Free metal PBR textures (rust, steel, painted iron)

Metal on Locker3d is a metalness workflow, not a photo glued on a cube. The set covers rusted steel, painted iron, brushed plates and corrugated sheets for props, cladding and industrial interiors. Raw metal wants a white metallic mask; painted or rusted iron is mostly dielectric with rust breaking through. That difference is why a “metal JPEG” fails in Unreal and a proper pack does not.

Scale the tile to the object. A bolt head and a warehouse wall are not the same texel density. 1K–2K is enough for small props; 2K–4K for large panels. Locker3d does not ship 8K. In Blender, albedo is sRGB and roughness, normal and metallic are Non-Color. Invert the green channel on the normal if bumps look carved in.

Use these maps in games, product shots and archviz cladding. Pair rusted panels with the urban concrete kit when the set is a street or factory. For wiring help see PBR in Unreal and the 1K / 2K / 4K guide.

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Workflow: rusted metal · Unreal PBR setup.