basic weathering tutorial for Rustforge shipping crates

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**jlopatin**

I wrote a simple tutorial for how I painted and weathered my Rustforge shipping crates. It can be found HERE:

http://jlopatin.com/blog/2013/06/05/weathered-crates-tutorial/

Here is a picture of how they turned out:

Feedback is always welcome.

**oadie**

Looking good! The lettering is a bit rough and uneven, in spots, but ribbed surfaces aren't exactly making things easy on you, when it comes to stencils. The general effect, though, is quite nice.

**jlopatin**

The stencil I used was similar to this: http://www.dickblick.com/products/helix-lettering-guide-set/

It was VERY difficult to use in this application. I need to find a better way to handle the lettering! Any suggestions would be great.

**Matney X**

Contact paper, cut to the size of a regular sheet of paper, and design your stencils in GIMP (or even Paint). Print them on the paper side in reverse, then get to cutting with your pen knife.