using are sculptDraw, smooth, pinch and crease. Also this is all being done on a multiresolution modifier at the fifth level of subdivision.
Am I misses something that would make this process so much less painful? I still have to finish this handle and do the rest of the sword.
Maybe so much detail isn't even necessary. All of this is just going to end up in a normal map anyway.